TomTom has designed a new GPS watch for golfers to help them enhance their game. By using automatic shot detection, the TomTom Golfer 2 will help players measure distances to fairways, greens, and hazards. A companion app called “MySports” can sync wirelessly to a smartphone and will give players post-round analysis and insight into shot patterns and greens in regulation.
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This lightweight, water-resistant device will also contain an auto scorecard that will count the score of each round. TomTom has come out with a watch like this before, but it did not have some of the statistical information and advice that this new one has to offer:
- Green Distances – Precise yardages to front, centre and back of green.
- Hazards – See distances to individual hazards along the fairway.
- Lay-up- See remaining distances to lay-up points.
- Greenview – View unique green and hazard graphics before your shot.
- Round Tracking – Keep track of the score, distance, and time for your round.
- Daily Course Updates: Receive course updates wirelessly from your smartphone.
- Wireless Syncing: Sync your session wirelessly on TomTom MySports app.
- Weather and water resistant to 40M – Play in any weather.
- Perfect Fit: Select large or small straps to ensure the perfect fit for your wrist.
“We know that often the best improvements simply come from knowing where you went wrong” says Clive Millington, COO, TomTom. “This is why we have designed such detailed post-game analysis for the TomTom Golfer 2 to show you where to improve, but also to know what you’re capable of.”
With this experience, TomTom has discovered its faults and has given the public what they believe to be a much better device. People will be open to daily course updates wirelessly from their phone, along with different golf courses around the country. These new capabilities could prove to make the TomTom Golfer 2 a a bigger hit for golfers but will find a challenge with penetrating the very crowded golf tech market.