Gift guides
Launch monitors
A launch monitor is the first piece of golf equipment that tells a golfer something they could not already feel. The deciding question is not accuracy. It is whether they will hit indoors between now and spring, because that is what separates a range accessory from a room — one gets carried to the range a few times a month, the other becomes the reason the winter has a routine at all.
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Rapsodo
Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor 2 Pro
$150–300
A phone-paired launch monitor that reads ball and club data and records the swing alongside it. For a golfer who wants numbers at the range without building a bay at home.
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Garmin
Garmin Approach R50
$300+
A launch monitor and simulator with its own screen and built-in cameras, so it runs without a laptop. For someone who intends to hit indoors through the winter.
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Garmin
Garmin Approach G80
$300+
A handheld course GPS with a radar launch monitor in the same unit. For a golfer who would rather carry one device than two.
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SkyTrak
SkyTrak+
$300+
A photometric and radar launch monitor built around simulator play on a paired app. For the golfer already committed to a hitting net and a winter routine.
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