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I have been using a GPS device that helps me calculate the distance for my shots. The model I use is a SkyGolf SkyCaddie SG2. SkyGolf no longer makes the SG2 but you can buy a comparable model, the SG2.5, for about $250. Once you buy the product, you must then go to the SkyGolf Web site and purchase a package.
Before I discuss the packages, let me explain the technology behind this baby. If SkyGolf has your golf course in its database, you can download it onto your device before you go play. Once you get to the course, you turn the device on and select the appropriate course. While you are playing, you will receive several different readings. The first is the distance to the middle of the green. You will also receive the distances to the front and back of the green. Additionally, on most courses, the device will give you the distances to reach and carry most of the major troubles on each hole, e.g. sand traps, streams and lakes. It really is very helpful.
The package I have costs me about $30 a year and allows me access to every pre-mapped course in Maryland. I can download any ten of those courses onto my device at any time. This is accomplished through the SkyGolf Web site and is very easy to do. There are other packages that allow you to download more courses onto your device or give you access to courses all over the country. Whatever floats your boat.
SkyGolf has employees who map the courses by marking the distances with a GPS locator and then sending the results to the Web site. If you are playing a course that is not mapped, you can map it yourself and keep it on your device. That being said, there aren’t many courses in the Baltimore area that aren’t already mapped so don’t worry.
I recommend looking into it if you either play a lot of golf or are relatively serious about golf. And by serious, I don’t mean good. It can be useful in many different circumstances. For example, if a golfer were to hit a drive in another fairway, the SkyCaddie is very helpful in calculating the distance. I’m not saying that has ever happened to me but I imagine, theoretically, it could be useful in that situation. For example, at Maryland National Golf Club. On the fifth hole.
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