I played in a Wisconsin State Golf Assoc. tournament last year and everyone was given a range finder at the first tee. It was an experiment to see if play would be speeded up. I don't think it was.
I have a Bushnell 600. The first one I had was great. I think it's advantage is that it reflects off of everything. How far to carry a bunker, how far to a corner dogleg tree etc. Unfortunately it got swiped. The one I have now which I bought second hand doesn't seem as easy to use. BTW if anyone runs into a Bushnell on ebay and you find "Kaufman" engraved in the plastic you'll know where it came from. Cheers, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcello Franchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 4:10 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Rangefinders > Well, I just read a document on the R&A website, and there will be a > Decision, effective Jan 1st, allowing Committees to allow the use of > rangefinders, GPS etc. in tournaments. > > Without this Condition of Competition their use will be still forbidden. > > Ciao, > Marcello > > 2005/10/9, Alan Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Gramps, > > > > Consider a hand held GPS (www.skygolf.com). They're a touch pricey but > > work great. They have a huge number of courses already surveyed that you > > can download and if your favorite course isn't in there it is easy to do > > the survey yourself and add it to your 'folder'. By surveyed I mean that > > they have determined latitude and longitude of the front, back, and center > > of the greens (as well as some hazards on some courses) so that the hand > > held unit can calculate distances. They control use of their database by > > only allowing you to store courses on the GPS unit and your 'folder' on > > their website. There is a charge for the course surveys but it's > > reasonable. We have cart mounted GPS at one of the local courses as well > > as Kirby markers on the course (yardage markers to the center of the green > > every 25-yards on both sides of the fairway) and I rarely see disagreement > > greater than a few yards. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Alan Brooks > > > > Oh, yeah, I've been told that the USGA is on the verge of approving them > > for tournament use. > > > > > > At 04:02 PM 10/8/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > >Hi all... > > > > > >I'm thinking of getting one of those Bushnell type laser rangefinders but > > >wanted to find out how easy they are to use. > > > > > >I assume that they must have some kind of object to reflect off (meaning > > >that you couldn't measure distance to the edge of water without locating a > > >tree or something nearby). Am I correct? > > > > > >How steady do you have to be to use it. I currently have a high quality > > >optical scope (the type you aim at the bottom of a flag) but holding it > > >steady enough to get a reading is difficult for me. > > > > > >Any comments would be appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >Grampa > > > > > > > -- > > Ciao, > Marcello >
