The V3 watch also lacks a real-time shot distance measuring display. There is no "virtual caddie," a feature that more and more companies are deploying (even if the caddie's advice can be head-scratching at times). There is no step counter or heart rate or flyover GPS maps or alarm clock. It tells time but doesn't come with a lot of the bells and whistles beyond golf that some other golf watches, apps and activity trackers offer. If you forget to use Pin Collect on any hole, you can edit pin location in the dashboard after the round.īeyond shot tracking and GPS, Shot Scope's watch is pretty basic. This is crucial for accurate statistics putting, approach and short game. Pin Collect seems to be accurate to within about 3-5 feet. When you stand over the hole, hit the number of putts using the watch's side buttons and it will tag the location. Shot Scope's "pin collect" is a very convenient method for tagging the hole location. Personal GPS devices can't identify daily hole locations, either. That's harder to achieve with only satellites. PGA Tour players have their ShotLink putts measured to the inch. Perhaps the trickiest part about accurate amateur shot tracking is on the greens. Eventually it should boot up the course you're at and you can tee off. Acquiring satellites and your precise location does seem to take a solid three-plus minutes, so account for that. Unlike Arccos or any Apple Watch GPS or tracking app, you can leave your phone in the bag (or car!) and still track a round on the Shot Scope V3. You can also get yardages to bunkers and water by clicking on the arrow button on the top right. Shot Scope maps courses itself, rather than relying on a third party. The watch's GPS is clear, stable, accurate and provides distances to the front, center and back of the green. There are various color options to choose from.
Just screw each tag into each club's grip, down to the putter.Ĭompared to the V2, it's a vast improvement with a color display on a less clunky watch with a longer battery life of about ten hours in GPS mode. The 16 club tags come pre-labeled, so you don't have to pair them (if you have a more exotic bag setup - like, say, you have a 9-wood - you will need to pair a differently labeled tag and rename it in the dashboard's "My Bag" feature in your profile. The first thing you'll want to do after unboxing the V3 is screw the club tags into your corresponding clubs. The on-course experience with Shot Scope V3 (On July 15 Arccos introduced Caddie Link, which eliminates the need to keep your phone in the front lead pocket). Also, something I learned the hard way with Arccos, is that if you show up to the course with low phone battery, your tracking will die before you finish. Women, I'm told, typically don't like putting phones in their often small or non-existing front skirt or pants pockets. And the fact your phone isn't needed is welcomed. The current $179 all-in price point of the Shot Scope V3 is very competitive. UK-based Shot Scope just unveiled V3, a combination GPS watch with club tags that eliminate the need to assign clubs to shots after your round or tether to your phone. For those of us who think more insights can help our own game, there are now a wide variety of ways any golfer can track every shot - right down to the specific club and yardage - to uncover valuable insights that weren't available just a few years ago. And in recent years, game tracking and analytics have proliferated into the pockets and wrists of the avid amateur golfer. Interest in advanced golf statistics are at an all-time high on the PGA Tour thanks to Shotlink. Easy Pin Collect feature for accurate approach and putting data.Impressive dashboard for game analytics.Shot tracking and GPS on the course without tethering to your smartphone.Affordable watch and club-tagging hardware combination with a promo price of $179.99.
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