GOLF PAD TAGS REVIEW 2020 | Are they any good? 

Thank you:) That's exactly what I'm currently looking into!! I think it'll be even easier to use with a watch. I will keep you updated on this ! :)

Hey, i just uploaded a video about the golf pad app + smartwatch, have a look and see if it helps you :)

haha thank you!!

I can highly recommend them! 5% discount for you with code: HARPERGOLF in case youre going to buy them 👌

Hey Chris! Thank you :) no the screen can be off I turned my screen off everytime I put it in the pocket 👍 the NFC seems to be on permanently as long as the app is open. It really is quite cool to use. Let me know if there's anything else you'd be interested in!

That's good to hear! Yeh, I can totally really see how nice they would work with a smartwatch! I'm definitely getting one soon. I also just read they have a new feature where the app analyzes the wind etc. have you used that already?

@@TalkingGolf not sure on the wind but they did introduce plays like yardage not sure of that includes the wind or just elevation changes. Not good at reading the notes all the time just know I like them

@@Seegy24 Yeh I fell you! I'm excited to use them more so the app learns more about my distances, but i also really like it so far, great addition to the clubs for sure !

@@Seegy24 Wind is available now for Android - coming soon for Apple if not already there. If you don't see it yet, make sure you update to the latest version.

@@Littlebird75 nice I have an Android and always updated I will have to look at it a little closer when I golf Monday

That sounds interesting also, im sure after 5 years you have gathered a good amount of data to work with, thats awesome!! Im excited to see what else the app does once I have gathered some more data. But ill definitely also check out the ones you are using, they look good as well, just a different price point the golf pad tags are 99$ vs 299$ - would be interesting to see if they are really much better💪

very interesting !

That's what I'm thinking

Yeh I can totally recommend it! Discount in description if you're getting them 👌

@@TalkingGolf Cool bro 🙌🏿⛳

Hey Scott ! Thanks for asking. Unfortunately that wouldn't work. They track the distance from club to club via gps so once you tap they start tracking until you tap again. It therefore only works on the course. I think what you'd need is a swingcaddies for example. I hope I could help you out !!

Agreed! :) Have they helped your game too?

The ap works like a gps watch, but does more than just tell you how far the green is. It will measure your total distance from shot to shot and keep track so you get a good distance for each club. It will also keep your stats and over time will give you good info for Shots Gained, which can help you know where you need the most work on your game. It also keeps your score and can figure your handicap. As it learns your yardages for each club, it will suggest what club you should use. It can figure slope and windage to some degree, though I don't use that function. I'm not sure if it is accurate. I doubt the windage is accurate around here as we tend to get gusty winds and not a steady wind.

Yeh exactly. That makes me wonder what would happen when playing a hole in 1 haha

thank you! I use Shot tracer pro, let me know if you have any other questions!

Hey Lee! Great question. So they basically track every shot from tap to tap. On the green it gets a bit tricky. You cant track the last "put" / shot length. You just move to the next hole and its not registered where the last shot ended. In case of an hole in one for example that would be a bit annoying haha. But besides that the tracking works really well and i really like how you can look at the map after every round to see where all your shots went - which clubs you used and how far you hit each club. Let me know if i can help with anything else and in case you do get them feel free to share your experience :)

ya basically you tap, Drive .... walk to the ball, tap again (that calculates your drive distance and prepairs the starting point for the next shot) hit the ball ... walk to the ball, tap your next club (that calculates your second shot and the starting point for the next shot.). so dont tap unless you are at your ball, same with putting. only tap when you are at your ball.

Because they give you 15 tags, and you are only supposed to carry 14 clubs, you can create a tag that registers hole location and tap it to the phone over the hole. I cut the end of a club/grip off of my sons outgrown jr clubs about 3 inches long and carry it in my pocket that doesn't have the phone in it. I use that to mark the hole location when I get to the green.

@@johngood9217 "I use that to mark the hole location when I get to the green." I wondered why there wasn't a way to mark the hole location with the GPS, this seems to me like a good idea. But if the app thinks of the 15th tag as a club, then won't it count a stroke for the tap you make at the hole? Does it register a 'stroke' with that 15th-tag 'club'? If there's a way to get around that (if it happens), this seems like a great solution to me. I have to go to the hole anyway, I want the ball back...

You should be able to go to settings and select never for your phone

Nice ! Let me know how it works for you 👌👌

happy i was able to help!! Im not entirely sure I understand the first problem. But its important you tag the tag against the area of the phone where the NFC is. Ive been pulling mine in and out ever since I made the video and I havent had any problems with that. They are definitely a bit scratched, but as long it doenst affect the functionality it doenst really bother me :)

thanks

Thank you!! It wouldn't work on the range. It basically tracks the distance from club to club measuring the gps distance. So you tag one club, it sets the location, you walk to the ball and it measures the distance and when you tag the next club it shows the exact distance for the shot. Therefore it seems very accurate, but it can only be used on the course. Let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with 🙏😇

Thanks appreciate it

i meant to ask what golf tracer app are you using thanks

@@mack042 I use the app called "shot tracer", you should check it out, its really easy to use :)

THANKS

Yeh exactly, its basically measuring the distance from club to club, so as you said I tap the driver, it starts measuring until I tap the next club and on the green, you basically tap your putter repeatedly for every put from the position you are taking the putt. So if you forget to tag one club it doesn't stop measuring. There is no button or anything really. It all works via the NFC on your device. I hope that helped my friend!

@@TalkingGolf thanks so much. So it is measuring a straight line between where you hit the ball and where your next shot starts then right? it's not measuring your actual travel distance as you walk out to the ball is it? In my head i'm picturing that it'll say I drove the ball 500m when i wander along the path and then zigzag through the trees looking for my ball you know? so it'll work out where i take my next shot, and then just draw a straight line back to the tee? thx so much for ur reply!

Ahhhhhh I see what you're thinking! It measures a straight line from ball to ball no matter if you walk back and forth, left and right 😇 I think it's working with gps so you can just imagine it' sets a pin on your map where you hit your first shot and it sets another pin where you set the next one. And it tells you the distance in between both 🙏

@@TalkingGolf so should you tap the club where your hitting at ratjer than 5-10 yards away and walking up to ball? Arent you skewing your distances by tagging then walking up to ball?

@@mikea.7236 yeh exactly. Ideally tag right where you hit it, to assure you get the best accuracy. I only tagged behind the ball a couple of times for video purposes. But when you go out and use them, the closer to the ball the better, for sure. Do yo have the tags?

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Well just like I did is perfectly fine 😇 I didn't notice anything to my battery I think I started at 60% and left at 50% maybe .. I don't remember, nothing that I noticed tho. I usually use an app anyways go keep my score so this is basically the same just I don't need to write the score down anymore hehe the tags do it, probably better on battery this way when I think about it

@@TalkingGolf Cool

Did you have to manually advance to the next hole? Thanks for the video!

@@Wonton118 that's a good question! I only found out recently, so could be a new update, but there is an option to automatically advance to the next hole when using the gps pads. I currently always play with the watch as well, in case you saw the other video. In that case, I think you need to swipe once to get to the next hole. But now Im curious and ill try tomorrow if it moves to the next hole automatically as well on the watch!

@@TalkingGolf This was the question I was going to ask. I prefer to use a laser to get the distance but would like to record my shots. Did it work auto moving to the next hole? I'd rather not have to get the phone out my pocket.

Hey Tim! No it doesn’t really make a difference to the battery I would even go so far to say it might safe you some battery because you can tag without turning on the screen 👌

Thais a good question! I haven’t yet had the change to compare ! But once I have I will let you know and if you happen to find out feel free to share as well 🙌

I have the garmin ct10 they are 4 times more expensive but you don't have to be using your cellphone eachtime you grab a club. They activate automatically

Thank you!! I appreciate it, and im happy you like it

I found the kind of pants and even the phone case get in the way quite a bit. Try it without the case and back facing out in your pocket.

It tracks from strike to strike and shows ball path on a map

Yeh I totally agree. It’s just a bit more convenient since you can leave your phone in your pocket instead of adding the club on the phone after every shot . That’s quite the effort. Even more convenient tho if it was to register it automatically that’d be awesome. arcoss are just so expensive unfortunately :/ I really like adding the shots with the watch that’s super convenient too, have you tried that?

@@TalkingGolf No, since I use the phone for distance plotting it's no trouble to add club once chosen. My club now mandates use of a phone app for recording of competition scores, so I've always got it convenient on a cart holder. Can see the value for some, especially c.f. Arcoss $$$.

@@davidmbarr9255 yeh that sounds quite convenient as well, at the end of the day, whatever works and helps the game. I wish arccos or anyone comes out with an option soon that you dont need your phone close at all. thats the only thing thats holding me back from trying arccos, i just dont want my phone in my pocket :/

Still going strong 👌 I think it’s one of the coolest things to track each golf shot and to see all shots and distances on the map afterwards 🙌 it helped me a lot to really get to know my distances. Do you have experience with them?

Thank you ! count me in as your newest subscriber buddy! im happy to grow our channels together!

xD probably a UK/US thing

@@TalkingGolf We are the poor cousin LOL

Hehe spielste golf diggi?

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@@LarsHansMartin haha du pumper xD ich hoffe sonst ist auch alles gut bei dir! Denk dran zu abonnieren hehe :P

Well, since you have a scannable tag for the clubs, you are saved the trouble of entering the club for each shot. You can call it an "add on gimmick" if you want, but that is a major convenience for someone using an app to track shots. I use a different app and am looking for a better one, so I know that it is irritating to have to get out the phone, wake it up, tap a button to enter a club, tap on the club to select it, force the phone to sleep again, and put it away before addressing the ball. A lot of the times you have to do that, the rest of the foursome is waiting for you, so the specific time you have to do this is visibly holding them up. They will tend to perceive all of it as "unnecessary futzing", even if it doesn't take very long.

close your eyes then haha

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