Who better to ask about the greatest putters of all-time than Brad Faxon? And that’s exactly what Golf.com did about a year ago. I decided to take his list and apply some APBA metrics to it. I took the All-Time Great (ATG) APBA card for each player on Faxon’s list and calculated the percentage of […]
Month: May 2022
Putting Inside 10 Feet
Although long putts on the final holes occasionally win tournaments, it’s usually consistently good putting at closer range that makes the difference. That got me to wondering how well APBA putters perform from 7 to 9 feet compared to the real pros. What I found surprised me. I decided to look at the 2021 PGA […]
GC Scoring Definitions
I am in the process of automating the GC Scorecard, so that users can play faster and not have to worry about how to record certain scoring details. Because some users may not be familiar with all the scoring terms*, I thought it would be useful to describe them here. Here is an example of […]
Strategic Club Selection
Which three clubs you pick to add to your bag at the beginning of a round can make a big difference in how you score. At this point, I don’t have an algorithm I can recommend, but I do have some basic questions you can ask yourself that might make the selection process a bit […]
How to Handle Shots in the Water
In this week’s video with IDJESTER, I answered a question about how to play a shot that goes into the water. Unfortunately, I got it partly wrong. This post is intended to correct that mistake. There are really two parts to this question: (1) How do you handle a shot that goes into the water […]
Fred Couples: First Take
This post is an initial look at the 1992 Frederick Steven “Fred” Couples card, focusing mainly on his carry distance and accuracy off the tee using a driver. We’ll dissect it, so that you can get a leg up on your competition… Most tee shots with a driver roll 25 – 30 yards if they […]
GC Learning Video #6 with IDJESTER
Tonight, IDJESTER and I ran through several scenarios using the GC, including: balls hit into water or out-of-bounds targeting locations with the Approach Caddie that are less than 25 yards from your ball location what to do when your ball is off the course board locating your ball on the course board after crossing a […]
GC 4.1.2 Now Available
The latest version of the Game Caddie, version 4.1.2, is now available. This update contains the following fixes, design changes, and improvements: The Clubs Boards were carefully proofed by multiple people to identify and correct shot result typos. In most cases, these would have gone unnoticed by the typical GC user and wouldn’t have significantly […]
Driver vs. 2-Iron Off the Tee
I thought it might be interesting to look at the strategy of club selection when teeing off by using some extreme examples. For that reason, I decided to look at the differences between teeing off with a driver and a 2-Iron using two golfers with vastly different driving abilities. The first golfer is Bryson DeChambeau […]
GC Tip: Course-specific Wind Charts
Wind effects are very easily managed in the GC. After loading the hole, you just have to click on the blue box that corresponds to the Wind type and dice roll. After that, the All in One Menu will automatically handle all 2nd dice rolls for wind and apply their effects. Well, that’s normally the […]