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Apple Watch using golf range finder ?
Is anyone using their Apple Watch with an app for golf gps..
Which app do you use …and is it effective….? Thanks. |
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(If want to see an example of statistics from GolfShot, go to Post #10 at: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...bunker-359683/ |
Apple Watch Golf App
I have used the Apple Watch app “HOLE19” for about 4 years. It has all of golf courses in the Villages and I think it’s great.
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On a related topic, I prefer to use a laser rangefinder, but it has become a little more difficult and time consuming. All the Championship courses in the Village’s used to have prism type reflectors on the top of the flagsticks, which made it very easy and fast to acquire the exact yardage to the pin. A few years back all the reflectors suddenly disappeared. I have asked several golf employees why the reflectors were removed and nobody seems to know why. Does anyone know the actual real reason why? Removing the reflectors certainly isn’t consistent with keeping the pace of play moving along.
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Hole 19 works well for executive and championship in the Villages and beyond
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Brian, I used Arcos sensors and the app for about 2 years. I found it was too much information and distracting on the course.
I might try this app, I just want distance to the green on approach shots. |
SwingU has a free and a paid version. Free gives yardage and a scorecard (stokes and putts). It retains your scores. It works for me, a mediocre golfer.
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https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...y-golf-359738/ |
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That said Arccos has 2 statistician (Lou Stagner & Hutch), who spend their life analyzing data. Arccos has a database of over 1,000,000,000 golf shots. Hutch's analysis of data and golfers proclivities, are amazing. Stagner's a jerk in my opinion and nothing more than a rookie engagement farmer. Both Stagner & Hutch are frequent posters on X and offer fascinating insights into golf statistics. There are number of simple programs that will give you GPS distance on your watch. Personally, I think GolfShot Pro offers the best & most information ... but you can certainly use the free GolfShot App to give you simple GPS distances. |
18 Birdies is also a free app that works great. I just use for distances and can keep score . It syncs either Watch. If you use it on IPhone, you can move the pin on the green to its location for more accuracy and find distances to bunkers, etc. Paid version has many more features. Love it!
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I carry a range finder just in case i need it. . I constantly practice estimating distances without any devices within 200 yards as long as I can see yardage markers. I find after playing the same course 4-5 times, I don't need to rely on technology to estimate distances for club selections. .
its a detail vs accuracy issue. . more detail doesn't result in better accuracy. . proper club selection and more consistent swings/contact creates better accuracy temperature messes the most with my distances. . both with swing muscle tightness and ball flex. . hate the clank of New England golf in the early spring (late winter in reality) . . . and then drive to TV and hit 10-30 yards longer in 90 degrees and the pros make it look too easy on tv, same with all pros versus amateurs. . . |
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Someone who's shooting in the 90's, probably only needs to know exact distance, within 10 yards. I'm typically accurate within 3 yards, with an 8 Iron or less ... I want to know my exact distance. Johnny Miller wanted his distances within 1/2 yard with his irons. This how accurate Scottie Scheffler is: TikTok - Make Your Day |
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The post was also about muscle strengthening and stretching though indirectly. After playing other sports with "retirees", muscle conditioning and stretching may marginally improve abilities, but c&s is always more about injury prevention and enjoyment longevity. I do recommend stretching for retirees especially for colder weather injury prevention. . especially if you have sprinter muscle types, fast twitch. . or have had past injuries, such as herniated discs, and muscular scar tissue. . . |
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