Golf Laser Range Finders

Top of many golfers wish-list this Christmas may be a GPS Golf Rangefinder that are excellent for working out the distance to the pin and many other points on the course including hazards. They do however have their drawbacks with the main one being that you have to download the data for the course that you are planning to use it on. This is fine if you mostly play at a single course, but if like me, you do a lot of travelling and play at many courses it can get tedious as well as costly. Many GPS Golf Rangefinders require you to either pay per course, an annual subscription fee or both. If this puts you off, you may think of asking Santa for a Laser Rangefinder instead:

How Laser Range Finders Work
Most golf laser rangefinders use an invisible, eye-safe Class 1 Laser beam that is directed at and then bounced off distant objects. This laser is activated with the press of a button and the rangefinder then measures the time it takes for it to reach the target and return. They then instantly calculate the distance and show the range in either yards or meters in your view through the lens LCD Display. The best models are accurate to within + / – 1 yard and the entire process takes less than a second from the time you press the button to generate a laser beam to the time the distance to your target is displayed.

Advantages of Golf Laser Range Finders
Apart from supplying you with the distance, they are also great for getting a closer look at your target. The latest models come with up to a 7x magnification which helps you to evaluate your target area enabling you to spot places to aim for or hazards and slopes to miss.

Bushnell Laser Range Finders
Of all the golf laser rangefinders on the market, Bushnell, a trusted brand produce some of the best and are endorsed by some great players including Sergio Garcia and Paul Azinger.

Packed with many features including something that Bushnell call their PinSeeker Technology that senses and locks to the flag-stick, thus ignoring background clutter that helps in preventing the rangefinder from giving you false readings. Other features to look out for are models that can measure slope and thus compensate the range based on trajectory and club selection.

For more information take a look at this article on the Bushnell Range Finder, that also includes information on where you can buy them as well as some information on the Bushnell GPS rangefinders and the much cheaper Golf Scope.

About the Author
Jason Whitehead is passionate about wildlife, the outdoors and enjoys most sports including golf. He is a qualified Field Guide (safari guide) and has worked at a number safari lodges in South Africa. He owns and runs the Safari Holiday Guide and the Best Binoculars and Binocular Reviews websites and also works as a web developer for Generate UK that keeps him behind a desk most of the time, but is always looking for an excuse to get out on the golf course.

Tags: Golf, Golf Equipment, Rangefinder