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I am officially on the board for shotscope! Was able to get a full nine holes in with it. I like the lighter weight V5 compared to the Garmin. The Garmin band is a little more comfy. Also the V5 has the strap in the opposite direction so that took a little getting used to. I really like the app and user dashboard. Shotscope even has a strategy feature where you can input the wind to simulate your shots. It will give you a plays like distance which is great to know if you like to plan your rounds in advance. For instance hole 1 is dead into the wind and you normally hit your drive 250, but bc it is into the wind you will only go 225. App is good for a free subscription. Like crazy good for free.

Took a little over an hour to charge the watch last night. ShotScope offers extra putter tags for people who have multiple gamers or a SuperStroke grip that does not have a hole! Great thinking on their part. I will let you know if the tag stays on the putter or ends up at the bottom of my bag

I am digging the mindset. Golf is so mental so it is nice to have the reminder. I tested them out this past weekend. Spin with wedges was great! I was surprised. Seems like the ball is a little shorter than the ProV1. Will have to get it on Trackman to get some official numbers. Launched a little higher than the ProV1 from what I could tell on the course.

Tags took about 8 mins to install App download was quick!

Congrats!!

@VernL4 example from a round in DECADE. MUCH more detail. It is time consuming to enter shot by shot.

@VernL4 my Garmin S70 does seem to stay charged forever. It is a one stop shop for golf and pretty much everything else! I will record a video of DECADE entry and all of the data that is shows me after the round. It is a lot to say the least. You can get shot by shot strokes gained on DECADE. I do not see that on Garmin. My Garmin golf app shows me a handful of bar graphs.

Date 05/05/2024 Course Name Country club of the north Gross Score 74 Course Handicap -1 Gross Strokes over/under par 2 Net Score to Par 3 Net Score 75 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive 5 May 24 74.1/140

Haven’t had the chance to game it yet! Excited to get it all set up and ready to go. Seems like it will be a pretty easy install and setup.

Just got the watch! Initial impressions are good. Tags are a little bigger than I imagined. They weigh in at 2ish grams. Crazy to say but I weight my grips to make sure they are all weigh the same. Any thoughts on adding 2ish grams to the club? I'd imagine the bigger Arcos and Garmin tags weigh more.

@Paco Chan thanks for reaching out. I really use the Garmin s70 to map my rounds. Specifically driving distance. i do not have the club tags. Really using the garmin for the GPS aspect and taking my yardages from all shots to plug them into the DECADE system to get my strokes gained. It is more time consuming than I like but it gives me what i consider is good enough.

I reached out to ShotScope for some workarounds because I used a SuperStroke putting grip. I think I am going to modify the tag and glue it to the top of my grip. I will post a short video on the SS putting grip workarounds!

INTRODUCTION First off, thanks MGS for the opportunities you provide the golfing community with independent and unbiased testing. Excited to test out the ShotScope V5. I play out of Southwest Ohio and have been golfing for 25 years. I have been playing tournament golf for the last 9 years. I picked up the game after Happy Gilmore and Tiger Woods influenced a hockey playing northern Minnesotan to grip it and rip it. Tournament golf has got me hooked on the game, improving, running tournaments, and all around being a golf junky. I have a few certifications such as SuperSpeed, WHS, and Impact Zone. I took a yearlong Keiser University Associates program in Golf Management during the COVID times. I love the process of preparing, practicing, learning, and testing my game/equipment. I have done some testing for MGS in the past, so it is always a treat to get selected for another test. WITB: Still working with the Taylormade M1 in driver / 3W, Srixon combo set, and a WhiteHot RX putter. I game the Garmin S70 smart watch so it will be an interesting test to compare these two giants in golf tracking. Previously I used a Garmin Fenix, the S62, and prior to that I used Game Golf. I believe if you are not tracking your stats, you are probably missing some easy areas to improve your game. I want to test this product by comparing it to my gamer, the Garmin S70. I will plan on playing a few holes most nights and a couple of rounds weekly. It will be interesting because the S70 has the extra smart watch features and the V5 is purely a golf watch. I will play some rounds with both watches on. I will offer some pros and cons to each product. The product will stay in the bag if I see a benefit to using the product instead of the Garmin S70. I expect that it will be challenging to move off of the Garmin S70 because it measures wind, slope, etc. I know the V5 is great for tracking club performance and showing clean statistics. The Garmin S70 does some of this if you have the club tracers. What I can tell you is that the ShotScope is a lower cost option for golfers not looking for all of the extras that the Garmin provides. Really this is going to come down to a cost benefit analysis. The Garmin app is not great so I pair the Garmin tracking with DECADE to really analyze my data. The shot tracking tags for the ShotScope are smaller than the Garmin so that seems like a big win off of the bat. I think this will come down to what is the biggest bang for your buck. The Garmin is expensive and provides extras. The ShotScope seems like it will provide some great data, save time, and $$!

Date 04/22/2024 Course Name NCR North Gross Score 71 Course Handicap -1 Gross Strokes over/under par 1 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 0 Longest Drive 0 72.5/122 Great to be up and running again! No long drive this season?

Congrats Testers! @TylorJudd needs more distance...