There will also be no limitations to the type of notes players and caddies are able to record in yardage books. And without understanding how much break a 1% slope means, the books arent all that valuable. Even the traditional yardage book has been elevated into the. Oct 17, 2018 there will also be no limitations to the type of notes players and caddies are able to record in yardage books. Click here for nonresident tee times or call the golf shop at 702 6795509. I know that it is a little weird to have a website dedicated to making yardage books, but in all honestly, i geek out about. Use this 4 minute video to learn the strackaline golf app.
Strackaline get the same greens guide yardage books the. Strackalinelucas yardage books bethpage black and spyglass. Mar 06, 20 its called stracka line, and i actually wrote about it a couple years ago when they first teamed up with former tour caddie of arnold palmer, gorjus george lucas. Houston, tx strackaline announces that east lake golf course greens guide books are available for purchase online. Stracka design acquires golf putting patents sgb online. This amazing course management system will help you diagram how you want to play each hole. In addition, we offer several tips and insight on practice round preparation. Stracka line the best putting training aid ever invented. Sep 10, 2014 houston, tx strackaline announces that east lake golf course greens guide books are available for purchase online. Knowing exactly how far that bush is at, is usually for next level golfers. Using my new strackaline green reading book at my home course has been great. The traditional benchmarks of par and yardage have been joined by measurements such as launch angle, spin rate, club speed, and many more, thanks to technology.
He lives in southern california and oversees a staff of 10 fulltime workers. Strackaline, maker of golf s best greens guides and yardage books, fulfilled a lastminute request from the ncaa to provide all teams competing in the 2019 division i mens and womens golf championships at the blessings golf club with its usgacompliant books. Strackaline, maker of golfs best greens guides and yardage books, fulfilled a lastminute request from the ncaa to provide all teams competing in the 2019 division i mens and womens golf championships at the blessings golf club with its usgacompliant books. Jim stracka, founder and ceo of strackaline, the other leading.
Its probably good to remember that not too long ago, the rules tightened up the regulation of greenreading material. Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. The stracka line is exciting because it shows where golf could be headed. 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. This is the actual yardage book used by professional golfers and their caddies in tour events. May 04, 2017 jim stracka runs a successful business for golf facilities and superintendents, pro golfers and amateur players. All we are doing is providing an extension of the yardage book, stracka. Precise our team has traveled the world surveying golf courses with the most advanced. Learning from your practice round each golf course management program comes with a my caddie pro doityourself yardage book. Stracka has many other services to offer and signing up is free. Oct 16, 2018 there will also be no limitations to the type of notes players and caddies are able to record in yardage books.
He asked if i could procure a copy of the 18th diagram. I am a pinehurst member and i have strackaline green reading books for all 9 pinehurst courses and they are invaluable. The strackaline will help you read greens better and make more putts. Find great deals on ebay for strackaline yardage books. On july 31, the rulemaking bodies proposed limits on the size of the books and what information they could contain. It shows how a bit of the future is going to be intermingled with a very traditional sport. Make a yardage book for any golf course with our easy to use tutorials, video lessons, online instruction, and community forums. Rental clubs, golf only packages, stayandplay packages are also available and can be customized to meet your needs.
This is a great feature that is not available in a traditional paper yardage book. Aug 20, 2018 strackaline is used by touring pros, top college programs texas, alabama, ok state, ohio, michigan state, and golfers of all ability. The books are sold to golf professionals and sold online at. All we are doing is providing an extension of the yardage book, stracka said. Stracka notes that although it is a common perception that most yardage books are simply souvenirs now and advancing laser technology and gps, most yardage books have in a way, become obsolete. Jul 03, 2007 stracka line is a style of golf yardage book that will give highly accurate information for reading a putt line while on the putting green. Like many of you, my passion for golf is unlike any other hobby that ive previously had, and my way of keeping in tune with the game while im not on the course, is making yardage books for all the courses around me.
After a search, mark himself came up with it and shares the work of stracka line. For that, there may not be anything more valuable than taking an aimpoint class. Golflogix has the green reading feature, not sure if you use it, or how good it is. We have developed a special book which enables amateur golfers to quickly see the slopes on greens, saving time reading putts from multiple angles and helping prevent misreads and dropped shots. Strackaline introduces hole location software for your golf course. It discusses topics and strategies that will elevate your game to the next level. I have made the occasional pencil notation in the book as shown to indicate some slope changes. George lucas, and mark long both pioneers in the field of mapping out golf courses, began to enhance the yardage books that were then sold to caddies and professional golfers as they travelled from city to city.
Strackaline yardage books take center stage at ncaa championships some might think yardage books are a thing of the past, but not so for the best amateurs in the world. Baltusrol, pga championship the stracka line with gorjus george lucas on. Great as memorabilia and for following along as you watch golf tournaments on tv track each shot. Golf course management program with yardage book go to caddie. My son was given a strackaline book by the uf coaches prior to a tournament at their course in gainesville and he. Lucas yardage books are used by pga and lpga golfers on tour.
Bunkers in the whistling straits yardage book geoff. Its called stracka line, and i actually wrote about it a couple years ago when they first teamed up with former tour caddie of arnold palmer, gorjus george lucas. The yardage book app is gpsenabled, so distances to all course features greens, targets, bunkers, hazards, etc. When you see us checking our yardage book, were usually looking at the. Golf s governing bodies did prohibit the magnification of putting green information and providing players a recommended line of play based on hole location, but neither of those regulations impact strackalines standard greens guides. My caddie pro doityourself yardage books are used by professional, amateur, and junior golfers worldwide. Strackaline will provide you a pin sheet that is usga legal. Stracka design acquires golf putting patents sgb media. Precise yardage maps and i think this is something somewhat similar to the golfflyover we tested last week, they offer up course yardage maps for thousands of courses around the country. Lucas created those famous bright orange hand drawn yardage books you see in so many of the pga tour players back pockets.
These yardage books are made with the same technology and give detailed information on every aspect of the golf course but. The governing bodies emphasized the need for a player to read greens. The my caddie pro diy yardage book is designed for professional, collegiate, junior, and competitive golfers and caddies who build game plans by taking notes during their practice rounds. The diy yardage book used by more amateurs, collegiate golfers, lpga and pga professionals than any other brand. This software allows pros to set pins for tournaments and save the information for future use. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. Jim stracka is ceo of strackaline, which designs greencontour books for players on the pga tour and lpga. Stracka acquired the george lucas golf yardage book business. Stracka said he first heard discussion of this decision weeks before the british open. Otherwise this book is in absolutely mint condition, i never used it once. Stracka line is a style of golf yardage book that will give highly accurate information for reading a putt line while on the putting green. Jan 30, 2009 the major difference between these versions of lucas yardage guides and the books hes been creating since 1976 is the green drawings are created after the greens themselves have been.
Allowing golfers to play at their highest level by learning the essential skills necssary in golf course management. I can quickly pull it out, determine the slope and aim accordingly. Golf yardage books 3 pack pga template, 2019 usga conforming, weatherproof. On top of all these shiny features is the underlying social network. No drawings or computer animated pictures only true to life images. Course management program go to caddie golf yardage books. Helps visualize the exact slopes and breaks on the green speeds up your playing experience and gives you more confidence standing over a putt. Using it to verify what i thought was the proper slope has helped my overall green reading abilities.
Our green book has become widely recognised as the worlds most detailed and accurate green reading book. May 31, 20 strackaline is a patented technology for tracking the exact slopes and breaks of a golf courses putting greens. Golf yardage books 3 pack pga template, 2019 usga conforming, weatherproof cover. The app will provide accurate putt lines for you to see the line of the putt before, during, and after your round. We have now made the green book available for golfers outside of the professional tours. In my opinion, a hard copy yardage book would be for someone who is more seriouscompetitive in golf. San diego, ca strackaline announces that torrey pines golf course yardage books are available for purchase online. Information about the greens is where you would get the most benefit. The books were launched on the european tour in 2015 at the scottish open and were used by the event winner ricky fowler.
The yardages on the dots withing 100 yards or so to the hole indicate distance from. I dont understand why they are doing it, said stracka, who is president of strackaline, the company that for 10 years has been producing greenreading guides for pga tour golfers, more than 300 division i college golf teams and more. May 05, 20 use this 4 minute video to learn the strackaline golf app. Check out the interview with steve wilson, director of golf at the bridges rancho santa fe on siriusxm radio they have our holo automated hole location software. Revolutionary technology that assists in the way you read greens and helps you with making more putts. Strackaline is used by touring pros, top college programs texas, alabama, ok state, ohio, michigan state, and golfers of all ability. Reader mark noted that if dustin johnson looked at his yardage book he would have seen yardages.
How greenreading maps are changing the way people putt. Poppy hills, yardage book the stracka line with gorjus george lucas on. Apr 12, 2018 it wasnt until the 1970s that yardage books as they began to be called, caught on with the professional golfers of the day. By requiring greenreading materials to provide less. These are the bright orange and green yardage books that you see in the back pocket of nearly every tour player and caddie on the pga tour. Players and caddies often use internet apps to fill out their my caddie pro prior to their practice or tournament rounds. The strackaline green reading app and yardage books. Used on 12 professional golf tours and by top golf academies such as gary gilchrist academy, dustin johnson golf school, david leadbetter academy, hank johnson academy and several others. See who you know at strackaline, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Our program offers developmental skills for every level of golfer. Columbia edgewater, safeway classic the stracka line with gorjus george lucas on. The best players in the world use this same technology, you may have seen the bright orange yardage books in the back pocket of nearly every tour player and caddie.
Our program will give you stepbystep instructions on how to fill out your yardage book. Golf digest calls it the yardage book for the rest of us. I am in the process of ordering one for my club here in connecticut the country club of farmington. Learning from your practice round each golf course management program comes with either a my caddie tour or my caddie pro doityourself yardage book. Some courses offer yardage books, but campbell deduced that they were not sophisticated enough. Track your usga handicap and socialize with other golfers at stracka.
We dont need greens guides, and all they see is people using books and its a perception that they are actually playing slower, stracka said. These are the orange books that you see in the back pocket of nearly every tour player and caddie on the pga tour. Golf brings you a yardage book from the real world. Golfs governing bodies did prohibit the magnification of putting green information and providing players a recommended line of play based on hole location, but neither of those regulations impact strackalines standard greens guides.
The governing bodies emphasized the need for a player to read greens based on. Book your tee time direct with primm valley golf club and receive the best possible tee times at the best possible price. Download now and see samples holes and pin sheets from pebble, sawgrass, and torrey. Bay hill, yardage book the stracka line with gorjus george lucas on. Golf course management program with yardage book go to. Strackaline, which started as a company specializing in yardage books, has unveiled its weapon in the war on missed putts. Golfers, track your usga handicap index, post your golf scores and print your usga handicap card. Strackaline yardage golf books lot of 32 includes 4. Fiftynine of the 60 teams that competed in ncaa division i mens and womens golf championships used strackaline yardage books. Types of greens and how they affect you setting up a game plan reading a pin sheet mapping out a yardage book player routine learning from your practice round each golf course management program comes with either a my caddie tour. Now you can start mapping your next round with golf steadys track notes. We have developed a special book which enables amateur golfers to quickly see the slopes on greens, saving time reading putts from multiple angles and helping. Isleworth, yardage book the stracka line with gorjus george lucas on.
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