New Foresight Sports package offers analysis, club recommendations

On Tuesday, release monitor and golf simulation technology company Sports Predictions introduced an innovative new product offering: the Foresight Sports GC3S package and LINK-Enabled Technology, which pairs launch monitor data with a Bushnell laser beam detector to provide a first-of-its-kind course management platform. In short, the devices combine to act as a digital box to provide club recommendations tailored to a user’s abilities based on shot data collected by the launch monitor.

How does it work? It starts with the boot monitor. Users can activate the technology by performing a “MyBag” assessment using the launch monitor and the Foresight app. On a range or simulator, the user must hit at least three shots with each club to establish a baseline for performance and trends. The data for each club is then logged into the Foresight app. The Bushnell app can then incorporate the MyBag data from the Foresight app to sync with the Bushnell range finder. Then, when the user faces a shot at a certain distance on the course, they will receive two club recommendations based on the measured distance range.

“This is an eye-opening technological advance for amateur golfers who don’t have regular access to boxes that can provide expert advice on course management,” Foresight Sports and Bushnell Golf Chief Commercial Officer Chris Watters said in a press release. “Everyone who has used a laser rangefinder knows how to get a number, but they don’t always know how to use that information because that data isn’t adjusted for their actual performance and knowing the distance to the pin it’s only part of the club selection equation. LINK-enabled technology takes the guesswork and guts out of choosing a club, building trust by transforming a given distance into a club recommendation.

In addition to club recommendations, the technology also provides course management tips, including personalized “play-as” distances, which use collected user data instead of generic models; “today’s distances”, which take into account real-time conditions; and club distribution patterns, which allow users to view accuracy patterns overlaid on course maps.

Foresight Sports GC3S, which includes the Bushnell Golf Pro X3 LINK laser rangefinder, it’s available now for $3,799. Price includes a $499 annual software subscription, which includes ball data (launch angle, side angle, ball speed, total spin, carry, side spin/spin axis) and club data (spin speed club head, strike factor, club path, angle of attack) for the first year of use, plus FSX Play simulator software and analysis software FSX Pro performance.

Foresight Sports GC3 launch monitor, which is available for $6,999includes everything you get with the GC3S, as well as a sling bag, a 2-year warranty and one year of access to GSPro (a golf simulation platform). The required annual subscription for Foresight Sports simulation and performance software is included with GC3 as a license rather than an annual subscription as with GC3S.