What Shot Tracking System Do You Use?

[dbdors]

Arccos w/link for several years.

[CK1over]

I use the Hole19 app on my iPhone that also works with my Apple Watch.

[Shifty]

I had the Garmin s62, and used every round for a couple years.  Then it just stopped working.  I called Garmin, and unfortunately my warranty was up.  The Rep said send it back and they would send me a refurbished unit.  I was pretty pumped and happy about the great service.  Once the refurbished unit showed up, I used it for 2 rounds and it died.... same problem.  

So without any tracking unit atm.  Unsure if I would go the Garmin route again as that was extremely expensive watch to last only 2 years.

[BigSissy]

I use Roundabout (until recently, know as V1) and have been using it for almost three years.  I like that it detects a shot using my Apple watch.  It's interface, editing functions, and distance accuracy are good.  It statistical and historical data are really good.  I pay $99/year for the highest level subscription.

I started with Arccos but ditched it because it has too many potential points of failure and having to think about which part of that system might not be working was something I did not need to have in my head during a round.

[biggerwoody6]

I’ve been using the Arccos system for a few years. I enjoy the fact that it recommends clubs based on my history and gives me a detailed breakdown of my rounds.  Having used it long enough, I have learned where my misses are typically and most of my yardages and mainly use it for tracking distance and keeping track of scores. 
Looking at the V5, I think that the biggest difference for me would be the knowing layup areas and the distances to sand/water hazards. Definitely more food for thought for what club and where to aim. 
I have the older version of the Arccos so I don’t have a subscription but I could see the fact the V5 not having a subscription being a huge benefit for other Arccos members who have to pay annually. 
 

[cthoma11]

I used Arccos for a year. We have an infinite winter here (Saskatchewan Canada) with 6 months of indoor golf. Having to buy a yearly subscription for 5-6 months of use was hard to take. 

Also did not like that the batteries in the sensors could not be replaced and the sensors had to be rebought every couple of years.

I am using Hole19 shot tracker this season. First round is hopefully this Saturday. Was supposed to go last Saturday, but it snowed

[ebaileymershon]

Very timely question. Have been a GolfLogix user since 2011, yes pre smart watches. Garmin Golf Watch from wife battery would not last a round. Then Garmin Vivo better but no fall detection, so wife and I are both Apple Watch users for 5 years. My wife had not worn a watch in over 25 years, loves her Apple Watch. No going back. As a 73 year old 18+ handicap, just need front middle and back. GolfLogix has recently updated the Watch interface. Can get front middle back, but no longer see the illustration of what lies ahead, just green breaks. Killed off legacy view. I will be testing either Swing U or GolfShot on tomorrow’s round. So disappointed, on Cart Path Only days, not carrying the phone across fairway, one less thing to think about. Look at Watch, there are the distances, the lay of the land, but alas no more. 

[LouMc]

I have been using Golf Pad for a few years now. I have tried other apps but I keep coming back. I use the free version and find it is the easiest to use for tracking each shot and getting good information. I also have a Garmin watch I use but it is getting old and the battery doesn't last for a full 18. It works well for 9 though there isn't really much tracking information to help improvement.

Edited April 22 by LouMc

[higherplane]

Use Golfshot with Apple Watch.  A few years ago used Garmin watch and Garmin app.  Apple Watch does a lot of things well so don't want to go back.  Golfshot has added SG and other nice stuff, what is disappointing is that it misses a few shots each round.    

[pwhite150]

I have used Arccos for years and love it. I think it's a real help in terms of distances with clubs, what my misses are and also reality of what my game is. It's also fun to go back and think about the round, where you could have made better decisions or club choices and relive the round. 

[bailysdaddy]

Up until this year everything was by feel and memory, but I bought new clubs this year and am currently using the Arccos that comes free with a new club purchase! Great feature to get people to using their product!!

 

Joshua Schnider 

[Eddie Heptinstall]

Arcoss have been impressed with it. Have been using it for about 6 weeks 

[Discolemmonade]

I have tried a couple different apps with my Apple Watch. I haven’t found one that is really that good or easy to use. Am thinking about getting one that you actually put sensors on the clubs and track. 

[JCole]

I use golf pad for range  but that’s it. I like golf pad because it covers a lot of courses

[FallenSaber]

9 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Are tags for a system to track your shots a must for you?

I don't think they're a must but I can see how helpful/useful they would be. I use my Garmin Approach S70 without tags though I'm tempted to but some. I might just do the start set at first for my putter and wedges.

[Will Sterne]

I use my Apple Watch and the Grint. Overall I like it because it integrates with GHIN to post scores. 
The GPS is pretty good. One thing I lack is shot tracking though. I’d love to be able to track shots without remembering to click begin and stop like on the Grint. 

[AdultLearner]

I've used Arccos for a couple of years, mainly due to purchasing some new Ping irons that came with the sensors (and a free several months of Arccos). Paid for the Arccos subscription at $119 the next year, but then that jumped to $159 and I dropped it - I just don't get to play enough rounds a year to justify the cost. Like some others, I've also used GolfShot, but having to manually enter/track shots is a pain.

Intrigued by Shot Scope's model, and may give it a try - though that carries with it the upfront cost of regripping all of my irons when they don't really need it.

[Squ]

Golf Shot on iPhone since 2017. Stats, tracking, visualisation etc all good, as is the Course database etc. 
Did pair with Apple Watch; handy for score entry and seeing yardages, but the ‘advanced’ features in ‘Swing ID’ created some consistent swing path data, but bore no relationship to my swing path

[Push-ups For Bogeys]

Just my take on Garmin

When I started to take improving my game seriously, tracking my shots a few years ago was one of the best things I’ve done. 
The stats side of things was eye opening, and continue to direct me where I need to focus my efforts. But also a humbling experience, as learning my actual average distances was a knock at the ego, but has helped my shot selection and course management tremendously. 
 

I started out my tracking journey with a Garmin S62 bundle with 3 sensors. After just one round I went and got the 14 sensor set. The set it and forget it (other than battery replacement every 2-3 years) was worth it for me, scrolling through the watch to select the club I used (though simple enough), after misclicking a few times, I just wanted ease of use.
 

I have been loyal to Garmin since, I find their GPS very accurate, I still use a range finder for distance to the pin on approach (mostly just for a more accurate pin placement) to keep the stats as true as possible. 
 

But the GPS and sensors are only half of the package. The app is incredible. 
The strokes gained categories, the miss tendencies, up and down percentages and putting stats really give me an idea where each area of my game is at. 
 

Then there’s the breakdown of each club, the more you use it, the more it learns. It has figured out gapping issues and with each club it provides a distance most likely to hit the green and 2 putt with each club. Which has improved my course management. 
 

Last year I upgraded to the S70, and display wise it was a huge jump. Functionally it gives the S62 a lot of credit, as there was little to improve on other than screen size and definition. 
 

With the subscription comes with green contours on a number of courses, which is displayed on the watch. For me it’s worth it. But at $13 a month it is steep. 
 

I’ve always been curious about other systems, but my experience with Garmin has been great, they stand by their product (have replaced faulty sensors without issue and support team very helpful for the very few issues I’ve came across)

For that reason I’m not searching for a replacement any time soon. 
 

Cheers,

[ACGolf254]

I use a little bit of everything 

Range Finder:Precision Pro NX7

Iphone App:SwingU

Score Card Map Layout:depends on if the course offers it lol

[John Eschmann]

I use garmin watch s62 love the watch great as a golf watch and smart watch

[Fred DeCock]

Been using ShotScope v3 for several years. I definitely feel it has helped me improve my game. Was just showing it to my golf buddies this weekend and they were really impressed with the data it collects and helps you act on. Looking forward to testing a V5 if possible, and if not, getting one on sale ASAP!

[Guillermo321]

I use shot buddy WT6 which is out dated. I would love to test the shot scope to compare and see what I’ve been missing good luck fellow golfers 

[JeffSL]

30 minutes ago, Push-ups For Bogeys said:

Just my take on Garmin

When I started to take improving my game seriously, tracking my shots a few years ago was one of the best things I’ve done. 
The stats side of things was eye opening, and continue to direct me where I need to focus my efforts. But also a humbling experience, as learning my actual average distances was a knock at the ego, but has helped my shot selection and course management tremendously. 
 

I started out my tracking journey with a Garmin S62 bundle with 3 sensors. After just one round I went and got the 14 sensor set. The set it and forget it (other than battery replacement every 2-3 years) was worth it for me, scrolling through the watch to select the club I used (though simple enough), after misclicking a few times, I just wanted ease of use.
 

I have been loyal to Garmin since, I find their GPS very accurate, I still use a range finder for distance to the pin on approach (mostly just for a more accurate pin placement) to keep the stats as true as possible. 
 

But the GPS and sensors are only half of the package. The app is incredible. 
The strokes gained categories, the miss tendencies, up and down percentages and putting stats really give me an idea where each area of my game is at. 
 

Then there’s the breakdown of each club, the more you use it, the more it learns. It has figured out gapping issues and with each club it provides a distance most likely to hit the green and 2 putt with each club. Which has improved my course management. 
 

Last year I upgraded to the S70, and display wise it was a huge jump. Functionally it gives the S62 a lot of credit, as there was little to improve on other than screen size and definition. 
 

With the subscription comes with green contours on a number of courses, which is displayed on the watch. For me it’s worth it. But at $13 a month it is steep. 
 

I’ve always been curious about other systems, but my experience with Garmin has been great, they stand by their product (have replaced faulty sensors without issue and support team very helpful for the very few issues I’ve came across)

For that reason I’m not searching for a replacement any time soon. 
 

Cheers,

Very thorough review.  Everything I was thinking has been mentioned above!

Can’t add much more other than a little self-deprecating note:

Once I had my typical distances engrained for each club, my speed of play improved at least a little bit.  Being a current 19 index player, I can use those distances to narrow my search area for those occasional “not exactly where I wanted it to go” shots!

The “distance from last shot location” readout is very helpful.  Had not noticed it being mentioned before so decided to post.

p.s. Started with Garmin S20 and full sensors.  Upgraded to S62 when it came out.  Itching for the S70!  Also had the great support experience with replacement sensors. 

[Push-ups For Bogeys]

1 minute ago, JeffSL said:

Very thorough review.  Everything I was thinking has been mentioned above!

Can’t add much more other than a little self-deprecating note:

Once I had my typical distances engrained for each club, my speed of play improved at least a little bit.  Being a current 19 index player, I can use those distances to narrow my search area for those occasional “not exactly where I wanted it to go” shots!

The “distance from last shot location” readout is very helpful.  Had not noticed it being mentioned before so decided to post.

p.s. Started with Garmin S20 and full sensors.  Upgraded to S62 when it came out.  Itching for the S70!  Also had the great support experience with replacement sensors. 

Great mention, and also follow the distance from last location for errand shots that aren’t in the fairway… So it gets used often. Haha 

[ChrisA]

As an engineer I love the idea of tracking stats and strokes gained, unfortunately I’m still on the search for the best system for me.

I tried Arccos for 2 years but moved away from it due to the yearly subscriptions prices increasing. To be fair it’s a pretty nice system and it didn’t require much in round editing for me.

I’ve also tried V1 (now called roundabout), which was a little ugly, but I loved the breadcrumb feature that showed where you had walked as I found you could easily mark where your shots were after the round if you missed one.

I’ve tried other golf apps but not their stat tracking (The Grint, 18 Birdies, Golfshot), a lot of the time they want an in app subscription for stat tracking and their trial periods would only have me track 1-2 rounds.

I’ve recently been using Golfpad which is pretty good for free, but sometimes I don’t hit the track shot button and I find it hard to add all my shots post round.

The search for stat tracking actually has taken me on a path to better understand strokes gained and I’ve now converted someone else’s google sheet into excel and am using that. It’s interesting for me as I can understand the maths behind it all and see how I did against a benchmark for each shot. It is a little clunky and I need to record my shots on my card and enter it to the spreadsheet after the round.

Now why haven’t I tried shot scope if I’ve done so much testing and they don’t have a subscription which is my biggest pain point of Arccos? I have actually had my eye on them for a birthday present idea, however the X5 had a number of bad reviews or forum posts about bad battery life, and the V5 looks to improve on that but all the reviews so far have been influencer type reviews, so I’ve been holding out for some more “normal golfer” reviews that aren’t chasing clicks.

Another challenge that I can provide is that my home course is a 27 course with 3 different combinations, different apps handle this in different ways but it’s a corner case not always thought out well by the developers.

Thanks for the opportunity MGS and shot scope,

Chris 

[VeganGolfer]

Use Arccos for 36 rounds now. Shot tracking is usually good but misses about 10-15 shots every round   I always have to keep score on my scorecard and after the round correct the score in the app to reflect my true round. Wish it was better. Don’t know why it doesn’t work all the time 

[artee46]

Arccos users since 2020. Added the Link Gen 2 in 2023.

Have also tried Decade but found it much easier and faster inputting/editing rounds on Arccos.

[FDC]

I use my iphone, apple watch and swingU

[VeganGolfer]

Use Arccos for 36 rounds now. Shot tracking is usually good but misses about 10-15 shots every round   I always have to keep score on my scorecard and after the round correct the score in the app to reflect my true round. Wish it was better. Don’t know why it doesn’t work all the time