Stat-Tracking Software for Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS

Golf Rangefinder — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:40:45 +0000

One of the newer features on some golf GPS units is personal statistical analysis. Stat-Tracking software for Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS device is now available as a free download from the Garmin website. As described by Garmin, it sounds like this will be fairly easy to use, so if golfers want to track distances for each club, greens in regulation (GIR), fairways hit and putts, they can now do so by answering a few extra questions each hole. Of course the data can be fed back into your computer for analysis on your desktop.

SkyCaddie will be upping the ante with it’s SmartClub technology to be released in June. It’s compatible with their SkyCaddie SGX which will be available by April 2010 and will automatically track your club selections using a chip on the end of your golf club grips. Of course, golf rangefinder GPS devices are not the only way to electronically keep your stats while on the golf course. There are several apps available to smartphone users that will help you keep track of your stats as well as give you GPS based yardages.

Certainly stat-tracking capability will appeal to some consumers, but we’ll be interested in seeing how many people will actually use these features. Our observation is that most users are just looking for accurate yardage that is easy to use and easy to read. Having to answer a few extra questions each hole is probably only for the die hard and geek golfers. That’s not to say that we don’t think most golfers could benefit from knowing more about their own games… it’s just that we don’t think they will make the effort. We’ll be conducting some informal polls later this year to see if they support our “guess”!

That said, the Garmin Approach G5 is one of, if not the best, selling devices on the market and they added a nice feature set that is available NOW.

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Stat-Tracking Software for Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS