The central rangefinder capabilities of the Golf Buddy World Platinum are excellent and its large display allows for the entire hole to be viewed onscreen without any need to zoom or access fiddly menus. By touching various elements on the course, such as water hazards or bunkers, you can find out the distance to them, or the distance you would need to reach past them in order to make a safe shot. Because the screen is sensitive to the touch, you can easily request the distance between any two points on the hole and have the information delivered almost instantly.
On your approach to the green you can benefit from the dynamic range finding technology that will give you precise distances to the back, middle and front and the information will be altered depending on your precise angle of attack. Once you make it to the green you can quickly zoom in for a full view of the territory. You can alter the position of the onscreen flag using the Touch 'N' Move technology, so it is easy to adapt to any situation.
Most golf GPS Rangefinders will have integrated scorecard systems, but the Golf Buddy World Platinum has the ProPlay scoring and statistical analysis tools on offer to make sure that you can keep track of the game and work out how you and up to three other players are faring. This service will record various pieces of information relating to your shooting tactics and average achievements, allowing you to identify any improvements and work on the areas in which you are weakest.
Some golf GPS Rangefinders will only give you access to extensive international course mapping if you pay a fee or subscribe. However, the Golf Buddy World Platinum has many thousands of courses pre-installed and is free to use. It also has enough on-board storage space to accommodate up to 40,000 different courses, which its manufacturer claims is a market-leading feature. As such you will not need to be tied into any annual contract or pay for extra downloads if you choose this golf GPS rangefinder over its rivals.
All of the courses which are included in the extensive catalogue available on the Golf Buddy World Platinum have been mapped out by groups of professionals on foot. This is essentially a guarantee that the measurements and distances are as precise as is humanly possible. Sensibly it is possible to make your own custom alterations to particular holes and courses when hazards are moved, added or changed, which means you will not have to constantly update the software, but use the touchscreen interface to make alterations and corrections.
Because the Golf Buddy World Platinum uses GPS technology to pinpoint your location there is no need to sift through long lists of courses before you can find the one on which you are about to play. However, if you do want to perform a manual search it is easy, since there is a software-based QWERTY keypad that becomes available, which reduces the amount of button mashing required to find your desired information.
In all the Golf Buddy World Platinum is a premium golf GPS Rangefinder that outpaces many of its rivals because it manages to be a master of all trades.
