Imagine my excitement when I ripped the beautiful wrapping of my Christmas gift and revealed a brand new Sky Caddie SG2! It was a fantastic day! I knew I’d be taking that to the course and all my friends would be so jealous! It was great! So I immediately opened it and plugged it in to the computer. With Sky Caddie, you pay for the unit and for a subscription to the various courses. You can sign up for courses in your state, the country, or the world. I signed up for all courses across the country. Of course, the unit didn’t have enough memory for all the courses, but I found the ones I wanted online and downloaded them to the unit.
On the course, it was great. There are some courses that aren’t mapped out completely and you just get distances to the center of the green. You may not get distances to bunkers or trees or water on those courses. But there are lots of courses that are completely mapped out and can give you all this information. It really helps with shot selection. By knowing the exact yardage, it gave me a lot of confidence with each shot. And very importantly, when I was hitting from the adjacent fairway or the rough, I was still able to get accurate distances to the green. It was a huge help and I couldn’t play without my Sky Caddie.
These days there are even more updated versions with more capabilities. More courses are mapped out with detail. As an amateur, sometimes I get really wrapped up in my swing, but in reality course management and the short game are possibly more important for scoring. The Sky Caddie really helps with these aspects of the game. And it’s so cool to show people!