Originally Posted by LowPost42

I'm not 100% sure that distances are lies more than they are mininformation fuelled.

How many times have we hit a drive, then gone 'well, it's a 400 yard hole, I'm 100 yards out, so I must have hit it 300 yards!'?

But then we fail to take into consideration elevation changes, roll, or doglegs. The slightest of doglegs will add magic yards to every shot (or rob them, depending on where you are in the leg).

Buying a GPS golf device has helped me to truly know my distances - both off the tee and into greens.