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jtown

Anyone have this yet. Appears to be a good piece of kit.

http://www.gamegolf.com/products/en-us/gamegolf

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Freemount09

A fella I know got one for xmas, he was saying that it gives stats like longest / shortest / average with each club which I think would be good.

I'm not sure if they give out a little buzz or not when tagging the belt, but this guy will add in his own sound effects just so every group around will know he has it, and also to put me off !! He's a pure #GCW !

hades

I also got one for christmas and love it. I only have used it for 2 short outings of 5 holes and 14 holes, so the stats aren't really that concise yet.

As mentioned above its nice to see a break down of the hole and see how far you really are hitting the ball, tho i would've had a decent idea from using a GPS. One such par 5 i hit my driver 188m and my second shot 3w 198m. I would've thought the exact opposite distances would've been true.

I looked up the stats for 100m - 125m, and i was 25% left, 25% right, 25% long and 25% short

that certainly made me laugh.

But one thing i did find was my putting average is 1.7 putts per hole, and i would've considered myself much worse than that. So thats a positive.

I'm looking forward to collecting enough data to get an accurate picture of my game tho and i can really zone in on where i'm loosing my most shots.

Tweaky

Golfgraffix wrote: »

Mine dropped off my belt at Corballis and was never handed in so either some fecker has or it's in the long grass somewhere.

Did enjoy using it though

J

I read on their user forums some negative feedback around the quality of the belt clip and its potential to fall off. Might be worth reaching out to their customer services team and see if they can do anything for you. I have heard of them replacing units.

I have used mine for two rounds and the getting used to tagging was much easier the second round. The feedback and stats are excellent. Can't wait to get a decent volume of data into it to give meaningful averages etc.

Dermoth

Anatom wrote: »

I played with a couple of guys who were using them a couple of weeks ago - one of them for the first time. The biggest problem seemed to be to remember to touch the club off the sensor just before every shot, although the other guy said they could be inserted later on. They both seemed happy with it though.

Its not for me anyway. Apart from the money, which is significant (i.e. the price of almost a new set of irons for me!), I don't hit the ball consistently enough to be able to profit from any statistics.

If you do forget to tag before you hit, it still tracks 'impact' more often than not, so the tidying up post round is easier.

Golfgraffix

Mine dropped off my belt at Corballis and was never handed in so either some fecker has or it's in the long grass somewhere.

Did enjoy using it though

J

Anatom

I played with a couple of guys who were using them a couple of weeks ago - one of them for the first time. The biggest problem seemed to be to remember to touch the club off the sensor just before every shot, although the other guy said they could be inserted later on. They both seemed happy with it though.

Its not for me anyway. Apart from the money, which is significant (i.e. the price of almost a new set of irons for me!), I don't hit the ball consistently enough to be able to profit from any statistics.

slave1

I've 4 rounds under my belt with mine now, really good knowing your clubs distance, not what you think you hit but what you actually hit, the stats side is most impressive, I got as a pressie so no outlay. Nice to walk up to a shot and know you can lay up or carry a bunker for example as well as confident off the tee for the same reason...

jtown

benny79 wrote: »

The golfshot app will tell you all this GIR,FIR etc plus I think after a few rounds you should know how far you hit each club, I just can't see the justification in €200!

The dashboards go into some details that GolfShot wont.
75 yards/ 100 yards/ 150/ all distances and breakdown by club so you know if certain shots are not getting close to the pin. The breakdown is impressive to be honest.

I know I hit a 3 wood to 8 feet on the 8th hole about a month ago. Its that detailed.

Edmundy

benny79 wrote: »

@Jtown how has it helped your game? or what do you like most about it! I cant see how its worth €200 when all its doing is recording your stats maybe in a bit more detail than the golf apps, but €200 more I'd find hard to believe..

I received as present but I think
€ 170 before Xmas !

benny79

jtown wrote: »

It has helped my game in a way I know exactly what distance my irons go. I am going to be going for a few lessons with my pro and will sending my stats to him so we will know what to work on. That was my goal when I got it. Get rounds into the system. I know I need to hit more greens as my GIR stats aren't good enough for what I play off. Also my fairway stats are good enough 50% but distance is an issue. Just need to improve that.

Over all I will be going for lessons and I will see the benefits during the summer hopefully if I put in the work

The golfshot app will tell you all this GIR,FIR etc plus I think after a few rounds you should know how far you hit each club, I just can't see the justification in €200!

jtown

Edmundy wrote: »

jtown :
"I bought it end of July in the USA "
Brings me neatly onto another topic. How long is your warranty ?
I bought a Golf Buddy just over a year ago and recently it has started to give trouble .
I rang Golf Buddy and they said it was well within warranty time , just post it back to them .
Their guy then asked if I bought it in Ireland or the UK.
When I told him where I bought it he said that alas the warrenty on goods bought in the States was only 60 days !
Reason being they are much cheaper there !
Was it much cheaper there ?

How long is the warranty... honest answer - no idea.
I have been in touch with Game Golf Support a few times and to be hoenst there isnt any better support I have come across.
2 things - lost the cover for the mini USB port on the device, they sent one out by post from the USA. Lost the sensor on my driver over Xmas (no idea how it happened) got in touch with them a couple of days ago, no questions asked about it. They just asked for my shipping address. There Support centre is in Galway. Absolutely top class..
Paid €200 back last July.

Edmundy

jtown :
"I bought it end of July in the USA "
Brings me neatly onto another topic. How long is your warranty ?
I bought a Golf Buddy just over a year ago and recently it has started to give trouble .
I rang Golf Buddy and they said it was well within warranty time , just post it back to them .
Their guy then asked if I bought it in Ireland or the UK.
When I told him where I bought it he said that alas the warrenty on goods bought in the States was only 60 days !
Reason being they are much cheaper there !
Was it much cheaper there ?

jtown

benny79 wrote: »

@Jtown how has it helped your game? or what do you like most about it! I cant see how its worth €200 when all its doing is recording your stats maybe in a bit more detail than the golf apps, but €200 more I'd find hard to believe..

It has helped my game in a way I know exactly what distance my irons go. I am going to be going for a few lessons with my pro and will sending my stats to him so we will know what to work on. That was my goal when I got it. Get rounds into the system. I know I need to hit more greens as my GIR stats aren't good enough for what I play off. Also my fairway stats are good enough 50% but distance is an issue. Just need to improve that.

Over all I will be going for lessons and I will see the benefits during the summer hopefully if I put in the work

benny79

@Jtown how has it helped your game? or what do you like most about it! I cant see how its worth €200 when all its doing is recording your stats maybe in a bit more detail than the golf apps, but €200 more I'd find hard to believe..

jtown

Edmundy wrote: »

Wow !!

How long you got it ?

I'm still trying to get my head around what to do if I lose a ball or put it in the water ,

Don't say the answer is NOT to !

I would say the main thing is to be consistent when you log your round. If for example I tee of and drive it out of bounds, I put a 2 shot penalty on the drive shot and continue as normal from then. For the water I out a penalty of 1 and continue as normal.
Consistency is the key thing I think.

I bought it end of July in the USA

Edmundy

jtown wrote: »

Its a great product. I've 33 rounds in it already!

Wow !!

How long you got it ?

I'm still trying to get my head around what to do if I lose a ball or put it in the water ,

Don't say the answer is NOT to !

jtown

Its a great product. I've 33 rounds in it already!

Edmundy

spacecoyote wrote: »

Have it all set up now, course was closed last 2 times I had bookings to play, so should get first outing this Sunday morning hopefully.

Looking forward to finding out precisely how poorly I'm playing

Certainly lets you know that !

spacecoyote

Have it all set up now, course was closed last 2 times I had bookings to play, so should get first outing this Sunday morning hopefully.

Looking forward to finding out precisely how poorly I'm playing

Tweaky

So how are people getting on with the Gamegolf that Santa brought them.

flugel

E108 on amazon.com Black Friday deal with friend bringing it over in a couple weeks, new toy for the new year!

Dossy

Tweaky wrote: »

Halpenny are doing the 15% off in store as well. They had them over in the kinsale road store. Save you waiting for it to be delivered.

Handy to know, might take a trip down

Tweaky

hades wrote: »

I couldn't sell my GPS, i'd be lost without it (see what i did there)

Golfshot doesn't work great on my course, for some reason.

I'm looking forward to getting to use GameGolf, i love crunching the numbers. So it'll be helpful to tell me just how bad i am and where i need to improve (short game).

Halpenny are doing the 15% off in store as well. They had them over in the kinsale road store. Save you waiting for it to be delivered.

hades

slave1 wrote: »

Enjoy, I just find it hard to justify another purchase, was thinking of selling my Garmin GPS to help pay for it as I use Golfshot a good bit now, still decisions decisions...

I couldn't sell my GPS, i'd be lost without it (see what i did there)

Golfshot doesn't work great on my course, for some reason.

I'm looking forward to getting to use GameGolf, i love crunching the numbers. So it'll be helpful to tell me just how bad i am and where i need to improve (short game).

slave1

hades wrote: »

Happy Christmas to me

Enjoy, I just find it hard to justify another purchase, was thinking of selling my Garmin GPS to help pay for it as I use Golfshot a good bit now, still decisions decisions...

hades

slave1 wrote: »

O dear, McGuirks have a 15% off everything sale at the minute so this is down to €169.15 until this coming Sunday....decisions decisions...

Happy Christmas to me

slave1

O dear, McGuirks have a 15% off everything sale at the minute so this is down to €169.15 until this coming Sunday....decisions decisions...

cairny

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Anyone have one these with a round up?

Wouldn't mind seeing what kind of info it gives from the average golfer.

It seems really interesting and easy to use.

Reganovski put one up here-

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=89915957

(With apologies to him for reminder of a day below his usual high standard)

dan_ep82

Anyone have one these with a round up?

Wouldn't mind seeing what kind of info it gives from the average golfer.

It seems really interesting and easy to use.

PARlance

Golfnut77 wrote: »

It's great to see an overview of your round though, it helped me a lot with course management.

I'm still struggling to fit it into my routine though it's still awkward to setup then tag and put the club back behind the ball but it's a good investment.

And you can see what part of your game is actually leaving you down the most, which is handy for when going to see a pro.

Why not take it out of your pre-shot routine and just get in the routine of zapping it right after every shot.
I can't imagine zapping it just as your ready to hit being a good idea.