Benchmarking Distances with a Rangefinder

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In this video, we're going to go over plotting your dispersion without using a

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launch monitor.

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So there's a couple steps to plotting your dispersion if you're not going to

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use something

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like Trekman.

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First, I want to get a few yardages, so I have a rough idea of about how far

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each shot

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is carrying or total, but I prefer carry, and then I'm going to use some finger

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dispersion

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so I can figure out the left to right pattern.

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So I'm going to stand basically even with where I'm hitting the ball, and in

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this particular

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case, I'm going to get the front of the green, the pin, the back of the green.

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So I've got 60 to the front, 82 to the pin, 95 to the back.

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So that way, if I don't have really good landmarks, in fact, I'm going to do

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one more, I'm going

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to do the edge of that bunker, which is 75.

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So 60 to the front, 75, 95 to the back, 82 to the pin.

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That gives me a few different numbers or references so that when I hit this, I

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'm not totally

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flying blind or just guessing.

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I would like to get my guess within two yards distance-wise, but depending on

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how flat,

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if you're hitting an uphill downhill, landing on slopes, sometimes it's hard to

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see exactly.

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So we're going to get as good of a range as we can.

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Now, I've got a sheet of paper to write down what actually happens, but the way

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I'm going

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to keep track of direction, I'm now going to pick the pin, that yellow pin as

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my target,

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so I'm holding up four fingers.

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Two fingers to the right is middle of the far bunker, and two fingers to the

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left is

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the little post just to the right of the 150 pull.

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So now as I go through, I'm going to be able to write down how far did it go

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and then I'll

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write either one left, two left for how many fingers it was left of the target

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or one right

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to right for how many right, and that's going to give me kind of a rough little

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scatter plot.

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So this isn't going to be a full shot just for understanding the process.

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So that is two left at about 80.

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So now we'll maybe adjust the aim just slightly.

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I would actually, if I'm doing this for real, I would probably adjust my aim,

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go through

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a little aiming process each time, that'll help slow me down.

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And right now I'm just kind of hitting like more of a half three-quarter, so

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that was

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probably 75, and we'll call that one right.

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So I almost forgot what I was doing, let's write those down.

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So we got the first shot as two left at 80, and then we've got the second one

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at one right

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at 75.

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It's easy to do if you use your phone, just kind of keep a running tally, but I

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'm using

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my phone to record the video right now, so I'm going to write it on parchment

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the old

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school way.

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Let's see if we can do one more.

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So that is more like it at the flag.

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All right, that landed right next to the flag, so we'll call that 82 and 0.

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So if I was looking at just real quick these numbers, and normally the more

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shots the better,

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but on this I'd say low was 75, high was 82, so I'm looking at kind of upper 70

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s as that

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shot, and it was two left, one right, zero.

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So maybe bias, that first one I think was more aim.

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So I'm going to bias that on being pretty straight with my target.

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So if I do that for a few different clubs, I'm going to have a couple different

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references.

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I don't think you have to, if you're using this method, it's not quite as

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obvious as

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track man, so I would just do a few numbers, maybe something in couple inside

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100, one

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minute, you know, maybe every 25 yards, 100, 125, 150, 175, and just kind of

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use that to

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get your general trend.

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So if you don't have access to a launch monitor, you can still do it the old

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school way with

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a couple steps.

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Use the launch monitor, or sorry, use the range finder to get a couple

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appropriate distances,

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and then write it down so you can get a relative average, that'll give you

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close enough as

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far as a baseline, that'll allow you to be a little more precise when you're

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picking

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your clubs on the course.