Discussion in general golf talk started by pa jayhawk, apr 17, 2008. Mark bostick golf course at the university of florida. Founder mike howell developed a reputation for excellence in graphics, service and printing that grew best approach into the worlds largest producer of yardage guides. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your.
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. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. They are a valuable marketing piece for your golf course as well as a classic souvenir for players. These pocket sized, hole by hole golf course guide books are completely customized with maps, yardage information, and green illustrations.
Follow along as you watch video tutorials outlining every step. Founder mike howell developed a reputation for excellence in graphics, service and printing that. 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. Google earth can be a very helpful tool for capturing images of the golf course and importing them into inkscape and starting work on them. Mark bostick golf course at university of florida tee times and rates.
You may be wondering why a pro may need all of this if theyve already seen and played the. 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. This caddie named mark long, among other people, make yardage books and sellgive them to other golfers. Sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday. Advantageous for the true player wanting the edge to win. Although the course was originally designed by renowned architect.
Shockers wrap day one at gators invitational wichita state athletics. George lucas, and mark long both pioneers in the field of. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including. Best approach has been producing the finest yardage guides in the business since 1994. The 18hole, par 70 course plays to a length of 6,700 yards from the gator tees, but with four sets of tees, is playable from all levels of players. You can measure the distances by pacing from markers on the course once you have. For competitive golfers, making your own yardage books is very beneficial to saving strokes on the course.
Only because yardage books make life a whole lot simpler, and the game a whole lot easier. Now you have seen all of the information that can go into a yardage book. View key info about course database including course description, tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, course tours, directions and more. For most players knowing the yardage to the center of the green is enough. The diy yardage book and practice system thats designed to give you improved course management. We show you how to print your yardage book and use it on the course. The mark bostick golf course is owned by the university of florida and is a state of the art 118 acre golf.
Genuine leather leather golf book, add name, logo, team, club. Beginning in 1962, the mark bostick golf course formerly the gainesville golf and country club has shared a special relationship with the uf golf teams. Those numbers, from top to bottom, represent yardage to the center of the green, yardage from the tee box, and yardage to the front of the green. Pin sheets and yardage books golf instruction article. The course is owned by the university and operated by the university athletic association. A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book. For over 80 years, mark bostick golf course has anchored the northwest corner of the university of floridas gainesville campus. We have been able to use our combined 50 years of caddying on the pga. Smyers, asgca, the meadow brook golf course opened in 1986. Every hole on the golf course is featured on its own 2page spread. Yardage marker yardage and strategy booklet yardage book. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Using a yardage book helps you plan out your shots, instead of just hitting shots. John reger manages the course as the golf professional. Table of contents 201819 university of florida womens golf quick. The usga might have a problem with pga tour yardage books. Our tutorials will be sent instantly to your inbox. Although the course was originally designed by renowned architect donald ross during the 1920s, it has evolved over the years to take on its own distinct personality. Make your own golf course yardage book by matt canham, instructions each hole does not have to be drawn to scale, but needs to accurately indicate hazards, their distances and. Pro members save money on every round of golf they play with golflink.
Located less than a mile from campus, the mark bostick golf course at the university of florida and the guy bostick clubhouse, home of the mens and womens golf teams, is situated. We aim to give you the most useful golf course planners and visualization tools available today. Apr 17, 2014 heres the cover of one of those yardage books for this weeks venue, harbour town golf links. Thats why we created fairway leathers, to satisfy the golfers. A complete guide to our olympic golf course, reflecting the most current changes. Save 6 to 10 strokes by understanding how to read a golf hole, recognize defensive features like bunkers, trees, water, mounds, swales, rough, and wind, identify opportunities and risks, determine landing areas and approach angles, and make better strategic decisions. Or explore some of the greatest courses in the world on our global map and features pages everything you need to take your game to the next level. Pin sheets occasionally come in more polished varieties too. The 2d and 3d planners are fullfeatured planners designed for laptops and workstations. The scorecard is based on the tee, pin and target positions shown on the map. Golf course yardage book illustrations for southwinds golf. 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.
When creating a yardage book we have one goal in mind. The course has been home to the gators daytoday operations through six ncaa championships four mens and two womens and 21 southeastern conference mens, eight womens. Action resumes sunday morning mark bostick golf course with the last of. Yardage maps course search find golf courses near you.
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One of the few college golf courses in the country located on campus, it also includes a new stateoftheart facility featuring fitness and club. Golf course guides are pocket sized magazines filled with information about the golf course and its facilities. Mark bostick golf course at university of florida golflink. Just like professionals do with their yardage books. Get hole yardage, distance markers, locate hazards and see course layouts.
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Enjoy an aerial view of each hole, gps distance, yardage book and more. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the mark bostick golf course article. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage books. The mark bostick golf course is owned by the university of florida and is a state of the art 118 acre golf course which as originally opened in 1922 as the gainesville golf and country club. Fairway leathers offers customized leather golf products for all golfers amateur to pro. The pros and caddies take these, and then scout the course. The diy yardage book used by more amateurs, collegiate golfers, lpga and pga professionals than any other brand. The course is owned by the university and operated by the university athletic association uaa.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Located less than a mile from campus, the mark bostick golf course at the university of florida and the guy bostick clubhouse, home of the mens and womens golf teams, is situated on 110 acres of heavily treelined, softly rolling terrain. Then using the mapping function you can plot where you want to drive the ball. Mark bostick golf course detailed maps and yardage. Mark bostick golf course at the university of florida in gainesville. Make your own golf course yardage book by matt canham, instructions each hole does not have to be drawn to scale, but needs to accurately indicate hazards, their distances and details of each green. Or follow the pros on the pga and european tours using the premapped courses on our pro calendar. Unfollow golf yardage books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
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