Can someone decode the notes poulter has here in his yardage book for number 5 at Augusta?
I know he is cataloging the shots he hit and the effect of wind but not sure the notation? Anybody understand this?
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Just figured out that the numbers are
- yardage to the front
- yardage to the pin
- wind + sometimes he writes club and what it carried
- numbers to the right are pin locations
That’s awesome. Great find.
A friend used to play professionally - typical notes about yardage book (for approach shots)
- always have numbers to front (then use pin sheet to mark pins based on distance from front)
- each day including practice rounds marks distance to hole (including slope adj from using range finder during practice round), wind speed/direction, club hit, how far it carried
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I play the same course most days… and I take zero notes… seems not so smart.
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I have played at my club for 3 seasons now and honestly don’t know the course as well as I should. I did laser some trouble holes and make notes about some yardages and elevation, but not much. I could probably tell you more about what’s behind the bar.
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Aint no shame in that…just add a 19th hole to your book!!
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I feel this comment, hit me deep. I might need to do some proper homework this spring…
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My wife jokes about her short-term memory loss: she only needs two books to read😉. Look at it this way, you get to play a new course every outing on your home course😂.
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A bit off topic but my membership is at a course Poulter used to work at. He got a signed flag from Augusta framed for the clubhouse bar. Top guy. As I heard it, the Head pro at the time he worked at the club wouldn’t let him enter comps so he did what any self-respecting person should do and left as soon as he found a club that valued him!
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