With the improvements in modern day technology the yardage on a Golf course is now either calculated with a laser device or with a golf GPS. The laser device used to be the most popular however over the last 2-3 years the GPS has emerged and has been very popular. Years and years ago the distance used to either be paced out or measured with a measuring wheel, and this lead to a lot of innaccuracy.
Hole 12 at Maybach Country Club in Austria.
The distance is measured from the tee box to the middle of the green. If a hole is said to be 480 yds, that distance is from the tee and "usually" to the centre of the green. Yardage markers ie 150 yrds out are measured the same.
The desk is measured in yards;therefore it is a yardage.
A yardage is the length covered by someone or something, measured in yards.
No, due to the hole location is moved from day to day. Yardage is an approximation
To read a golf scorecard, look at the holes listed in order, with each hole's par value and yardage. Keep track of your score for each hole, comparing it to the par value. The total score at the end of the round determines your overall performance.
Traditionally they were measured from the back of the teeing area to the middle of the green. However, most courses nowadays are measured to the front, middle and back of the green to assist yardage calculations.
To read a golf scorecard, look at the holes listed in order, with each hole's par value and yardage. Keep track of your score for each hole, comparing it to par. The total score at the end of the round indicates how well you played relative to par.
Hole out is simply finishing a hole of golf, obviously by putting the ball in the hole.
Par for a golf course is typically based on the length and difficulty of each hole, not the total yardage of the course. Each hole will have a designated par value, which is the expected number of strokes a skilled golfer should take to complete the hole.
You start a hole of golf by making a stroke with any golf club from the defined teeing area.
An ace in golf is when you get a hole in one.