Posts Tagged ‘Golf’

GPS rangefinders are a great tool for golfers.  Sure, you can use a laser sight, but a lot of the time you don’t really have a good line of sight, and therefore can’t get accurate measurements.

Jaio is a newcomer to the golf GPS market, and the company’s Beacon unit seems like a solid, feature-packed unit.  The device packs a 2.4” grayscale LCD screen and enough storage to store 50 course maps.  In addition to core rangefinding features, the Beacon has an electronic scorecard, club selector, and team/multiplayer modes.

The Beacon also has robust stat keeping abilities, which help you to track your improvement (or lack thereof).  You can also upload your stats to the Golfsonomy team to compare your scores with others.

You can purchase the Beacon don Jaio’s website, although it doesn’t appear that the shopping cart feature is functional yet.  No word on pricing.

Many of the training aids available to golfers today are pretty low tech.  But the Club Head Module from Golf Impact LLC brings some pretty sophisticated computer analysis to the consumer market.

The system consists of a small device that you attach to your golf club and a USB receiver for a PC.  Software on the PC receives data from the club head transmitter, and uses this data to provide information on your swing.

The Club Head Module delivers all sorts of relevant data, like club speed, swing consistency, club rotation, and timing.  That data is valuable to golfers, and with proper analysis can be used to improve your swing.

This seems like a good alternative to professional swing analyzers that can cost hundreds of dollars per hour.  However, I’d imagine that it still does take some skill to analyze feedback from the Club Head Module and diagnose swing problems.