Alf. S
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Anybody used the Siri shortcut "add flag", this should work better. i.e 1 button press without looking at the phone. But you look stupid enough hovering around the hole with your phone never mind talking to it.
Is this an old man thing?
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Welcome to the Forum and I agree with Kanoito. No matter how you play, you'll still say I left a few shots out there. Your definition of good will differ from mine but overriding I think of good as being able to play to or beat your handicap
I've been playing competitive golf for 18 years. I'm never satisfied, started at 22 h/c, target was to get into Cat 3 (12-20), came down to 16, next was Cat 2 (6-12) came down to 12, next single figures now at 7. Next target is Cat 1 (0-5).
On the way I have won medals, match play, doubles and opens which make the journey more enjoyable. They are bonuses along the way.
BTW I very rarely take lessons maybe that's why it has taken me so long to get down to 7. I sort of know the mechanics of my swing and will tend to try and sort things out myself. An hour on the range with 18 years of different swing thoughts is usually enough time to sort things. What I really need is a mind coach. 4 over after 15 holes on Saturday and looking at a nice cut, 5 over for the last 3.
EYG (Enjoy Your Golf)
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22 hours ago, BIG STU said:
They tried that at a course here one time. Actually had the starter and ranger asking for handicap cards. They asked us and my bud produced his which was a 1 at the time. His daughter ( now a Symetra Tour Player) had hers and I think it was about a 5. He looked at me and asked what about you? I produced 2 of my mini tour cards. He said well I guess you guys can play from the blues and we chuckled that course was only 6400 from the blues. That did not last long at that course which was not that great of a layout anyhow. A fun track but not a great layout. They lost a lot of business and 3 ownership changes later that course closed. Not really for that reason but that did help run off some of the tourist business.
Whoa, I was being sarcastic.
At the end of the day you are the paying customer and as long as you are not ruining it for other golfers play from whatever tee you want.
In Scotland the only place I've been asked for handicaps before teeing off was Trump International and the Starter advised us what tee to play off. Started off White moved to Yellow after about 6 holes and even then it was tough!
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Not hit my retiral date yet but had my 1st singles medal of the season on Saturday. 2 Doubles in the 1st four holes from nowhere but then steadied to be level for the next 11. Conditions were cold with drizzle and mist coming in but was thinking a nice cut on the way even with the challenging 16th which is a tough par 4. Finished double (3 putt), bogey, Double (3 putt). The 18th was a Sergio moment when the swear words were flowing on the frustration of the last 3 holes. Made buffer so no harm done.
Off to Ladybank (ex-Open Qualifier) on Thursday hoping for a better day.
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Maybe the starter gets you to hit your 5i off the 1st tee then you are instructed to play off a certain tee for the round.
He puts a coloured flag put in your bag so the Marshal can check up on you as you go round.
That way you won't get hackers playing off Blue when they should play off Red and rounds taking 5+ hours!
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In general in the UK we have White, Yellow and Red. White is the measured and SSS (slope) for men, Red is measure SSS for women and yellow are general tees to save wear and tear off the white. Competition you are off White, yellow for bounce games. It only tends to be the resort courses that have anything beyond this.
When any of my pals start talking about golf outings and courses the 1st thing I look at is course length off Whites. And my push back is that "I get a nose bleed if I play courses above 6500", because I find the course too challenging and it takes away from my enjoyment. Looking at the chart I hit a 7 iron 180 yds x 36 = 6480 yds, so I totally agree.
I play in national competitions which you get to play in a selection of 4 from 12 courses. Then the final is at a Championship course like Turnberry, Trump International or Castle Stuart. I make my choice based on course kudos and length. I'll try and avoid courses above 6500 yds.
I played Tee Forward on holiday this year, without being told what it was all about. The tees were marked with 45, 50, 55, 60. This mapped to total distance the course played 45 = 4500m, 50 = 5000m, etc. Is this the way forward?
- MattF, GolfSpy Barbajo, fozcycle and 1 other
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That's a great idea on Monday's and maybe take a few photos and text them to old boss
- tony@CIC, cksurfdude and tehuti
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I've never had it that bad, what kind of phone are you using?
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Was out today and leaving my iPhone in my pocket it only dropped 2 shots which were both putts. This was leaving my fitbit at home i.e no other device was paired with the phone.
Let me try and guess what the shot process is for Arccos recording a shot. You take the club out the bag. the solar cell on the top of the sensor activates and starts the Bluetooth pairing and identifies the club, this will take several seconds. The phone is then waiting for a sound of club and ball contact, it will then record the position and club used. If you then hit another shot within a 5 yard radius it will ignore the 1st shot and replace it with the last shot played.
As anyone that has read my review will know I have had mixed results on dropped shots and I always put it down to the phone not picking up the shot. I'm quite a quick player, I don't really have a practice swing more a waggle then hit, I'm now wondering if the mis-shots are more to do with the pairing time rather than the phone mic not picking up the shot.
My driver sensor is now worn and dirt has ingressed the sensor and over the winter season in low light conditions it has been the most unreliable recorded shot. So again this would tie in with pairing rather than the shot not being picked up.
Anyway, first competition of the new season today, betterball format in 2 club wind; 78 with a triple at the 2nd. Came in 3 under winners 13 under!!!!!
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Sorry Pavlord I stand corrected, a case of RTFM. I've always got BT turned on so just went thru the pairing process without having to enter any pairing code.
I also just went out to try it and it won't go past the pair screen without BT being on.
I tried to see see what my iPhone sees when it pairs or I take the club out the bag and it doesn't list the sensor in the BT menu. So I've got to assume it is hidden in the app.
THEZIPR23's comment has got me wondering, I use a Fitbit Versa which is paired to my iPhone does this affect the connectivity speed of sensor? May account for some of my missed shots in the past.
Just a side note you should be able to connect multiple devices simultaneously to your phone depending on the type.
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So after much thought about my financial situation at the ripe old age of 58 I've decided to retire.
Since graduating University with an Electronics Degrees 35 years ago I have had only 6 weeks out of work so I'm a bit worried if I will fill my time. There is only so much golf I can play.
I've always played golf but at the age of 40 I got my first handicap of 22. After a couple of years and a tip from a wise experience golfer I got down to 16 then 12. I had a couple of excellent rounds and was cut from 12 to 8 in the space of 3 weeks, which I could never play to. Now 8 years later for the last 3 years I've oscillate between 7 and 8, getting tantalising close to category 1. They say that once your over 50 you lose 5% muscle mass per year and I'm beginning to notice that my length is reducing.
I've got 3 months notice to work but then the heat is on, my target is to get to be a category 1 golfer before I'm 60 so with a season and a half of retirement I'm hoping this will give me the spare time to get there.
Wish me luck.
Alf
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Me too. tried it last Friday with the Atmos stiff shaft and I was hitting it really sweet
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16 hours ago, palvord said:
As technology improves, I feel the experience with Arccos will improve. Just like the original Bluetooth headphones or speakers had issues until the technology improved.
I am curious what the on course experience would be like with a newer model phone.
Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpyYeah me too, I'm going to have to upgrade soon and don't know whither to go for iPhone 8 or X. Fozcycle's posts saying his iPhone 7 works every time does throw me and have me doubt my upgrade choice.
FYI
The main hardware that connects to the microphone on your phone is an Audio CODEC. The CODEC normally has its own microcontroller/DSP this does all the signal processing before passing it to the Application Processor (where the Arccos App runs). The iPhone 6 and 7 have the same CODEC, where as the 8 and X have a newer version but to my knowledge hardware wise there should not be any major performance difference. From a software point of view then the newer phones will have better Adaptive Noise Cancellation but these tend to be more focused on tuning for phone call use i.e holding the phone to the ear the phone will use the video microphone on the back of the phone to cancel background noise in the earpiece.
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On 11/4/2018 at 12:02 PM, fozcycle said:
I am shocked by the results of the Arccos review. I have had it in play either with Arccoss 360 for a month then the Cobra Connect for 5 months. The only issue I have had is the battery life. They are supposed to last 2 years but I have lost 3 sensors in the past 2 months. The only time I have dropped a shot was when the battery died. Routinely I check and adjust the putts as it may not pick up a tap in, which is my fault as the directions say to settle over the ball first then putt.
Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpyWhat phone are you using?
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On 11/2/2018 at 7:27 PM, MaxEntropy said:
Well done! Perfect timing since I have been re-reading the Arccos and Shot Scope reviews since Rob posted the MGS/Shot scope thing. I've said it before (perhaps even in this thread?), I'd really like the data that these systems provide, but I want it with limited intervention/error correction. I can deal with some pain for the free things I have played with on my phone, but I think I'd be a little salty if I paid a couple hundred dollars and had to sit at a computer and edit shots post round.
Working in the electronics industry the False Accept/False Reject issues are going to be challenging for any offerings. Connectivity from club to watch, handheld or phone is solvable, especially now that Bluetooth mesh and Bluetooth Low Energy are available. The main challenge is being able to differentiate when there is a small movements in sensors and from my experience of both Arccos and Shot Scope neither of them are accurate at doing this, most of my missed shots are putts. Let's see how they respond.
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4 hours ago, Har in the Hat said:
anyone love single malt?
This is my favourite. on the rocks with a teaspoon of water
Now we're talking.
This is my favourite just now Benromach a peaty Speyside which is unusual. Still has the peaty taste without the Laphroaig antiseptic aroma.
Usual straight for me. But if it is strong sherry tasting will take it with a bit of ice.
Have the best part of 40 malts in the drinks cabinet. Tend to buy a bottle drink 1/2 of it and then keep the remaining for visitors to sample. Except obviously the favorites which need replenish on a regular basis.
Have had many a night taking a malts tour of Scotland from the cabinet. When it gets to about 2am the 8 year cask strength Highland Park comes out. This is a bit like firewater and usually the guests can finish it and the night ends.
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I'm pretty much self taught although have had a few lessons. People use to say I had the quickest swing that could fit in a phone box. i.e short and fast. But I've changed over the years so at least I get to about 3/4 swing with very little wrist cock.
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The sensitivity of recording and missing of shots does seem to be an issue.
Disclaimer, this is all my conjecture and could be technically totally wrong
There are 2 possible ways it could miss a shot.
The first is with shot detection. I'm assuming the sensors have some sort of MEMS accelerometer in them i.e. can detect when the club is being swung. With the App enabled the phone is permanently in listen mode. When you swing the club the sensor sends a club unique audio pulse (setup in the pairing process) that the phone picks up and the phone then records club and location of the shot. For the shot to be recorded it must be able to trigger the accelerometer. The problem shots will be the little dinks around the green with your irons. This would also account for the putter having a more sensitive sensor i.e. it can detect smaller movements, and can miss the tap ins.
The second is the communication between sensor and phone. In my experience and following the thread this is the more inconsistent performance area. It seems to vary from phone model to phone model and is sensitive to even the orientation of the phone in your pocket. I used both an iPhone 6 and 7 when Oaks is using an 8 and getting better performance. Looking at the teardowns the iPhone 6/7 use the same chip for audio while the 8/X/X(x) use a different audio chip but but the electrical difference is not significant. One thing that has changed between the phones is the Adaptive Noise Cancellation algorithms (ANC) which is enhanced post iPhone 8.
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1 hour ago, oaks said:
Just wanted to give an update on this - my stage 2 is coming - but I want to get another round or two in before I formulate all of my thoughts.
Personally, I have not had any of the data issues others have had with the system and have found it very accurate. I have also learned that either from not playing that much and/or getting older that I am not hitting the ball as far as I once did or thought I did.
You must be special! What phone are you using?
I wondering if the newer iPhones have better mic or audio CODECs.
2018 Official Forum Member Review - Arccos 360 w/ Caddie 2.0
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I've tried "add drive", it is positional aware so it worked OK when I was on hole 1, it add the drive on that hole from the mapped teeing area to the next detected shot. On another round I realised on the 2nd tee that the drive was missing on hole 1, I tried to add a drive on hole 1 by selecting the hole but it just gave me a new dive for hole 2.
Don't know if Link will allow for Siri Shortcuts, I really want to mount my phone on my trolley and leave it there. Currently my phone is in my front left pocket and with a glove it is awkward to get my hand in the pocket so I end up using my right hand to move the phone to the top of my pocket.