All you need to play golf is a ball, a set of clubs and a bag, but as any golfer knows, modern accessories can make the game much easier and a lot more fun.
When Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were winning majors, figuring out how far your ball was from the hole involved finding a marked sprinkler head, counting your steps from it to your ball and then doing some math with a hole location sheet.
Today, we have laser rangefinders that can instantly give you a yardage and GPS systems that can reveal how far you are from hazards, and how far you need to hit the ball to get over them. Instead of having an instructor standing by your side on the range, you can get helpful feedback and information from launch monitors.
Any golfer would be thrilled to get one of these electronic devices this holiday season.
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Price: $199.99
What you want this: For a decade, Arccos has been tracking shots and collecting data on golfers like you, and now the company is using that massive trove of information to help you make smarter decisions on the course. After screwing the sensors into the grips of each of your clubs, Arccos links to your smartphone using Bluetooth, then utilizes your phone’s GPS to track every shot you hit–along with the clubs you used to hit them–to reveal how far you typically hit every club in your bag, where you tend to miss and more. The system puts together a stats package, showing your strengths and weaknesses after every round, then suggests what to practice to improve. The Arccos Caddie feature can also make club recommendations as you play that can statistically give you the best options.
Bushnell Pro X3 laser rangefinder. (Bushnell)
Price: $599.99
Why you want this: Pros and caddies on the PGA Tour use Bushnell lasers more than every other brand combined, and this is the company’s new flagship model. All the technology is here, including accuracy within a yard from 600 yards away and the ability to see information in either red or black when you look in the viewfinder. The Pro X3 is water resistant, vibrates in your hand when it hits the flag to reassure you that you have not accidentally zapped a tree or something behind the green and links to your smartphone via Bluetooth to take temperature and barometric pressure into consideration when calculating a…
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