Range Finders - Simple To Use

You will find many different golf range finders on the market today, it is important to understand the differences between the various technologies that exist and why one might be better than another.

Golf laser range finders are a little different. These devices fire a laser beam, or series of laser beams, at a stationary object - a pin in this case. The laser reflections provide the device with an accurate distance. These measurements tend to be very accurate.

The laser range finder is used by looking through a scope. While looking through the viewfinder, you line the cross hairs up on your target, be it a pin, tree, or other hazard. Once the target is lined up, you start the device. The yardage is displayed inside the view finder to the user.

The golf range finders are legal in many tournaments, but be sure to check with the organizers before using one in tournament play. Even if the golf range finder is illegal in tournament play, you can use it on your practice round and make your own detailed and accurate notes.

Using the precision of aerial satellite data, a GPS can be more accurate for a golfer's estimations and calculations than a course book or laser range finders.

Many golfers have benefited from the use of laser range finders and while there is no doubt about their effectiveness in getting better measurements of distances, especially in the short game (100 yards or less), more and more golfers are now discovering that GPS technology takes their game to another level.