Only helpful for your second shot on the Par 4s.

I have a Garmin Approach which gives me the distance to the front, back, and center of each green. That helps in club selection for me. Also, having it on your wrist makes it more convenient than pulling out your phone. If your are one to think about your game afterwards, it will give you a fair amount of info about your game. However, it is a pricey gizmo. If your goal is to get to the bar afterwards, ….well, that money will buy a lot of beer.

LOL! i look at the markets and say to self, what would tom brady do with this yardage,
then i select the club, and wail away . . sometimes it works, sometimes Brady gets intercepted. . .

I use one not only to measure distance on tee shots but my pitch and chipping.

Rangefinder is more accurate and do not need to be re charged after every 1-2 rounds.

Most will not benefit from gps device on exec courses.

[QUOTE=Mike3461;2240655]It seems that with relatively short tee box to greens distances, and being able to see the flags with the naked eye, and the very few par 4s on the executive courses - is a golf watch all that necessary?

I am just trying to decide if I should spend money on
Save your money people with them play championship courses, not needed on exec courses ,only if you want to impress your friends.

Depends on the level of your game, but I find also knowing front and back distances helpful. Also makes the game a little more fun and let’s you know your iron distances.

I have the Apple Watch 7 and golfpad installed. The 7 has independent GPS so if I walk away from the cart/phone the yardage follows me.

Golf watch
 

I have the T9 from Voice Caddy and love it! It shows me the undulations of the greens to help me get a better read on them.

I have Garmin , working very well , love it

Villages golf question
 

Reminds me that I have a specific golf question that I'd like to put out there in this forum, but I'm inept. I've searched multiple times to figure out how to start a "thread" here. Embarrassing, but there it is. . .

Magic!!
 

And this magically appeared!


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How would I go about posting a new post.?
Do you mean start a new thread? If so, click on "forums" and "all forums home". Then, select and click on a forum topic. Click on "Post new thread".

"Forum Tools"
 

Ahhh. Under "Forum Tools". Whew, finally. . .

I use a free app on my phone: GolfPad. It reads the GPS from the phone and (usually) gives me yardage as accurate as the radar rangefinders my friends use. For me, even on the executive courses, the difference between my eyeball "about 120 yards" and the GPS "132 yards" makes a difference.

I tried the 18Birdies free app yesterday. The images of the course and the info on the iPhone screen are pretty impressive. The info on the Apple watch, however, was much less so. The watch displays yardages on one half of the watch screen making the font size pretty small. Add bright sunlight and it's difficult at best. Maybe I'll find a way to enhance the watch display.
Since I walk with a push cart and sometimes with just a bag, juggling a phone is out of the question for me. It's easier to just wing it without the added electronic assistant.
I'll try SwingU free app next.