Product: SkyCaddie SG5 GPS
Developer: SkyGolf
Developers Official Domain:
http://www.skygolf.com
Retail Price: $459.95
Review By R N Catherwood
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As a golf GPS system that assists the golfers at every skill level, the SkyCaddie SG5 boasts of a brilliant track record. With the patented IntelliGreen technology auto-rotating the shape of the green to match the angle of approach, measuring the full depth of the green becomes extremely easy. The SkyCaddie SG5 can calculate the exact distance to the front, back and center of the green, and also of any other point amid. One can find the yardage by simply toggling to the exact pin location. It is also capable of showing the targets and hazards on all of SkyGolf’s 16,000 courses, all professionally mapped.
The SkyCaddie SG5 has a feature to include a ball mark, using which one can trace how far one hits every shot, displaying the hazards as well as the distance required to clear each of these hazards. Each SkyCaddie can display up to 40 targets per hole. The battery life of the SG5 is remarkable.
Another novel attribute, namely Intelligreen Pro, would make available all the contours and tiers on the green, including exact distance to each. It would further provide the depth of each tier by cursor movement upon the contours line of the screen.
The SkyCaddie SG5, the one of the four handheld rangefinders in the SkyCaddie GPS family, has emerged as a GPS device of choice for many a golf-lover due to its features and its ease of use, and is clearly one of the most recommended golf GPS devices that exist today.
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With the advent of modern technology, a number of components of our lives have experienced significant changes. Golf has been no exception to this. The Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has injected a novel dimension in golf, leading to improvement in quality and focus.
Golf GPS units are available in two forms – course-integrated and handheld. The device units that golfers carry are the handheld devices, since they are often more comfortable with their own devices and since these devices provide direct assistance in playing the gamupro,e.
While looking to find a good golf GPS unit, one should look out for certain features that are compulsory for such a unit to have. The features to look out for include the following.
- Accuracy of distance computation from the current position to holes, hazards, green etc.
- Should be able to tell the distance to cover every hazard. Should be able to calculate the exact distance to the front, back and center of the green, and any other point in between.
- Accuracy and clarity of display with possibly a good-looking and easy-to-use graphical interface support. The display should support every light condition.
- Battery life – this should be long enough, at least 12-13 hours.
- Weight of the device – the lighter the better – Garmin provides golf GPS devices not much heavier than a mere 5 ounces.
- Lastly and most importantly, should work in most of the golf courses around the world, either by downloading the course map on demand or by permitting an annual subscription model including regular updates.
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