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 Suunto manufactures sports instruments that measure, analyze, understand and improve performance. At January’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, the Finnish company added golf to its product line of field compasses, diving instrumentation and wrist-worn computers. The Suunto G6 enables golfers to analyze tempo, rhythm, backswing length and swing speed with three acceleration sensors that record 200 wrist measurements. The Practice Mode displays readouts of each swing, and the Game Mode records your score and statistics such as fairways and greens hit in regulation and putts. The G6 PRO allows users to download golf course information and upload practice and game information for analyzing on a PC. Not only is the technology fascinating, but it’s a cool-looking watch off the course. The G6 retails for about $400, the G6 PRO for about $500. Visit suunto.com. Clean up your act Many golfers use a tee or divot repair tool to clean the dirt that builds up on the bottom of their golf shoes. Others simply slap their shoes together at the end of each round. The Shoe Tool is handier and does a much better job. Made of cold-rolled steel, The Shoe Tool retails for $9 and is one of those practical items you’ll keep in your bag for years. Visit theshoetool.com. For good measure Who needs a 150-yard marker when the Bushnell PinSeeker 1500 accurately measures distances up to 1,500 yards? The device even takes elevation changes into account. A sprinkler head in the fairway might indicate that you’re 125 yards to the center of the green, but it doesn’t indicate that the green is elevated 7 degrees, which makes your shot more like 140 yards. The PinSeeker 1500 retails for about $400. Visit Roger Dunn Golf Shops or bushnell.com. Practice without an aching back The ProSleeve is a cross between a shag bag and a ball retriever, but it looks like neither. Just load the clear cylinder with a dozen balls and rotate the grip to create what looks like a cane with a trigger. Once pressure is applied to the trigger, a golf ball is released from the tube. After practicing your chipping or putting, the ProSleeve picks up the balls so you don’t have to bend over and risk hurting your back. The ProSleeve retails for less than $60. Visit prosleevegolf.com. |
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