Distributed by MIA Sports Technology in EMEA, the Swinguru training system projects a full 3D model of the body through an innovative camera system, without the need for any sensors to be attached to be player. It is also controlled by gesture recognition.

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www.miasportstechnology.com

The new X Series portable ball-flight and launch monitors enable pros to measure and see club and ball data on a smart phone or tablet without having to use a PC. The flagship X2 is wireless and comes with 10 hours of battery life.

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A new advance for the SGX rangefinder is Pinpoint technology, which enables pin positions to be pre-loaded into the SGX prior to a round, so that the rangefinder can offer exact yardages to the pin, rather than to just Front, Middle and Back.

RRP: £349.95

www.skygolf.com

Skygolf unveiled the latest generation of Skycaddie GPS rangefinder in Orlando, the SGX. The new model comes with an enlarged three-inch, transflective LCD screen, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and it features Skycaddie’s proprietary Truepoint Precision Positioning Technology. The SGX is pre-loaded with basic information on 30,000 worldwide golf courses, with memory to hold 50 detailed course profiles. A full profile on the SGX will be published in the March issue of SGB Golf.

RRP: £349.95

www.skygolf.com

Following up the most extensive product launch in company history in August 2009, with the G15 and i15 ranges, Ping sponsored the annual Merchandisers of the Year Conference and the PGA Show, and also exhibited its updated version of its nFlight Custom Fitting Software. “The 2010 PGA Merchandise Show is a tremendous venue for us to share our newest club-fitting technologies while continuing the launch of our latest product lines,” said John Solheim, Ping chairman & CEO.

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Golfbuddy’s Tour GPS stores up to 20,000 golf courses and will track a golfer’s scoring for up to 1,000 rounds. A key selling point is that it comes with every available European golf course already stored in the memory, and updating the Golfbuddy is free of charge. Golfbuddy is forecasting significant sales growth in 2010, with a major new product launch in the pipeline. 

RRP: £349.95

www.gpsgolfbuddy.eu

On display at the indoor driving range at the PGA Show, the Flightscope Kudu is a golf ball radar that can be used indoors and outside. Its patented phased array tracking technology enables pros to measure ball speed, carry, trajectory, spin, impact angle, shot grouping, club speed, club path, smash factor and attack angle. Callaway, TaylorMade and Ping all partnered Flightscope for their custom fitting in 2009.

RRP: £5,500

www.flightscope.com

Due for UK delivery in May 2010, Golf Logix introduced its new smartphone application in Orlando. This enables golfers to download what Golf Logix describes as ‘a fully functional golf GPS system … for a fraction of the price usually associated with golf GPS units’. Providing a variety of distance measurements for very hole, the application will also record the golfer’s playing statistics such as shot distances, fairways hit and GIRs. Golf Logix currently has over 25,000 courses mapped worldwide.

RRP: TBC

www.golflogix.com

Zenio Sports has updated its putting analysis system for 2010. The Zenio device is the size of a matchbox, weighs 29 grams, and it fits easily onto the putter shaft. The Zenio’s original sensor technology measures impact, rhythm and face angle, but the updated version now also records data on open/closed angle and the ‘dynamic loft/de-loft’ of the clubface at impact. The data is immediately transferred to a smartphone or PDA via Bluetooth, with a view to assisting the fine-tuning of a putting stroke and for custom-fitting putters.

RRP: From €699 (including shipping)

www.zeniosports.com