The Ultimate Guide To Golf.

This information helps a golfer judge the distance between the tee and the hole, how hard to hit the ball and where to avoid water and sand traps. It can even store stats from the players previous games, allowing them to compare and improve their game.

GPS golf units are becoming more and more common. On many courses around the world, you are able to rent a golf cart with a GPS unit attached and in many cases, individual GPS units are more popular the golf cart itself. The number of golf GPS units is increasing and some of the more popular ones are outlined below.

The most popular GPS golf systems include the Garmin GolfLogix System, SkyGolf SkyCaddie SG2.5 System and the Sonocaddie Caddie Range Finder Pro System N030.

The Garmin GolfLogix System is great for beginners because it is a basic and simple device. The screen is easy to view and the information is uncomplicated. You can view all of the green and locate auto hazards. It can also auto advance to your target, making it easier on you. It is even helpful when playing at in poor light because of the backlight on its screen.

The SkyGolf SkyCaddie SG2.5 System is a great choice if you are ready to take your game a step further. It is easy to carry around the course and allows you to improve your game with the many features it holds. It allows you to measure the full depth and shape of the green, even if you are off the fairway. This unit is water resistant so rain will no longer keep you off the green.

The Sonocaddie Caddie Range Finder Pro System N030 is the most advertised of the three. In fact, it has been called "the most advanced personal system on the market today". It is very compact and fits in your palm, making it easy to carry. It gives you information on precise distances and hazards. But perhaps the most impressive feature is that the golfer has the ability to store information of thousands of golf courses around the country.

A GPS golf system is rapidly becoming a must-have among novice and expert golfers alike. Why let your golfing buddies have that advantage over you? Get your own GPS golf system and improve your game in no time.

Renegade Mental Golf.

My marketing consulting company reviews hundreds of new product submissions every year. We specialize in consumer product development. The items we analyze run the gamut of product categories. The most creative, prolific and many times, the most commercially exciting are golf, pet or hunting and fishing products. 

The reason I have come to believe that there is so much creativity in these areas is passion. Golfers, pet owners and outdoorsman are among the most ardent aficionados in their interests in these hobbies. They will spend almost any amount of money to improve the benefits they derive from their chosen pleasure. 

Golfers are manic in their desire to improve their games. We receive numerous training devices, stroke control, bag accessories and novelty golf products annually. Each entrepreneur seems to have developed their innovation based on a perceived need they have identified from their personal play experience. The result is a flood of truly novel devices, some very commercial, that pique these golfers creative juices. 

Hunters and fishermen have similar passion for their favorite pastimes. Hunters are driven to get closer to prey, obtain better shot sight lines and get more shots with their rifles or bows. They invest heavily in any gizmo that offers the promise of more action while on the hunt. Fishermen will go to abnormally heightened lengths to catch more fish. Exotic lures, fish finders, bait scents and rod accessories that are new, and offer the angler a possible advantage over the fish are must have items for the tackle box. 

Pet owners are especially unique. People that will share the interior of their homes with one or more pets are indeed committed. Recently we introduced a new pet product at the largest pet trade show in the United States. The casual observer could easily imagine the types of products that would be featured in such an exposition. However, walking the show floor was an education. To view the luxury, comfort, fashion and expensiveness of the thousands of specialty products on display was staggering. 

Entrepreneur’s that we have worked with over the years are always most passionate when they are trying to commercialize a product that they created to fill a need that they have identified in an important area of their life. Whether it is from employment, a hobby or sport in which they participate or from their household experience, the best ideas seem to evolve from the inventor’s life experience. Passion is to the entrepreneur as fertilizer is to agriculture, essential! 

The pet category is huge and growing, There are over 70 million licensed dogs and 45 million cat owners in the United States alone. A niche product that creates demand among these pet lovers has huge upside potential. The market in this product category can be penetrated relatively easily, if the item is truly unique. 

Products that are commercially desirable in the categories of golf, hunting, fishing and pet care/accessories also enjoy huge international distribution potential. Distributors, partners and licensees are available for country and continent distribution pacts. These parties will buy the products in bulk quantities from inventors and handle in-market sales, warehousing and business operations. 

In many product categories there are 800-pound gorillas (competitors) that present daunting hurdles to new entrepreneurs. The golf, hunting/fishing products and pet product areas are much more sliced up. They have lower barriers to entry and the main players are typically more specialized in their product strengths. This provides greater opportunities for entrepreneurs to secure shelf space and promotional features. 

The time has never been more exciting for the market to absorb truly fresh, innovative new specialty products in these and many other categories. The inventive mind, driven by zeal for a hobby or identified need, can be successful and significantly change the course of their life while providing real product performance benefits to consumers of their inventions. The best time to move is always now.