SWING ALIGN Training Aid
Billed as golf’s most versatile swing training device, Swing Align can help you
improve alignment consistency with your target line by keeping your arms
and body in sync while rotating, and by making it easy to build a repeatable
golf swing. Intuitive and easy to use, it provides instant visual feedback and
ingrains good habits and a proper swing plane via muscle memory. Says
Chris McGinley, who co-founded the product: “This aid helps you set up
square and hit it solid by providing a strong visual indicator you can use to
line up square to your intended target. The device uses muscle memory to
develop a repeatable swing with more power and accuracy by keeping your
arms and body synchronized when rotating.” $125, swingtrainer.com.
ODYSSEY Stroke Lab #7 Toe Up Putter
The first thing you notice about Odyssey’s Stroke Lab #7 “Big Seven” Toe Up
putter is the unusual Backstryke hosel that extends the shaft from the midrear
of the putter head forward. This creates significant toe up characteristics
that encourages minimal face rotation and arc during the putting stroke, so
that you return the face more squarely as you stroke through impact and
thus roll the ball more purely toward the cup. The putter is armed with a
carbon-steel shaft that saves 40 grams of weight, which is redistributed to
the head and grip end—to completely rebalance the putter for better tempo
and consistency. By the way, this particular head shape is the brand’s most
popular on Tour. $200, odysseygolf.com.
SKYCADDIE LX5 GPS Watch
The GPS screen built into many carts works great, when you can drive right
to your ball. But when you tend to hit shots into no-cart zones, you’ll need
extra help to figure out distances. A GPS watch might be ideal. SkyCaddie’s
LX5 features a responsive 1.39-inch color touchscreen. Its friendly interface
lets you slide the fairway image up and down to focus on any area of a
hole. You can also move the crosshair to get distances to any target. It’s
pre-loaded with 35,000 course maps. And when you’re around the green,
it shows you the exact shape of the green in real time from your physical
perspective. It also functions as a smartwatch and fitness tracker. $300,
skycaddie.skygolf.com.
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