ZioMio: Why not have it so the players can check their elevation on the mini map. It already shows the distance.
Luigi, I think you've suggested a even easier version of my suggestion and am sorry for not having seen your post or considered it myself.
If one can mouse over anyone's ball on the mini map and see their remaining distance, what difference would it make if I could also see the elevation, including my own? Is it really a "advantage" to know it even though I'm somewhere else in or off the fairway...left, right, in front of or behind his ball? Same for missed fairways. Is there a "advantage" to seeing/knowing my % of rough once the ball stops? From the time my ball stops, be it tee shot or fairway, being able to mouse over the ball and see remaining distance, elevation and lie gives me no advantage time-wise over another if they also can do it.