Sky Caddie or iGolf?

[janzaruk]

Bedford, MA

Funny, I live in Bedford, IN.

[allin]

I have an Igolf and have played with an Sky Caddie SG3. The Sky caddie has some extra features, but they are not available on all courses and some require an upgraded membership. Igolf does a good job on the basics and since you keep your courses on your computer you don't have to keep a subscription.

[SubPar]

I got an iGolf GPS yesterday and cannot get it to transfer any course data to the unit. I have tried all the reccomended fixes and it fails every time.

I quickly mapped some points at a range this morning where I have stepped off and lasered those same points. The iGolf is all over the place. A point known to be 116 yards bounced from 105yds to 121yds in about 60 seconds. The yardages just kept shifting.

I am waiting for a call back from support. More later.

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[SubPar]

Update:

I used the iGolf on two courses today and it performed very well. As the support technician suggested, when I am moving it is doing a good job of tracking my location and doing error correction. If I take my positional reading right when I get to the point I want to get yardage for, it appears to be well within expected tolerances.

On the course I was getting up to seven satellites. At the range where I was having trouble getting fixed readings I would only get 3-4 satellites and sometimes the signal would go weak.

iGolf is okay with me.

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[txche1]

I bought a skycaddie SG3 about a month ago. I have been very pleased with the unit. The only issue I have is that it is sometime slow to aquire signals when 1st turned on. Once it gets connected, it works fine. Yardages have been good and the unit has done well under cloud cover and in a light drizzle. Battery's last 2 rounds or so.

[mtrevors]

I bought a Skycaddie SG-2 back in August... All the courses I play are available for download and I have absolutely no complaints.

[SubPar]

I got my iGolf for $190 on e-bay and it is working great. Recharagable batteries last two to three rounds. Regular batteries much less.

It is definitely worth a stroke or more a round to know the F-C-B distances at a glance.


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[thumper07]

i like the idea that you can map your own courses with the igolf, does the skygolf offer this feature?

[mtrevors]

Yes, the SkyCaddie does allow you to map your own courses. It'll let you upload it to the website and make it available to other golfers.

[SubPar]

I think the iGolf and Sky Caddie do pretty much he same basic finctions. Sky Caddie has a nicer GUI (graphic user interface). The iGolf allows you to "own" the course data, so once you download the file you don't have to maintain your membership to keep the courses. If you wanted to, you could share course files among iGolf users; I don't think this is true with Sky Caddie.

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[Guest]

Question about the IGolf. I understand that the courses you download from a paid subscription are saved on your computer. If you map a course, can you upload the course to your computer? If you can, please explain how.

Thanks,
Willie

[SubPar]

Question about the IGolf. I understand that the courses you download from a paid subscription are saved on your computer. If you map a course, can you upload the course to your computer? If you can, please explain how.

One of the functions is to "backup" the data from the iGolf to your PC. All your course files with any changes you have made to them are backed up to your harddrive.

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[Guest]

One of the functions is to "backup" the data from the iGolf to your PC. All your course files with any changes you have made to them are backed up to your harddrive.

Thanks for your reply!!

[bogey33]

Anybody know where to get a neoprene cover for the igolf?

[mkrolewski]

I use intelligolf which runs on most PDA and many cell phones. It has a GPS/bluetooth connection in the software. Great course software (up to a 5-some, distance, club selection, putts, penalties, etc) and great desktop software for shot tracking, etc.

It only significant draw back is not that many courses are GPS mapped. One can of course do your own. Even without the course mapping, you can use the GPS to track distances, etc.

[immts007]

I'm glad I saw this thread. It inspired me to take a walk on over to the iGolf website, were among their fine product "matrix" I found the Neo .

I think it may be "the chosen one".

[Big_M]

I'm glad I saw this thread. It inspired me to take a walk on over to the iGolf website, were among their fine product "matrix" I found the

I probably should have gotten a Neo, but went with the caddieII so I would have 8 custom points instead of 4... but really, 4 is generally enough.

[wigolffan]

I dont get the complaint about sky caddie and the yearly rate. even iff you play crappy golf balls it still cost less then 2dozan balls to get all the courses in your state. I looked at all the units and golflogix was the 2nd choice but now you can get the golflogix for under 200 bucks so I think it would have won.