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Masters 2021: Collin Morikawa's yardage book reveals the work pros put in to prep for Augusta National

Augusta National has been dissected front to back, fall and spring, inside and out. If you’re a Masters nut like we are, you know the intricacies of every hole. You know where they put the pins on Sunday. You may even know how the course has changed throughout the years .

The players know this stuff, too. But, as you might imagine, their x’s and o’s knowledge of golf’s most iconic venue runs much deeper.

Each participant in the Masters is given a yardage book when they register on tournament week. As you’ll see in a minute, these AGNC yardage books are significantly less detailed than the ones a PGA Tour player gets at “normal” events. Think of it as a canvas—it provides the bare bones information you need to play the course. After that, it’s up to the player and his caddie to add detail.

The cover of Collin Morikawa's Augusta National yardage book

Learning the quirks of the golf course is an indelible part of the Masters mystique. Augusta is known as perhaps the ultimate “local knowledge” course; it’s so unique in design and specific in the questions it asks players. There’s a reason so many past champions hang around the leader board long after they’ve reached PGA Tour Champions eligibility, and why no one has won the Masters in their tournament debut since 1979.

Collin Morikawa learned this first-hand. The World No. 4 and Golf Digest playing editor took his first-Masters lumps when he finished T-44 last November, and he struggled with both his swing and getting comfortable on the grounds. Seeing as Monday of tournament week marked the first time he’d ever played Augusta National, his yardage book is not nearly as detailed as someone who’s played the event 20 times.

“Look how new this one looks!” jokes the 24-year-old. “I want this to look pretty beat up by the time I’m done.

But being the cerebral student of the game that he is, there’s already plenty in there to give you an insider’s look into how a tour pro prepares for the Masters.

The first thing that jumps out about an Augusta yardage book compared to a normal PGA Tour yardage book is the level of detail. Here’s a normal yardage book showing the first hole at Bay Hill.

Take a look at the bottom section, which shows the fairway. Each dot corresponds to a sprinkler head on the ground. Traditionally, sprinkler heads show the distance from that spot to the middle of the green. But tour pros typically aren’t concerned with the middle yardage; they want to know how far it is to the front of the green. They take that number and then look at their pin sheet for the day, which tells them how many yards on the green a flag is.

So the big, bolded number under each dot is the number to the front of the green. The number in parentheses, above the dot, is what the sprinkler head actually says on it. But remember, this is the distance to the middle of the green, so it’s irrelevant in calculating distances.

You’ll also notice two other numbers next to each dot. The number on the left is how far it is to that spot from the back of the main tee box. The number on the right of the dot is the slope.

If this is all getting a bit much, let’s run a quick example. Say the tee markers were 5 yards off the back of the tee box, and a player’s tee shot finishes right next to the dot with 117 under it. That means he hit his tee shot 320 yards off the tee (325 from the back of the box, minus five because the tee markers were closer). The sprinkler next to his ball will say 128, but the player and caddie will focus on the 117 number to the front edge. Then, the slope reading is +2, meaning it plays two yards uphill to the green. So, we’re at 119 to the front. He then looks at his pin sheet and sees the flag is 8 yards on the green. So, now we’re at 127. Now say he wants to land it three yards short of pin high. We’re at 124. It’s a little into the wind. Now we’re at 129. That is, more or less, how a PGA Tour player calculates a yardage.

Now have a look at the Augusta yardage book for the 11th hole.

You’ll see that there is only one number next to each dot—the front of the green yardage. There’s no information as to how far it is to that spot from the tee, nor is there any slope information for the approach shot. This leaves a little more work for the player/caddie.

“Our caddies are so amazing,” Morikawa says, “and J.J. [Jakovac] is awesome—any number that I would need at any other event, he’s already calculated it.”

Morikawa has -7 and -8 in his book for different parts of the fairway, meaning he’s either playing seven or eight yards downhill, depending on where his ball ends up. Players are permitted to use distance-measuring devices with slope during practice rounds at the Masters, but Morikawa doesn’t follow them blindly.

“Normal yardage books have elevation, but what I’ve learned is that they’re not as accurate sometimes, and sometimes they’re a little more than what I like to play. Sometimes I like to play slightly less. And sometimes it’s all about feel. I don’t care if the laser tells me it’s down 10. I don’t feel that, I might want to play down seven.

Next comes the fun part: Augusta National’s famous putting surfaces.

For better or for worse, green-reading books have become a critical tool for PGA Tour pros. These are sold separately from the yardage books, and they include a laser rendering of every putting green—showing not just which way the green breaks, but what percentage each slope is.

Augusta does not permit green-reading books, mainly because they’ve never permitted someone to bring the laser technology onto the property and document the greens.

The only rendering available of Augusta’s greens available to players is what’s in the yardage book, and it’s as bare-bones as it gets. Each square represents five yards, which helps give information on what you’ll need to carry a water hazard or a bunker. And there are a few straight lines to show slopes, but even those don’t provide much information.

“I’m always drawing arrows on the greens, just to make it more visually appealing and visually brighter in my head,” Morikawa says. “Knowing this is where a slope is … to the average golfer, those straight lines won’t mean anything.”

While his green drawings are pretty minimal, most players keep making notes each time they play the course. Here’s Ian Poulter’s yardage book for the fifth hole, posted on Instagram in 2019, with enough doodles and notes to make your head spin.

For many pros, the Masters is the one week a year they have to read putts without the aid of a green-reading book giving you additional information. And for the guys who use Aimpoint and other methods that rely heavily on knowing the exact percentage of a slope—they know a 2 percent slope putt from 10 feet breaks a certain amount, for example—this makes the already undulating greens that much more difficult to navigate.

The 12th hole in Morikawa’s book gives a good idea at how players approach perhaps the most famous par 3 in America.

Going off the squares, you’ll see a player needs to carry the ball at least 10 yards further than the front number—which, as you can see on the bottom, is 154 yards from the back of the box and 142 from the front—to carry the bunker that guards the middle-right portion of the green.

Most notably, you’ll see “Center of green!” written near the tee box and a giant “NO!!” on the right portion of the green.

“For me, anywhere on that right side is just a no-go. Depending on what the wind is like, or if I have a really good number, I might try to squeeze it a little farther. But we’ve seen too many guys aim right, miss a little right, it falls in the water. There’s really no need. It’s such a small green, that if you just get your distance right you’re gonna have a good 20-footer at the pin.”

So if you watch Morikawa rinse a tee ball this weekend on 12—or if you see him stick one close to a back-right pin—you’ll know he did not follow his trusty yardage book’s directions.

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The Best Golf Yardage Books of 2023

Golf yardage books are invaluable for golfers strategizing their way around a golf course. And these books don’t just provide a cool-looking piece of luggage sticking out of your pants. Instead, they provide detailed information about each hole’s layout, hazards, and distances.

Because golf courses are often architected in a way that is so precise, allowing their measures of various landmarks to be indispensable while playing a round. The last thing we must do is be in a bunker or deal with a water hazard. These books (and supporting materials from the course you’re going to play) can help to shave a few strokes and get that handicap down.

Check out what are some of the best golf yardage books for sale on the market today. We have seen how impressive recent designs and builds are, and you need to do the same.

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Handy Picks Leather Golf Book

Stylish, Durable, and Fits Well In Your Pocket

Premium quality golf yardage book that comes in four awesome colors

• Incredible design and Long Lasting
• Handmade quality and with durable material
• Keeps all of your information you should know
• Great slot for your pencil
• Wish more people knew about it
• Price is a little higher compared to our competitors
• Not many color options

The Handy Picks Handmade Refillable Yardage Book is one of our top picks for a number of reasons. Not only because of its clean look, but this golf yardage book makes it so easy to flip open to see what you’re looking at for all of your golf shots.

You know your goods are comfortable and will stay dry because of the elastic band holding this puppy shut. Never mind the ever so sly pencil hold that fits in there perfectly. We all want ease and to stay timely while on the course, and that’s why we love this yardage book because it’s so multidimensional.

Ultimately, this is the best yardage book is also remarkable because of its incredible design and material. Top-grain leather for a yardage book is what you want. The material is a large reason why your yardage book wears in a perfect way to your contour.

Everyone should have this yardage book, even if it’s just for holding and keeping track of your score on a golf scorecard.

HP Leather Golf Scorecard + Yardage Book

Practical and Reliable

Great convenience and portability

• We love the material
• Great golf card score holder fit
• Really quality look
• Practical design does everything you need
• Not a ton of colors
• Price is decent
• Size feels just right, but could be a little wider

We stay on brand with our runner-up pick because you get superb quality at a reasonable price. Not to mention, if you’re looking for sleek and stylish, this is our recommendation for you. This was almost our best yardage book.

Designed and built with a scorecard holder that features a perfect yardage book and scorecard keeper while you’re out playing the course. We think this needs to be an item more amateur and beginner golfers should start to consider as they are playing a round. We all need to improve our game, and this accessory can help.

Another yardage book (similar to our top pick) that also has an awesome pencil holder that adjusts well to so many different styles of pencils. Also, we love how well this fits in your pant or short pocket. It doesn’t stick out so much as you might see tour players doing. Match your new yardage book with a pair of new golf shoes that fit any style.

CRAFTSMAN GOLF Yardage Book

Awesome design that keeps Your yardage book Safe

Fantastic design that also keeps your scorecard dry

• Really cool looking yardage book
• Material protects your belongings well
• Really great storage that is compact
• Really durable and lightweight
• Decent material
• Design is solid but not our favorite

This is one of the sleekest golf yardage and scorecard books on the market due to its simple yet elegant design, which is also just as compact and convenient as you want.

This golf club yardage book features a crocodile pattern and is made of high-quality synthetic leather. It comes with a transparent scorecard protector to protect the scorecard from any potential damage. Pair this with a new golf hat ; your confidence will spike.

One of the other things we love is how well this fits into our pocket. When carrying something with a design that doesn’t align with the golf yardage book holder, such as a pencil, you might expect to be less comfortable. But with this yardage book, they have proven it wrong. It’s so comfy and holds so much!

Myartte Golf Scorecard Holder

Clean and Lightweight

Reliable and clean, our favorite simple pick for a golf yardage book

• Really great coloring
• Protects your belongings so well
• Really great space to keep your belongings
• Very lightweight
• Works with minimal stand out qualities
• No color options
• Wish it was a little cheaper

Another great pick when you’re in need of a yardage book and scorecard holder is the Myartte Scorecard Holder and Yardage Book. This versatile and colorful accessory has been manufactured to keep golfers organized and feeling confident on the course.

The holder features a stylish multi-color design that comes with fantastic materials. It gives you the ability to store a yardage book and scorecard comfortably that won’t impact you on the curse.

With its compact size and durable construction, this product is a convenient and exact solution for golfers who want to keep their game in great shape by having extraordinary insights at their fingertips that also keeps the game of golf a pastime with this accessory.

TORRO Golf Scorecard and Yardage Book Holder

Slim Design and Detachable Scorecard Holder

Genuine leather that includes a great elastic pencil hoop

• Multi-functional design that allows to remove scorecard holder
• Really love the color
• Super durable
• Pencil hoop is top notch
• Our most expensive pick
• A few extra colors that are decent
• A little bulky

The TORRO Genuine Leather Yardage Wallet is one we often wish to see more in golf equipment as a whole. The quality of materials used in this leather yardage wallet is the top of the top for golf yardage books.

Organized with a detachable scorecard holder, innovation has been crafted at its finest with this pick. We all expect and want durability in a golf yardage book, especially when the size fits your build well and breaks in like you want a shoe.

We also love that this golf yardage book and scorecard holder includes multiple card slots, a clear ID window, and compartments for cash and other small items. With its sleek design and practical functionality, this product is a convenient and stylish solution for golfers who want to carry their yardage book and personal belongings in one compact accessory.

Golf yardage books offer a valuable tool for golfers to enhance their game and strategic decision-making on the course. These books provide the ability to add detailed illustrations, diagrams, and information about each hole, helping golfers navigate the course more effectively.

These fantastic accessories ensure that essential items such as scorecards, pencils, and notes are easily accessible and organized. Also, the type of quality used for today’s yardage books will last you years. Take out your hybrid with confidence when you feel locked in.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What yardage books do pga players use.

PGA players use different types of yardage books because they are often custom-tailored to the specific golf course they are playing that given week on tour. These yardage books are built by specialized companies that provide detailed and accurate course mapping services, many of which could be a new market for many to join because of their partnerships.

Are yardage books worth it?

Yardage books are worth it for all levels because it helps you focus on being better. Many golfers often just take score while they’re playing their rounds. But, if you really want to keep on working on your game, you need to know what areas you should focus on more at the start.

These yardage books nowadays are some of the best quality ever seen on the golf market because they fit so many scorecards and yardage books well while staying comfy in your pocket. The last thing we want besides a hole-in-one is having to do more work and spend more energy while you’re going about your round. Not only are they great during the round, but they also promote focusing on how to make your game more well-rounded.

Where do pro golfers get their yardage books?

Pro golfers get their yardage books often from their sponsors or with the help of them. We often see many golfers sticking with their warn-in golf yardage books because it quickly reminds them how long they’ve come with that piece of hardware.

What is the green book that golfers use?

The green book that golfers often utilize while on the golf course is a putting aid that provides incredibly superb information about the slopes, contours, and breaks on the greens. Reading it is also a masterpiece because it can help you know where on the green to attack and what to avoid.

Written At: 04 Jun 2023 Updated At: 2023-07-23T20:11:02+00:00

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Golf Yardage Books: What Are They & What do The Pros Keep in Them?

If you’ve been watching and playing golf for long enough, no doubt you’ve seen PGA Tour pros and their caddies looking over a small book that seems to magically appear from the back pocket of every player.

But what is that book? What’s inside it? Is it magic? Does it hold the secrets to the game of golf ? In short, none of the above; that little book is called a yardage book, and it contains every little detail about not only the course but each of the 18-holes in intricate detail. The yardage book is the very first thing both caddy and player pick up when they arrive at the tournament desk of a PGA Tour event.

As a former caddy and coach , I can tell you that the caddie’s priority is to know every inch of every hole before the tournament gets underway . Caddies are out walking the course long before any of the players arrive and long after they’ve gone back to the hotel for dinner. The caddy literally becomes the “go-to” authority on the “ins and outs” of the entire golf course .

PGA Tour pros and their caddies sit down before the tournament and each round to discuss a game plan and identify areas or holes they can attack and others they need to play more conservatively. These yardage books can quickly look like sketchbooks as both player and caddy scribble notes and draw their own diagrams to better understand each hole.

So a yardage book helps players and caddies play each and every shot with confidence and eliminates doubt, which can absolutely destroy the confidence of even the best players. PGA Tour pros want to look at the yardage book, trust what’s written down, and pull the trigger; in effect, they don’t want to think about the shot or “double-guess” themselves.

Can your average club golfer and high-handicapper benefit from a yardage book? Absolutely and in his article, we’ll look at some of the ways amateurs can improve their game by imitating the pros and learning to love the yardage book.

What is a Yardage Book?

The yardage book contains detailed information that allows the players and caddy to develop a strategy and game plan for the week ahead.

In short, a yardage book helps to eliminate the possibility of making mistakes that, for the pro golfer and caddy alike, could potentially mean the difference between a big paycheck or missing the cut and going home empty-handed.

In particular, the yardage book contains information and accurate measurements on the following

• The distance of each hole
• The elevation of the hole
• Measurements to bunkers and water hazards
• The undulations of the greens
• Previous pin positions and even
• Wind direction based on last year’s play

The yardage book also contains intricate sketches of the greens and fairways’ undulations and elevation. This information is critical because it allows players and caddies to plan the best positions to approach the green from and the best landing spots based on possible pin placements from last year’s tournament.

You won’t find one PGA Tour pro or caddy who walks onto the course in either a practice round or the real deal without the yardage book in their back pocket. When players are standing on the tee, they’re faced with several decisions, all of which can be affected by factors like the wind and the leaderboard. Players and caddies can refer to the yardage book to make quick and, more importantly, correct decisions.

PGA Tour pros and their caddies have in-depth knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses, and the yardage book makes it much easier to visualize where the trouble lies and where the chances to attack are.

A yardage book would help amateurs immensely because the most common mistake they make is either coming up short or flying long over the greens; this is called “under or over” clubbing. Knowing exactly how far to the green or to a specific bunker would eliminate the vast majority of easy misses and give the club golfer much more confidence while addressing the ball.

Ask any PGA Tour pro, and they’ll tell you there’s nothing worse than hitting a pure long iron to the green only to see it fall agonizingly short and end up in the water hazard. The yardage book doesn’t eliminate this entirely, but it does help to mitigate it.

What PGA Tour Pros Write in their Yardage Book

Next time you watch golf on TV, observe how many times players and their caddies refer to their yardage books, and you’ll quickly find that it’s on every shot. Golf yardage books have extensive and detailed information about every hole, green, fairway, and bunker, to name a few.

But have you ever wondered what players and pros scribble down in their notebooks and why? Here’s a list of just some of the information players and caddies will jot down.

• The way certain putts break on each green
• Specific “trouble” spots they need to avoid
• A list of possible clubs they’ll use on each hole
• Targets to aim at from the tee, like a TV tower in the distance
• How the wind and weather may affect each hole
• Good landing spots off the tee
• Good places to lay up

When players and caddies arrive at the tournament, the PGA provides a yardage book that has been created by golf club management.

Occasionally, the yardage books are developed by a third-party group, generally ex-professional caddies who have an in-depth understanding of the course. In my experience, the yardage books created by former caddies are much more valuable and provide nuanced details of everything from green undulations and speeds to areas to avoid at all costs.

So let’s delve a little bit deeper into three areas that players and caddies focus their attention on in their yardage books:

• Approach shots and the

Notes to Help with the Tee Shot

For those of us who play golf , we understand that the most challenging aspect of playing any new course is knowing where to hit your tee shots. You’re essentially “hitting blind,” especially if you’re playing on an undulating course or a hole that doglegs, meaning you can’t see your landing spot.

PGA Tour golfers can hit the ball both ways, meaning they can “fade” it and “draw” it but typically, they prefer one over the other, so knowing exactly where each hazard is, helps them to plan which club they hit off the tee and the shape they choose to play.

Knowing and picking out targets off the tee gives the player and caddy confidence in their shot and decision and helps them avoid potential disaster.

For example, if a right-handed player likes to fade the ball, meaning the ball will move from left to right, both player and caddy will pick out a target in the distance, such as a distinctive tree or even a TV tower to use as their guide. If the shot brings about the desired result, then the caddy and player will note it in their yardage books.

When tee shots are relatively straight, then targets off the tee are not necessarily crucial. Rather, distance markers such as specific trees, bunkers, or a TV tower will be very handy. Holes that demand tee shots over water require a target off the tee and a distance marker; both allow the golfer to swing confidently.

Dogleg holes are probably the hardest to navigate because you simply can not see the landing area as the fairway bends around the corner. In this instance, players and caddies rely solely on their yardage book. They would’ve taken detailed notes during their practice rounds prior to the start of play and relied heavily on them.

Players can hit tee shots well over 300-yards these days, which gives them the ability to “cut the corner” on many doglegs; cutting the corner is risky, but having detailed notes on the wind, targets, and fairway undulations can help mitigate some of the risks. In the case of howling winds or bad weather, the player and caddy will have two or possibly three backup plans for each hole.

Have you ever heard of the Chinese saying “the smart rabbit has three holes”? Well, PGA Tour pros and their caddies use this same philosophy on each hole they play. For example, the plan might have been to cut the corner by hitting the driver over the trees; however, when they arrive on the tee, the wind has changed, and now the better play is to take a shorter club and play more conservatively.

Notes to Help Approach Shots to the Green

Professional golfers have one fundamental goal in mind every time they play, and that’s to hit every green in regulation. This means they will have the chance to putt for eagle or birdie on each of the 18 holes; granted, even for the pros, this is a lot easier said than done.

Placing themselves consistently in the correct position in the fairway will allow them to attack the pin and capitalize on their approach shot by making the putt for a birdie. Without the yardage book, knowing where to “lay-up” and then approach the green would be nearly impossible; it would be guesswork; not exactly the precise details PGA Tour pros are looking for.

• One aspect of the pro’s game plan that amateurs would find fascinating is assessing the best place to approach the green. Pros equally focus as much attention, if not more, on knowing where to miss. Knowing where to miss is a smart way of approaching the green because it can help eliminate major catastrophes like having the ball roll back into a water hazard or a deep and treacherous bunker.
• Generally, the last thing golfers want to do is “short-side” themselves which means they have very little green to play with on their next chip or bunker shot. Short-siding yourself can be avoided by knowing the best places to miss. Meaning that if the shot you played didn’t go as planned, then hopefully, it misses in a place you have plenty of green to play with on your next shot; knowing where to miss can be the difference between getting up and down for par or taking double-bogey.
• Yardage books will also provide detailed information about the rough around the green . Obviously, players are looking to avoid the rough at all costs, so if a pin is cut tantalizingly close to the edge of a rough area, the pro is better opted to play conservatively for the center of the green. Again without the yardage book and the notes jotted down, approaching the green is pure guesswork.
• The next most important factor in determining the approach shot is the undulation of the greens . PGA Tour pros always prefer to putt on either a flat area of the green or slightly uphill, as both of these putts are much easier than putting downhill which can be notoriously quick. Chipping uphill is also much easier, as you can get the ball to “check” and stop much quicker.
• Before the tournament starts, players and caddies will play two or three practice rounds so they get to know the undulations and the slopes of each green. The yardage book is where they jot down their notes which they can refer to once play gets underway in the first round. Some of the notes are incredibly complex and intricate, depending on the caddy. At the same time, other players and caddies prefer simple details so as not to overthink too much and further complicate an already tricky shot.

Your strengths and weakness as a pro golfer also play a significant factor in where you want to “miss.” For example, a golfer who is an excellent bunker player might be more than happy to miss and play from the sand, while other players might prefer chipping and leaving their ball just short of the green. One thing is for sure, though, regardless of game style, every professional’s yardage book will have valuable information to help them make the right choice.

On occasion, the pin will be cut in a position where getting up-and-down by chipping and “one putting” will be much easier than two-putting; these particular holes will be noted by both caddy and player in their yardage book. This is also a good lesson for amateur golfers who think that hitting every green gives the best chance to make par.

For example, you might be playing an approach shot to a “two-tiered-green.” Let’s say the flag is cut on the lower tier, then the last thing you want to do is finish on the upper tier; this will make your putt almost impossible to stop anywhere near the hole. Both caddy and player can refer to their yardage book and pin placement sheet and plan to miss short, not long.

So as you can see, yardage books not only come in handy, but it would be fair to say that without them, players and caddies would have a much more difficult time trying to make the right decisions; one thing is for sure; scores would definitely be much higher.

Notes to Help with Putting

If you’ve been playing golf for long enough, you’ve heard of the saying “drive for show and putt for dough,” and when you look at the notes inside a pros yardage book, you’ll soon understand they live that very same mantra.

Now, although yardage books will have notes and diagrams on the undulations of the greens, most times their very basic, and pros generally want more detailed information when it comes to putting.

Some of the information pros want to know is:

• The speeds of the greens
• The way the grain of the grass grows
• Is there water located near the green? (E.g. If a water hazard is to the right of the green, this might suggest the green also runs in the same direction.

Players and caddies will take general notes such as “much quicker than we thought” and also more specific notes like “this putt breaks three cups to the left.”

As I’ve mentioned, the grain of the grass plays a significant factor in determining the outcome of a putt. Pros are very aware that putting into the grain is much slower than putting with the grain. A good rule of thumb is that putting with the grain, the greens will tend to look “shiny,” while putting against the grain, the greens appear much duller in color. Notes on the grain of the grass will definitely be found in the yardage books.

PGA Tour events are set up on the most challenging courses globally, and as such, reading greens is no easy feat. Often, the player’s and caddies’ eyes will “deceive” them, and this is where the value of the yardage book from previous years comes into play. Player and caddy can refer to putts from the same position in years gone by and use that as a guide; in this instance, the yardage book is invaluable.

Being able to refer to older yardage books helps to give both the player and caddy confidence that they’re making the right decision when choosing which line to putt on or the speed of a particular putt. There’s nothing worse than standing over a putt and “hitting and hoping,” especially when millions in prize money is at stake.

The 18th Hole

Well, there you have it; hopefully, you now understand the type of information that’s contained inside the yardage books of the PGA Tour pros and their caddies and why they are so valuable.

Most local clubs do have yardage books, and club-level golfers would benefit significantly from keeping detailed notes. It’s a great habit to get into and provides an extra layer of confidence when hitting your drive, approaching the greens, or making that putt for a birdie.

So next time you tee off, make sure you have your yardage book firmly in your back pocket.

Happy golfing!!

Brenton is an Australian with 20 years of experience working with professional athletes. These athletes have combined to win more than ten international events. He holds a Degree in Sports Coaching and was the former Head Advisor to the Japanese Government Sports Institute. He was the former Manager & Head Coach to Tennis Australia and was a Dunlop International Advisory Board member for eight years. His expertise is in Goal Setting, Health & Nutrition, Internal and External Motivation, Technical Analysis, and Program Design and Delivery. Brenton currently consults with several professional athletes and clients from varying backgrounds and sports.

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Caddie School 101: Reading a yardage book

By t.j. auclair · september 6, 2020.

The detail in a PGA Tour yardage book is incredible. There’s so much information that it can be overwhelming.

Kenny Harms, longtime caddie for Kevin Na, gives you a close-up look at his yardage book from the 2020 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta to explain all the intricacies and to show you the notes that he takes.

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T.J. Auclair is the Director of Content for The Caddie Network and has covered professional golf since 1998, traveling to over 70 major championships.

I know the yardage guides are full of information which I find fascinating and intriguing when I watch the Tour on TV with imaging what it is like being in their shoes with the factors you have to think about before your shot like the wind, elevation change, etc. Thank you to TJ for writing the article and to Kenny for his support of TCN and for sharing the video as well.

Tex, a caddy on the LPGA in yrs past and a pretty good golfer himself. Told me how all those pages and all that info can turn into a blizzard in front of your eyes. You can be on the wrong page, the wrong hole, the wrong sprinkler head, no sprinkler head to be found, its as if the pages all turned white like a blizzard, you’re lost in a storm.

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What Do Pros Have in Their Yardage Books? Things Have Changed

Written by Graeme Hay | Last Updated: 12/03/2024

One of the key advantages pro golfers take onto any golf course is preparation.

They are clearly superb golfers and massively more skilled than amateurs but how they prepare to play a golf course is another major differentiator from regular players and one vital aspect of that for many Tour pros is the information and notes they have in their yardage book.

As a whole pros have information on wind direction, yardages to and from various targets, fairway and green elevation changes, and images and diagrams of holes in their yardage books. Pros also add reminder notes specific to their own game and details collected during practice rounds or past tournaments at the same course.

The depth of information that PGA Tour pros have in their yardage books is incredible and to the layman it can often look like a baffling array of numbers and notes which belong more in an academic textbook rather than a golf notebook.

The volume of information in pro yardage books has also got ever more complex over the years and added to this myriad of numbers that already come in a yardage book issued at a PGA Tour event individual caddies and players will then add their own notes based on past experience and their practice rounds.

Indeed some players, like the great Tiger Woods, add notes based on where TV towers and grandstands have been placed in past tournaments!

However the rules on what players can and can’t write in their yardage books have changed and may change again in the future.

Also different pros have different relationships with yardage books.

While some feel they can not live without them others prefer not to carry one at all on the basis that they believe they do them more harm than good!

“I don’t know if I could actually play the golf course (The Old Course at St Andrews) without the TV towers because in all my yardage books it’s all based on grandstands and TV towers for alignment. We check them as we play our practice rounds to make sure they are in the exact same spots as they were. If not you shift your [aiming] lines over.” Tiger Woods (Source: The Open)

PGA Tour Yardage Books Are Accurate to Half an Inch!

The yardage books the pros have in their back pocket have come a long way.

In the 1970s nobody really had any real measurements to carry about notebooks and often relied just on pacing out certain shots.

Then caddies such as Pete Coleman, who worked for many major champions including Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros, started to bring their expertise from outside of golf into the game and used measuring wheels to put together much more accurate and reliable yardage books.

Since that time the technological revolution which has hit golf clubs has also hit the world of yardage books and today multiple devices, including drones and high tech surveying instruments, are used to put together notebooks which contain all the details about a golf course the pros could ever want.

On the PGA Tour, pros and caddies have relied on the yardage books of Fred Funk’s former caddie Mark Long for over 20 years and these have an incredible amount of information in them including:

• Photo of the hole from the tee
• Alternative overview diagram of the tees, the fairway and green
• Wind direction compass
• Yardages to and from various areas to the front, middle and other specifically identified points on the green.
• Different points of elevation
• Close ups of the greens illustrating contours and yardages.

Indeed pro yardage books are so precise that the detail included for every hole is unique as different points are used to provide reference yardage points.

“[PGA Tour yardage books] are half an inch accurate …. We have to map the golf course and there’s different sources of information. We can use an aerial photo now and then. We can fly a drone to get information. We have surveying instruments; that’s our main thing. We literally walk around and map the outline of a fairway or map sprinker heads and things like that. All that goes in out of a (computer-adied-design) program.” Mark Long, producer of PGA Tour Yardage books

So much data and information are now available about PGA Tour golf courses that in recent times separate ‘greens books’ have been produced, in addition to the full hole yardage books, to provide exact details about the contours of each and every green.

Examples of the images included in these ‘greens books’ are shown below and amazingly these are put together through the use of a laser which measures each green to within one-eighth of an inch of accuracy!

And the quest for the perfect information in pro yardage books does not end there as every year these books are updated to record any changes that have been made at the course since the tournament was played the season before.

This is also not mentioning the ‘pin sheet’ which is provided to the pros each day of tournament play which includes how far the pin is from the centre of the green and from the edges of the green it is closest too!

[Editor’s note – Yardage books at Augusta for the Masters are different to the standard PGA Tour ones and only give one yardage from specified fairway spots to the front of the green]

Things don’t stop there however when it comes to the information the pros have in their yardage books.

The yardage books which are issued on the PGA Tour for each event are just the start. Each individual player and caddie can then start to add more notes to them specific to how they want to play the hole.

At its most basic some pros and caddies will simply transfer the information from the day’s pin sheet into the yardage book while others will make important reminders they don’t want to forget when they reach that hole.

A great example of this is the image below from Collin Morikawa’s yardage book for the famous par-3 12th hole at Augusta where he quite clearly does not want to forget that lots of great players have found a watery grave by aiming too far right on that green!

Others, including the great Tiger Woods, will add notes to their yardage books in relation to where they want to aim based on where grandstands and TV towers are positioned and will then check whether they have moved from the previous tournament when they return a year or number of years later.

As a consequence some pros yardage books can be seen as a bit of a time capsule recording the yardages, how a course was set up and what different clubs and approaches to holes they took in a specific tournament and year.

Indeed some pros such as Ian Poulter have made a feature out of all their yardage books in their homes! Check out the video below!

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Different Pros Use Yardage Books in Different Ways

A yardage book is handed to every pro and caddie at the start of every tournament.

And given the detailed information which they include you may think that all the pros carry them in their back pocket and refer to them constantly throughout their round.

However just like every pros swing is different, individual pros use yardage books in different ways.

Some pros rely on them totally, see them as a vital tool and will add a huge amount of extra notes to the already massive amount of data they already include when handed over to them.

“My head’s in [my yardage book]. I’m always looking at yardage books … I feel like the yardage book is really crucial to kind of know where you want to position the golf ball, how far you want to hit off the tee and what club you need to use.” Former Masters Chamption, Patrick Reed

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed for example says he is constantly looking at his yardage book while former USPGA champion Keegan Bradley uses it as a key part of his routine taking it out and checking it for every shot.

He also uses it as a guide adding extra notes to it such as “one shot at a time” to help remind him to stay focused.

Others, including 2-time PGA Tour winner Matt Jones, not only use them as much as they can but also use them in co-ordination with their caddies with both using their own individual notebooks on every hole to get a yardage and then cross-checking their numbers to confirm they are right.

There are then other groups of pros however who actually don’t use their yardage books at all and rely entirely on their caddies to give them the correct yardage and details for every shot they play.

2-time Masters Champion, Bubba Watson, former British Open Champion Shane Lowry and 4-time major winner Brooks Koepka are examples of pros who don’t carry a yardage book for a variety of reasons.

Brooks Koepka for example used to carry a yardage book but stopped because he felt he got too detail-orientated as a result and it led him to focus too much on the negatives, such as where all the bunkers and hazards were, before each shot.

Bubba Watson doesn’t carry one meanwhile because he feels he remembers everything well enough in his head from past tournaments and indeed tests himself each tournament against his caddie who carries a yardage book complete with details from the last 5 years!

“I don’t carry a yardage book. Teddy (caddie) carries that thing around. Teddy writes down the last 5 years roughly until a new yardage book comes out but I remember it all. I can tell him 7 years ago what club we hit, which way the wind was going and he’ll look in his book and go. Yeah, you’re right.” 2-time Masters Champion, Bubba Watson

And the different habits and quirks between pros and their yardage books don’t end there.

The great Tiger Woods for example will always carry his yardage book in his back right pocket but if he’s only carrying a pin sheet without a yardage book then he will place the pin sheet in his front left pocket!

So as you can see while all the pros and their caddies get issued with yardage books they all use them in whatever way they feel will allow them to play their best.

What Pros are Allowed to Write in Yardage Books Has Changed

Technology, in the same way it has done with golf clubs, has transformed the yardage books pros use.

High tech survey instruments, lasers and even drones are now used to put together the supremely detailed yardage books PGA Tour pros and their caddies carry around but one thing that has not changed is the additional notes players and caddies add to their notebooks.

However much information they have contained in the past up to the present day pros and caddies have always written extra notes in their yardage books.

As a general rule golfers write notes in their yardage books that are specific to their game and course strategy. Added details include wind strength and direction, clubs played, club speeds and spin rates recorded in practice rounds and past years’ events. Reminder notes on how to play the hole are also often written.

However like the distance debate in golf many people have become concerned about the level of detail now included and available to be added as notes to yardage books believing that is reducing the amount of skill required.

As a result in 2022 the PGA Tour introduced a new ‘player driven’ rule that not only reduced the information available to pro golfers and their caddies about the greens on a course but also the type of handwritten notes they would be allowed to add to their yardage books.

From 2022 onwards PGA Tour pros and their caddies will therefore be given a ‘Tour approved’ yardage book at every event they play and although it will contain the same information from tee to green the data provided when it comes to the greens has been hugely reduced.

All the detailed information shown in the example green images above has been removed and the green diagrams in the new yardage books only include the shape and depth of a green, as well as small lines and arrows that highlight any slopes that measure 4.5% or more.

In addition pros are only able to add handwritten notes about the greens that come ‘directly from the naked eye.’

As a result golfers and caddies can add handwritten notes about greens and slopes only if it has been gathered with their own eyes and not if it has been told to them by someone else or been gathered with the help of slope-reading technology.

On PGA Tour,if,before the round,your coach comes to you and says “8 is playing extremely long. No one has gotten it to the green today.”You can write that down.If he says “that putt on 8 today is extremely slow. No one has gotten it to the hole.” You cannot write that down. — John Wood (@Johnwould) January 6, 2022

This rule change about handwritten notes has in particular proved controversial as lasers, launch monitors and another tech can still be used anywhere other than on the greens to measure and add notes on distance or slope percentage or any other data the pro wants.

“The purpose of this rule is to return to a position where players and caddies use only their skill, judgment and feel along with any information gained through experience, preparation, and practice to read the line of play on the putting green,” said a memo the PGA Tour sent to players.

However many, including the youngest member of Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers in America” Chris Como and renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon, have questioned the sense of the new handwritten notes rule on the basis of it only being applied to putting and the greens and not other areas of the course.

“What a ridiculous rule. It’s stupid in fact. It serves no purpose. It’s indeed skill limiting.” wrote Kenyon on Twitter and this comment was quickly agreed with by Bryson DeChambeau who has long been a big believer in a data-driven approach to golf.

Chris Como added: “Anything that impedes innovation of thought or practices takes away from the beauty of the game. I think it’s a mistake to go down the ‘if you’re going to do it in putting do it across the board’ rabbit hole. Just don’t do it!!! One of the great joys of this game is the endless treasure hunt of finding small edges that add up over time.”

Whether the rule remains or not however one thing is clear.

Pros and their caddies will continue to write any handwritten notes into their yardage books that they feel will help their game and are within the rules of the game.

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Create Your Own Printable Golf Yardage Book: Free Template and Step-by-Step Guide

Do you love spending time on the golf course? Are you looking for a way to improve your game? If so, then you need to create a yardage book. A yardage book is a great way to track the distances of each shot and learn the layout of the course.

I will show you how to make a yardage book.

Jim Fyruk once said “Build a Professional Yardage Book. If you haven’t judged the different elevations or the firmness/softness of the greens on your home course in a yardage book, then you’re making a big mistake. This is critical information if you want to score your best, and all it takes is an afternoon, a pad and a pencil. Nail all the variables with your favorite foursome. The more data you can gather, the better.”

Pro’s use a golf course yardage book because of how helpful they are to a players strategy. If you are wanting to shoot lower scores, consider making one of these yardage books to help you plan out your approach for each hole.

Maybe you need to take an extra club on that pesky par 3 to give yourself an easier chip if you mishit. This type of information is missed until you really look at each hole and analyze the easiest way to play the hole.

A yardage book is one of the  best golf accessories you can add to your arsenal.

How To Make a Golf Yardage Book Like The PGA Pros

Professional golfers are use yardage books in competition because it gives them the most information possible about a specific hole. Don’t get us wrong – pros love to use rangefinders and GPS’ as well. But nothing works as well as a yardage book.

Making a yardage book is easier than you might think. It will requires some time, effort and software. However, the end result will help you improve the way you navigate your home course and can help you save shots  by playing smarter golf.

What You Will Need To Make a Yardage Book

Making a yardage book will require a few materials.

• Yardage Book Paper
• Paper Cutter

*Optional:  Leather Yardage Book

• Google Earth Pro (Free)
• Adobe Illustrator (Free 7 day trial)
• Affinity Designer ($50)
• Photopea (Free – somewhat difficult to use)

*Optional:  Screenshot application like Snagit

NOTE:  With Adobe illustrators 7 day trial, you should be able to create a complete yardage book (maybe even two if you really grind it out) in that time frame.

I personally have not used Affinity designer, however, I have heard good things. At $50 for the software – you really can’t go wrong. I will be testing this software in the future – for this specific task.

Photopea is free, but that is truly its only perk. It isn’t friendly to use for this task and I truly struggled to create a hole using this software. If you have weeks to spend on this project, you may be able to create a yardage book one hole at a time. It is possible, but not recommended.

Buying a Golf Yardage Book Template

For any serious golfer, having a reliable yardage book is essential for success on the course.

While there are many different brands and styles to choose from, I highly recommend the Emblemedia Golf Yardage Book .

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Setting Up Your Layers & Yardage Book Cover Dimensions

When starting out open your software (in my case – adobe illustrator) and name your file. You will then want to create 20 art boards all 4 in x 7 in. This is the size that I use.

You will want to check the dimensions of the yardage book cover you have and make sure that this size works. If not adjust the art boards to the size that will work for you.

Here is my template that you can use to get started

When you are done setting up your art boards you will want to then create 20 layers or one layer for each page of your yardage book.

When you have each layer – add a logo to the front page and then start adding in your basic details for each hole. These details include:

• Hole number
• Basic yardages

Configure Google Earth Pro

Open Google Earth Pro. Before you start taking photos of the holes, you will need to adjust some settings to make it easier on you.

Go to the top navigation bar and click on Tools. From tools click “Options”.

Go to the “Navigation” tab in Google Earth Options and then click “Do not automatically tilt while zooming”. This will save you a lot of heartache. 

Take Photos Of All Golf Holes

Now that you have your setting configured. You can then search for your course and go to hole 1. In the top right corner, click on the down arrow below the eyeball to make sure that your camera is not tilted at all.

You can view the hole however it looks best to you, I put the tee box at the bottom of my screen and the green at the top. Take a screenshot using the print screen button on your computer or a screenshot application that you have downloaded on your computer.

You will want to include a few surrounding features such as the cart path, trees, bunkers and water.  Be sure to have a few features that you can add to each hole. This will make adding yardages easier.

Save the photo under a filename that will make sense to you.

How To Set Up Each Hole On The Art Board

Now that you have each hole saved as an image. Load each photo  into their own layers.  

Size them to each art board. When you have the hole sized to the art board, go into the layer of the art board and LOCK the photo. Click the space to the right of the eye on the art board and a padlock should appear.

See the example provided. This will allow you to sketch over the photo without it moving on you. 

Sketching Each Hole

Once you have each photo locked and the rest of the layer is unlocked you are now ready to start sketching over the hole and it’s features. In adobe – press ‘b’ to open the brush tool. Start with a tee box and sketch around the teebox. 

When you have the tee box sketched you press ‘v’ on your keyboard to open the selector tool and then right click on your outline. You should have an option to ‘join’. Click this option. You now have a solid object. 

Here is the key to making these yardage books look good:   Now that you have a solid object, press ‘b’ on your keyboard to reopen the brush tool.

This time,  press and hold the alt key  and your brush tool should change into the smoothing tool.

Smooth the edges of your tee box by holding down ‘b+alt’ and left clicking through the points that appear on your object until you are happy with how the object looks. Outline everything in the photo using this process.

When you are done, you should have something similar to the example.

Important:  Make sure you make everything a joined object – excluding cart paths and streams that may run through a hole.

You may want to watch some Youtube videos on adobe if you are lost at any point.

Add Color To Golf Hole and Surroundings

After you have everything outlined, press ‘v’. Hold the shift button down and select every solid object (do not select the cart path or streams) and look to the left bar. There will be two boxes one black and one white – layered on top of each other.

Then to the bottom left of those boxes, there is a duplicate set of icons.

Click on the smaller icons. This should fill all of the objects on your art board with a background – while keeping the outline.

Go to the top navigation with everything selected and then remove the stroke to each object (scroll down on your mouse while the stroke is highlighted). You should see objects without outlines.

Now you can add color to these objects. At the end, you should have something similar to the example provided.

Here are the color hexcodes I use:

• Water: #61ADB5
• Fairways: #B7B7B7
• Greens: #38932E
• Bunkers: #DBD889
• Trees: #8E8E8E
• Tee Boxes: #515151
• Fairways: #66B75F
• Trees: #32632D

Using Google Earth Pro To Measure Yardages

When you FINALLY have all of the holes outlined and filled in you are now ready to add in your yardages. This is going to require us going back to Google Earth Pro (GEP) and going back to hole 1. You will want to reconfigure GEP with the same settings listed above.

With Illustrator open, press the ‘t’ button to open the text tool and just type 100. To the left of that dot, press ‘L’ to open the ellipse tool and hold down shift. Make a small circle to the left of your 100 not any bigger than the text.

Press ‘v’ to open the selector tool and grab both objects then right click and press “group”. This is now your “yardage dot template” that you can use for measuring and marking any distances. 

Now that you are at hole 1, click the ruler on the top bar and click the back of the tee box you are measuring. Click and drag. Do you see how the tool is measuring for you? Measure from the back of the tee box to your usual driver carry and then add in a yardage dot. Press the ‘a’ button, select ONLY the text and press ‘delete’ – now you have a marker to show you your average carry distance.

Back in Google Earth you can then start figuring out carry distances from your dot or to other objects that you have labeled (like to trees, water, sand traps). At this point you should have all of the tools that you create the yardages that you want/need.

Printing Your Yardage Book

When you have everything mapped out on your book – you are ready to print. You can contact a local printer that can print and cut everything to size for you – or you can print the book on paper yourself and cut it to size using the tools listed above. 

When you finish printing you will need to measure and cut the book to size. Be careful cutting and do not hurt yourself.

After cutting the paper, line everything up and use your stapler to staple everything down. You may want to use two or three staples to make sure the book is not going to come undone. Be sure to use plenty of force on the stapler to make sure that the staples go all the way through.

Congratulations! You are now done with your yardage book!

Printable Golf Yardage Book Template

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Yardage books are a must for any golfer, but they can be expensive and time consuming to create on your own.

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Other Golf Yardage Book Questions

Do all golf courses have yardage books.

No not all golf courses have yardage books. Most prestigious courses carry them. However, it never hurts to ask the club pro if they have any laying around. 

Are Yardage Books Legal?

Yes, yardage books are legal for tournament play. In fact, professional golfers are not allowed to use any  rangefinders  or  GPS devices  – they have to rely on yardage books.

Are Green Reading Books Legal?

Yes, green reading books are legal for tournament play. 

Why Should You Make a Yardage Book For Golf?

Making a yardage book can take a TON of time. I think yardage books can really help you figure out a course and how you need to naviagte certain holes. I would not suggest making a yardage book for every golf course you play – that would take forever and each book would not be 100% accurate.

To be honest, your first run at a yardage book is going to have some errors somewhere. You will mess up a distance, misplace a marker, forget a tree.

But you shouldn’t get discouraged. Making a yardage book is so beneficial, not only because it makes you actually sit down and look at all of the yardages, but when you are revising – you truly are studying the course and will learn how to play smarter golf.

In the end, smarter golf will lead to lower scores and isn’t that what we are all after?

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Site: Avondale, Louisiana.

Course: TPC Louisiana. Yardage: 7,425. Par: 72.

Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner’s share: $1.286 million for each player.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champions: Davis Riley and Nick Hardy.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the RBC Heritage.

Notes: This is the PGA Tour’s only team event, with two rounds of fourballs and two rounds of foursomes. ... The winners do not get world ranking points or a Masters invitation. ... Rory McIlroy is playing for the first time, partnering with Shane Lowry. Friends since their youth, they have played only one Ryder Cup match together. ... The field includes three sets of brothers, two of them twins — Parker and Pierceson Coody, and Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard. The other set is Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick. ... Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are the only team where both players are ranked in the top 10. They won the Zurich Classic two years ago. ... Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is playing with Francesco Molinari, one of his assistant captains in Rome. ... Steve Stricker is making a rare appearance on the PGA Tour. Stricker won the Charles Schwab Cup last year on the PGA Tour Champions. He is playing with Matt Kuchar.

Next week: AT&T Byron Nelson.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

JM EAGLE LA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Los Angeles.

Course: Wilshire GC. Yardage: 6,258. Par: 71.

Prize money: $3.75 million. Winner’s share: $562,500.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Hannah Green.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Nelly Korda won The Chevron Championship.

Notes: Nelly Korda withdrew from the tournament coming off winning her second major and fifth win in a row. ... The prize money was raised to $3.75 million and the sponsors are paying for players’ hotels. It still attracted only six of the top 10 in the world. ... Among those not playing are Lydia Ko and Lilia Vu, who withdrew last week with injury. ... Patty Tavatanakit and Alison Lee are among those who played college golf nearby at UCLA. ... Paula Creamer is in the field based on being in the top 20 on the LPGA career money list. ... This is the second LPGA event in the Los Angeles area in the last five weeks. Korda won the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship down the coast at Palos Verdes Estates. ... Rose Zhang is coming off a missed cut in the first LPGA major of the year. ... Lexi Thompson, who has not won in five years and is coming off a missed cut in the Chevron Championship, is not in the field.

Next tournament: Cognizant Founders Cup on May 9-12.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

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Site: Adelaide, Australia.

Course: The Grange GC. Yardage: 6,946. Par: 72.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (CW app). Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW Network-tape delay).

Defending champion: Talor Gooch.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last tournament: Dean Burmester won LIV Golf Miami.

Notes: LIV Golf’s tournament in Adelaide last year featured one of the largest galleries of the year. ... LIV Golf Adelaide is where Talor Gooch won the first of his three titles last season. He is not in the field for any of the majors this year. ... LIV Golf had three players finish among the top 10 in the Masters. Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau tied for sixth, and Tyrrell Hatton tied for ninth. ... Jon Rahm has yet to win since joining LIV in December. Rahm’s last victory was the Masters a year ago. ... Dustin Johnson, who won LIV Golf Las Vegas in early February, has missed the cut in his last two majors. Joaquin Niemann remains the points leader this year based on his two LIV titles. He made the cut in the Masters and already has received an exemption to play in the PGA Championship. ... Peter Uihlein began his three-week swing by playing the Saudi Open last week. He shot 66-63 on the weekend to finish third.

Next week: LIV Golf Singapore.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

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ISPS HANDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Gotemba, Japan.

Course: Taiheiyo Club. Yardage: 7,262. Par: 70.

Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner’s share: $375,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Lucas Herbert.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last tournament: Scottie Scheffler won the Masters.

Notes: This is the second year of a European tour co-sanctioned event with the Japan Golf Tour in Japan. ... The tournament is the third of four events in the Asian Swing. The winner of this series gets a $200,000 bonus, and the top three get spots in the PGA Championship at Valhalla next month. ... The field includes Matthieu Pavon of France and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa. Both played in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head last week. ... Keita Nakajima makes his first start since winning the Hero Indian Open for his first European tour victory. ... Kazuma Kobori received a sponsor exemption. The 22-year-old was born in Japan and plays under the New Zealand flag. He has three wins this year on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ... The field includes most of the rising Japanese stars, such as Nakajima, Takumi Kanaya and Taiga Semikawa. ... Lucas Herbert is not defending his title because he is with LIV Golf in Australia.

Next week: Volvo China Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ and https://www.jgto.org/en/

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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CLASSIC

Site: Duluth, Georgia.

Course: TPC Sugarloaf. Yardage: 7,179. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Friday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Stephen Ames.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.

Last week: Paul Broadhurst won the Invited Celebrity Classic.

Notes: Paul Broadhurst became the seventh winner in the seven tournaments on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Steven Alker returns to action after taking last week off. ... Ricardo Gonzalez is the only first-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Broadhurst (58) became the third player 58 or older to win this year. He joins Stephen Ames (Chubb Classic) and Joe Durant (Cologuard Classic), both of whom are 59. ... The seven winners on the PGA Tour Champions come from seven countries — New Zealand, Canada, England, United States, Argentina, South Africa and Ireland. ... Thomas Bjorn has been a runner-up and tied for third in his two starts on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... One week after Vijay Singh made his 20th cut at the Masters, the 61-year-old tied for sixth in the Invited Celebrity Classic. ... The TPC Sugarloaf hosted a PGA Tour event until 2007.

Next week: Insperity Invitational.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

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VERITEX BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Arlington, Texas.

Course: Texas Rangers GC. Yardage: 7,010. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Defending champion: Spencer Levin.

Points leader: Steven Fisk.

Last week: Tim Widing won the Lecom Suncoast Classic.

Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship on May 16-19.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

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PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East and West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. Television: Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www.pga.com/

Epson Tour: IOA Championship, Morongo GC at Tukwet Canyon, Beaumont, California. Defending champion: Miranda Wang. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Challenge Tour: UAE Challenge, Saadiyat Beach GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Previous winner: Maximilian Rottluff. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Investec South African Women’s Open, Erinvale Country and Golf Estate, Somerset West, South Africa. Previous winner: Ashleigh Buhai. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: Diners Club Peru Open, Los Inkas GC, Lima, Peru. Previous winner: Marcos Montenegro. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Panasonic Open, Hamano GC, Chiba, Japan. Defending champion: Lala Anai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Lakewood CC, Yangju, South Korea. Defending champion: Dayeon Lee. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf