- Home
- Golf Gift Ideas
- GPS Devices (NEW!)
- Intro to Golf GPS Devices
- Bushnell Neo
- Callaway uPro
- Callaway uPro Go (NEW!)
- Garmin Approach G5
- GolfBuddy Tour
- GolfLogix GPS-8
- Golf Guru 4
- Golf Guru Color Guru
- iGolf Neo
- IZZO SWAMI 1500
- OnPar Touchscreen GPS
- SkyCaddie SG5
- Sonocaddie V300
- How We Test
- – Setup
- – Course Availability
- – Ease of Use
- – Course Detail
- – Features
- – Accuracy
- – Cost/Value
- Laser Rangefinders
- Laser Rangefinders with Slope
- Carry Bags
- iPhone Golf GPS Software
- Balls
- Books and DVDs
- Fitness Equipment
- Push Carts
- Training Aids
- About Us
-
Sign-up to get the latest reviews and product news from Critical Golf
Our strict privacy policy keeps your email address 100% safe & secure.
How We Test: Course Detail
Beyond the availability of courses, we tested to see how much information each device provides about the hole – including distances to various marked points, including trees, creeks, bunkers, the end of the fairway on a dogleg, and even lay-up points.
Do-It-Yourself
|
Beth: We have a great section of…do-it-yourself. Andy: Do YOU like to do-it-yourself? Beth: Sometimes. I mean…if the mood strikes. |
Seriously, we can’t help but quote “The 40-Year Old Virgin” whenever we see “do-it-yourself”. And yes, we should just grow up.
Hand-in-hand with the evaluation of course availability is the ability of users to supplement the available course information on their own. Can you add additional hazards or bunkers to an existing course map? How easy is it to do these things? And if a course is not available on a device, can you map the course on your own, either with the device or from a PC (using Google Earth or other satellite imagery)?
In each review, we note the strengths and weaknesses of the various devices when it comes to supplementing the available course data with your own information.
The GolfBuddy Tour, Sonocaddie V300 and Golf Guru Color Guru all offered the ability to map courses during play with relative ease. The Callaway uPro, GolfLogix GPS-8 and IZZO SWAMI devices, on the other hand, provide no user-generated mapping. Table 1 below indicates the total number of marked points that can be added per hole (excluding the front, middle and back of the green, which we assume to be a baseline requirement).
Table 1. Total Marked Points That Can Be Mapped per Hole
| Golf GPS Device | Additional Obstacles |
|---|---|
| Golf Guru 4 | 30 |
| Golf Guru Color Guru | 30 |
| GolfBuddy Tour | 11 |
| Sonocaddie V300 | 10 |
| GolfLogix GPS-8 | 6 |
| Bushnell Neo | 4 |
| SkyCaddie SG5* | None |
| Callaway uPro | None |
| Callaway uPro Go | None |
| Garmin Approach G5 | None |
| IZZO SWAMI | None |
* The SkyCaddie SG5 can only mark distances to the front, middle and back of greens when mapping a new course. Additional obstacles cannot be added to an existing course map.
