My eight-year-old daughter loves golf. She’s officially at the age where she’s swinging confidently, hitting consistent distances and outgrowing clubs quickly. She’s also walking to her ball more often. This means she needs a distance-measuring device.
We have a Bushnell Wingman View on the cart. We like it but it’s kind of bulky when she’s on her own walking to shots. She doesn’t have a phone, can’t manage a rangefinder just yet and says a GPS watch gets in the way of her swing. That’s why we gave the Shot Scope H4 a try and it’s been a perfect fit.
Why the Shot Scope H4 works
The Shot Scope H4 is lightweight, easy to use and doesn’t require a phone once it’s set up.
I handled the app setup from my phone and she’s good to go from there. She doesn’t even need me to set it up for her before a round. It was just a one-time start-up process.
The device clips directly to her bag using the belt clip or carabiner. Thanks to the built-in magnet, it can also be attached to the cart when needed.
It’s small enough that it doesn’t get in the way and the daylight-readable color screen is simple for her to navigate. She mostly uses it for GPS yardages to the front, middle and back of the green but also loves checking how far her last shot went.
As her distances change with growth spurts and club upgrades, the H4 should help her build confidence in selecting the right club.
Accurate distances without a phone or watch
With more than 36,000 preloaded courses, she doesn’t need cell service or a Bluetooth connection to get accurate yardages or hazard distances. That’s a game-changer for a junior golfer who isn’t carrying a smartphone.
The battery lasts more than15 hours, easily covering multiple rounds, and the build quality is solid. She’s careful with her gear but I’d trust this device with any responsible junior golfer.
Affordable, durable and easy to borrow
At $149.99, the Shot Scope H4 is one of the more affordable GPS units on the market, especially when you factor in that there are no subscription fees and that it also unlocks access to performance tracking with 16 club tags, which we haven’t fully tapped into yet.
I wanted her to get comfortable with using the GPS and dialing in some numbers and then we may try to add performance tracking for her.
Final thoughts
If you have junior golfers starting to figure out how far each of their golf clubs goes, this is a solution that I don’t think is being given enough credit. I’d highly recommend it. In fact, I sometimes borrow it from her when I need a number and she’s nearby!
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