World’s first GPS trolley
Motocaddy launch the S5 Connect with a course guide app.
Most golfers have a GPS or laser. Many have an electric trolley, too. Now Motocaddy has fused the two together in its new S5 Connect.
Motocaddy teamed up with a leading GPS mapping company in the US to develop a trolley that displays distances to any point on the golf course, through the clever use of an app on your phone.
And rather than costing you money like a GPS system, the app is free to download and use, and you don’t need to keep your phone in your pocket to access yardages, either.
Once you’ve downloaded Motocaddy’s GPS app from the App Store, you get access to 36,000 courses worldwide. If you use your phone as your GPS unit you get some brilliant overhead graphics of the hole you’re playing.
But the really clever bit of tech is how the GPS syncs via Bluetooth to the trolley, so yardages are displayed on its handle. Choose this option and you can slip your phone into a pocket in your bag and concentrate on your game.
“The first iphone was launched a decade ago, and since then a lot has changed in golf technology,” said Motocaddy boss Tony Webb. “The S5 Connect is at the forefront of golf technology.”
The £549.99 trolley comes with a lithium battery, nine speed settings, adjustable distance controls and USB charging point.
Its integrated GPS screen will show you distances to the centre, front and back of every green on the golf course. Motocaddy’s free GPS app is already available from the App Store and the trolley will hit shops this month.