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Dom, have you had a chance to try out the v4? If so, are you liking it? I'm trying to decide what to get.

I am liking it...I exchanged it with the one that also has the slope calculation. Already relying on it.

bought a putting green today

What was the final bill for that badassery?

$16K, 2000 sq ft

~11k materials
~5 labor

After watching them, pretty happy I didn't try to DIY it. Came real close.

Was a good deal and I could tell the places owner wasn't happy about it.

For comparison, last year I had multiple quotes between $7k & $9k to demo and re-pour my patio with just a basic slab. It is around 600-700 sq ft. I laughed a lot before quickly deciding not to do that project.

That seems very cheap to me for 3 days of labor from all the guys that were there. What is the artificial grass called?

That's the Dave Pelz stuff SynLawn

Awesome, does it react like a normal green would to chip shots as well?

you definitely get some unwanted bounce, but if there is spin on the ball, it does react. but i'm so dialed-out right now its hard to tell. surprised i haven't skulled one across the street yet.

reviews look bad, cool concept tho. let know how it goes

My first box I got an adidas climalite polo an ogio (sp) and a ball marker. For $25 it's not bad, will give it another month.

Also just picked up a used vokey sm5 in mint condition for $55 as well as a pair of under armor shorts and a pair of Puma shorts. If I could figure out how to post pictures I would but I think I need imgr?

First round today with it. Was awesome, already love it.

I am used to playing with guys that have lasers, today's partners all had gps watches ... Useless for trying to figure out pin depth.

It's always a bit challenging playing with people who have gps-watches and think they're any use to someone who has a rangefinder.

It's a constant "that's a nice toy you have there honey, but let me use this grown-up tool instead" without actually saying that.

gps is good for how much you room you have on back pins when used with a laser but that is about it.

If the event has pin sheets gps is ok but as someone who just bought a laser I don't know how I ever played a round without one. So much value in them, and tons of value on inside 75 yard shots where it never occurred to me how useful they can be.

I feel useless if I forget my laser or the batteries run out or something. Since the first couple rounds I played with it, it became completely 100% necessary. And it improved my game massively almost immediately. But it never occurred to me that GPS wasn't completely useless. It's not that uncommon for me to shoot a back pin with my laser, hit it 5 yards long and tilt my balls off when I'm off the back in deep rough, not having realized how far back the pin was.

On that note, do any of the watch GPS units have good shot tracking? I don't care to punch in what club I'm using on course, but I'd like to have the ability to track shot locations and specify the clubs in software later.

Game golf original is good if you don't mind uploading when you get home. Arccoss and game golf live work with your phone being in your pocket the entire time. Game golf live and Arccoss are not tournament legal if that matters to you but pretty sure you can shut off the function that makes it illegal for tournaments.


and after all that I see you wanted a gps thing, ignore original game golf then

i might get the original game golf anyway, but i'd prefer something less intrusive. microsoft band sounds really appealing but they don't have my home course.

but yeah, i'm thinking i might want GPS to get distances to the back of the green now.

You should check into what routines they have for adding courses - it might be possible to request it.

One of my local courses was not available for game golf when I first got it - I filled in a form with some info on their pages and it was added within 48 hours which really impressed me.

Arccos requires your phone in your pocket. Game golf live does not. Game golf requires you wear that little gadget on your belt instead.

I requested it about a month ago... not very hopeful at this point

too many people grabbing my scotty to play on the backyard green, so, 3 cheapy putters @ the sports authority going out of business sale.

Oh eff that! Good call on getting some "loaners" for the back yard.

lol

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