Golf - 2020

[Blackpuddin]

Bought a Bushnell Tour V5 Shift rangefinder from Complete Golfer in May, at £359 the most expensive single golf item I've ever bought. All was fine until a couple of weeks ago when it suddenly started misreading everything as being between 6 and 12 yards away. Would do that at the start of a round and only reset itself at the end of the round. Taking the battery out and putting it back in didn't help. The Bushnell repeated its trick on the next outing too which put me in a poor frame of mind for two comps.
CG have agreed to take it back for inspection so I'll be posting it over to them today. Just wondered if anybody else has had a similar experience.

Edited by Blackpuddin on Tuesday 22 September 17:27

[SpeckledJim]

I speak from a position of intense and studied ignorance, but it always struck me that GPS was a simpler and more reliable way to get the information than with a rangefinder.

[Deesee]

I had a similar experience with my range finder, I sent it back to Nikon, and it had turned out to be a bit of grass on the battery contacts!

Personally I prefer a ranger finder to GPS, you can zap hazards and trees extra to get safe distances to avoid them!

[bodhi]

Deesee said:

I had a similar experience with my range finder, I sent it back to Nikon, and it had turned out to be a bit of grass on the battery contacts!

Personally I prefer a ranger finder to GPS, you can zap hazards and trees extra to get safe distances to avoid them!

That was my first thought as well - debris on the laser or lens?

Personally I like to have both if at all possible - usually have my ShotScope on the wrist to give F/M/B which is great for outside 180 yards and I just want to get it safely on the green - within that range I tend to get more aggressive and want yardages to the pin. The RF is also great if you have to lay up to particular part of the hole you're playing, a quick laser will give you a number straight off.

[Blackpuddin]

SpeckledJim said:

I speak from a position of intense and studied ignorance, but it always struck me that GPS was a simpler and more reliable way to get the information than with a rangefinder.

Yes, I had a TomTom watch before, but when it conked out after a compulsory 'upgrade' that I played no part in I opted for the laser because the course I play on now in Wales has very patchy GPS/internet coverage. Apps like Hole19 are next to useless here.
Lasers work anywhere (well, mine doesn't but in theory they should). Unlike the small Bushnell Phantom thing I had last year for a couple of months you don't have to wait ages for it to pick up a signal. That process took forever even at my old club in Wilts.

[Blackpuddin]

bodhi said:

Deesee said:

I had a similar experience with my range finder, I sent it back to Nikon, and it had turned out to be a bit of grass on the battery contacts!

Personally I prefer a ranger finder to GPS, you can zap hazards and trees extra to get safe distances to avoid them!

That was my first thought as well - debris on the laser or lens?

It's spotless, with the amount of money it cost me I've been treating it like a Faberge egg! It's the one with the magnet that allows you to clamp it onto metal. I don't suppose that could be affecting it. Anyway, it's in the post now so hopefully Complete Golfer will get back to me with a solution soon. I'll happily take a straight replacement or even this one back again if they manage to find and fix the problem as it's a nice bit of kit.

[Deesee]

Blackpuddin said:

bodhi said:

Deesee said:

I had a similar experience with my range finder, I sent it back to Nikon, and it had turned out to be a bit of grass on the battery contacts!

Personally I prefer a ranger finder to GPS, you can zap hazards and trees extra to get safe distances to avoid them!

That was my first thought as well - debris on the laser or lens?

It's spotless, with the amount of money it cost me I've been treating it like a Faberge egg! It's the one with the magnet that allows you to clamp it onto metal. I don't suppose that could be affecting it. Anyway, it's in the post now so hopefully Complete Golfer will get back to me with a solution soon. I'll happily take a straight replacement or even this one back again if they manage to find and fix the problem as it's a nice bit of kit.

I thought mine was spotless too, (changing battery’s mid round)!

Nikon did an out of service, service.. they phoned me for payment, 3.20£ (including post)..

[Skyedriver]

I've bought a bundle of golf clubs, mainly for my son, we play in the garden, pitch and putt but you never know he might take up the sport.

There's a miss match of manufacturers and some duplicates from different manufacturers.
Keno
Donnay
Neilson
Benross
Ryder

Irons, woods, wedges etc Some new some a little worn. The ali woods have corrosion under the paintwork.

Without typing the whole list on here and making it sound like an advert, is there anyone prepared to give me some guidance as to what I should keep to make a set and what I should sell/pass to the charity shop if I write out a list.

They're right handed and I'm left handed....

Thanks in advance

Edited by Skyedriver on Wednesday 23 September 21:40

[SpeckledJim]

Skyedriver said:

I've bought a bundle of golf clubs, mainly for my son, we play in the garden, pitch and putt but you never know he might take up the sport.

There's a miss match of manufacturers and some duplicates from different manufacturers.
Keno
Donnay
Neilson
Benross
Ryder

Irons, woods, wedges etc Some new some a little worn. The ali woods have corrosion under the paintwork.

Without typing the whole list on here and making it sound like an advert, is there anyone prepared to give me some guidance as to what I should keep to make a set and what I should sell/pass to the charity shop if I write out a list.

They're right handed and I'm left handed....

Thanks in advance

Edited by Skyedriver on Wednesday 23 September 21:40

Sadly that’s not a very appealing list.

Keep the ones that have the best condition grips and give away the rest.

If the boy gets the bug then a decent used set from eBay is not at all expensive and won’t ever lose much value.

[theguvernor15]

I'm looking at getting my 9 year old a set for his birthday.
At that age, they seem to come as a set: bag with a butter, driver, 7 & a sand wedge.

[CustardOnChips]

theguvernor15 said:

I'm looking at getting my 9 year old a set for his birthday.
At that age, they seem to come as a set: bag with a butter, driver, 7 & a sand wedge.

They don't need much more at that age. My son has a few other clubs but only really uses a driver, rescue, 7 iron and wedge. Plus putter.

I find sports direct clubs more than adequate for him at his age. They are only £12/£18 each. They also do sets.

[Patrick Bateman]

Aye it'd be daft to go overkill at that age.

[Blackpuddin]

theguvernor15 said:

I'm looking at getting my 9 year old a set for his birthday.
At that age, they seem to come as a set: bag with a butter, driver, 7 & a sand wedge.

Always handy to have some butter in your sand wedge.

[SpeckledJim]

Blackpuddin said:

theguvernor15 said:

I'm looking at getting my 9 year old a set for his birthday.
At that age, they seem to come as a set: bag with a butter, driver, 7 & a sand wedge.

Always handy to have some butter in your sand wedge.

oh very good.

[Skyedriver]

SpeckledJim said:

Blackpuddin said:

theguvernor15 said:

I'm looking at getting my 9 year old a set for his birthday.
At that age, they seem to come as a set: bag with a butter, driver, 7 & a sand wedge.

Always handy to have some butter in your sand wedge.

oh very good.

+1

[fourstardan]

Blackpuddin said:

Bought a Bushnell Tour V5 Shift rangefinder from Complete Golfer in May, at £359 the most expensive single golf item I've ever bought. All was fine until a couple of weeks ago when it suddenly started misreading everything as being between 6 and 12 yards away. Would do that at the start of a round and only reset itself at the end of the round. Taking the battery out and putting it back in didn't help. The Bushnell repeated its trick on the next outing too which put me in a poor frame of mind for two comps.
CG have agreed to take it back for inspection so I'll be posting it over to them today. Just wondered if anybody else has had a similar experience.

Edited by Blackpuddin on Tuesday 22 September 17:27

Had issues with my Bushnell when we had a spell of humid spraying rain at the end of august time. Fine now.

[Rosscow]

toasty said:

Played East Sussex National on Sunday/Monday.

West Course on Sunday for the Captains Cup competiton, I got 35 points and the win resulting in a 2 shot cut down to 21. I'm still struggling to get off the tee with anything higher than a 6 iron but once I get that mojo back I hope to get down to 18 hcp. Short game was really good.

East Course on Monday with quite a hangover was a team game and I tried/failed with driver and 3 hybrid for came in with a lowly 23 points.

All in all a good venue for a weekend break and good prep for Turkey next month.

Normally play here a couple of times a year but haven't bothered because the courses were in such poor condition this spring. How are they now?

[kiethton]

Played in the Capitans day on Saturday - great little format:

4-ball Texas scramble but with a few changes:

Each person on the team of 4 had to take at least 4 tee shots
Each person on the team of 4 had to take at least 4 second shots
On 3 holes (of 9 options) you could choose to play from the ladies tees
Some holes had no flags so you didn't know where you were aiming for
Some holes had 2 flags/holes so you could take your pick
Team handicap was 15% of total handicap

We only managed to win the bloody thing!

Shot -11 gross, plus our 4.5 handicap to give us a net 53.5 - 9 birdies and an eagle with the rest pars

Need to go and collect my winnings (FJ shoes - which I'll hopefully be able to swap having bought a new pair 3 weeks ago....) as and when I get a chance!

[toasty]

Rosscow said:

toasty said:

Played East Sussex National on Sunday/Monday.

West Course on Sunday for the Captains Cup competiton, I got 35 points and the win resulting in a 2 shot cut down to 21. I'm still struggling to get off the tee with anything higher than a 6 iron but once I get that mojo back I hope to get down to 18 hcp. Short game was really good.

East Course on Monday with quite a hangover was a team game and I tried/failed with driver and 3 hybrid for came in with a lowly 23 points.

All in all a good venue for a weekend break and good prep for Turkey next month.

Normally play here a couple of times a year but haven't bothered because the courses were in such poor condition this spring. How are they now?

Fairways were a little patchy in places but the greens were in great shape. Bunkers were light and fluffy in some and heavy in others, maybe that's normal.

I'd say it wasn't worth the green fee of £70 that some paid for a single day but the weekend package £170 seemed good enough value.

FWIW Half of my golf is on the local muni course at £9 a round and the rest around £25-35.

[Patrick Bateman]

Played Inchmarlo 9 holer near Banchory yesterday for the second time with better results. Score is down as 1 under but the second was actually playing like a 190 yard par 3 with where the tee was so I'd call it level par in real terms. Pitching in for eagle on the 8th and driving the last with a 3 wood was a nice way to finish too.