far to the green, or to carry the hazard or any other critical distance information. He uses this information to choose the proper club for the shot before him.
I am a golf gadget guy anyway and love new technology, so I have owned one of these for about three years now. At first my playing partners would tease me about it, but it wasn’t too many rounds until they started using it too when we road on the same cart. They could see the value of the GPS range finder too.
How about you? Do you have one? Have you been thinking you would like one but haven’t decided yet?
Well, there are a few very strong reasons why you should use one of these cool new GPS units when you play. I will outline them below.
1. They Speed Up Play.
One of the most concerning things about the game of golf is the time required to play, usually a little more than four hours. But rounds lasting nearly five hours are not unheard of. Worse yet the trend for the length of the average round is increasing.
Enter the golf GPS units. They hold the chance of reducing the time to play an average round by thirty minutes or more. You see one of the time consuming parts of the game is that each player needs to know the distance to his target in order to select the proper club.
In the past he would seek out yardage markers on the course and then pace off the distance from the marker to the ball. But with the GPS device the golfer pulls up to his ball, checks the distance indicated by the GPS device and immediately knows the distance to the target and club to choose.
If it takes two minutes to determine the distance using the old method, we just saved that two minutes with the GPS system. Now multiply that by all four players in a group and you can get an idea of how much time could be saved with this new technology.
2. GPS Range Finders Save Strokes.
We all work at keeping our scores as low as possible. Yet we are prone to make errors in judgment while on the course. Often a golfer will make an educated guess on the distance he needs for a shot only to learn that he guessed wrong. These errors add shots to the hole and over the course of an entire round those shots add up to quite a few.
If the golfer had access to the information available from a GPS unit then he would know the right distance, choose the correct club and if struck correctly land the ball near the target. I know that for me it is very discouraging to hit a good shot only to find it land either short or long because I had misjudged the distance. With a GPS unit your errors are limited to execution rather than both execution and judgment.
3. GPS Units are Affordable.
Initially these units were very pricey. The first company I remember offering these sold them for around $300 USD plus an annual fee to download new courses. They sold many of them (I bought one) and then they were approved for tournament play by both the USGA and the R&A.
With this level of acceptance many new brands have entered the marketplace. They offer a variety of features and programs to suit the needs of nearly every golfer. The beauty of this competition is that prices have come down and now I am seeing some units available for about $150 USD.
So there you have it. Faster play and lower scores all for an affordable price. You could lower your handicap and have more fun doing it. Now that sounds like a winner to me.
If you are considering improving your golf game by adding a GPS range finder then the three reasons listed above should be more than enough to convince you of their benefits.
Just find the right one for you with the features you need in the price range to fit your budget. If you are like me, you will be happy you did.
Golf Equipment: Top Three Reasons to Own a Golf GPS Device for Duffers
Golf equipment manufacturers are always trying to provide golfers with better equipment to enhance the overall playing experience. Every season it seems there are a host of new golf gadgets and devices introduced to the golfing public. The Golf Channel even has a show centered around new golf inventions.
Some are a real help to the average golfer while others fail to find widespread acceptance. Ultimately golfers decide what they want to use while on the course.
In recent years one device that has seen increasing popularity is the golf GPS unit. This is a cell phone like device that uses the same technology that is in your car’s GPS for the golf course.
The unit tells the golfer at a glance how
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