FIRST LOOK: SkyGolf Releases New SkyCaddie LX5 GPS Smart Watch with Touchscreen

SkyGolf—manufacturer of SkyCaddie personal golf GPS devices and the SkyTrak launch monitor—just announced the release of the brand new SkyCaddie LX5 Smart Watch.

Equipped with the industry’s largest and most-brilliant color touch screen at 1.39 inches, the new LX5 features next generation technology to provide the closest thing to the award-winning SkyCaddie SX500 on your wrist.

“The LX5 is packed with stroke-saving technology and delivered with the largest and most-brilliant color display in a golf watch today,” said Jacqui Surman, SkyGolf Senior VP and COO. “The LX5 includes most of the dynamic features that golfers rave about in our award-winning SX500 and SX400 handhelds, giving you the most accurate information conveniently located on your wrist. It’s also light weight and looks great, making it a versatile watch for everyday use both on and off the course.”

Using the same technology found in the award-winning SX family of rangefinders, such as the SX500, the LX5 is driven by a powerful multicore processor and a simple touchscreen interface. The IntelliGreen and HoleVue features are presented in high definition, which can also be zoomed in and panned to get all the details and distances you need to play your best golf.

Notably, HoleVue technology delivers distances to up to 40 geo-referenced targets per hole and any point in between. Furthermore, SkyGolf’s HD course graphics are the most detailed in golf, providing the most stunning visuals of each hole with critical distances to all hazards, carries and layups, which are all verified by SkyGolf’s ground mapping teams.

Additionally, SkyCaddie’s patented IntelliGreen technology provides you with the exact shape of the green and automatically rotates to match your angle of approach to provide all of the distances you need to hit more greens and avoid 3-putts. This proprietary feature gives you a chance to turn every approach shot into a scoring opportunity by providing front, carry and back distances plus the distance to any other point on the green simultaneously.

Preloaded with over 35,000 ground-verified, full-color HD course maps, the LX5 is ready to go out of the box. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity allow scores and stats to be synced to SkyGolf 360. And, unlike other GPS rangefinders, with SkyCaddie you receive almost immediate access to the thousands of updates made each year to the course library. Course updates are posted daily so you get real-time updates of your favorite courses each time you connect wirelessly via Wi-Fi.

And to make sure you can play multiple rounds in all weather conditions, the LX5 is water-resistant and boasts a hi-capacity rechargeable Li-Polymer battery that lasts up to two rounds and more than 3 days in time mode.

The SkyCaddie LX5 Smart Watch retails for only $299.95 in the U.S. and comes with a three-year premium worldwide membership at no extra charge. In addition, each new SkyCaddie LX5 purchased in the U.S. comes with a 6-month Consumer Warranty that can be upgraded to a 12-Month SkyCaddie Extended Warranty.