Originally Posted by
justsomeguy
Sorry Jeff, but I've played 60+ rounds per year on the same 27-hole layout for over 6 years now, and I can categorically say that the GPS watch is very accurate and certainly much more dependable than anyone I have played with that uses a rangefinder. Even on the occasional times when I play other courses that I am not as familiar with it is accurate, because there is no human error involved. Not to mention that fact that it only takes 2 seconds to glance at your wrist and get your yardage.
IMHO there are only two drawbacks to a GPS watch:
1) You only get yardages to the green (although I believe some of the newer ones also have yardages to hazards, etc). Metcalfe has a lot of doglegs so sometimes more information would be useful.
2) When courses make changes to their layout/yardages, it can take a while before these changes are reflected on your watch. Metcalfe moved the 8th green on their 9-hole course three years ago - the total yardage hasn't really changed much (it is a long par-3), but it obviously hasn't been updated for Garmin because the pitching yardages given are clearly based on the old green.