General managers create car maintenance and rounds-played reports with one keystroke. Today's golfers can even judge the distance to the pin with accuracy Lee Majors would envy. The car-based systems can be digital meters which accurately track energy consumption or the distance golf cars travel, ensuring even usage and appropriate maintenance. These same systems track the position and speed of play of every car on monitors in the pro shop, greatly assisting the work of rangers. The pro shop can send messages to the screen of one specific car asking it to speed up play or warn all cars of an approaching storm.
Many systems allow the golfers to call for help or even place an order in the grill.
Used appropriately, this technology can boost the bottom line and increase customer satisfaction. But since none of it is free and most of it is very expensive, each club must consider its needs carefully in order to gain real benefits from this explosion of golf gadgetry. Information is power. DME Golf Inc. aims to empower golfers with its V200 Rangefinder and new Tour Model Rangefinder. The Tour Model Rangefinder, which premiered at the PGA Tour Show this September, operates off reflectors like the V200 but can also take readings from trees and other large objects.