Shot Scope rival to Game Golf

[Khamelion]

Anyone had a look at the Game Golf rival, Shot Scope a wrist band that automatically detects what club you have pulled from the bag, no need to tap a block on your waist.

I don't do jewelry, watches of any kind so not necessarily something I'd wear, but it does seem quite good, also, if you sign up to the mailing list you get 20% off if you pre order within 7 days of receiving the discount code, making it £180.

 

[BTatHome]

Not available for a few more months, but seems to tick all the boxes of the GameGolf and MS band style of tagging and auto sensing the clubs. If they get it all right then can see me picking one up as it's the interrupting playing and post rounding editing that would bug me from the current systems.

I believe Nick has preordered one (and as he's had a couple of the previous system he'll be in a good position to review it)

Anyway I believe it's April for launch.

 

[road2ruin]

I would definitely be interested in seeing how this works. I got GG early on and whilst it's a great piece of kit it just didn't suit me in having to tag clubs. I tended to focus on remembering to do that rather than concentrate on the shot i was about to play.....but that's just me!

 

[BTatHome]

Well that's exactly what they are targeting from automatically detecting the club you have and automatically recording the shot. Will be very interesting to see if they can get the reliability of shot detection though.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Well that's exactly what they are targeting from automatically detecting the club you have and automatically recording the shot. Will be very interesting to see if they can get the reliability of shot detection though.

Looks a good system, but I would think it will still have the facility for post round editing.
Might make a decent feature in GM, 2 x 4 Balls, one group with people who use the different devices and 4 novices using them for the first time, it could then be a full review from both sides.

 

[BTatHome]

Looks a good system, but I would think it will still have the facility for post round editing.

It does still have the post round exit facility, the question will be if it's reliable enough to correctly detect all shots without me having to post edit all rounds for mistakes made.

 

[Beezerk]

Shame it doesn't have basic GPS functions (front, middle, back of greens) built into the watch, would have been a real winner then. At the minute it's just an expensive GG for those who can't be @rsed to take a second to tag a club.

 

[Khamelion]

Shame it doesn't have basic GPS functions (front, middle, back of greens) built into the watch, would have been a real winner then. At the minute it's just an expensive GG for those who can't be @rsed to take a second to tag a club.

I think that's where the shot scope wins over GG, in that you don't have to remember to tag the club against the block on your belt.

 

[Beezerk]

I think that's where the shot scope wins over GG, in that you don't have to remember to tag the club against the block on your belt.

Yeah but as already stated, does it work without any problems? Only time will tell I guess. What if you take a putt, then tap it in without removing the club from your hand like you possibly will, how does it know you've had 2 or even 3 putts? I'm guessing it needs to have the club in close proximity for a set amount of time for a shot to be recorded. Saying that, if it works as described it does sound an impressive bit of kit.

 

[SaintHacker]

It does still have the post round exit facility, the question will be if it's reliable enough to correctly detect all shots without me having to post edit all rounds for mistakes made.

If its better at this than GG then I will give it a go. The reason I sold my GG was because of all the editing I needed to do where it had incorrectly changed hole or I had forgotten to tag the club, trying to think back through the whole round afterwards was a nightmare

 

[nickjdavis]

Pre orders will be delivered in April. Initial requests for info from the developers have been met with a highly encouraging immediate response. They have apparently worked hugely on the automatic detection of shots. The MS Band system doesn't have any problems detecting putts taken within a short tome of each other so I don't see why this should have a problem. As far as I am aware the shot detection is based around accelerometers (like the MS Band) in the wristband which can detect when you've swung the club.... so it doesn't matter if you move the club away from the wristband or not.

Has the facility to "mark" where the pin is on the greens which will be useful.... yes you can do this with GG by tagging close to the hole but you then have to remove the "shot" in post round editing.


Ive used both the MS Band and Game Golf systems so am aware of the flaws in both (from my own personal perspective) and look forward to trying out the Shot Scope system....I'm sure there will be something that is not ideal with SS.... its just a case of finding the system with the least amount of flaws/compromises.

 

[SaintHacker]

As far as I am aware the shot detection is based around accelerometers (like the MS Band) in the wristband which can detect when you've swung the club.... so it doesn't matter if you move the club away from the wristband or not.

Has the facility to "mark" where the pin is on the greens which will be useful.... yes you can do this with GG by tagging close to the hole but you then have to remove the "shot" in post round editing.


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I suppose the obvious question to that is how does it differentiate between a practice swing and the real thing?

 

[Beezerk]

Lad I sometimes play with has a habit of throwing his clubs I to the trees, will it detect that? 😂

 

[Beezerk]

I suppose the obvious question to that is how does it differentiate between a practice swing and the real thing?

Will it not take gps position into account? If there's no GPS change it knows not to add a shot maybe?

 

[nickjdavis]

It does still have the post round exit facility, the question will be if it's reliable enough to correctly detect all shots without me having to post edit all rounds for mistakes made.

I found with Game Golf I had to edit every round....not only because I missed tagging shots but also because the GPS systems were never accurate with their determination of where the shot was played from.

Likewise with the MSBand....it missed some shots and it got the location of some shots wrong... every round needed editing.

I don't expect any different from the Shot Scope to be honest.

 

[nickjdavis]

I suppose the obvious question to that is how does it differentiate between a practice swing and the real thing?

Probably the same way that the MSBand does....if you take several swings within a very short space of time it only logs one of them as an actual swing - it doesn't need to know WHICH of the swings was the real one.... just to be clever enough to realise that if you've made several swings in a short space of time from the same location then it is likely that only one was a real swing.

Of course you need to add your own intelligence to this.... if you're stuck in a bunker and don't get out and have a second attempt immediately the ball comes to rest, then the system will probably only log one shot.... up to you to edit in post round.

That may be a system compromise that is unacceptable to many users.... its one that I personally can live with.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As a luddite, how does it recognise what club you've picked

 

[nickjdavis]

As a luddite, how does it recognise what club you've picked

It uses RFID tags that screw into the butt of your club, exactly like Game Golf.

 

[351DRIVER]

They wont have stock until May, I am not inclined to Pre Order something that has never been put into production 3 months in advance (Assuming there are no delays)

 

[karlcole]

Did anyone ever end up buying one of these? If so how have you found it?