Top Golf Apps You Need Right Now

V1 Golf App, image: miasportssolutions.com

V1 Golf App, image: miasportssolutions.com

In the age of the smartphone, there seems to be an app for almost anything. That certainly applies to golf. Let’s look at some of the aspects of the game that can be enhanced with an app for your smartphone…

Book Tee Times Online

The GolfNow Mobile App allows you to search through a database of over 6,000 golf courses around the globe, including resorts, to find the best rates and tee times. It is free to download, and you can purchase access to more than 30,000 course layouts. GolfNow also offers the Last Minute Golfer app that does just what it says – provides information on spur-of-the-moment course availabilities and deals. The app also provides detailed directions to the course.

GolfNow App, image: golfnow.com

GolfNow App, image: golfnow.com

Golf GPS and Rangefinder Apps to Use on the Course

GolfLogix GPS + Putt Breaks provides hole pictures and distances while also offering thousands of contour maps of greens to plan approach shots. Their technology gives you a birds-eye view of the green that shows direction and slope, helping you to find the best spot to land your ball on the green. Once on the green, the maps will show you the speed of the green as well as direction and breaks between your ball and the cup. Modeled after the green maps that professional golfers use, GolfLogix’s Putt Break Maps are designed to give everyday golfers an incredible advantage that no other app provides. While this Putt Breaks technology is relatively new within the GolfLogix mobile app, you’ll also gain access to the tried and true GPS technology that has made GolfLogix one of the most popular GPS golf apps on the market for years.

GolfLogix Putt Breaks Green Reading App

GolfLogix Putt Breaks Green Reading App

Golf apps really show their worth during an actual round. You can find apps at any price point, (including free) to provide information on specific golf holes and distances. Golfshot GPS maintains a database of over 40,000 golf courses to offer flyover looks at over half a million golf holes. You can zoom in for distances and shot preparation. An advanced version provides scorecards and an automatic course handicap calculator.

Mobitee Golf GPS Rangefinder Scorecard is a Top 50 Paid iOS app, making it one of the best free golf apps available. In addition to distance calculation and GPS, it features a handicapping service, statistics keeper, virtual coach, wager tracker, and much more. There is no subscription service and updates to the 35,000 courses in Mobitee’s database are completely free.

Golf Swing Analyzer Apps

One area of the sport where apps have given the average golfer information like never before is swing analysis. Swing Profile Golf Analyzer allows players to see an immediate replay of their golf swing completely hands-free. The app is ideal for training, detecting flaws, and coaching. In addition to stop-action to check address, ball position, and posture, swing sequences are created automatically to follow the path of the club.

Track Your Golf Game

While you are enjoying that post-round beer, your smartphone apps are busy crunching numbers. The Grint is a score tracking app that enables you to take photographs of the course and make notes on holes. When the round is over, you can calculate an up-to-date handicap that is licensed by the United States Golf Association.

The Grint Golf Score Tracking App

The Grint Golf Score Tracking App

Golf Apps have become increasingly complex and useful for improving players’ game. Regardless of if you use an app or a device, know that leaving your phone, rangefinder, or GPS tracking in your bag might end up meaning you get left behind.

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