In the connected world we live in, information is expected to be available at our finger tips and on demand whenever we want it. If you are 1000 miles from home and want to find a good restaurant to eat at, we can now open up a number of apps on our phone and have a few options within minutes. This information has also migrated into the sports world and specifically the golf course.
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With the Voice Caddie VC300, you can now hear distances during your round whenever you want and get unique insights from all over the course with the click of a button. What makes the Voice Caddie unique is that it is extremely small and transportable, which is always a plus during the constant movement on the golf course.
The Voice Caddie is, preloaded with 30,000 courses, and is ready to use immediately out of the box. Additionally, it will automatically detect the course and hole you are playing on and with more than half of the courses in its system being based outside the US it is fit for golfers not only within the United States but all over the world as well. This includes 2,500 courses in the UK.
Once the device is charged, the Voice Caddie takes approximately two minutes to find the course being played on. Once the device discovers the course it will then begin to provide instructions such as “Hole number 1, Center, 402 yards” and you are set to begin play on the given course of your choice.
The Voice Caddie comes loaded with numerous features such as providing the distance to the middle of the green with just one click on the main console as well as providing the front distances and back distances by swiping right-to-left or left-to-right on the phone the same way one would scroll through pictures on their mobile device.
The device does provide information based on the holes in order of play, but in the rare case it mistakes the hole you are presently on in a given course you can manually adjust the device to the given hole of play. In addition to the distance data the device provides, it can also measure individual shots and by holding the front of the device the golfer can receive current distance data as they get closer to the hole.
With golf rounds and tournaments coming down to inches, a GPS device for the sport must provide strong accuracy and helpful information. With the Voice Caddie this comes through with very accurate information, typically within a couple yards of each other. Golf forever has always been a sport of arbitrary measurements and feel of play, but the the Voice Caddie certainly brings a large amount of quick, actionable data to a golfer’s toolkit.
With the Voice Caddie so small and light, it can also be placed on a number of possible areas such as belt or even potentially on your golf bag depending on the player’s personal preference. With many wearable products often uncomfortable to wear, the Voice Caddie’s light and highly portable design makes it not obtrusive to use throughout a round.
The Voice Caddie also comes with a rechargeable, lithium battery easily charged with a USB or basic power adapter. The Voice Caddie says the charge should last 8 hours, so depending on how strong your golf game is one can see how long that will last them on the course. Hopefully 2 rounds!
Overall the Voice Caddie seems to be a very unique device that can bring technology to improve your golf game. As Golf continues to apply technology at the highest levels of the game, products like this can be helpful to the common weekend warrior golfer to improve and add knowledge to their game.