Arcos Golf Sensors

My son (former competitive hs golfer) used them and it definitely helps you get data on how good you are compared to all the other golfers at your skill level. The challenge was that even as a + handicap, the fluctuations in driving, iron game, and putting changed enough to not really know what to focus on. I think for professionals who play hundreds of rounds in a year, the trends are more ironclad and tell them their strengths and weaknesses.

I also think the new technology that can make club recommendations based on your actual data sounds pretty interesting. He didn’t have that version.

The reason I didn’t like it is that it gave me the actual yardage that I hit each club, not what I imagined my yardage to be. It was too depressing. I’d rather live the lie.

As others have said, I don't think the benefit is knowing your distances. If you are at the point of spending money on them, then you probably have a decent idea of how far you hit your clubs.

The real benefit is strokes gained data to pinpoint the areas where you can improve. Right now, you may see that you had 28 putts and you must've putted great that day. The strokes gained may show that your approach game was terrible, you short game was great, and your putting was average.

Having said that, I think it comes down to 2 types of people that would like it. Stats people and people that have time to actually practice in the areas it identifies as weaknesses. I fall in the former category. I enjoyed knowing my strokes gained numbers. However, it eventually got to be too annoying to continue. It wasn't that it was impacting my pace of play, but it was in the back of my mind that I couldn't practice swing too far away from my ball. Also, I was finding that I needed to make too many post round edits. This was with Shotscope about 4 years ago. So, maybe the technology is that much better now.

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If you're really interested, then I would recommend looking into Shot Scope sensors. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS for the same data.
Sensors are a blessing and a curse.

You will get your ACTUALLY yardage, not what you think. That can be depressing.
Also, if you fat that 6-iron and it only goes 140 yards, it affects your data, you just have to remember to edit that.

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Unless something has changed since I was using it a few years ago, Shot Scope uses a P Number for distances. It weeds out statistical outliers like a fat 6-iron so you can get a good idea of how far the club goes when you hit it correctly.

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Also, the tags will not screw into the metal counter-balance putter ends on Superstroke grips. You have to get an adapter, and they only have them for Arrcos.

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When I had to get rid of the putter sensor when I got a Superstroke grip, I actually realized I liked the manual entry of putts on the watch. While you are behind the ball reading the putt, just tap the button on the watch. Then tap it at the pin. I found that it required way less editing after the round than having Shot Scope sense my putts.

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Do you still use it? Do you like the new interface in the dashboard?

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I stopped a few years back. I got my clubs regripped and just never put the sensors back in. While I really enjoyed looking back at a round and seeing how great or poor each shot was, I just realized the joy from post-round was taking away from the joy during the round.

- I was focusing too much on remembering to tap my watch instead of just focusing on the putt
- I was too conscious of taking practice swings too far from my ball. This was mostly on teeboxes when we were waiting. If I was just swinging around to get loose, I would be worried it was tracking it as an extra shot
- Logging penalties was a pain.
- Actually the UI on Shot Scope watches wasn't great either.

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I just realized the joy from post-round was taking away from the joy during the round.

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Yep, pretty much the same reason I stopped. Although tapping the watch became more of a habit, for me, it still took away from the round.
It is an incredible concept, just too much data/tech for me. There are apps that do almost as much, including the Pro version of Grint.

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The real benefit is strokes gained data to pinpoint the areas where you can improve. Right now, you may see that you had 28 putts and you must've putted great that day. The strokes gained may show that your approach game was terrible, you short game was great, and your putting was average.

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This is my experience. If you play pretty regularly you already know your club distances so don't need an app to tell you what to hit. It has trouble picking up all the putts but I haven't had the issues others have mentioned about it picking up practice swings or confusing clubs. I always just check the hole data as I'm driving to the next tee box & adjust as I go.