"How far to the green?" is not only the most common question on the course, but arguably the most important as well. If you don't have an accurate feel for which club to use, it's tough to keep your scores low. Enter the handheld Sureshot GPS golf system, which displays the distance to both the green and nearby hazards on two easy-to-read screens. The first screen, known as the green screen, shows the distance from your ball to the front, center, and rear of the green. The second hazard screen, meanwhile, displays up to 15 hazards per hole, with a colored icon representing each hazard. Wondering whether you can carry the pond? Check the Sureshot. Trying to figure out if the sand trap is located 20 yards short of the pin or at the same distance? Take a look at the hazard info. Plus, the Sureshot helps you maintain your momentum while you play, as you'll no longer have to search for distance markers in the fairway.
 The Sureshot GPS provides the distance to up to 15 hazards per hole. |
 The unit attaches to your belt, buggy, or golf cart. |
The Sureshot GPS--which lets you record up to 33 reference points for each hole--comes with a copy of Sureanalysis software for Windows, which further analyzes your play and keeps statistics for specific or multiple games. It also attaches to your belt, golf cart, or buggy for easy access.
Customer Review: Sub-par performance
I bought this unit because I am a Mac user and when shopping for a GPS this was the only one that touted itself as "Mac compatable." After trying to download the proper software I discovered it wouldn't work because I don't have a Intel-based Mac that will run Parallels Desktop. "...Parallels Desktop allows a user to run a Virtual machine (Guest OS) inside a windowed environment but is only supported under Windows XP..." This is COMPATABLE? Let's talk about available courses. I live in Oregon and SureShot lists a total of 78 courses in Oregon available for download. SkyCaddie lists about 175 Oregon courses and GolfLogix has well over 200. If I could do it all over again, I would buy one of these units which are roughly the same price.
Customer Review: Had some problems but finally got them fixed
The Sureshot device is really nice when it works. User-friendly, well-designed, seems pretty accurate. But it just won't pick up the GPS signals anytime the temperature is below 45 deg F. I tried contacting the company via their "contact us" email several times and got zero response, so I don't know if this is a problem specific to my unit or a general problem with the model. Update: After receiving some excellent company technical support by email I must revise my rating to four stars. Still don'tknow if the cold weather is a problem or not, but I got my unit back to proper function by using a "Recover" option that comes with the PC-based software. Basically reloads the software without wiping out the courses and other details stored in the unit's memory. To reach that point I had to find an emal address in the company website and email directly. That got immediate response. Apparently website "online help/support" submission simply reaches no one. The instruction "manual" (a few pages) is limited and the online help is a bit confusing but by sticking to it I managed solve some problems and the unit is nice again.
