Golf + Technology makes me happy

If situation permits, I would never turn down a game of golf. I love the wide open spaces and the lush greenery. Whether you have an excellent game, or one where your ball slices into the jungle 90% of the time, you do forget your troubles back in the office or home.

When I see technology marrying with golf, wow, double whammy. Gets my blood pumping to the right places....that is the brain. Problem is, I've always read about them, but never had the chance to actually use them. Nifty golf gadgets are hard to find here in South East Asia. Just take the uPro for example. This device, well, on paper, is way cool.
From the product page, it does the more obvious job of gauging distances to the greens from your position, as well as location of hazards, bunkers and what-have-yous. What is more interesting is that, it even provides "a video flyover that allows the user to see the layout of the hole from an aerial perspective". Awesome!

And for the more pro-level golfers, there is SmartView, where "users are always shown pertinent information based on their current location on the course. Three different views allow the user to plan out the perfect shot." Hmm. For Mr-scores-100+ (that's me), it's practically useless because my balls seldom land where I'm aiming.

Anyway, I'd be really interested to bring a device like this to the course, and see how accurate it can be. Or, you can use it to irritate your caddy by pointing out how inaccurate his distance gauging is. I like the fact that there are no subscription fees attached to it. It's a purchase once, get-all-the-updates-and-courses-for-life kind of package. But the unit costs US$400. Not very techmiserish if you ask me.

If you guys are still interested, do check out uPro's website here