Is it worth it to buy a gps for golfing?

February 24, 2009 by admin · 13 Comments
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Ryan S asked:


I score on average in the mid to high 80’s and was looking at buying a sureshot gps. Is it worth it?

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13 Responses to “Is it worth it to buy a gps for golfing?”
  1. momma71406 says:
    February 24, 2009 at 11:02 am

    I dont think it could hurt. It would be very convenient. If I could afford one I would buy one. I think no matter what you shoot if you feel like getting one go for it. I hear they are awesome. Good luck!

  2. Dwain says:
    February 27, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    I think they are definitely worth it. A couple of the local courses I play have them attached on all the carts. It’s much easier knowing exactly how far you need to hit the ball instead of relying on guesses from your buddies. Anyway’s can you really trust them when you’re playing against them? I’m not the best at judging distance, so it’s a big help to my game. Go for it. Christmas is coming up.

  3. 666 says:
    March 2, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    golf is a racist and arrogant country club sport.

  4. toughnottobeacynic says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Golf is about feel and assessing a situation with the minds eye. A gps detracts from those two key elements. However, the ones that show you where the group ahead of you is do have some value. They’re only good on courses that have a satellite hook-up.

  5. ticktag says:
    March 5, 2009 at 1:22 am

    i would love to have it too but unfortunately the courses in my country does not have the gps linkage.

  6. wbaker777 says:
    March 6, 2009 at 6:17 am

    for most amateurs no it is not worth it. Even the pros have problems with hitting the correct distance. Does not matter if you know the exact distance if you can’t hit that distancece consistently.

  7. anonymous says:
    March 6, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    i never like the idea of a gps. there are markers all over the course, i dont need a gps to tell me what club to hit

  8. Vegas Matt says:
    March 8, 2009 at 8:59 am

    The good ones are awful expensive. If you allotted the same amount of money on playing rounds, you could play the same amount on nicer courses that have GPS on the carts, or play the same courses more often and get a better feel for your yardages.

    It is an really cool gadget though. When the carts have GPS, I definitely notice a difference in how often I pick the correct club. If money was not a consideration I’d buy one for the coolness factor, and those courses that don’t have it on the carts and aren’t marked well, but otherwise I don’t think it’s necessary.

  9. A.REKKIN says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    I think they’re a neat gadget if your into that type of thing.

    Knowing the exact yardage doesn’t mean much if you don’t have the distance control to back it up.

    Sometimes I do, but most of the time I don’t. Yardages off of sprinkler heads are good enough for me.

  10. gao_cheng_ming says:
    March 13, 2009 at 6:32 am

    if you’re good enough so that you’re accurate down to the single digit yards, definitely a necessity.

  11. Randy C says:
    March 14, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    I have a friend who has one. Doesn’t help his game. I don’t reference it and beat him consistently.

  12. GB says:
    March 15, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    Forget about buying one – there is a real way to get one for free… Check out golftraxx.com. The system they utilize is coordinates from Google Earth. Each course is mapped by regular people (you and I) and is entered into a database for anyone else to download. You enter the front, back and middle of the green, as well as a target distance (100, 150yrds) from center, etc.

    After entering enough courses (20) and they will send you a GPG unit and a free license (unlimited downloads.) They are receiving courses from around the WORLD, and if you have local courses that you want, get onto the web, map them and then use them yourself. It takes about 15 minutes to map a course you know. REAL EASY!!!!!

    So, the disclaimer is that I have met this guy, LOVE the product and have been sending in courses because I really think he is on to a great idea. His technology is actually a better solution and more accurate than skycaddie (from what I understand.)

  13. Frank P says:
    March 18, 2009 at 12:49 am

    I find it useful, but only the hand held ones. It is great within say 150 yards as markers only show you 50, 100 and 150 yards from the pin. From there on it’s guesswork, but with a GPS unit you know the distance to the yard.

    Btw, it’s a misconception that the course has to be GPS enabled for it to work. A hand help unit works everywhere, just like a car GPR for driving direction.

    The cart mounted measure the distance from the cart to the green, not from the ball to the green. Quite often you can’t drive next to your ball, so this remains guesswork if the unit it cart mounted.

    We have reviewed the SkyCaddie SK2. The nice thing is that you can program your own course in case it’s not available in the online database. Prices for this unit are dropping because of newer models, but it’s definitely good enough.

    Once you have a GPS unit you’ll only need to get to know your irons better, especially from within 100 yards or so..

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