Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

͞dŚŝƐ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ƉƌĞͲĞŵƉƚ ďŽƩůĞ ŶĞĐŬƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͘͟ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂƌĞ / ͛ĞĚ ďLJ ĐŽůŽƌ͘ 'ƌĞĞŶ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŶ ƉĂĐĞ͘ ZĞĚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂƌĞ ƐůŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂīĞĐƟŶŐ anyone behind them. “The orange groups ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƐůŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ they cannot play any faster because they are being held up by the group in front of them, so they are most likely ǀĞƌLJ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ͕͟ tŝůůŵŽƌĞ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͘ ͞dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ looking for are the magenta groups. It means they are 'ŽůĨ ƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ƐůŽǁ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ are directly holding up at least one group behind them. ^Ž͕ ƐƚĂī ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ƚĞĞĚ Žī͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ͕ ŚŽǁ ůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞLJ͛ǀĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůLJ ĮŶŝƐŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĂĐĞ͘ tŝůůŵŽƌĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ the measuring device also ĂůůŽǁƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĚĂLJ ƚŽ ĚĂLJ͕ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ LJĞĂƌ ƚŽ LJĞĂƌ ǁŚĂƚ ŚŽůĞƐ ƉůĂLJ ƚŚĞ ƐůŽǁĞƐƚ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ĚƵĞ to the most lost balls or too ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂůůŽǁ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ŵŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJƐ ǁŝĚĞƌ͕ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵŐŚ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ Žƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĮdžĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĂďůĞ data. TecTecTec Range Finders: dŚĞ ŵŝĚͲƉƌŝĐĞͲƌĂŶŐĞ ĮŶĚĞƌ company claims to be the ĞƐƚͲ^ĞůůŝŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ĮŶĚĞƌ ŽŶ ŵĂnjŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϲ ĂŶĚ ͛ϭϳ͘ The primary goal from the beginning is to cut out the retail middle man and sell directly to the golfer. The ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ŵŽĚĞů ŝƐ coming out in 2018, aiming for a $200 price point and ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ǀŝďƌĂƟŽŶ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ lock on. ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ dĞĐdĞĐdĞĐ ŚĂƐ four models spanning $150 ƚŽ ΨϮϬϬ ǁŝƚŚ LJĂƌĚĂŐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞƐ ŽĨ ϱϰϬ ƚŽ ϲϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͘ dǁŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐůŽƉĞ ŵŽĚĞ͕ ƚǁŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ŽīĞƌ EŽƌŵĂů mode, Scan mode to examine terrain, Pin Seeker and Slope Mode. They have tournament ůĞŐĂů ƐĞƫŶŐƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ Ăƚ͗ ƵƐ͘ƚĞĐƚĞĐƚĞĐ͘ĐŽŵ