How to make a yardage book just like the golf pros use
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2019
- Do you struggle to work out your distances to the green or other hazards?
Maybe you don't have, or cannot afford a laser range finder?
Perhaps you don't own a smart watch with GPS or want to get your phone in and out of your pocket during a round?
Well in this video I will go through the basics of creating yourself a yardage book for whichever course you play.
Yardage books, for me at least do 2 things.
1. They give you distances to the green (front, middle and back) from various points of the hole, meaning you can work out what distance you have and then which club you need to hit.
2. They give you a map of the holes which gives you an indication of where to hit your shots (and where not to hit your shots!)
I always carry my yardage book with my scorecard and it has really helped my golf, knowing what clubs to hit and when and were I can and cannot leave my self.
What do you use on the course? Would you find a yardage book come course guide handy? Let me know in the comments below.
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So niceee! Thanks
The best tutorial to make a yardage book in UA-cam, congratulations I hope yo make more videos like this!!!
Really pleased you found it useful and thanks for watching.
I'm from Argentina and whit a friend are trying to make a yardage book of our golf course, but I'm not so good whit photoshop programs and that's stuff, and this video really help us
Fabulous idea and vid! I’m going to give this a shot on my adobe illustrator. Thanks for the idea...I’m pretty sure this will become my new CV-19 obsession.
It does get really addictive. Any questions you have please let me know and I will try and help.
Oh wow!! Your yardage book is so beautiful!
Thanks, great Explanation!
@The Techie Golfer: Great video. I'll have another go. I have been trying to do that for a long time - on and off. But I think your video is the best yet in terms of laying out the groundwork! Great work!
I don't have your talent but it was nice to see your process!
nice job.
nice
What are the measurements for the print outs? I’m trying to use google docs and then print them out like that but the table is not long enough to bind the staples in the middle like you did.
I was just wondering if there is a way that you measure for elevation changes?
Does your vector package also contain a way of formatting the pages so that they print in the correct order? You mention that you didn't want to go too much into how the package worked but I think it'd be great to see and really helpful.
Great video nonetheless, best I could find on UA-cam for a simple but detailed format to make these booklets.
That template doesn't no. Once you have created each image for each hole you then export them so that you have images which can then be inserted into a separate print template. This was produced using trial and error! Thanks for the comment and feedback and glad you found it useful.
I have been improving my yardage books recently and may we do another video in the near future. Watch this space!
@@thetechiegolfer5096 Thanks for the reply, I look forward to the new video!
Quick question, what size is the finished booklet? Sources for yardage books online vary, some as small as 3.5 x 5.5 inches and some as big as allowed at 4 x 7 inches. I tried the latter but struggled to fit it onto A4 paper.
Just wondering how you formatted the artboards to print on the proper sides/orientations?
A lot of trial and error! I started off using paper to make a little booklet, stapling it together and then wrote in each page what would be printed on each. Then I remove the staples and worked out which bits needed to be printed front and back.
I then made print templates in Affinity Designer based on the paper experiments, printed and tweaked until I was close enough.
how did you draw the trees? i am noob with draw packages but cant wait to complete my yardage book for my local course
To be honest I can't remember but from memory they are just lines grouped together.
Any Chance you Could Share your template?
What have you made your cover out of ?
The front and back pages are printed on an A4 piece of card rather than paper
@@thetechiegolfer5096 ah right do you have the template of yours?
What did you use for to symbolize the trees? I have affinity and cant seem to find that. Awesome video, you've inspired me to start creating my own yardage books.
These are just lines using the pen tool and then grouped together. Also you could use circles depending on the shape you want your trees. I have created a few on a separate art board and then just copy and paste them in and re-size. I have recently been improving the yardage books and will do another video in the near future about the changes that I have made to improve them.
Thanks for the feedback, I am really glad the video has helped.
@@thetechiegolfer5096 Ahh okay that makes sense. Thanks for the response, i look forward to your update!
Do you use assets for the trees?
I have just used lines in my latest version of the yardage books. But you could create an asset depending on whatever software you use.
How is the app you use for designing the hole after you screenshot the hole at google earth?
I use an app called Affinity designer from Serif - affinity.serif.com/en-gb/designer/. I think any vector based design package would probably work though.
Is it free?
@@lucasescudero7931 no it is not free. The details are in the link above.
You should sell them for requested courses.
Hi I play at royal golf club Bahrain. How much will you charge me for creating one for me for my golf club
forms.gle/aEBH4TKqjKzREW1P6
would you consider selling these?
See the link at the bottom of the blog post linked in the description above!
yo man respond to me please i cant understand how you print them out on both sides
how much would you charge to make me one?
Depends on your course. Which course is it please?
I am interested in this too. My course is Sweet Water Country Club in Barnwell SC USA
@@nathankean7968 Hi Nathan, please complete the form at the bottom of the page linked in the description
@@thetechiegolfer5096 done
@@nathankean7968 did you get your caddie book made ?
You could sell these books.
path will give you elevation
guy doesnt care about his YT channel i guess. Literally doesnt give any detail about how he double side prints anything.