The other day I was thinking about walking golf courses and how it differs from riding in a golf cart. A golf cart is essentially a moving storage locker. You can bring anything and everything with you.
Sound system? Check!
Rain gear, parka, tuxedo (you never know)? Check!
Hibachi and tailgating gear? Check!
Ten dozen golf balls? Check!
Training aids (not to be used in competition)? Check!
When you are walking a course, it is much more about freedom of movement and minimalism. Think, “Less Is More”:
Three balls
Four tees
Seven clubs
And, a Sunday Bag
No raingear because nobody really likes walking and golfing in the rain.
While minimalism is important, there is one extravagance that, in my opinion, is a necessity for walking a golf course. I won’t walk a course without a golf GPS watch.
I might only have seven golf clubs, with inappropriate distance gapping, but I still want to know the distance to the front, center, and back of greens. I want to know how far it is to the water or to a dogleg.
Even though I crave distance information, I am not a range finder fan. Personally, I don’t want to lug around a high tech, slope adjusting, climate perceiving, NASA optics, range finder. They are too large. Too heavy. And they are just one more thing to carry. A GPS watch, on the other hand, is just a replacement for my everyday watch and gives me all the data I need.
Garmin Approach S60 Over 41,000 pre-loaded courses
Sunlight readable faces with the S60 being color and the S20 being monochromatic
Accurate readings of the distance to the front, middle, and back of the green
Yardage to layups and doglegs
The S60 has much greater functionality as a golf performance training tool and for activity and sports tracking. It is also smartphone compatible for additional functionality
