Jan 05 2009
Golf GPS - What Will Be Next?
I thought I’d seen it all until I ran across a new blog recently on golf GPS. I love to golf, but I’m not very good at it. So I was immediately intrigued at this particular use for a GPS. If you golf a lot, especially if you play the same course a lot, then you’re probably giggling at me about now. Just stick with me for a moment. These cool GPS units are for much more than just finding your way around the golf course. They’re almost like having a caddie. Just about the only thing they can’t do is hand you a towel. They can be programmed with the course you’re playing and can feed you a wealth of information about each hole, your drive, distances … almost everything you’d use a good caddy for. They’ll even suggest a club for you, they just can’t hand it to you.
One of the biggest names is Skycaddie. Their SkyGolf SkyCaddie SG5 Handheld GPS Golf Assistant has a large color display and a rechargeable battery. The SG5 includes SkyGolf’s patented IntelliGreen technology, enabling golfers to measure the full depth and shape of the green from any angle of approach and shows distances for all targets and hazards on any of thousands of professionally mapped courses. Its color display
features automatic backlighting to ensure easy readability indoors and outdoors.
After reading more about it, I was beginning to see the light. Maybe this thing wasn’t just a toy for golfers with too much spendable cash. I think this thing might actually be useful to someone like me who has a hard time judging distances and clubs. Maybe have a GPS for golf wasn’t such a bad idea after all. If you like to golf and especially if you are a GPS gadget nut like me, you may want to check this thing out.
