Thursday, March 12, 2009

Improve your Golf Game with a Golf GPS System

By Camilla Ricketts

The game of golf can be frustrating even for the pros sometimes, not to mention us amateurs. One of the most aggravating for a beginning golfer is not having confidence in your club choice. Choosing the wrong club for your shot can cause you to overshoot or fall short of your target. A golf gps system helps with this by taking some of the guesswork out of your club choice.

On the pro circuit caddies help keep track of distances from the fairway to the bunkers and different points on the green. I'm sure the LPGA won't be calling me up in my lifetime but I do enjoy knowing the correct distances on my local golf course. Knowing the correct distance to the green is very important in choosing your club for your shot.

Don't you hate when you're in between markers and you're trying to guess the distance to the green? That happens frequently to me. I usually end up using too much club and overshoot the green by a fair amount. After starting to use a gps for golf i rarely overshoot anymore. Now I know exactly how far it is to the green from anywhere on any given hole on the course. I also know where the hazards are. This has really helped me on courses that are unfamiliar or those holes where the green is out of my line of sight.

I also know accurately how far I hit each club. That was a humbling experience as you always think you drive farther than you really do. Now I can improve on my distances without guessing how far I'm hitting with each club. I can work on my grip, stance and follow through to increase my club distances.

Another benefit of golf gps systems is faster game play. When you're not spending a lot of time trying to figure out distances to choose your club you play faster. Not to mention the elimination of overshooting the green so much. Increasing my playing speed allows me to play more rounds and I'm all for more golf. - 16887

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