Golf Gadgets
When it comes to sport I reckon golfers have the biggest choice of gadgets. This section of coolest gadgets is where we share all the cool golf gadgets that we come across. So you want to improve your game and get to the 19th hole a bit quicker, see if there’s a golf gadget to help you out.
Electronic Gadgets, Golf Gadgets
Electronic Putting Trainer
Golf is a game where you often fight against yourself first before checking out your score with others. After all, there is nothing quite as satisfying as getting all those shots in with one nice, clean whack each time, but there are off days for some of us where nothing seems to go wrong even after following hundreds of dollars’ worth of advice from books and DVDs. Well, just like many other things in life, practice makes perfect, so why not make sure your putting is in tip top condition with the Electronic Putting Trainer?
This is the putting trainer that helps you improve your ball striking, club path, and putt alignment. The system’s infrared sensors detect both the speed and direction of each putt, providing precise, instant feedback by showing exactly where the midpoint of the ball has struck the bar in relation to its “virtual hole.” A series of putts are displayed on the bar as separate illuminated tick marks. The flexible bar automatically bounces the ball back to you. The sensitive trigger bar can be set to any green speed and distances between four and 32′. The trainer challenges you with six games; you can play a game of “500″ which requires you to place a series of five puts as close as possible to the hole. Putts are graded on a scale of 0-100. Can be played on any surface. Includes two C batteries.
We would recommend getting a pair of Sanyo Eneloop batteries with a C size case to go along with this $329.95 device. Great present if you want to suck up to your boss, assuming his putting isn’t up to par.
Golf Gadgets, Sport
Golf Ball Launcher fires Titleists
I’m not the type who is really into golfing. Heck, I’ve never even hit a ball on the driving range. I can imagine that it must be difficult to hit a tiny ball on the ground with a small pole with a wedge on the end of it.
I’m sure I would get frustrated with it really fast, and I would probably want to shoot something. (Something not alive, just so no one thinks I’m crazy!)
Maybe this is why someone invented the Golf Ball Launcher, a gun that can shoot a golfball at about 300 yards.
I’m not certain if the $795 pricetag is worth it, because this thing is just plain fun. Too bad they don’t make a rapid-fire version of this, because I wouldn’t mind spraying a few things with it. (Things that are also not alive, by the way.)
GPS gadgets, Golf Gadgets, Sport
Bushnell Yardage Pro GPS helps duffers lay up
The Yardage Pro GPS is like a caddy in your pocket.
Golf is a great, yet perplexing game. A budding duffer gets both relaxation and the utter stress of trying to figure out how to beat a damn little white ball with a stick. But what’s really frustrating for me is looking where my lie is and trying to guage how far out I am so I can choose the right club. The Bushnell Yardage Pro XGC GPC can help mitigate some of that stress and frustration. But you still have to work out that slice.
The Yardage Pro has a sharp high resolution LCD screen which gives shot information in full color and with it’s matte finish, can be seen with little glare in bright ambient light. The Yardage Pro gives you distance to hole information for up to 100 different courses around the world and can be updated with a simple upload. It has both hole up tracking and down the hole fairway perspectives and even keeps track of stroke information.
Comes with scorekeeping and statistic utilities, rechargeable lithium ion battery, belt clip and storage pouch.
Only downside is it’s cost … $350 from Bushnell.
Hat Tip Travelizmo
Golf Gadgets, Sport
Paragolfer brings the links to the disabled
Paragolfer makes playing 18 a breeze for the disabled
Life is markedly challenging for the disabled. But what’s always impressed me is how they never let that challenge really define who they are or limit the life they live. And when technology helps in that regard, so many of life’s passions – namely golf – suddenly come into view. And with Paragolfer, it’s flat out the truth.
GPS gadgets, Golf Gadgets
GPSGolfShot offers better experience on the greens
Regardless of whether you’re an avid golfer or one who just likes to tee off once a month at the greens, GPSGolfShot is able to cater to your needs. This is not a new way to strike the ball, but is instead an application that will be made available to Verizon Wireless customers on an exclusive basis, relying on GPS technology to help golfers navigate through new and familiar golf courses. Knowledge is (potential) power, and applying such knowledge ought to give you an edge over the rest of the competition if done in the correct manner as you will hold all the relevant information about the course on your handsets before you even hit the ball once.
Golf Gadgets, Robot Gadgets, Sport
Shadow Caddy Proves We’re on the fairway to Cylon domination
All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again. Man created the Cylons to serve them. And the Shadow Caddy does that in a very automatic and eerie fashion … if automatically follows you on the fairway. Course, it probably won’t tell you you’re better off with the five iron over the 1 Wood …
GPS gadgets, Golf Gadgets
Garmin GolfLogix GPS-8 helps your game
There is just something about sports that challenges yourself to be the best you can be at all times each time you participate, unless you’re in it for health purposes of course. What’s the whole point of a sport if you aren’t going to do your level best whenever you step up to the plate, so to speak? For folks who always look towards improving their golf scores on the greens, there are tons of training aids to choose from, and with a little help from the Garmin GolfLogix GPS-8 won’t hurt either. This device offers the latest in golf GPS technology, where it gives you the exact computer readout of the distance to the green for each shot you play – perfect for folks who always seem to come up short on their approach shots or hit too hard at all times.
Golf Gadgets, Sport
Garmin uses GPS to help duffers play a better round of golf, but for a price
When I first read about the Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS, I thought they had invented a new golf ball with a GPS transmitter built in so you would never loose your ball on the links again. Then I realized they would cost about $100 each, which would be a royal drag if you hit into a water hazard. Nope.
