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Although all golf rangefinders have one common task, which is to provide you with distance measurements to your desired goals on the golf course, how accurate they are at achieving these results and how easy they are to use can vary importantly from one rangefinder to another.

To help you work out how to choose a golf rangefinder, so you can find one that will match your needs and produce results for you on the course, I have listed below, some of the key things that you might want to consider, before making your purchasing decision. Apart from price, one of the first things you should consider is what you are going to be using your rangefinder for.

If you want to use it in competitions or for tournament play then you will need to make sure that you buy a Tournament Legal Golf Rangefinder. These are the only type of rangefinders that are deemed to be legal for tournament play (under local rule) because they provide line-of-sight distance measurements only.

The other types of golf rangefinders are called Slope Editions which are not allowed to be used in competitions or tournament play because they provide more advanced features like adjusted yardage measurements that take into account the angle of slope, weather conditions and altitude, some even make club selection easier by offering suggestions on which club to take for your next shot.

So just remember that should only buy a Slope Edition Rangefinder if you are only going to use it for training and practicing purposes or for playing casual golf with your friends. If you want to use it in competitions then as the golf rules stand at the moment you will have to buy a Tournament Edition.

Another important factor to consider when choosing a golf rangefinder is what is their maximum distance range? And how accurate are they? Maximum distance ranges can be anything from 500 yards to well over 1,000 yards away, and are typically accurate to with +/- 1 yard, although some of the latest models can be accurate to within 6 inches.

What you need to remember is that this accuracy and maximum distance ranges have been tested under optimal weather conditions and with large, smooth and reflective targets, so to be safe it is probably best to half that figure in you head, unless you are lucky enough to be playing in perfect weather conditions all of the time!

Other factors you should consider include, size and weight, magnification capability, how easy they are to use and whether you are more comfortable with a horizontal and vertically-orientated golf rangefinder.

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Source by Jack DA Brown

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