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Reading elevation from the fairway

• bigseanbig 511 Posts

  Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:45 PM

  How do you add/subtract yardarge to adjust for elevation? especially large changes in elevation when you hitting from the fairway. 

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Thu, Jul 14 2011 11:20 PM

  for me: 3ft u = + 1 yard

  but it's not exact and depends on equipment, hole, wind, etc. so,. trully, no real answer except for trial and error.

  -wgticon

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 11:12 AM

  3 feet equals a yard eh? Wish I'd thought of that.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 11:37 AM

  piztaker:

  3 feet equals a yard eh? Wish I'd thought of that.

   

  lol

  3ft of elevation = adding 1 yard to total distance :)

• bigdaddie1 2,694 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 12:37 PM

  WGTicon:

  piztaker:

  3 feet equals a yard eh? Wish I'd thought of that.

   

   

  lol

  3ft of elevation = adding 1 yard to total distance :)

   

  icon!

  Your not as dumb as you think you are

   

• duffer66 700 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 2:13 PM

  Not exactly, there are greens with elevation changes that do not affect your shot, keep playing and you'll find them.

• LizzieRossetti 1,545 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 4:14 PM

  duffer66:

  Not exactly, there are greens with elevation changes that do not affect your shot, keep playing and you'll find them.

   

  No! Just tell us and stop with these beastly Beatitudes. Or not.

  "And blessed are those who cannot attain pure GIR "  Extract from an overheard surmon on the mount. Mount BP15 that is.

   

  Lizzie xx

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:32 PM

  Just try each distance at each hole until you get it right. Then write it down.

• birdwell 561 Posts

  Thu, Jul 21 2011 12:05 AM

  You have to consider the loft of the club that you are hitting. Elevation effects wedges and short irons somewhat less than mid or long irons. Adding or subtracting a yard for every 3 feet of elevation works very well for the mid irons I find. 

  Sometimes you can almost ignore the elevation change when hitting a wedge. A long iron -  well I haven't figured those out to well my self. :P

  Throw the wind and spin into the equation and you have some very complicated physics going on.

  If you have yet to get a feel for elevation changes yet, try hitting with no spin on those shots until you do.. then experiment and find out how spin effects those shots

  Oakmont #1 is a great place to practice this (just be sure to get it in the fairway!  - jump into an unlimited play OAK front or 18 tourney and keep restarting the rounds till you feel like you have a handle on it.

   

• xtabent 2,281 Posts

  Thu, Jul 21 2011 3:34 AM

  3ft 6