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. Fifty-nine of the 60 teams that competed in NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships used StrackaLine yardage books.
StrackaLine yardage books are designed to be used with lasers to give the golfer the hole layout, “covers,” and elevation changes.
From tee to green, America’s best collegiate golfers were consulting with a StrackaLine Combo Book (yardage and green in one book). The combination of laser rangefinders and the yardage books, which offer the same precision that has made the greens guides so popular, eliminates the need to search fairways for sprinkler heads and speculate about distances.
“By combining the incredible green maps with a very useable yardage book, StrackaLine has provided us with one legal course book for our players and coaches to use,” Furman women’s golf coach Jeff Hull said. “We no longer have to use different books and they provide the opportunity to make as many notes as we need. They have been an integral part of our success.”
StrackaLine’s yardage books provide golfers a detailed view of each hole’s design and key yardage covers, such as distances to reach and clear hazards. The accuracy and immediacy of the information helps speed up play and allows players to approach shots with confidence.
“StrackaLine yardage books are the perfect complement to our greens guides, providing golfers everything they need in one easy-to-use book,” StrackaLine president Jim Stracka said. “The way players were using our books, from every position on the course and in conjunction with a rangefinder, at the NCAA Championships is most beneficial to amateurs of all levels.”
The quality and accuracy of StrackaLine’s greens guides have led to widespread adoption on the PGA, LPGA, Symetra and Web.com tours, in addition to their use by more than 300 Division I college teams.
100 StrackaLine Combo Books only costs $2,500. The scanning process takes five hours to complete and is unobtrusive to the golfer experience. The yardage information is collected via proprietary low flying aircraft.
StrackaLine now has 900+ courses scanned, including some of the nation’s most prominent layouts. Use of the greens guides at all levels of the game has surged, and the company now counts nearly every Division I golf program among its users.
The greens maps, which feature easy to read arrows, allow players to view contour and fall lines, in addition to slope percentage, anywhere on the green.
For more information on how to order a greens guide or have a course scanned, go to www.StrackaLine.com.
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