TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spider Balero Putter Review

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(More customer reviews)I do not golf...I gave this away as a prize for one of my events and it created quite a stir and looks unbelievable! I'd want to have this on the golf course if I played just to look super cool.

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Sureshot GPS Golf System Review

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(More customer reviews)I received the SureShot Golf GPS device 1 week ago.The set-up process on Tee2Green Technologies SureShot GPS website went easily and within a few minutes I had registered, updated the software on both the PC and the device, and downloaded the courses I play most.Following the directions, I charged the device before using it the first time.To calibrate the battery charge indicator, I left it on until the battery indicator reached 1% -- this took almost 11 hours.When I first turned it on, it took only a few minutes (once I walked outside) to locate me.I took it to the course and attached it to my bag with the attached belt clip.It is very easy to use; the controls are fairly intuitive and once you get the sequence, it works flawlessly.The readings were compared with my golf companions' SkyCaddies and the course markings -- it was dead on accurate.The scoring feature is also very easy to use and provides detailed statistics on your round.I am very happy with this device and strongly recommend it over SkyCaddie -- it is lighter, you get free course downloads for the first year, it has many scoring features, a clock, and a nice color screen.Best value for the money I've found.

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"How far to the green?" is not only the most common question on the course, but arguably the most important as well. If you don't have an accurate feel for which club to use, it's tough to keep your scores low. Enter the handheld Sureshot GPS golf system, which displays the distance to both the green and nearby hazards on two easy-to-read screens. The first screen, known as the green screen, shows the distance from your ball to the front, center, and rear of the green. The second hazard screen, meanwhile, displays up to 15 hazards per hole, with a colored icon representing each hazard. Wondering whether you can carry the pond? Check the Sureshot. Trying to figure out if the sand trap is located 20 yards short of the pin or at the same distance? Take a look at the hazard info. Plus, the Sureshot helps you maintain your momentum while you play, as you'll no longer have to search for distance markers in the fairway.


The Sureshot GPS provides the distance to up to 15 hazards per hole.

The unit attaches to your belt, buggy, or golf cart.The Sureshot offers a couple of different course options: First, you can download prerecorded courses from Sureshot's website, with all the pins and hazards already measured. As an alternative, you can map your own course as you play, with the ability to record up to 10 different courses on the Sureshot's built-in memory. Wherever in the world you golf, the Sureshot GPS will give you more confidence, speed up your play, and deliver more statistical information per round, including data on your pace of play, elapsed playing time, fairways hit, greens in regulation, and putts.
The Sureshot GPS--which lets you record up to 33 reference points for each hole--comes with a copy of Sureanalysis software for Windows, which further analyzes your play and keeps statistics for specific or multiple games. It also attaches to your belt, golf cart, or buggy for easy access.

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Sonocaddie V500 Touch Preloaded Color Golf GPS Review

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(More customer reviews)This video is from their website.It sounds cliche to say "a unit that does it all" - but in this case it may be true.This V500 took all the best features from every GPS and rolled them into one unit.Touch screen, pre-loaded layouts, no annual fees, accuracy, huge database of course, like almost all US courses are already in here. So it does it all.

Saturday I had a chance to play 9 holes with the V500. In the parking lot while getting my shoes etc. organized I turned it on and it picked up satellite fix in a minute or so.Rather than choose my course from the preloaded course list, used the Search function on the main screen.The course I was at came up in about 10 seconds or less.

I rode a golf cart and used a drink holder cart mount, which fit the drink holder very securely and kept the V500 in plain view at all times- a few times I took it out to the ball with me in my pocket and it was very unobtrusive. Even with the golf cart, and straying all over the fairway,theAutomatic Hole Advance worked 100% of the time, by the time we got to the next tee it had advanced. Very reliable.

But- this required entering the score before leaving the greenside area- if the hole advanced before entering the score I simply had to hit the 'back' button once to back up one screen- and enter the score for the last hole, then hitting the next hole button.Something I easily adjusted to. After getting in the cart, bring up the scorecard and enter the score- a total of two touches on the touch screen.(I used the regular scorecard and not the 'pro' version where sand saves etc are entered for later analysis.) Entering the score before leaving the green takes all of two touches on the touch screen, (touch "Score" icon, then touch the number of strokes) taking only a couple of extra seconds before driving to the next tee box.

Because it was a new unit- I continually compared the yardages against known spots on the course (150 and 100 marks, marked sprinkler head, etc).The yardages were right on 100%. On one par three the whole group needed to use my yardage because there was absolutely no marker on the tee area. All 4 in the group chose the right club (not all hit the green though they all had the right distance!) based on the V500 yardage.

I used the "Touch Point" yardage feature a couple of times, once for a layup and once around a long dog leg right where I couldn't see the green and need to plan the next 2 shots.This feature is very powerful and helped me get to both of those greens in regulation.

Pros-
1) Preloaded - meaning I am done paying for this and don't have to pay fees for the next 3 years.- I needed to take a membership which was free and also gave me a free satellite package just for signing up.
2) Full color layout with lots of detail, the walking man icon shows you exactly where 'you' are on the fairway at any given point in time, accurate yardages, easy touch screen.
3) Fits nicely in my cart mount, and also in the pocket.Easily operated with one hand.

Cons-
The only 'con' is that I didn't have the time on the backlight set to last longer than 15 seconds (choose from 15-30-60 seconds, or "always on") so I had to hit the touch screen to turn the light back on. When I did this I activated the 'touch point' feature and had to wait 5 seconds for the screen to return to the regular view. I learned to tap the top of the screen to light it up without activating any of the features.When the backlight is off it isn't easy to see the screen in the bright sun, but it's perfectly viewable in bright sun when the backlight is on.

I haven't tried the satellite view yet or the flyover, but at this point I give it 5 stars.

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With the standard "Touch Point" feature, the golfer simply touches any point on the hole layout or the satellite photo, and immediately sees the yardage from their location to that point, and the yardage remaining from that point to the green, great for playing an unfamiliar hole or plotting a lay-up area.And the video flyover will prove very useful on long or unfamiliar holes.

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uPro Golf GPS by Callaway Golf Review

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(More customer reviews)I've now played 30+ rounds with the uPro. Its got some good points and some bad, I suppose this is like any new device, especially one that is from a brand new company.

The Good
- Distances are right on.
- Basic mode gives you a quick, easy to read view of distance to the green and distance to reach and carry hazards.
- Mark feature allows you to measure the length of your shots. Sometimes gives erroneous readings. However, this only happened when I kept the uPro in my pocket, so maybe buttons were being pressed by accident.
- Aerial view of the hole is awesome. Like looking at a yardage book, with continuously updating distances. There is a small red diamond that marks your position on the hole and moves with you. I almost ran into a 150 yard pole because I was so fascinated with watching the little diamond track my position on the satellite view! Hazards like bunkers are marked front and back and also update continuously.
- Measure Mode lets you get a measurement to any point on the hole. I have used it to find the distance back into the fairway, but you really need a tree or something on the satellite image to reference. I have also used it to find distances not mapped by the company, like a layup distance to the front of a creek.
- Trans-reflective screen is easy to see in Basic View even in bright sunlight. However, in Pro Mode, it can be difficult to see. You need to experiment with the viewing angle to get it right. I've found that in bright sunlight, you can see the screen best if you are angling it just off where the sun would be reflecting into your eyes. Or shade the screen with your hand.
- No subscriptions! You pay only for the courses you want. Courses cost the same no matter where in the country (and eventually the world) they are located. You never have to buy a course twice, even if you upgrade the device or have to replace the unit (lost, stolen, broken). Courses are expensive if you buy them one at a time. One course costs $10 (3 credits), but if you buy 150 credits ($120), that comes to only $2.40 per Pro course. I bought 150 credits, and I probably won't ever have to buy credits again (at least not for a very long time).The Bad
- One course had strangely mapped points on a couple holes. Some don't make sense (you can tell they haven't played the course!) However, I sent an email to support and they corrected the problem in a couple weeks.
- Sync is VERY slow. I timed it, and to sync and download 1 course took over 10 minutes. Be patient.
- When syncing, the status box shows up in front of all other windows (on Windows XP) and cannot be moved to the back. So your computer is effectively stuck doing one thing for 10 minutes.
- No subscriptions. I put this item in both The Good and The Bad because it depends on your point of view. If you play a whole lot of courses (more than 50), then it could get quite expensive. But I play only about 15 courses on a regular basis, plus about 3 or so each year on a vacation trip.
- Distances do not automatically update if you are using the measure function in Pro Mode. You have to either exit measure mode, or switch back to basic mode to get an update distance.
- Not all courses are mapped yet. In Denver, about 70% of the courses are mapped. But of the 15-20 I play regularly, about 95% are mapped. Many of those that are not mapped yet are scheduled to be mapped in 2008. There is a schedule on uPro's website (www.uprogps.com). And if you choose an unmapped course as your home course, they will have it mapped in 4 business days, guaranteed. I would recommend checking all the courses you play before buying this device.The Ugly
- The software needs a little work--freezes up from time to time. During the first two rounds, it froze up once in each round. While annoying, all you have to do is hold the power button down for 8 seconds to force a power-off, then turn it back on. Of course, the re-boot process and getting back to your current hole takes a couple minutes. Their customer service department claims a firmware update will be available "in the next few weeks". I turned off the "automatic hole advance", and this seemed to fix the problem. The last 25+ rounds were freeze-up free after changing this setting. The automatic hole advance is unnecessary in my opinion. From the "Green View", you can simply press the up button to advance to the next hole, or press the down button to go to the previous hole.Suggestions
- Create a graphical overlay for the aerial views, or figure out a way to make them higher contrast. The Pro Mode can be somewhat difficult to see in bright sunlight.
- Faster downloading/sync
- Find and fix the bugs in the software that cause the freeze-ups
- If the upcoming software can mark every ball location, its only a matter of time before it will keep your score, shot-by-shot. On the uPro website they state that additional software to keep score will be available by late summer 2008. Of course, if it freezes up and you lose data then such a feature is worthless.The Bottom Line
This is a very new company and a very new product. Like most new products, they have a few bugs to work out. I'm going to stick with them and hopefully they will be committed to fixing the problems. If a year goes by and the same problems exist, I might regret this purchase. But right now I'm pretty darn happy with it!

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Looking to improve your course management skills? Turn to the uPro golf GPS system, which employs state-of-the-art GPS, aerial, and satellite technology to accurately render the details of thousands of golf courses. The uPro starts by providing the avid golfer with aerial and satellite photographs of the golf course, so you can see what the hole looks like before you play it. At the same time, the unit's built-in GPS system clearly locates the golf course hazards and flagstick, so you know what you're up against at any moment. With each glance at the 2.2-inch, high-resolution color screen, you can see a different view of the fairway, check out the upcoming sand traps and water hazards, or receive a distance marker that helps you select the correct club length. Even more impressive, the uPro's SmartView technology anticipates the hazards that you'll face on your next shot, so you can plan accordingly based on the strengths of your game. Don't want to carry water on your second shot? The SmartView technology's dynamically generated "viewports" will tell you which area of the fairway or rough will provide a water-free path.


The uPro offers aerial and satellite photographs of thousands of golf courses.

The easy-to-comprehend user-interface is crisp and intuitive. The uPro is remarkably easy to carry, with a sleek and unobtrusive design that fits in a pocket or belt holder without interfering with your natural golf swing. In addition, the unit has the quickest startup time of any golf GPS system, with a super-fast GPS locking system. And thanks to the high GPS sensitivity, the uPro remains locked even under the most extreme conditions.
The uPro offers two basic modes for golf course downloads. In Basic mode, the uPro shows the distance to the front and back of all hazards and differentiates the type of hazards. Each hazard is automatically displayed in sequential order based on the current user position, and then is updated as the user moves throughout the hole. Basic mode also provides a green view, with large, easy-to-read numbers that depict the distance to the front, center, and back of the green. In Pro mode, meanwhile, the device offers a video flyover that lets the user see the layout of the hole from an aerial perspective. From the center of the green, users can see the 100-, 150-, and 200-yard markers. The Pro mode also offers scale-accurate measurements that are used to measure to and from any point on the golf course, even from the outskirts of the rough.
The uPro is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS X v10.4 or later (Windows 2000 is the oldest version of Windows that is compatible with the uPro). However, note that the uPro does not require any additional software to connect with the uPro servers. Instead, users can easily download golf courses at uPro's web site. Once you're online, the web site gives the user a list of all golf courses in the U.S.--in your choice of Basic or Pro mode--on a click-and-buy basis. The unit's GPS technology also automatically determines which courses are nearby. And as an add-on software download, the device can accept voice commands to make menu navigation virtually hands-free.
The uPro comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a wall adapter, a USB cable, and a single free Pro mode download of any golf course. The device comes with a six-month warranty.

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SkyGolf SkyCaddie GPS rangefinder delivers distances on the golf course Review

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(More customer reviews)Justgot an SG2 and used it today for the first time on one of the professional SkyCourses that you can download from their web site. Yardages to front, center and back of greens as well as key markers along a hole were all available. The Intelligreen feature allowed me to move the cursor to the exact postion on a green by pressing the four-way toggle switch on the unit.
On the whole the product worked without flaw - distance readouts were clear and easy to read and even the detailed, more esoteric descriptions for fairway bunkers, distance to water etc... were intuitive. I was using the SG2 for the first time on a course I had not played before, so having detailed yardage information was definately a plus. The unit did take a while to acquire the necessary satellte signals when I first turned it on but this was something that was mentioned in the manual. Once acquired, I had extremely good coverage for the entire round.
However, for $350 plus $19.95 a year for a basic subscription which gets you 5 professioanl courses in your area (and the ability to store additional courses that you create) the package seems just too pricey. It's useful, to be sure, but what price do you put on additional yardage information?

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Using a powerful microprocessor, GPS, and satellite-based accuracy enhancement technology, the SkyCaddie automatically calculates, as you move, distances to up to forty targets per hole simultaneously in less than a second. You will already have your number when you get to your ball.You don't need a clear line of sight or reflective target with the SkyCaddie. Because the targets are pre-programmed, the SkyCaddie eliminates the need to aim through a lens, accidentally hitting the wrong target on a hole, or trying to hit a pin with a laser beam at 200 yards.Get accurate measurements over hills, trees, and obstructions to any target. Play confidently and knock strokes off your game. Learn how far you hit your drive, 5-iron, 9-iron, or wedge with a touch of a button.Just let the SkyCaddie see the sky, and it'll do all the yard work for you! Plus, at a mere 4.8 ounces, it goes anywhere you go. Now your game can measure up, just like the SkyCaddie!

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