Shelby Martowski asked:


The Golf Guru GPS is a fantastic new product which offers benefits for any golfer from the beginning novice to the fiercest competitor. If you are searching for ways to improve your game or merely keep a statistical record of your performance you can develop your skills rapidly using this innovative invention.

So how does it provide you with an advantage? First of all, for novices it provides a means to better their game every time. It has the functionality to record statistics allowing you to compete with yourself without having to find partners in which to compete against.

Keep in mind that competition is always a key factor within improving ones skills. The more you play competitively the less susceptible to the press you will be.

If you are a competitive golfer the Golf Guru GPS will help you plan your shot, avoid hazards and play a safe hole, every hole whilst providing statistics for you to eliminate the smaller errors in your game. On top of this you can use the Golf Guru GPS to study each course hole by hole as they are available for download online. This product will undoubtedly provide you with the edge over your opponents.

As if that’s not enough already the Golf Guru GPS offers a number of other benefits such as long lasting battery, fast GPS acquisition, user-friendly interface, it’s small and lightweight, free map downloads and the ability to map your own courses. You do not need to be a technical wiz to use this product neither as it is created by golfers for golfers, nor will you need to be heading next door to request help from your neighbors computer literate teenager.

Don’t get me wrong, you can enjoy a game of golf just fine without one of these gadgets however this product is for improvement and will help you improve your game. Defeat your opponents with the minimal amount of time on the green as statistics play a large part of simply ‘getting it right’. After all golf is a game which requires perfection to perfect.

Here’s one example of how you can use this product. First mark your position on the tee box, take your shot then go to where your ball landed, press mark again and you are provided with the distance you drove your ball. Then check your position in relation to the hazards on the hole, this will provide you with the option of where you can lay up or the distance you have left to the green. This is extremely beneficial information that will aid you in lowering your scores.

Provided with the Golf Guru GPS is fantastic customer service and a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. As the writer I am already well aware of how excellent a product this is. However if for some reason you are not happy with your purchase you can use the 30 day satisfaction guarantee to return it for a full refund. Whether you just want to improve your game, need to defeat your working colleagues on a Saturday morning or win that tournament you have entered, there are very few people who will be dissatisfied with the Golf Guru GPS.

Rick Cole asked:


If you’re looking for a great, high powered golf GPS, then the Golf Buddy Tour GPS Range Finder might be just what you’re looking for. What’s so great about this GPS is that it’s really easy to use. It provides you with the information you need to lower your score but doesn’t overwhelm you with buttons and capabilities that look cool, but which doesn’t really affect your game or your enjoyment of the game. This is not to say that the Golf Buddy Tour GPS Range Finder is in any way cheap or inexpensive looking. You can still scores lots of “cool factor” points with your golf buddies. Just that it’s more focused on what’s really going to help your game than some other golf GPS devices. Let’s take a look at a few of the really big features of the Golf Buddy Tour GPS.

The Golf Buddy can display distance to the hole, and also to various way points along the course. Of course, this will help you with your club selection, especially if you’re on a new course or one you’re somewhat unfamiliar with.

Another great feature of the Buddy Tour Range Finder is that comes with courses pre-loaded. You don’t have to hook it up to your computer and download whatever course you’re playing on. Also, the Golf Buddy can hold up to 20,000 courses. (If you played a new course a day for the next 50 years, you still wouldn’t be done.)

If your course is not currently in Golf Buddy’s database, then that’s okay, because the Buddy will very likely to be able to include it in their extensive database within only a few days time.

The downside of the Golf Buddy Tour GPS Range Finder is that the graphics are not as spectacular as the graphics on a Callaway uPro or a Garmin Approach. Don’t get me wrong. It’s got excellent graphics, shows you the green and that sort of thing. But it doesn’t do those cool views that the Callaway does. Does that matter? That’s something you have to decide. Will the extra graphics capability lower your score? That’s the question any golfer needs to ask him or herself.

Wayne Hudler asked:


Golf remains extremely popular as a comfortable pastime with the beautiful outdoor views, fresh air and the company of good friends. To an outside observer I understand it may not seem as pleasant as it does for those of us who are regular participants. Golf is far better as a player than it is as an observer.

Golf equipment manufacturers are constantly working to provide the golfer with the better clubs, balls, apparel and on course accessories. These make the game easier and more fun to play. Golfers are forever looking for a better driver or a new set of irons. Putters are a hot item as well.

Over the past several years GPS (Global Positioning System) devices have been introduced to the golf marketplace. These devices have been well received by the golfing public as they offer a quick and easy way to determine the distance from where the ball lies to the intended target.

A GPS device works the same way that your car device works if you are familiar with those. The unit is about the size of a cell phone with a display and a few buttons. The unit’s antenna receives signals from a network of satellites that are positioned in space so that they remain in a constant position relative to the surface of the earth. The software in the GPS unit then can use those signals to determine where it is on the golf course.

The user can download course layouts to the unit from the internet. There are over 20,000 mapped courses available at the time of this writing. I have yet to find a course I wanted to play that wasn’t available for download. Bet your favorite course is available too.

It’s pretty cool scientific stuff and is a very accurate way to measure the distance on the golf course. Need to know the distance to carry the hazard? How far is to the corner of the dogleg? Your GPS can tell you. Facing a carry over water? Those are scary if you are guessing on the yardage. No guessing needed with a GPS Range Finder.

Without a GPS device the golfer must seek out yardage markers placed at 50 yard increments from the center of the green beginning at 100 yards. These markers are usually in the center of the fairway and/or marked on the cart paths. Some courses place distance labels on the sprinkler heads in addition to the main markers. It can take several minutes for the golfer to find one of these markers and then pace off the distance back to his ball. There are no markers in the rough or in the woods remember.

Confidence is an important part of the game of golf. Knowing the distance you need allows you to hit your shot with great confidence, take more risks and shave strokes from your game. Less guessing means more greens in regulation. Can you make a birdie putt?

Do you need a GPS device for your golf game? It would help your scoring and the pace of play. You would play more confidently knowing that you need to hit a soft eight iron rather than a hard 9 iron. Do you need those benefits? Maybe, you decide. But I bet you want one, don’t you?

Lawrence Bredenkamp asked:


With the profusion of choice and the booming golf GPS market the decision of which golf GPS to buy can be a time consuming one.

When I first started looking at which golf GPS to buy I had no idea there was such a large choice and as soon as I found one that I thought was perfect I discovered another. It seems that in the world of golf GPS there are certainly more questions than answers

One of the major problems I found when researching is that each manufacturer swears blindly that theirs is the best product. And then ask anyone that owns one and they invariably tell you they are happy with their particular model and wouldn’t swap it for the world. In some cases I thought that some of the arguments favouring a particular model were rather weak. In the end I decided people generally do not want to feel as if they have made a mistake – so they find a reason – any reason – to validate their choice.

Truth is though that most of the top brands are absolutely perfect for most golfers. I came across one character who had no less than eight different models! His annual membership fees were well over $100.00 and he was quite happy to pay that. On the day I met him he was testing another model!

In the end the choice for me came down to one of 15 models.

I decided to stick with the popular brands:

iGolf (by iPlay) Golf Guru Golf Logix Golf Buddy Skycadddie Sonocaddie SureShot uPro Most of those had more than one model so it was pretty confusing to decide exactly which golf GPS to buy.


I then listed all the features that they all had and decided that the following was important to me:

Accuracy of measurements. Most are but I was being fussy. Size – I wanted something small to fit in my pocket with out the weight of it pulling my trousers down. Signal strength and the ability to hold the signal. If I carried it in my pocket I didn’t want to take it out to find the signal took a few minutes to lock in again. Customer service. I had read a lot of good and bad about after sales service and I went for a reputable company that cared about its customers. I just had to have a model that could be used as a digital scorecard and had the ability to track my game by giving me fairways and greens in regulation as well as putts per round. Whatever I bought had to have the shot distance feature. This was non negotiable as I wanted to know exactly how far I hit each club in my bag. The screen had to be easy to read. I wasn’t too fussed about having a colour screen but of course at the right price I might consider it. I preferred not to have an annual membership fee. Some people say they are good to have because you know your courses are updated regularly. Point taken but not necessarily agreed with. Battery life was important to me. The longer the better because I didn’t want to be half way through a round only to find my GPS had gone dead. Battery life was more important than the power source although external batteries do have the advantage of being able to be replaced at a moment’s notice whereas the built in batteries need to be charged for a couple of hours. Self mapping was important to me. I would like to be able to plot my own points on certain holes on my home course. Detailed Green feature. This goes by various names (depending on the manufacturer) but is essentially the ability to have more detail in terms of shape and angle of approach. It would be great if we always approached from directly in front of the green but in real life this is not always the case. Courses stored on unit. I didn’t have to have a facility for thousands but I thought I needed at least 10. Price. Obviously price was a consideration but at the end of the day it came down to value for money. Apples for apples – what was I getting for my buck? Deciding which golf GPS to buy took me over a month. Maybe I should have been like my friend who had eight of the things. He had the right idea – buy them all and you know you’ve got the best!