Arrcos vs. Shotscope vs. Anything Else

Bushnell works great.

I can accurately laser how far the pin is.

Then I’m able to pick the perfect club to slice it and get nowhere near said pin.

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The yardages also never really worked. I like to hit punch shots with my 4 iron and it would always calculate those into my average distance so I’d have to go in manually and remove those. They were supposed to have improved a lot of those features but I don’t see myself ever going back to it.

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This is the biggest problem I have with any kind of tracking. It's going to factor in those kinds of shots, or even fat/thin shots that just don't go the distance a properly struck shot would go. While that technically would give me a "true average" of how far my shots go, that isn't helpful for trying to plan my shot while I'm playing. I'm not planning to fat/thin/chunk or whatever a shot. I want to know how far properly struck shots are going only and no one can really give you that info without a lot of extra work on the back end.

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I like the idea of having real, on course shot distance data -

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Not a fan of this. Not only does it slow down pace of play on the course the composite data isn;'t very useful unless you're adding notes to each shot, selecting what shots remain and what ones get deleted, etc.

I hit my 52 yesterday, once I hit a 3/4 it to a front pin 100' out into the wind and another, downwind to a two tier green playing 125 and I would say both shots had a carry distance difference of maybe 30 yards.

On the course, play the hole, play the course, use what you know about your distances to play different shots based on the course, conditions, game / match, etc.

I hit three 4i...one, I was running it low from the trees about 120 out and it went maybe 90 yards. Another, was from the center of the fairway and another was a punch shot on a par 5 as a layup curling it around some bunkers.

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If you are going to get one of these systems, it's definitely more useful for the Strokes Gained data than distance.

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I agree with this part. Strokes gained data is much more helpful to me. It really pointed out how much my iron play was killing me. Tee shots and putting number were always above my playing handicap, but approach was way behind. I have the tags that also show your swing data so they can be used during play or while just hitting balls for practice at the range or in a net at home. Makes it more worth the cost to me.