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Originally Posted by fred53
only if you know how far you hit each club regularly. If you don't know then just go by the yardage markers because(and I don't mean this impolitely)if you only can come +/- 10 yards or so you don't need a device to be that precise.
A laser is the most precise, but suffers in fog and shaky hands. A gps device is fine, but suffers in accuracy when getting exact distances to pin, near/far side of the lakes/bunkers etc.
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The GPS is great for finding out how far you hit each club, so you then will be able to select appropriate clubs during a round.
I know I hit a 3 wood about 215 yds, 5 wood 205 yds 7 iron 155 yards on average, 9 iron 125, sand wedge 95yds, all from measuring my shosts with GPS.
So then, on the course when I get my distance to hole or distance to hazards, I know what club to use, whether I should lay-up or hit over the hazard.
The rangefinder I usually use closer to the green as I am then playing to the distance to the pin and not just hitting to the green, so club choice is important.