NWO Golf Links August 2016

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You hear a lot about Trackman
and how professionals use it
to collect data on their golf
swing. You may have even
paid up to $100 to have your
local teaching professional get
your numbers from Trackman.
Unless you have a spare
$20,000 and the time to
learn to use it correctly,
Trackman does not work for
the individual golfer. Not
to fear, however, you can
benefit from launch monitor
technology, with the
and it is affordable.
The Swing Caddie SC200
is easy to use. Simply set
it down 40” to 60” behind
your golf ball, turn it on, and
you’re good to go. You will
need to input which club
you are using, but that can
be accomplished via remote
control, when you change
clubs. The SC200 even
measures barometric pressure
to make the distance readings
more accurate.
Three various modes, Practice
Mode, informs you of your
speeds and distances. Target
Mode allows you to program
a distance and the SC200 will
measure a series of ten shots
to that target yardage. Finally,
Approach Mode generates
random distances after each
shot to vary your practice
routine.
The screen data presents
club speed, ball speed,
smash factor, and distance.
Speeds are actual
measurements, but distances
are calculated. Thus, it is
important to input the correct
club and adjust the loft
settings to match the actual
lofts of your clubs to assure
accurate distances data.
Understanding your
individual numbers can
be useful in several ways.
Knowing your club head
speed is beneficial especially
Swing Caddie
SC200 Review
By Matt Saternus,
NWO Golf Links