We could all do with a bit of help out on the course and while there some fantastic GPS devices on the market, they can be quite expensive.
There are dozens of free apps available which will use the GPS location from your phone along with course maps to give you yardages to the green, hazards and more. Some of the apps have other features like scorecards and round statistics.
Many can be synced with watches so you can leave your phone in your golf bag. But, remember they will be giving a yardage from your phone and not your wrist. Not ideal if you’ve left your bag some distance away from where you are playing your shot.
Another thing to consider is the fact these apps can drain the battery on your phone. But if you’ve got an electric trolley with a charging port, and even better if it has a device holder too, that’s a pretty solid and cost-effective combination.
Now we’ve got the introductions out of the way, let’s take a look at the best free GPS mobile apps available today…
VPAR Golf GPS, Scoring & Stats
The VPAR app allows you to choose from over 30,000 courses worldwide, view GPS data and share online for friends to follow your rounds. Despite, it’s GPS capabilities the main the attraction of the VPAR app is the chance to be able to set up set up matches against friends and view a live leaderboard.
Having a leaderboard, like you would seen on TV for a professional tournament, makes a casual game of golf that bit more interactive, and dare I say fun. The app also accommodates different formats of golf, such as matchplay and stableford as well as stroke play. Ideal for those who are playing in larger groups.
VPAR also helps you to work n your golf game, with the plenty of performance stats available to analyse.
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Features include:
• GPS & Course Planners
• Digital scorecards
• Live leaderboards
• Matchplay, Strokeplay and Stableford formats.
• Performance stats
• Scorecard archive
• Venue Search; info, weather, contacts, reviews.