Radar Golf

Here’s a new gadget which has been called “The Greatest Golf Invention of the 21^st Century” by a US magazine and which has been awarded “Best New Golf Ball” at the PGA merchandise show in 2006.

Imagine a golf ball with the same distance and spin characteristics as other top-quality balls, but which you can actually find when you’ve hit it 320 metres, just off the fairway, with your new R4000 magnesium-titanium driver. We can’t all afford Ricci Roberts as a caddy, nor do we have 400 spectators lining the fairways and watching where our ball lands, so how about some technology (other than TV cameras) to give us a fair chance against the pro’s?

RadarGolf is a new findable golf ball system that uses radar technology to help golfers locate lost balls, eliminating frustration, saving time and reducing penalty strokes.

RadarGolf’s handheld scanner uses radar technology to locate a microchip inside a top-quality golf ball, even if it is completely hidden. The LCD display and audio beeps indicate in which direction the ball is located, beeping louder as you move closer to the ball. It has a normal range of about 10 metres all around you, and maximum range of 30 metres, which means you can search about an acre of heavy rough in the maximum 5 minutes allowed to find your ball. Getting the ball out of the rough, of course, requires clubs, skills and luck that RadarGolf can’t help with, but it’s better than a walk back to the tee with embarrassing apologies to the fourball behind you!

RadarGolf has been available since 2004 in the USA and has been getting rave reviews from news channels like CNN & CBS News (“Gifts dads will love … and use!”) and top international golf magazines - BusinessWeek called it “the top golf product of 2005”! Independent laboratory tests have rated the RadarGolf balls equal to or better than balls from Titleist, Callaway, Nike and Maxfli. The ball is completely standard and conforms to all regulations, and has the same flight, distance and spin characteristics as the leading other brands.

In a demonstration day at Johannesburg Country Club in November 2006, 140 golfers hit a RadarGolf ball off the tee and every single ball was found! Golfers and caddies were equally amazed as the RadarGolf team repeatedly found balls completely hidden in thick 1 metre high bushveld – completely invisible and almost always unfindable unless you (or a spectator) knows exactly where it landed.

Does RadarGolf find every single ball? No. Balls in the water are not lost, they’re gone! (Even if you knew where they were, would you go in and get them?), and balls hit over 3 rows of residential estate houses are also gone. But for the majority of cases where you’re just off the fairway but can’t find your ****** ball, RadarGolf is the must-have addition to your golf bag this year, especially for anyone going near Sun City, Fancourt, the coastal courses or any of the new residential courses that no longer allow caddies.

The system is now available to buy online from www.radargolf.co.za and from more and more leading golf outlets, and retails for R1,999 (including 12 golf balls valued at R459).