Product description

For the ultimate in convenience and reliability, the SkyCaddie SGX can store up to 30,000 pre-loaded, ground-verified course maps, making it ready-to-play out of the box with Basic Green information. The SGX boasts a durable, sleek design with a large 3" easy-to-read, transflective TFT-LCD screen that provides brilliant color images even in the brightest sunlight.

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The SkyCaddie SGX seeks to achieve the ultimate in convenience and reliability in a golf GPS device. The SGX can store up to 30,000 pre-loaded, ground-verified course maps, making it ready-to-play out of the box. The unit boasts a durable, sleek design with a large three-inch, easy-to-read, transflective TFT-LCD screen that provides brilliant color images in even the brightest sunlight.

The SGX boasts a new design with brilliant color display on a three-inch HD LCD screen. The SGX uses an innovative dual navigation option to provide golfer-friendly, one-handed operation and enhanced precision positioning without blocking critical screen information with fingers and smudges. With its new, intuitive user interface, the SkyCaddie SGX offers all of the standard features discerning golfers have come to expect from their GPS units, plus several proprietary stroke-saving essentials that have kept SkyCaddie the No. 1 rangefinder in golf for more than 10 years.

Key Features

• New Design With Brilliant Color Display: Durable, sleek design, with a large three-inch, high-resolution, transflective TFT-LCD screen for brilliant images in even the brightest sunlight.
• Dual Navigation:Golfer friendly, one-handed operation provides more precise positioning and better accuracy without obscuring screen information with fingers and smudges.
• TruePoint GPS Precision Positioning Technology: High-performance GPS engine for ultra-fast satellite acquisition and unmatched accuracy and reliability.
• Omni-Directional, High-Performance GPS Antenna: Locks quickly to more satellites and stays locked to optimize performance and accuracy in all terrains, even under tree foliage.
• High-Precision Ground-Verified Course Maps: Only SkyCaddie walks every course to make sure you have information you can trust, providing unlimited access to complete, reliable, ground-verified course maps.
• Preloaded Courses: Up to 30,000 course maps are preloaded and ready-to-play out of the box with Basic Green information. Plus store up to 50 full-featured courses through a SkyCaddie Membership Plan.
• Hazards, Carries, and Layups: SkyCaddie records thousands of points on each golf course with sub-meter precision. Distances to hazards, carries and layups are displayed automatically as you move down the course.
• Interactive HoleVue With Zoom: SkyCaddie is creating, at a rate of hundreds per month, the only high-precision graphics library of every golf hole, based on ground-corrected data. With HoleVue, you'll know the distance to any point on a hole in order to play that hole with the fewest strokes.
• IntelliGreen: SkyGolf's patented IntelliGreen technology provides you with an eagle's view of each green from anywhere on the golf course. The graphic rotates to provide front carry, back yardages, and green depth from your approach angle.
• IntelliGreen Pro (Beta): IntelliGreen Pro (Beta) is a dynamically enhanced version of IntelliGreen that adds the ability to display major tiers, contours, false fronts and mounds from your angle of approach to the green. With IntelliGreen Pro, you'll always know what's ahead, no matter where you are on the hole, even when you can't see the green.
• Measure Any Shot: Discover exactly how far you hit every club in your bag.
• Digital Scorecard: Keep track of your round with the SkyCaddie Digital Scorecard. Just enter your handicap into the preferences and pars for your handicap are automatically highlighted on the digital scorecard. Set up the MyPar screen and the SkyCaddie's Digital Scorecard adjusts to your handicap.
• ClubSG:Get better connected to your game, course, equipment, teacher, and other golfers. Sync and store your game data in your Personal Performance Locker, track key stats, learn about courses, find a PGA Professional near you, learn if your equipment is helping or hurting your game, and share your experiences with other golfers.

  What's in the Box
  

  • SkyCaddie SGX device
  • Rechargeable battery
  • LCD screen protectors
  • USB cable
  • AC power adapter
  • Heavy-duty belt clip
  • Quick Start Guide

    
    
    Technical Specifications
    

    • Measures 2.5 by 4.8 by 0.75 inches (W x H x D)
    • 5.6-ounce weight with battery
    • High-resolution, three-inch transflective TFT-LCD screen
    • Rechargeable Lithium-ion Polymer battery offers up to 14 hours of continuous use

      Membership Plans
      SkyCaddie membership plans for the SG3.5 start at $19.95 a year, and offer:
      

      • Unlimited access to reliable course information: SkyCaddie maintains the largest ground-verified course map library in the world, now approaching 30,000 courses. SkyCaddie walks the ground of every course, using survey-grade GPS equipment for precision mapping.
      • Up-to-date course mapping: By working with local golf course professionals, SkyCaddie is notified when a course's layout has changed, and updates maps accordingly, whether it's a major renovation or just the removal of a critical tree target. In 2009 alone, SkyCaddie representatives surveyed and re-mapped over 1,000 courses a month.
      • Powerful distance information presented in an understandable way: Proprietary features such as IntelliGreen, IntelliGreen Pro, and HoleVue show real-time distances to key areas on the hole from your angle of approach, so you can make better club selections and shots.
      • Access to an evolving golf community: Sync your SkyCaddie to a new exclusive online community to upload scores and track key stats with charts and graphs to help visualize your game and connect with other golfers.
      • Software updates for peak performance: By regularly syncing with the CaddieSync desktop software, your SkyCaddie will download software maintenance packages and the latest map updates for the courses you play.
      • Personal online account: Manage and save the courses you play regularly in your Favorites list within CaddieSync. Your membership plan ensures your favorite courses are easily accessible when you're ready to play.
      • Constant access: Access your personal golf information 24 hours a day, seven days a week, anywhere in the world where there is a computer with Internet access.

        Membership enrollment information is included with your purchase.

        Warranty
        SkyCaddie products include a limited 30-day manufacturer's warranty against defects in materials and workmanship, and consumers who register their product within 30 days may purchase an optional upgrade to a 12-month limited warranty.

Buying Guide

Amazon.com Golf GPS Guide
Staying Linked in on the Links
Having a golf GPS unit in your bag is a bit like playing with your very own PGA-quality caddie. These little electronic wonders have evolved a great deal since the USGA deemed them legal for tournament play in 2005. Most models these days can provide you with quick and accurate information regarding distance to the hole and other targets and hazards; length of prior shots (often storable for future reference); course layout; distance to the front, middle, and back of the green; and more.

With a wide range of golf GPS device, feature, and subscription choices available on the market today, finding one that's right for you can be like finding the middle of the fairway when the winds are swirling. Amazon.com has put together a list of the top GPS units and their key specifications, below, to help you select your ideal model.

Navigating Your Options Unit Available Courses/Capacity Membership Fees Screen Battery Type/Life Bushnell Golf GPS 368100 Yardage Pro 12,000 (download up to 100 annually)/10 $34.99 annually Black and white backlit LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/16 hours Bushnell Neo Golf GPS 12,000 (download up to 100 annually)/10 $34.99 annually 2.1-inch, black and white backlit LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/16 hours Bushnell Yardage Pro Golf GPS 12,000 (download up to 100 annually)/10 $34.99 annually Black and white backlit LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/16 hours Bushnell Yardage Pro XG Golf GPS 12,000 (download up to 100 annually)/20 $34.99 annually 2.2-inch, high-contrast black and white LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/16 hours Bushnell Yardage Pro XGC Golf GPS 12,000 (download up to 100 annually) $34.99 annually 2.2-inch, high-resolution backlit color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/16 hours Callaway Golf uPro Golf GPS 18,000/50 None 320x240 high-resolution color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/12 hours Callaway Golf uPro Go GPS 18,000 pre-loaded One-time $49.99 activation fee 240x320 high-resolution color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/10-12 hours Garmin Approach G3 GPS-Enabled Golf Handheld 12,000/unlimited None 160x240 transflective color TFT touchscreen Two AA batteries/up to 15 hours using NiMH or lithium Garmin Approach G5 GPS-Enabled Golf Handheld 12,000/unlimited None 240x400 transflective color TFT touchscreen Two AA batteries/up to 15 hours using NiMH or lithium GolfBuddy Plus GPS Rangefinder Over 14,000/1,000 None High-resolution black/white LCD Rechargeable lithium-polymer Golf Buddy Pro GPS Range Finder All available courses in North America/20,000 None High-resolution black/white LCD Rechargeable lithium-polymer with AAA backup Golf Buddy Tour GPS Range Finder All available courses in North America/20,000 None Backlit color LCD Rechargeable lithium-polymer with AAA backup/14 hours GolfLogix GPS by Garmin (2008 Model) 15,000/20 $39.95 annually 1.25-by-2.25-inch backlit black and white LCD Two AA/22 hours GolfLogix GPS Smart Phone Membership and Ultimate Retail Accessory Kit 24,000/varies by smartphone $39.95 annually N/A N/A GPS Golf Guru 4 Precise GPS/PDA Golf Rangefinder with Multi-application capabilities 20,000/200 None 3.5-inch full color touchscreen Rechargeable/14 hours IZZO Swami 1500 Golf GPS Unit 12,000/10 $9.99 annually Black and white LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/12 hours OnPar Golf Touchscreen GPS 13,000/300 None Full color backlit touchscreen Rechargeable lithium ion SkyCaddie SG2.5 Golf GPS (Black) 16,000/varies based on membership plan $29.95-129.95 annually, depending on plan 120x80 backlit black and white LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/14 hours Sky Caddie SG3.5V GPS Unit 16,000/20 $29.95-129.95 annually, depending on plan High-resolution 2.2-inch backlit color LCD Three AAA SkyCaddie SG5 Golf GPS (Black) 16,000/10 $29.95-129.95 annually, depending on plan 220x176 high-resolution backlit color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/14 hours SkyCaddie SGX Golf GPS 30,000 pre-loaded $29.95-129.95 annually, depending on plan Three-inch, high-resolution transflective TFT-LCD screen Rechargeable lithium ion/14 hours Sonocaddie Auto Play Golf GPS Pre-loaded with 18,000/30,000 None 220x176 high-resolution backlit color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/12 hours Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS Unit 22,000/30 One-time $29.95 or $49.95 fee, depending on plan, or $5 per course after first five free downloads 2.2-inch high-resolution backlit color LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/15 hours Sonocaddie XV2 Personal Golf GPS 22,000/20 One-time $29.95 or $49.95 fee, depending on plan, or $5 per course after first five free downloads Black and white LCD Three AAA/10 hours Sureshot GPS Golf System 14,000/10 $29.95-199.95 annually, depending on plan Full color backlit LCD Rechargeable lithium ion/typically lasts for 36 holes