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Golf yardage book template

An 18-page printable yardage book: one page per hole, with a grid to sketch the hole, a table for landmark distances to the front, middle and back of the green, and space for notes.

What goes in a yardage book

A yardage book is a hole-by-hole map with the distances you need written on it. For your home course, the most useful entries are:

• Landmarks you can see from the fairway: a bunker lip, a tree, a sprinkler head, the start of a hazard. For each, the distance from it to the front, middle and back of the green.
• Carries off the tee: what it takes to clear a bunker or reach the corner of a dogleg.
• The shape of the green: tiers, slopes and the side you mustn't miss on.

How to make one for your course

1. Print the template and take it round on a quiet afternoon.
2. Sketch each hole roughly: tee, fairway, hazards and green. Mark your landmarks A, B, C…
3. Measure each landmark to the green. You can pace it, use a laser on a clear line, or use a GPS app. In AI Caddy's satellite map, tap the landmark and it shows the distance from that spot on to the green.
4. Write the numbers in the landmark table, and add a note about anything that caught you out.

Print double-sided and staple down the middle, or fold each A4 sheet in half to make a pocket-sized book.

Distances you can hear

A yardage book tells you the distance from fixed points. AI Caddy tells you the distance from wherever your ball is: say “AI Caddy, how far?” and it speaks the front, middle and back of the green.