Apr, 20 a glance at one of veteran pga tour caddie paul tesoris masters yardage books shows just how specialized the book can be. Google earth can be a very helpful tool for capturing images of the golf course and importing them into inkscape and starting work on them. Making your own yardage book golf style and accessories. For many years he has made the yardage and greens books the caddies and players use on the pga tour as well as for the united states open championship, the pga championship and the ryder cup.
Find, follow and register for golf events bluegolf. The yardage book app is gpsenabled, so distances to all course features greens, targets, bunkers, hazards, etc. Arranging a blog tour to promote your book silverwood books. Designed by tour professionals, caddies, and instructors, the my caddie pro yardage book took the golf industry by storm in the fall of 2015. The appearances on these book blogs consist of a variety of online activities for the author, from writing guest blog posts, engaging in interviews, posting book excerpts and more.
For developers, product launchers, golf architects, course constructors, event organisers etc. Following is a stepbystep guide to help you create a unique yardage book of your own. I absolutely love it when books teach me something i didnt know before, just in the course. Most of the time i use a laser, but before i decided to buy one i used a strokesaver yardage book, plus a yardage matrix that i created when i had an anorak evening. I absolutely love it when books teach me something i didnt know before, just in the course of reading a. Sep 06, 2020 the detail in a pga tour yardage book is incredible. Kenny harms, longtime caddie for kevin na, gives you a closeup look at his yardage book from the 2020 tour championship at east lake golf club in atlanta to explain all the intricacies and to show you the notes that he takes. Yardage book make your own pga tour style yardage book. Players and caddies alike depend on these tools as they do everything they can to contend in tournaments week in and week out.
Using state of the art computer controlled photoimaging and mapping equipment these guides can be produced without a course visit being necessary. Get the best deals on golf yardage books when you shop the largest online selection at. These yardage books also come with a how to create a yardage book leaflet. I found a number of examples, but one in particular caught my. The yardage books and the information they provide are firstclass. The data paul tesori collects in his masters tournament yardage book goes beyond the distance from tee to green. Online community forum to interact, share, and askanswer questions made by other members. Designer golf scorecards golf yardage books are available in three different design styles to accommodate different budgets and graphical preferences.
Posts about blog tour written by alittlebookproblem. Being a 5 handicap and a traditional, i like to play by the yardage book and feel. My caddie tour diy yardage book is designed for recreation and competitive golfers. Gps distance to greens, bunkers and hazards aerial view of each hole with zoom and pan. Those numbers, from top to bottom, represent yardage to the center of the green, yardage from the tee box, and yardage to the front of the green. Lower section has a fairway description area for yardages back to tee.
What is a book blog tour and how can they help authors. We have been able to use our combined 50 years of caddying on the pga, and lpga tours as our guide to making a professional, quality yardage book that has everything the competitive golfer needs. Jul 07, 2019 before we get into how to make a yardage book, lets take a closer look at what the pros have with them during a round and how they use them. Yardage books for your course golf course yardage books. Fred funk and pga tour caddie dan padawer describe how. Oct 11, 2015 if you want to understand michael collins analysis of why hole no. We provide the highest quality tour style yardage books and guides. Our partner puttview, makes the best yardage books and green maps in golf. We utilise our experience of producing yardage books for professional tours to identify the specific needs and requirements of each particular course. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage books.
And finally, as you likely saw in the product picture these come in multiple colours. The most common yardage book cover material is cotton. Download yardage book and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Mark longs pga tour yardage books unlock secret keys to. My journey in creating my own yardage book started by trying to find examples of the yardage books used on the pga and european tours. Whats more is that it is impossible to do one of these books unless you are a knowledgeable low handicap golfer and our staff excels in this area. Score snapshot golf yardage books 4 pack 4 inches x 6. If youve never heard of a blog tour for books, were here to help weve interviewed anne cater of random things to tell you more about how to arrange a blog. Interactive golf tour 3d oblique view golf yardage book or overhead view golf yardage book designer golf scorecards provides the golf industrys only hd hole graphics for yardage books, website and other marketing collateral. Im going to talk more about love books group and kellys blog in a.
When taking notes on your yardage book is the key to owning one, having space to do so becomes essential. Apr 24, 2016 nowadays, tour players and their caddies carry extraordinarily sophisticated yardage books, which contain not just distances but also topographical details, and even lousy golfers can determine. Dedicated project planning for golfing enterprises single projects or entire portfolio. A blog tour is where your book features on a different book blog every day for a week or two. With a blank bottom page and green grid on the top, this book measures 6. Golf scorecard holders, leather yardage books, headcovers. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books.
There are countless fiction and nonfiction blogs that have emerged in the past few years, all written by passionate readers who want to share their love of. Why writers should work with book bloggers, how to find the best. I have created book blog posters for anne cater of random things tours for. Having sold nearly 200,000 yardage books to golfers in 45 countries, the my caddie pro was the first and continues to be the worlds leader in diy yardage books. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about yardage book cover. Yardage book cover fully custom design your own coobs golf. Yardage book app detailed yardage guide for every course. Golf pro tips for using a yardage book golf channel.
Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. Whether these are your first yardage books or youve been doing this for a while it can always be helpful to have more information to get the most out of this product. How to make a golf course yardage book mark wilkinson. Basically i listed every yardage in 10 yard increments from 70 to 250 yards, and worked out how far away i would be from the flag or green if i was 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 or 50. How to organize a truly successful blog tour reedsy. Golf sign and design are experts at creating this type of yardage guide. Follow them, retweet and comment if they talk about your work of course, and also if they say something you find interesting. How to make a golf yardage book based on the book by eric. Nov 06, 2018 yardage and green contour books are a staple at pga tour events. I use yardage books as reference to keep me in the moment and the task at hand. Yardage book contains line drawings of each hole, with yardages to the green, hazards, and appropriate landmarks, all courtesy of our wonderful golf course architect, ron kern. And finally, as you likely saw in the product picture these come in.
How to make professional golf yardage books pga tour style. Course tours interactive tour for every golf course. Using state of the art gps equipment and 3d software packages, we produce. Tour quality yardage books in the same template as pga tour golfers. This is where players and caddies get their yardage books. Golfers use yardage books to develop a strategy for playing each hole, and they use the distances and hazards mapped in the yardage book to determine the optimal ball placement based on their level of skill.
This is where players and caddies get their yardage. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books on. Feb 18, 2012 the use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. Our newest doityourself my caddie tour yardage book is as simple as they come. My caddie tour 3 pack go to caddie golf yardage books. A blog tour is very much like a traditional book tour, where the author would go from town to town to sign their books and meet new readers. Haddenham, bucks the yardage book is on borrowed time says one tour golfer, after this weekends staysure tour event saw another victory for the revolutionary skycaddie sx500. Furthermore, a book blog tour allows an author to appear on multiple book blogs in a span of 1 to 4 weeks to promote an upandcoming book. Of course, the whole thing was very skilfully managed and paced by tracy, which i think is crucial. Fiction award at the uks festival of romance, her romantic comedy novel, one.
Their website provides you with the tools to make a greens book that has contours, tiers, and false fronts, and yardage books that provide accurate carry distances off the tee and yardages to the green, or a bundle that provides both. If a publisher isnt doing this, authors can choose to pay a blog tour organiser to run one. Use the detailed putt break view to gain extreme confidence in your read so you can sink more putts. Use bluegolf yardage book to tour every hole at thousands of courses across the us and the world while you play or while you watch the pros.
We have provided yardage books for many of the top golf courses and clubs in the united states. The yardage books are made and if not used, they are store in. Lifetime access to our yardage book tutorial series 10 step video tutorial on how to make, print, and use your own yardage books. Theres so much information that it can be overwhelming.
Custom made books from over 14,000 courses precisely mapped with centimeter accuracy on the greens plus 3d yardage book fairway imagery. Of course each service is different, and a blog post, cover reveal or author interview wont necessarily send you shooting up amazons charts, but. This is the style most pros and top amateurs use in their yardage books. Many traditional private clubs as well as courses hosting major amateur and professional events require an old fashioned tour style book. Give your bid a head start, demonstrate control to potential investors, track progress, spot trends, mitigate delay.
All hd hole graphics begin with a mapping of your course, followed by an artist onsite visit to meticulously. A brief video showing the steps i used to make a yardage book based on the kindle book by eric jones and dick barry. Our americanmade yardage book covers are entirely handmade from start to finish and will easily hold your yardage book, pencil, pin sheet and scorecard. Make a golf yardage book like a pro using free software. Caddie mark long discusses the creation of his yardage books, which are used by many on the pga tour.
The green grid boxes are 38 inches each and the entire grid has a scale for 50 total yards. This is a great feature that is not available in a traditional paper yardage book. Ryan skipton head golf professional the ford plantation precise yardage books was able to make a professional yardage book for our club in a short period of time. A blog tour is a virtual tour, by an author, around a number of blogs. Number 1 golf manufacture and distribute yardage books around europe, north american and the middle east. The yardage books are made and if not used, they are store in empty footjoy boxes until they are called upon. The home of golf yardage book, and golf statistics books. Typically, yardage book offer a little bit more information than the average scorecard.
This tour style has a large grid for accurate green diagrams measured in 5 yard increments. They will also fit in and look great in your back pocket. Blog tours are an easy, effective and inexpensive way to spread the word about a new. Use the heat map view showing precise green slopes and always know where to aim to stick your approach shots. Jul 16, 2017 a yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will. We hand stitch them using the saddle stitch technique which increases durability for long life. Public links amateur championship, used to walk the course before a tournament and write down yardages from various key landmarks in a little book. Yardage book for your course handcrafted yardage book.
We provide multiple variations of this style book and will create a style to fit your clubs desires and marketing strategies. Sinclair invitational winner david shacklady with his skycaddie sx500. Gene andrews is known as the father of playing by yardage. Flag hunting caters to all golfers including junior golfers and pga professional golfers. Things through my letterbox or drop me a line on anne. Before we get into how to make a yardage book, lets take a closer look at what the pros have with them during a round and how they use them. Anne cater freelance publishing support and blog tour organising. Haddenham, bucks the yardage book is on borrowed time says one tour golfer, after this weekends staysure tour event saw another. If you want to learn how to make a yardage book, youll instantly recieve the following. The man who invented the yardage book this is the loop. Unlike the traditional sketch or computer drawn yardage chart, all of our course guides are designed using highly accurate aerial photography. There are 35 yardage book cover for sale on etsy, and they cost.
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