Do you carry both?

[Guia]

I think that using both a rangefinder and a gps has to be slow. This is really over kill, kind of like wearing suspenders and a belt.

How did you guys with both ever play golf before lasers and gps? You put a foursome together that are all using both and no way you can play in 4 hrs or less.

[TheBUNKY]

[quote name='Guia' date='10 February 2010 - 04:41 PM' timestamp='1265841676' post='2242107']
I think that using both a rangefinder and a gps has to be slow. This is really over kill, kind of like wearing suspenders and a belt.

How did you guys with both ever play golf before lasers and gps? You put a foursome together that are all using both and no way you can play in 4 hrs or less.
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Can't speak for others but I won't use both on every shot, every hole. I'll probably use the laser on Par 3s and the GPS everywhere else.

[phil75070]

I carry both. I use them each uniquely. For distances to or to clear hazards or other features, for distances to lay-up areas, if I want a front or back yardage or both, if I want a yardage to the center of the green because the pin is located in a position I don't want to go after (tucked, no margin for error short/long or right/left), then I use the GPS. If I feel I can attack a pin then I will use the laser.

[phillyspecial]

Im going to add a Leupold GX-II this year to my Skycaddy 2.5. I didnt buy any new equipment this year, so I need a new gadget right?


I know the GX-II isn't legal, but I have the GPS to use if I am playing in any tourny's. This will be first year I am going to play in a league.


I really want to use the GX-II to learn more about how slopes are affecting my distances, both on course and on the range. I think it will help be gain better slope adjusted distance judgement.

[Howard_Jones]

I love my Sonocadde V300, but it happens 2-3 times a round, that i want to use my Laser. Large greens where flag might be close to the back (how many yards to stop on ?) or to keep safe distance to the group playing in front of us. My laser use i therefore limited, but this cant be done with GPS.

I Carry both, and will always do.

I have mapped several courses, but i never found differences for more than 5 yards from my maps, to what Sonocaddie offers, so i'm in doubt when someone tells about 12-15 yards. The weather conditions needed to "loose" so many satelites,(to get this bad numbers) mens you should rather stay at home ;-)

[BC7]

Like most other people posting on this topic, I've had both for years, and have used both at times. I think carrying both is a bit of an over kill, but I do have to say that if you have guests out it's a nice way to speed up play when a guest hit one off line and head into the rough or woods. One post above spoke about how having a yardage book and a rangefinder being the best option and I tend to agree. This way you can have all you carry distances, depth of greens and other notable info and not be too over the top.

[Pepperturbo]

  Since my earlier post except for tournament play, I've been exclusively using the SG5.  My wife (13 index men's white tee's) On the other hand has taken possession of the Tournament 1500 because she likes knowing exact yardages to what she can laser..., as opposed to knowing "cover", or to hazards and undulation yardages.  She says she's not skilled enough to hit "cover" yardages or to green undulations.  She likes basic data.  What she didn't know was she defined the real differences between her game and mine, or laser and SG5.