Golf Buddy Pro GPS Range Finder

Golf Buddy Pro GPS : Know your course. Know your distance. Know your score. Know your game . The Golf Buddy Pro GPS will help you gain confidence in knowing exactly how far and where to go. The Golf Buddy 's large, easy-to-read screen gives you the exact distance to greens, bunkers, water hazards and lay up points. Each Golf Buddy Pro GPS unit features the dynamic green view which chages the shape of the green depending on your angle of approach. Target information is already pre-loaded and the Golf Buddy features customizable target technology which lets you add up to 11 of your own custom targets. The Pro GPS comes preloaded with all available courses across North America (the only GPS to do so) with the ability to load even more world-wide courses. With the Golf Buddy 's unique automatic course and hole recognition feature, the correct course and hole will load automatically each and every time, eliminating the need to navigate cumbersome menus to load the appropriate view. There is no need for aiming or manual operation to obtain the appropriate distance information. The Golf Buddy is a true GPS; just turn it on and play. Features: No annual course downloads or fees Comes pre-loaded with all available courses in North America 20,000 course capacity Automatic course and hole recognition High resolution black/white screen Score-tracking module Target icon screen with

Take the guess-work out of your golf game with the Golf Buddy Pro, a true GPS unit with automatic course and hole recognition. It comes preloaded with all available courses in North America--no annual or course download fees required--and has a storage capability of up to 20,000 courses for adding more courses from all over the world. The GolfBuddy's large, easy-to-read screen gives you the exact distance to greens, bunkers, lakes, lay-up points, and hazards. Other features include a lithium-polymer rechargeable battery with AAA battery backup, a score tracking module, target icon screen with one-hole positioning, waterproof design, and multi-lingual display.

The Golf Buddy features a dynamic green view that changes the shape of the green, depending on your angle of approach. Target information is already preloaded, and the Golf Buddy offers customizable target technology that lets you add up to 11 of your own custom targets. With its automatic course and hole recognition feature, there's no need for aiming or manual operation to obtain distance information to the green.

All distances are provided simultaneously from any direction as you approach the green. You can then frame your shot in a much larger target area and select the best club..

As you move to the tee box, the GolfBuddy automatically displays the course name, hole number, par, and distance remaining to the green..

Well it's a gift for Dad the Golf Guru.
The download software is a bit lame. Took a bit to get it to load on Vista. (vista is junk so not surprised).

Otherwise only time and Dad can tell.

what a buy! No course downloads via the computer. no fees! it started as soon as I charged it and faced it to the sky and linked with the satellite. Took at least 5 strokes off my score on the first usage. I would have used one club, but with the golfbuddy it changed by choice and it was right on the money. Can't wait to get back on the course for another try. Really speeds up play. Great product!

I must be technologically challenged, but for the life of me, can't figure out how to enter new targets and then save them. They disappear as soon as I proceed to the next hole, never to be seen again. What keystrokes am I missing? The manual is terrible and phone service is from Korea if you can get through.

I bought this unit a couple of weeks ago and played at one of my local courses .The gb left out the tree in the middle of the fairway. I was a little bummed but thought I`d try another course, well that wasn`t so good also . I was standing at the 100 marker on a par five and it was telling me I was at 120. Well as you know that can`t happen so back to the skycaddie 2.

I did a lot of research on all the golf GPS units on the market and chose the GolfBuddy Pro because of its huge 20,000 course capacity, automatic course and hole recognition, ease of use, reasonable price, and lack of a subscription fee. They currently have about 12,000 courses mapped in the U.S. and another 4,000 outside the U.S. They don't have as many courses mapped as SkyCaddie or iGolf, but I've noticed they have been adding courses quickly. Most of the courses I had been looking for were already mapped and most of the ones that weren't were added within 3 wks. The GolfBuddy takes about 2 minutes to lock onto the satellites and 1-2 minutes to bring up the course and hole automatically. I turn it on when I approach the clubhouse and it's ready to go on the first hole. Once I discovered that it takes about 5 seconds for the distance to stabilize after you stop walking, the unit's accuracy has been quite good. I tested the accuracy against the 150 yd marker on 8 holes and found it to be within 3 yds on 6 of those holes and within 5 yds on all 8. Most holes already have all the important targets mapped, but it's easy to add your own targets if needed (e.g. distance to doglegs). I love the shot distance feature, which requires the push of just one button. It's really useful to know how far I hit each club.

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