How to read golf course layout yardage charts golfweek. Former pga tour caddie mark long is the man responsible for providing players and caddies with thoroughly detailed yardage and greens books each week. This post will inform the reader on what a yardage book can and cant do for your game in 2018. Its used by the worlds best instructors in top academies like the dustin johnson school, david leadbetter academy, gary gilchrist academy, hank johnson academy and many more. He was able to use the book to shoot a combined 66 over 2 days on the harder 9 hole side. The my caddie pro doityourself yardage book is used by professional, amateur, and junior golfers worldwide. An excellent golfer, meticulous by nature and briefly an aerospace engineering major in college, long understood the precision tour caddies demanded. He also brings an intricate understanding of the game, which includes knowing the correct yardage from every lie on every hole and being an onsite sports psychologist. The book is a total of 40 pages to draw all 18 holes.
Caddies and players at this weeks tour stop are leaning on the work of a 10yearold. The go to caddie my caddie pro is a 40 page diy yardage book used on 9 professional tours and by collegiate and junior golfers around the world. Scotts experience on tour as a caddie makes him the perfect fit for a detailed yet readable yardage book. Whats more is that it is impossible to do one of these books unless you are a knowledgeable low handicap golfer and our staff excels in this area. Having the book was a huge help as he had never seen the course before. On the pga tour its one of the most important jobs they do and typically arrive early in the week to mark the course and take notes in a yardage book.
For many years he has made the yardage books the caddies and players use on the pga tour as well as at the united states open championship, the pga championship. Welcome to the official pga tour caddies facebook fan page. What you need to know before buying a golf rangefinder. A course yardage book is one of the most important tools i use when i play. Several good answers but i thought i would add illustrations. When i go to a course where i havent been before, the first.
The yardage books on which pga tour pros rely are extremely accurate, but tour caddies routinely use laser rangefinders during practice rounds to obtain precise distances between points in the fairway and layup areas as well as to confirm distances marked in the yardage book. The my caddie pro diy yardage book is designed for professional, collegiate, junior, and other competitive golfers and caddies who build game plans by taking notes during their practice rounds. About 15 years ago he went from giving yardages to his player as a caddie for nolan henke and fred funk to becoming the man. This is where players and caddies get their yardage. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books. Arguably the most important tool for players and caddies alike each week on the pga tour are yardage and green contour books. The go to caddie yardage book my caddie pro, is designed for professional, collegiate and elite junior golfers and caddies who build game plans prior to tournament rounds. Some of the prizes finnis has been able to raffle off include a tiger woods signed 2019 masters flag, a sergio garcia signed masters yardage book, a 2014 ryder cup official team sweater, tank top and polo, a masters player yardage book and caddie cap and a signed brooks koepka 100th pga championship flag, among plenty of others. Use the print feature in the adobe reader to print out the yardage book. You can use a yardage book to supplement the other ways to measure the distances between two points on the course gps devices, rangefinders and the traditional red, white and blue stakes or metal fairway disks that mark the 200, 150 and 100. The use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. Our 42 page yardage book is designed with professional templates including.
Pga tour leaderboard leaderboard euro tour leaderboard fed ex cup points pga tour money list pga tour reshuffle. The average golfer can learn a lot from these pages. Golf sign and design are experts at creating this type of yardage guide. The yardage book i have sorry, dont have a scanner is black and white drawing. They are built to last and to reuse year after year. Pga tour caddie paul tesori has detailed information in his augusta national yardage books that he accumulated in 10 years of caddying in the masters tournament, but he isnt worried about revealing some of the secrets to other caddies and their players. Lucas ii, the modernday yardagebook guru, used lasers to measure each hole on the 7,435yardlong course. Retired caddie mark long produces them and sends them to each event. Mark longs pga tour yardage books unlock secret keys to. The caddy and also usually the player will calculate the distance from the nearest landmark usually a sprinkler head to the ball and then either add or subtract that to get the distance to the front of the green and then to the pin. Pga tour caddie paul tesori has detailed information in his augusta national yardage books that he accumulated in 10 years of caddying in the masters tournament, but he isnt worried about revealing some of. From 1976 to 2008, lucas created the famous bright orange hand drawn yardage books for the pga tour, lpga tour, champions tour, amateur events, and pga tour caddie and yardage book author mark long explains why you can. Golf yardage book 4 pack 2019 usga conforming fast n.
A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book. Caddie network those incredibly detailed yardage books. Yardage and green contour books are a staple at pga tour events. While it isnt known what finnis makes on an annual basis, caddies typically get a flat rate then a percentage of winnings often between 5% and 10%. Basic charts may assist a casual player, while the most advanced charts are designed to help professional golfers choose clubs and develop playing strategies on the course. How to calculate yardage with a yardage book golfweek.
The yardage book on the other hand can be and usually are quite complex as shown above. Mark long is the mind behind the numbers on the pga tour. Without the book the result would have bene significantly different. You can use a yardage book to supplement the other ways to measure the distances between two points on the course gps devices, rangefinders and the traditional red, white and blue stakes or metal fairway disks that mark the. Go to caddies my caddie pro diy yardage books and custom holders are used by professional golfers and caddies on the pga european pga challenge champions webcom swingthought lpga legends symetra tour. The my caddie pro is designed with professional templates including. Thats because the yardage books at panther creek country club, the. End pockets elastic bands on each side pencil holder. Pga tour caddie ben hulka explains how players and caddies. Yardage books compiled by players or their caddies offer details about a golf course that go far beyond the numbers youll find on a scorecard or a sprinkler head. They exceeded our expectations delivering a quality, professional yardage book on deadline for our john t. Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf.
This book is made from heavy stock paper and measures 6. Included in each book, is a legend of common tour symbols used by pros and caddies alike, a yardage matrix, and stat tracking inserts you can use as a bookmark. Schedule of events andor events caddies are invited to information for caddie spouses and significant others parking. I bought my first yardage book cover which definitely helped but i still had an idea to make a players or pga tour style of yardage book that had distances to the center of the green, carry distances to specific points bunkers, widest part of fairway, hazards, trees, etc gave me an enlarged view of the green complex, and something that i could write on so that i. Each pga tour professional will also receive one 1 official yardage book at registration. We have been able to use our combined 50 years of caddying on the pga, and lpga tours as our guide to making a professional, quality yardage book that has everything the competitive golfer needs. Veteran caddie dave mcneillys worst day of his career came during a record performance at a legendary venue. Our tour style yardage books are created in the same template that pga tour golfers and top amateurs use every day. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. Players and caddies alike depend on these tools as they do everything they can to contend in tournaments week in and week out.
Voted one of the top 5 five new golf products of 2017 by espn golf, the my caddie pro is sure to lower your scores by helping you develop skills in course management. Pga tour caddies have interesting lives, most of which are. Every course on the pga tour has a yardage book for the caddies and players, but they arent standard. We provide multiple variations of this style book and will create a style to fit your clubs desires and marketing strategies. Why nick prices augustarecord 63 was caddies worst day. Yardage books are essential for tour caliber golfers and useful for ordinary players. Pro secrets golf yardage books pga tour yardage books. It might show the golfer that the distance from a certain tree to the. Caddie mark long discusses the creation of his yardage books, which are used by many on the pga tour. The primary purpose of the yardage book is, no surprise, to provide the golfer with yardages. These books are made with card stock paper with heavy glossed card stock covers. Pga tour caddie posts mesmerizing photo of 24 years of yardage books. If you want to understand michael collins analysis of why hole no. To help understand what is involved, andy portilla, a veteran tour caddie and former club professional, provides a window into the life and work of a pga tour caddie.
The home of golf yardage book, and golf statistics books. Gtoc0018 fast shipping at this time, the only form of payment that we can accept is paypal. That combination made him the ideal person to take over the tours yardage book trade when pioneer and legend george lucas retired in the early 2000s. Fred funk and pga tour caddie dan padawer describe how valuable these books are. This page is to promote the profession of professional tour. Pga tour caddie posts mesmerizing photo of 24 years of. A number of courses provide yardage books for their patrons. New go to caddie white faux crocodile yardage book. Yardage books each caddie will be issued one 1 official yardage book by the caddie master in the caddie tent. Heres a picture of a couple pages from the professional tour caddies yardage book measured and produced by george lucas for the tournament players championship at the tpc stadium course this week. How does a golf caddy know the exact yardage of everywhere. Those incredibly detailed yardage books pga tour players and caddies use each week. Its a side view of the cover on top with the par 3 island green 17th hole and par four 18th hole views underneath. The maker of pga tour and major professional and amateur championship yardage books.
Fred funks longtime caddie goes to amazing lengths to provide accuracy. Mark long is something of a legend on the pga tour. How one caddie is helping other caddies as golf remains. This yardage book that pga tour pros use might be the most. Heres the story about the man behind creating them. Mark longs yardage books hold the secret key to success on the pga tour. This book has a club yardage chart on the inside front cover, a legend and a stat tracker for up to 4 rounds in the back. Meet mark long the former caddie responsible for creating the incredibly detailed yardage and greens books used on the pga tour each week.
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