Why does golf use yards

If you've ever watched the European Tour or another overseas professional tour, or if you've ever played golf outside of the United States, then you've probably had the pleasure of trying to figure out how to convert meters to yards. The rest of the world uses the Metric system, while Americans are pretty much the only people using the Customary system these days. On the golf course, that means figuring out how meters translates to yards on the scorecard.

To convert from meters to yards, simply add 10 percent of the number of meters to the stated number of meters, and that's very close to the number of yards. For example, if you have meters to the hole, you'll take 10 percent of , which is 20, and add that to the to get yards. Therefore, meters equals yards. A tougher example. If you have meters to the hole, you'll take 10 percent of , which is You can round that up to yards. By ronaldkuntoro , January 14, in Golf Talk. I think most people will have an easier time judging yards over meters, even us canucks that are brought up with the metric system.

I have yet to see a course that measures off in meters.. I live in Europe and Norway, where the imperial system doesn't even exist Norway , of course I use and prefer the metric system. The imperial got some advantages in terms of using the body to measure stuff, but it's no more difficult than to use the distance in centimeters. I'll have to calculate it over to metric in the end anyways.

The metric system is of course more logical and easier to use. If you go to a course with metric distances, make up an index card with major yardage conversions on it. Laminate it so sweat and rain doesn't blur things. That way, you don't have to try computing things in your head while playing a strange course for the first time.

They both have the same accuracy. Just remember, the British gave the world the Imperial System even though it is associated with the US now. So don't blame us USA!! I played a course in France that used meter measurements to the front of the green but didn't know about the front of the green part until my second round there. I was having a heck of a time figuring out why my shots kept coming up short! Figured it was heavy French air or something.

There is a huge difference between meters and yards when it comes to golf. That's at least one club! When I played golf in Europe for the first time, I was coming up short based on the yardage meterage markers If it's meters:club up about one club If it's meters: club up about 1.

It's enough that you have to convert, but not enough that one is any more accurate than the other unless you're worried about about 1 inch extra worst-case error for the meter. You need to know which it is, but other than familiarity there's no advantage to one or the other when it comes to golf. Longer means when you see meter average distance for par 4 against the average yard par 4 on most courses. Maybe you should play Golf in East Asia once to see my point.

The courses are not laid up after numbers regardless of unit of measure, meaning that an average par 4 is not yards in one country and meters in the next. Par 3: Up to meters yards Par 4: - meters - yards Par 5: - yards. Par 3 - Up to yards meters Par 4 - - yards - meters Par 5 - - yards - meters. As you can see, the distances are pretty close to eachother. There are many other variables that make a difference to how long a hole is playing also, of course. Select personalised ads.

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