If you’re a fan of high-technology, the good news for today is that Arccos Golf just announced the first AI powered rangefinder in the world. Yes, you got that right: the new GPS rangefinder is literally using artificial intelligence and it comes from a company known for its golf-focused big data/artificial intelligence know-how. Basically, if you already use Arccos’ Caddie app, that’s one of the best in the industry in regard to providing highly accurate and precise yardages via real-time calculation of weather, slope and altitude, you’ll be delighted to discover the new super-smart rangefinder, which is based on the company’s intellectual portfolio and uses various patents.
The new gizmo from Arccos is very sophisticated, and it works by taking into account all sorts of data, ranging from wind speed, wind direction and gusts to humidity, temperature and altitude. By the way, altitude is personalized based on the difference in altitude between the respective user’s home course and the actual course, i.e. the one that he’s playing. Here’s a quote from the CEO and Co-Founder of Arccos Golf Sal Syed:
“Even rangefinders that cost $500 fail to consider the impact of factors like wind, temperature and altitude, which massively affect shot distances. By using golf’s largest on-course data set to fuel our A.I algorithms, we’re allowing golfers to make better decisions on the course – for no additional cost. When the Arccos Caddie Rangefinder is combined with our Precision Pin-Positioning feature to dial in the flagstick location, it provides golfers with the most precise yardage in the game – the Arccos Caddie Number.”
Obviously, the new GPS rangefinder from Arccos will not drain $500 from your bank account, and it actually replaces a feature in the Arccos Caddie app, the Plays Like Distance thing respectively. On top of delivering accurate yardages, the new Rangefinder will also suggest what club to use on each shot, based on Golf’s Smartest Caddie recommendations, so yeah, you’ll basically have your own personal AI powered caddie with you all the time on the golf course. Here’s Ted Scott, a well-known PGA TOUR Caddie on the new Arccos Caddie Rangefinder:
“The calculations that we do as caddies – uphill, downhill, wind direction, temperature and even altitude – it takes us a few minutes to figure all that stuff out. Now the Arccos Caddie Rangefinder is gonna do that for you in real-time, it’s amazing!”
So yeah, you will probably have to say your old caddie goodbye, due to the advents in digital technology and all that, but all jokes aside, the Arccos Caddie makes for the world’s first AI platform, and it works great by combining smart distance club averages and automatic/high tech shot tracking with Big-Data based analytics and smart “real-world caddie” advice for literally any golf-hole on God’s green earth. It’s worth mentioning that Arccos’ Caddie app is the most popular and most used golf app in the world, bragging with over 300,000 registered users, who have taken over 200 million shots and played 3.8 million rounds of golf so far using the company’s cutting edge system.
