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Sky Caddie - An Overview
Posted By Tee It Up Pro Shop On 28. August 2009 @ 05:26 In Misc. Golf Tips | No Comments
If in the past, golfers depended on good caddies to help them move around the golf course. [1] Sky Caddie has become the modern assistant that is not only knowledgeable but also very accurate. What exactly is the job of a caddie? Well, carrying the golf crosses is not everything, the person for the job should have good information on the distances and be able to advise the player according to it. This kind of service allows the golf player to concentrate only on the shooting technique; caddies are usually commonly employed by professional golfers and not by amateurish players.
A Sky Caddie eliminates all the disadvantages of playing on a course one doesn’t know. Sky Caddie is an electronic device that indicates the distances to all potential targets. The mapping and recording of this information is possible by the use of high precision survey-grade equipment that stores all the data corresponding to the various points on the golf course. An alternative to Sky Caddie, satellite images proved highly affordable but unreliable, and ceased to be used for the application. Experts rate Sky Caddie as the golf gear item that will save you up to five shots if you use it correctly.
Different types of softwares can be uploaded on Sky Caddie for a wide range of applications: thus, commentators at golf championships use the device in order to transmit viewers how far the golfers shoot and what chances they have to go for the hole. Moreover, the use of Sky Caddie enables the creation of performance statistics for each golfer on every hole in the course. Such applications have brought great [2] Sky Caddie reviews from golfing experts who label it as the most accurate golf GPS system ever designed. All the courses that can be downloaded in Sky Caddie as they have been previously mapped by professionals.
With Sky Caddie you can measure both the depth and the shape of the green parts of the course as well as the angles and distances necessary for the shots. Among the technical features we could count the automatic back-light, the rechargeable battery and the water-resistant case, not to mention that it only requires one hand operation. Nevertheless, one disadvantage has nevertheless been reported in relation to the design of Sky Caddie: you have to keep it dry permanently on rainy rounds. Some users even complained of not being able to upload course programs and they sent the product back to the producer. For such cases the buyer needs to contact the manufacturing company in order to get a viable solution to the problem.
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