I use yardage books as reference to keep me in the moment and the task at hand. Provide your email below and well send you a digital copy of our 2015 catalog. The maker of pga tour and major professional and amateur championship yardage books. This is a great feature that is not available in a traditional paper yardage book. But one of the things people dont realize is that yardage isnt just numbers. 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. 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. Brickley golf specializes in handcrafted leather golf scorecard holders, yardage book covers, and quality golf accessories. And when you see the professionals on tv consulting the little pocketsized notebooks typically carried in a back pocket for handy access that is what youre seeing. The primary purpose of the yardage book is, no surprise, to provide the golfer with yardages.
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. This is how i became a pga tour caddie caddie network. He shoved his tee shot right into a fairway bunker and was forced to lay up into an area covered in the j. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. I asked his caddie and brother austin if i could have a look at the yardage book that has guided dustin to so much success on the. These days, theres a lot more than numbers in the yardage books used by veteran caddies in the masters. 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. Just moments after johnson walked off the 18th green, i asked his caddie and brother austin if i could have a look at the yardage book that has. T he use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments.
The yardage book app is gpsenabled, so distances to all course features greens, targets, bunkers, hazards, etc. X research source knowing the yardages isnt always enough, and the caddy has to take the distances into account with weather conditions, course conditions and lie. He was able to use the book to shoot a combined 66 over 2 days on the harder 9 hole side. Our yardage books are the professional s book of choice. Apr 12, 2018 it wasnt until the 1970s that yardage books as they began to be called, caught on with the professional golfers of the day. The yardage books are made and if not used, they are. Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. 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. This tour yardage book and scorecard cover is great for keeping yardage books, lesson notes or scorecards. Arguably the most important tool for players and caddies alike each week on the pga tour are yardage and green contour books. A caddie is often a valued member of a professional players team, one who arrives at a tournament before the player to familiarize himself with the course and map its terrain into a yardage book. The average golfer can learn a lot from these pages.
Bluegrass fairway golf scorecard holders, leather yardage. Of all the books i have used around the world on all the tours the pro secrets book is the best by far continue reading. Jan 15, 2018 the primary purpose of the yardage book is, no surprise, to provide the golfer with yardages. 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. Players and caddies depend on yardage and green contour books for. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books. Our genuine leather are designed by professional golfers and caddies and are completely customizable. When creating a yardage book we have one goal in mind. Retired caddie mark long produces them and sends them to each event. This yardage book has been the same yardage book i used at lpga qualifying school stage 1.
Aside from his gutbusting stories, the pga tour caddie creates the yardage books that all. A successful pro golfers caddie will be rewarded with a salary plus a percentage of the golfers winnings. After a while most of that becomes 2nd nature, but until you know a course the notes are helpful. Youll get 2003 pga tour winning caddy interviews, veteran caddy interviews, stories, name golf products and more. 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.
We have provided yardage books for many of the top golf courses and clubs in the united states. A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book. I use a course yardage book from my home course and make notes on it. Im very methodical in practice rounds, measuring how far wills 3wood goes, etc. 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. Brickley golf handcrafted yardage book covers and scorecard. 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.
May 17, 2018 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 could jot down. One of the clubs actually bought the rights to my book free jr. Retired caddie mark long produces them and sends them to. How to make a golf yardage book based on the book by eric jones and dick barry duration.
But it is also possible to make your own yardage book. Below i have included a video that shows exactly how a caddy on the pga tour creates professional yardage books for his players and other players on tour. Mark longs yardage books hold the secret key to success on the pga tour. Jun 26, 2019 mark longs yardage books hold the secret key to success on the pga tour. Use it as a great standalone yardage booklet or use it with a gps or rangefinder as a full fledged strategy and tactics. Yardage books are essential for tour caliber golfers and useful for ordinary players. Books that you see the tour pros and caddies using youtube. Pro secrets golf yardage books pga tour yardage books. The basic book you see is the official course yardage book which lays out the hole and the green across a few pages as required, showing the key terrain of the hole, obstacles, locations of sprinkler heads, and other useful points of reference f.
The my caddie pro is designed with professional templates including. This yardage book that pga tour pros use might be the most. What is in the notebooks that professional golfers use on the. Mark longs pga tour yardage books unlock secret keys to success. As a professional golfer one of the most important pieces of equipment i can take on the course is the yardage book. The my caddie pro doityourself yardage book is used by professional, amateur, and junior golfers worldwide. Every course on the pga tour has a yardage book for the caddies and players, but they arent standard. We thoroughly examine every course by providing measurements to, and from any position. Aug 14, 2018 arguably the most important tool for players and caddies alike each week on the pga tour are yardage and green contour books. Fred funks longtime caddie goes to amazing lengths to provide accuracy. Have you ever felt lost on the course, not sure whether to lay up or put the ball to the back of green.
This cover has been a favorite on the pga tour for over 10 years. Its a side view of the cover on top with the par 3 island green 17th hole and par four 18th hole views underneath. He takes us through the european tour yardage book the holy grail to any tour pro and their caddy. 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 could jot down. Feb 15, 2010 how to make a golf yardage book based on the book by eric jones and dick barry duration. Our yardage books are the professionals book of choice. The my caddie pro diy yardage book is designed for professional, collegiate, junior, and competitive golfers and caddies who build game plans by taking notes during their practice rounds. Pin sheets and yardage books golf instruction article. A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book golf. Pga tour caddie ben hulka explains how players and caddies. Mark long is something of a legend on the pga tour.
This is where players and caddies get their yardage books. Lucas ii, the modernday yardagebook guru, used lasers to measure each hole on the 7,435yardlong course. Having the book was a huge help as he had never seen the course before. The use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments.
George lucas, and mark long both pioneers in the field of mapping out golf courses, began to enhance the yardage books that were then sold to caddies and professional golfers as they travelled from city to city. It involves a lot of other factors like lie, weather conditions and energy. It wasnt until the 1970s that yardage books as they began to be called, caught on with the professional golfers of the day. This is for the dinah shore tournament course where the ana inspiration is held, the first lpga major of the year. Eyeline golf tour yardage book coverscorecard holder. We came to the difficult par4 18th hole needing to make par to make the cut. To download your free bonus templates click the take this course button below your. Bibliography of collectible golf books about golf caddies. The yardage book i have sorry, dont have a scanner is black and white drawing. The my caddie pro yardage book is currently being used on professional and amateur tours, by university golf teams and junior competitve golfers around the world. How to calculate yardage with a yardage book golfweek. Being a 5 handicap and a traditional, i like to play by the yardage book and feel. It is an invaluable tool though only if it is accurate and has all the information that i need. Premium synthetic leather protective covering is strong and will protect the scorecard from ripping or smudging.
I grew up with yardage books and made my own for the half dozen or so courses i played through high school. Clarence trusted me with our team yardage book that first week at english turn. Players and caddies often use internet apps to fill out their my caddie pro prior to their practice or tournament rounds. Pro secrets golf yardage books yardage book course list. Caddie mark long discusses the creation of his yardage books, which.
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