Shot Scope V5 Golf Watch

The brand new Shot Scope V5 golf watch does every little thing the Shot Scope X5 golf watch does.

Virtually.

You may have a totally practical GPS golf watch.

You may have a totally practical GPS golf watch with full-hole mapping.

You may have a totally practical GPS golf watch with full gap mapping that additionally does computerized shot monitoring (Shot Scope’s specialty).

And you’ve got a totally practical GPS golf watch with full gap mapping that additionally does computerized shot monitoring (Shot Scope’s specialty) and offers a deep dive into over 100 sport efficiency statistics.

The Shot Scope V5 golf watch additionally, like its massive brother the X5, provides you all this with no month-to-month subscription charge.

What doesn’t the V5 do this the X5 does?

First, it doesn’t have a contact display screen. Second, it doesn’t price $300.

It prices $249.

Shot Scope V5 Golf Watch

The brand new Shot Scope V5 golf watch is functionally equal to its older brother in each approach, simply with out the contact display screen. As an alternative, the V5 options 4 push buttons to navigate the assorted screens.  

That’s it. That’s the distinction.

You may spend the additional 50 bucks and get the contact display screen. Or it can save you the 50 bucks and push some buttons.

It’s your name.

Every little thing else concerning the V5 performance is an identical. And having used the X5 for the previous 12 months, that makes this fat-fingered golfer very joyful. The X5 incorporates a touchscreen and two multi-function buttons to achieve totally different screens. It’s helpful however there generally is a degree of frustration for the less-than-tech-savvy fat-fingered crowd. (Editor’s Word: Insert picture of the creator.)

The Shot Scope V5 push button operation is much like that of the V3, which was launched in 2020. For the file, there was no V4 watch. As an alternative, Shot Scope launched the H4 in 2022, a pocket-sized hand-held GPS unit with shot-tracking capabilities.

Shot Scope up to date the X5 with full gap mapping capabilities a month in the past. The V5 will supply the identical capabilities. It comes loaded with greater than 36,000 programs worldwide and Shot Scope’s “Energy-Sense” expertise to seize photographs robotically with no telephone and with out “tagging.” All it’s important to do is play golf.

The Shot Scope V5 golf watch options customizable show colours, hazard layup and carry distances and step monitoring.

Shot Scope Analytics

It’s right here the place we remind you that Shot Scope is the official on-course data partner of MyGolfSpy. The rationale? Shot Scope offers a wholesome dollop of efficiency knowledge with greater than 100 statistics. Strokes Gained could be benchmarked to totally different handicaps. Shot Scope’s Efficiency Common (P-Avg) tells you the way far you actually hit every membership. It removes outliers, punch-outs, duffs and different miscreants to offer you an concept of what your “good” photographs do. You’ll additionally get detailed placing analytics.

Shot Scope additionally affords My Strategy. It’s a mapping characteristic that lets you lay out a plan for a brand new course utilizing your actual distances. Shot Scope has added a Course Hub characteristic to its app. Course Hub enables you to view any of the 36,000-plus included programs to see how different Shot Scope customers performed every gap.

How you utilize these analytics is as much as you however Strokes Gained is the quickest path to enchancment. Let’s say your spherical exhibits 1.73 Strokes Gained off the tee, 1.65 Strokes Gained on strategy photographs and a couple of.13 Strokes Gained placing. All good however it’s the -1.5 Strokes Gained in your quick sport that claims “work in your chipping.” You can too evaluate Strokes Gained spherical by spherical and season by season.

Patterns are inclined to emerge. This data could be shared along with your teacher via Shot Scope Academy. Your teacher can join free.

Shot Scope V5 Golf Watch: Closing Ideas

Shot Scope hit the scene in 2016 with its authentic shot-tracking band. The band had no GPS perform. It was only a band with a head roughly the scale of an plane provider that collected your shot knowledge.  Shot Scope introduced the V2 a 12 months later that includes a easy GPS perform. The V3, as talked about, was launched in 2020 as a much smaller, sleeker design. Final 12 months, Shot Scope launched the X5 as a full-featured GPS/shot tracker. The X5 additionally doubles as a daily timepiece and a step tracker.

Shot Scope has jumped into the laser rangefinder sport, providing a few of the best-value rangefinders in golf.

The brand new V5, at a retail value of $249 (with no subscription charges), is likely to be the golf’s new greatest worth.

Moreover, Shot Scope is partnering with the Nationwide Golf Basis, PGA Golf Retirement+ (an incentive-based retirement program for PGA professionals) and TROON to advertise its merchandise.

Apart from the value, maybe the largest draw with the brand new Shot Scope V5 is one thing it doesn’t have. The X5 touchscreen is, no less than to this person, type of wonky. I get it, I’m a Boomer with the delicate contact of a blacksmith. However I’m wanting ahead to good old style push buttons.

The Shot Scope V5 golf watch and shot-tracking system is offered beginning right this moment on the Shot Scope website. It’s additionally accessible at DICK’S Sporting Items, Golf Galaxy, PGA TOUR Superstores and different golf retailers.