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!

GolfRangefinderGuy asked:

www.yourgolfgps.com reviews the new OnPar golf GPS system from Savant. The review covers the touch-screen golf gps and its features. A beautiful hand held golf gps with one-touch screen and direct sunlight readable graphics.

John V. W. Howe asked:


A golf GPS finder can help you zero in on the best golf GPS when you start shopping. There are numerous sites and sources with volumes of information that can overwhelm you. Wouldn’t it be great if you could find one site to help you find the GPS you want for your golf game?

When I find myself in this situation, I go to Amazon.com for my information. Amazon acts as my “finder” for all kinds of items since it presents all the items in one place, sorted in bestselling order so I can tell how other buyers rated the item I am considering buying.

Amazon also allows buyers to write reviews about their GPS. The best reviews about golf GPS are written by golfers. Who can best tell you the pros and cons of a golf GPS than the golfers who use them. These reviews are brutally honest. You will find reviews on any GPS you want on Amazon.

Start using Amazon to find your GPS by going to the Amazon.com home page. You will see two search boxes near the top of the page. Click the left search box. This will open a dropdown box of the departments on Amazon. Click “Electronics” in this dropdown box.

In the right search box, enter golf GPS systems and click the orange “GO” button. This will display all the golf GPS on Amazon. To sort these in best selling order, click on the “Sort by” box on the right side of the page. This will open a dropdown box. Click on “Bestselling” and all of the GPS will be sorted in best selling order.

For detailed product information and customer reviews, click on a GPS on this page and Amazon will display the product page for the particular GPS. This page will show all the product and technical information about the GPS, the price, and the link to the customer reviews.

For additional help in using Amazon to find your GPS, read the resource information at the end of this article.

wwwwegolfdotnet asked:

WeGolf Turns your mobile into a all in one Caddie

GolfRangefinderGuy asked:

www.YourGolfGps.com It may surprise you to find that the most expensive golf rangefinder may not be the best rangefinder for you. Do you have a preference between Golf Laser and Golf GPS, after seeing this you may change your mind!