Skycaddie - any thoughts?

I had a narrow escape last night - stupidly I had the beer goggles firmly strapped on whilst stumbling across SkyCaddie - luckily, my credit card was in the car, or I honestly think I would have bought it.

Does anyone have any thoughts? On paper it looks good, but they claim it's R&A & USGA approved, but I wonder if this is slightly misleading - I think it's only allowable under a local rule rather than being approved per se.

If I can't use it in competition, is there any point? Or is it still a worthwhile training aid? £170 is a lot of dough, but it's still vastly cheaper than many laser range finders, it seems to me...

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Personal bests 2007;
Best 18: 78 (+12)
Best 9: 37 (+4)
Best Stableford: 45 pts
Best total putts: 28
Best total length sunk putts (ft): 54

Club tourney history this year: Captain's Day - 1st; Club foursomes - 2nd; Dimex Stableford - 2nd; Club Championship - 13/28 gross, joint 5/28 nett; Ferebee Shield - 2nd; Sept Medal 2nd; Autumn Stableford - 1st

hi dog
browse ebay for the igolf gps device.
allows you to enter your home course data 0r any other course for that matter and you can accurately measure of your shot distances.
i paid £98.00 for mine shipped from the states.

Yes, electronic devices are allowed for tournament play by local rule.
IOW, they're out unless they're allowed by the committee.

I use one for all my non-tournament rounds. In fact, I use two. I use an iGolf GPS (great for blind shots and a 'quick reference', and use a Bushnell Pinseeker 1500 TE when I can see the flag.

Both units have their advantages - the pinseeker gives you yardage to the flag (not the middle), but the GPS gives you yardages from anywhere on the course (with the downside being you may have to map the course yourself).

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A new highlight: Golfing the home course on Christmas Day.

I say it too often: If it's golf club shaped, you can play with it.

For the record, I'm a club doctor, not a swing doctor.

My cell phone is coming up for renewal - ironically, this was the week I lost the old one because I made the easily understandable error of leaving it on the roof of my car while I drove off! (It was insured, but Orange had the audacity to tell me to look after it more carefully next time! What the hell do I have insurance for anyways?!)

So I was looking at getting the Nokia N95 next (couple of months), and thought this looked interesting: WeGolf - Scorecard. Distance and Statistics

Def worth thinking about? You know, in particular, I liked the look of the 'club mapping' feature

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Personal bests 2007;
Best 18: 78 (+12)
Best 9: 37 (+4)
Best Stableford: 45 pts
Best total putts: 28
Best total length sunk putts (ft): 54

Club tourney history this year: Captain's Day - 1st; Club foursomes - 2nd; Dimex Stableford - 2nd; Club Championship - 13/28 gross, joint 5/28 nett; Ferebee Shield - 2nd; Sept Medal 2nd; Autumn Stableford - 1st

I've got a Nokia "smart-phone" that ostensibly I got for work (emails and stuff) but in reality so that I could add a TomTom GPS / SatNav to find my way to football / rugby games without clocking up too many points

Anyway I've also downloaded a demo version of Intelligolf which is pretty damn smart. Unfortunately a) I can't read it that well without my glasses and I can't be arsed taking them on and off, and b) with my level of consistency & distance control I've found that pacing off from the nearest marker is sufficiently accurate .

I don't know about the N95 but some of the coming generation of phones have built in GPS so you might want to look in that direction.

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I have played a few flash courses in the past that had GPS in the carts. I found it really useful, probably because I was playing on a new course. But in general I don't think that I would need one. I would rather spend the money on playing, lessons and equipment.

I agree, these old eyes are a bloody nuisance with GPS technology. Maybe bigger screens are the answer.