Can a regular gps handheld unit be used to map a golf course?

i was considering buying a sky caddie gps, but i was wondering if you can use a regular gps to map a golf course on your own. i've never used a gps so i really don't know anything about them.

Why bother for $150.00 you can get the iGolf Neo.

The website in "source" below rates it above the Skycaddie although this is mainly because of price.

And you can start playing straight away without fussing about mapping. Besides how accurate will your 200 meters be when you are going over undulating ground?

With the iGolf you will have a exceptional GPS and over a hundred bucks change.

But the Skycaddie is also a great GPS.

And both will be able to analayze your game.

Keep that head down and follow through!!!

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The way that the GPS works is it takes the latitude and longitude readings from where you are and where you want to be and then does a calculation to tell the distance between the two points.

With the Sky Caddie, they already have the latitude and longitude to the center of the green and all it needs is the point where you are to tell you how far to go.

Using a regular GPS, it does not have the point on the green where you want to be so you would have to do the calculation yourself by taking the reading at the center of the green and the reading of where your ball is to get the distance.

Another alternative is to get the course yardage book. This book will tell you the distance to the center of the green from several points on each hole. This way you can better estimate the distance. This method is used by both pros and amateurs.

Hope this better answers your question.

Why not use the visual method . You walk the golf course with the note pad, identify the landmarks and how far they are from the center of the green, note all the bunkers , mounds, trees, boulders, etc and before you know it you have better information that you get on the gps. Not only does it improve your knowledge of your course but it also helps eyeball when you play away from home.

No. The way GPS systems work is that information as to longitute and latitude are transmitted to a satelite for different spots on the course (front of green, flagstick, back of green, bunker, pond etc). A GPS that you buy can receive the signal from the satelite to give you information, but it cannot transmit information so you would not be able to map a course with it.

Here's a second vote on the iGolf Neo. Rock Bottom has it for $149, but if you enter Slick10Off during check out you'll get 10% ($15) off.

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i highly doubt it will give you terrain or bunker placement