No yardage tournament

[Willie Malay]

I'd love to see a pro tournament where no yardages of any kind was allowed just to see what happens. Could be entertaining. Now, of course they'd all have yardage books from somewhere, hiding in their rooms and they'd preview them but not to have anything on the course, that would be......fun to watch.

[misplacedtexan83]

[quote name='Willie Malay' timestamp='1403815738' post='9585159']I'd love to see a pro tournament where no yardages of any kind was allowed just to see what happens. Could be entertaining. Now, of course they'd all have yardage books from somewhere, hiding in their rooms and they'd preview them but not to have anything on the course, that would be......fun to watch.[/quote]
I hate guessing yardages when their is markers so I couldn't imagine playing or watching that tournament. I would just watch soccer or the LPGA

[ronstelten]

Jack Nicklaus is given credit for first using yardage books. Before that golfers used trees, hills, even yesterdays divots as markers. The old timers managed to hit shots close to the hole without yardage books, I am sure that the players of today could do the same.

[Go_Blue!]

Don't see the need to make the game any more difficult than it already can be at times.

[schuyler]

I would rather watch the players be allowed rangefinders instead. Much faster.

[SwooshLT]

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I would rather watch the players be allowed rangefinders instead. Much faster.
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[xxio]

So instead of 5.5 hour final round twosomes we would get to watch 6.5hour final rounds as the indecisive pros get even more indecisive?

The fast ones may actually play faster though.

[tbowles411]

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I would rather watch the players be allowed rangefinders instead. Much faster.
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Agreed!

[Ty_Webb]

[quote name='Willie Malay' timestamp='1403815738' post='9585159']
I'd love to see a pro tournament where no yardages of any kind was allowed just to see what happens. Could be entertaining. Now, of course they'd all have yardage books from somewhere, hiding in their rooms and they'd preview them but not to have anything on the course, that would be......fun to watch.
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I was lucky enough to play a round with Mark Roe (former European Tour player) a few years ago. No yardage book, nothing but 150 yard posts on the edge of the fairway. He was within 3 or 4 yards of pin high everywhere. Frightening how good he was with his distance control. I can imagine that they might struggle a bit to begin with, but with a little practice at looking at flags and estimating distance, I bet they'd be pretty good.

[ronstelten]

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I would rather watch the players be allowed rangefinders instead. Much faster.
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While watching the NCAA Golf Championship the first thing I noticed was how the rangefinder slowed the game down. Those coaches literally pulled their players out of pre-shot to double, triple, and quadruple check the yardage.

Tour golf with rangefinders: Caddie, shoot the pin, shoot the lip of the bunker, shoot the tree at the back of the green, then change the batteries and shoot them all again to make sure they double check.

[Vindog]

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I would rather watch the players be allowed rangefinders instead. Much faster.
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While watching the NCAA Golf Championship the first thing I noticed was how the rangefinder slowed the game down. Those coaches literally pulled their players out of pre-shot to double, triple, and quadruple check the yardage.
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Gee I never saw that coming [/sarcasm]

[Vindog]

pretty easy to make a yardgae book on google maps, fyi

[rjp322]

Pros would do much better than you would think without yardages

[PGArox]

Why not blindfolds, too?

[awil]

Going to put this out there . You play enough golf decently you can guess everything within 4 yards. I'm about 87% right with my guessing +\- 3 yards...

[i*windows]

why do they need yardages, most golf just hit driver wedge anyway

[lumberman2462]

There is a senior tour player at my club and he plays practice rounds and never uses a yardage book or rangefinder. He doesn't go looking for sprinkler heads or ask anyone who is using a rangefinder.

Hits it right at the flag and fairly close. Guess that's why he's on the champions tour.

[Playaway]

[quote name='Willie Malay' timestamp='1403815738' post='9585159']
I'd love to see a pro tournament where no yardages of any kind was allowed just to see what happens. Could be entertaining. Now, of course they'd all have yardage books from somewhere, hiding in their rooms and they'd preview them but not to have anything on the course, that would be......fun to watch.
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Yes, I'd like to see that too. Might take away the robotic 171.5 yards to the hole, let's put the mechanical 171.5 driving range swing on it. Anything that would bring back shot making instead of just straight shots with technological training wheels.

[tbowles411]

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[quote name='Willie Malay' timestamp='1403815738' post='9585159']
I'd love to see a pro tournament where no yardages of any kind was allowed just to see what happens. Could be entertaining. Now, of course they'd all have yardage books from somewhere, hiding in their rooms and they'd preview them but not to have anything on the course, that would be......fun to watch.
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Yes, I'd like to see that too. Might take away the robotic 171.5 yards to the hole, let's put the mechanical 171.5 driving range swing on it. Anything that would bring back shot making instead of just straight shots with technological training wheels.
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One day, I'll learn how to make a shot. But until then I'll focus on putting.

[iratherenjoygolf]

People seriously underestimate the ability of these guys. There would be almost no difference in scoring.

[joey2aces]

I am pretty accurate with my guessing...

http://youtu.be/pjvQFtlNQ-M

[bandrz]

I have no problem missing the greens from any yardage!

Honestly, I play without "specific" yardages pretty regularly. I don't really think it is that difficult at all. If i'm near 150 and there is a white flag on the green, then its the 150 club. If its a blue flag then its 160. You would probably find that your instincts are better than you think

[rvs0002]

I agree OP. While we're at it, no help at all from the caddie except for schlepping the bag around and no raking bunkers.

I know most wouldn't like it, but I think it would be awesome.

[xxio]

[quote name='lumberman2462' timestamp='1403865331' post='9588599']
There is a senior tour player at my club and he plays practice rounds and never uses a yardage book or rangefinder. He doesn't go looking for sprinkler heads or ask anyone who is using a rangefinder.

Hits it right at the flag and fairly close. Guess that's why he's on the champions tour.
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If on familiar courses these guys would do well. They just play so many different course it would be tough to remember all those holes.

[mark m]

Well, if you took them somewhere they had never seen and they had no access to any help, it might not be as good as some think. It would depend on how many blind shots there were, doglegs, tight landing areas, uphill/downhill, water, rough height, small areas to play to on large undulating greens, and so on.

No yardage what so ever?

on the tee - fairway sweeps right

A: "The green must be over there behind those trees? (dogleg right?)"
B: "Do you think it's a par 4 or par 5?"
A: "You can't ask that question, and besides, I don't know"
B: "Nevermind. Your honor, your Honor"

What would it prove?

[mapeacock]

strakaline

[Willie Malay]

Some people have taken the idea I meant EVERY tournament should be like this. RTFP. I said one tournament. I'd also like to see a 3-club tournament too....get it?...one....not all.

[martinbns]

As a kid I paced off pretty much all my shots and got really good at estimating distance out to about 200 yards, I suspect pro caddies would be far better at it than I ever got.

I don't think there would be a significant change to scoring.