By ED TRAVIS
GolfLogix knows that to score well you must putt well. Hitting the ball on the correct line with the proper speed is a skill honed by experience and assumes the player can see the proper line. The green reading smartphone app from GolfLogix is used by over 5 million players around the world to help with their game management and now the company has expanded by offering printed green and yardage books that include more than 14,000 courses.
Most golfers have at least some knowledge of green books, like those carried by professionals and their caddies, but GolfLogix books go a step further. Each green is diagrammed with a “Heat Map” showing the amount of slope and relative putt speed over the various parts of the surface, plus there is a detailed “Putt Break” diagram of how the ball will break.
Taking the GolfLogix Green Book for my usual course to play a casual round served as a timely reminder of the importance of selecting the proper club to leave the most “makeable” putt rather than simply banging away straight at the pin. This would seem obvious, but on a familiar course, may not always receive the consideration it deserves.
Secondly, the combination of speed and break, as shown by the Heat Map and Putt Break illustrations give a clear indication of the proper line. After all the rounds that I have played on my home course, it proved my previous green reading, had not always been correct.
The fourth green has two flat areas, one center front and the other center back, with a slope between the two. My tendency, when putting up this tier to a back pin, is to read in a right-hand break, but the GolfLogix Green Book showed almost no break, which is presumably why I always miss that putt wide left.
The books also have a handy yardage diagram of each hole and space to fill in the distances you flight your clubs. If you are looking to reach your scoring potential, consider the GolfLogix Green & Yardage Books.
Fast Facts:
The GolfLogix Greens Books are priced at $40.00 on GolfLogix.com, or at selected retail golf shops.
More than 14,000 courses are mapped with the Heat Map and Putt Break diagrams. Plus, they include the Hole View with yardages and are USGA compliant.
