Today, technology can help the golfer swing to new heights with an improved golf game.

What kind of technology gadgets can help improve your golf game? Here is a list of a few recent technology innovations.

1. The GPS (Global Positioning Service) GolfShot application from Verizon Wireless, offers the golfer the use of GPS technology to effectively navigate the golf courses by receiving distance figures to the green. Since golf depicts a game of challenge, knowing the precise yardage can improve and ideally make a golfer play a better game. The GPS app can be done via the Verizon Wireless mobile phone, also featuring voice activation to ensure audible, distance figures, in case of sun blockage on the screen of the phone.

2. Another version of GPS technology is the Garmin GolfLogix GPS-8. With advanced GPS technology, this device can give the golfer computer readout, of the precise distance of the ball to the green each time you make a swing. What an improvement you should soon see in your game!

3. A product that's apt to sink a golf ball, or firm up your next swing, is the Aragon laser golf putter. Using laser technology, this golf putter when lined up to the hole, should help you sink the ball with a straight and steady swing of the golf putter. Either outdoors or indoors, the laser putter makes it easy to practice perfecting that little edge you just may need to compete and win in your next round of golf.

4. PowerBilt's Air Force One driver really drives a punch to the golf swing speed, using a nitrogen-charged club head which enables golfers to hit about 10-15 yards further, even if their swing is slower than 110 mph. This is generally the speed required for an effective hit from the swing to the ball.

What are some new technology trends of the future for the avid golfer? A couple of these innovations listed, may change the way a golfer is used to playing the game.

1. The Shadow Caddy is a robotic-type, futuristic trend which follows behind the golfer via a transmitter that can easily attach to the golfer's belt, tracking their every move, to carry their necessities without the use of a live human.

2. The Swing Catalyst was developed to aid and improve the golfers in their swing technique. It was recently introduced at a PGA Merchandise show in Orlando in 2009. Invented by the Initial Force in Norway, this is software specially designed to analyze a golfer's swing and determine exactly which areas need improvement. A computer uses a video camera that records every movement of the golfer's swing by a force plate sensor. The launch monitor then calculates the path of the ball onto a visual depiction in a video clip. This, in turn, can help the golfer improve their game and lower their score.

Finally, a golfer can up his game on the competition with the latest technology trends that can help a golfer reach his par for the course.

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