If you love your time on the range but hate the fact that you waste so much of your game hunting for the ball, then you could benefit from a golf ball finder.  There are several such devices on the market, all designed to help you locate that ball, and they range in price depending on the level of technology used and the ease in which the ball is located.

One of the lower end examples of a golf ball finder are the golf finder glasses. These natty glasses will not cost you a huge amount of money, but they certainly help when the ball has gone into the rough.  Working on the principle of light filtering, they slip on like normal glasses or over prescription glasses.

It makes no difference to the performance, the principle being that the color of the lens blocks greens and browns, which are the most common foliage and rough colors, and sharpens the color of the ball against the now dull background, making it much easier to spot.

There isn’t really a down side to these glasses, as long as you remember this is the basic way of locating balls. There isn’t clever technology behind them, no wires and gizmos and gadgets, just color on color filtering; however, they are definitely worth a try.

If you feel that you want to spend more to get a more accurate higher level golf ball finder piece of kit, then the BallFinder ScoutÔ tops the market in terms of price and accuracy. This really is a clever gadget and has been proven to find a ball that has only 1% of its surface showing. This is just three little dimples on the surface of the ball, and that is pretty impressive when you think about it.

So just how does it work? Well, there is a massive amount of technology packed into this little box like device. It uses a video camera imaging and takes footage of up to 600 square foot in just over one second.  Then the even smarter imaging kicks in, and starts analyzing the footage on an individual pixel basis. If it identifies a ball then it will vibrate, and the screen will change to show the section of green that holds the ball.

Simply follow this on screen map and get your ball back in minutes, saving you the time and effort of searching out that lost ball.  The device comes with a belt clip, and the lovely manufacturers have thrown in an instructional DVD, which also features some excellent golfing tips from Professional golfer Nick Faldo.

In conclusion, both of these golf ball finder devices are excellent, but remember there are others out there so have a look around. It just comes down to how much money you want to spend, and whether you feel that you want simple color screening or more complex technology.  Both will make it much easier to speed up the search for the missing ball, but the more complex the device the more the cost, making it much longer before you see a return on your investment, unless you play a lot of golf.

Laser golf yardage finder: With this nifty but quite expensive gadget, golfers will improve their game by knowing the exact distance from where they are to the flag.  This laser golf yardage finder provides exact information which your customers will find invaluable.  There is no minimum quantity and personalization is done by printed decal.  It is the perfect executive golfing gift for your most important customers.

PGA Tour Monocular:  For those that are put off by the hefty price tag of the laser golf golf yardage finder, you might be interested in the monocular.  Any golfer will tell you that knowing the distance to the flag is very important.  It helps you to decide which club to use.  The monocular provides distances from 50 to 300 yards/meters to the flag. This gift can be personalized with printed decal.

PGA Sunglasses:  These are a much more economical choice!  If you are on a budget, you can still give your customers good quality sunglasses that come supplied in a nave pouch with a karabiner.  There are several styles to choose from.

Golf Shoe Care Kit: There are several different styles, but they all provide a means to the same result: clean golf shoes.  Most sets include black and natural shoe polish, a buffing brush and a soft cleaning cloth and a shoe horn.  What a perfect gift to give your top clients after a day out on the course.

Golf Watch:  This midrange executive gift may prove difficult to get printed with your logo if your supplier does not offer in house printing but is can be done.  The PGA Tour golf watch features handicap, the golf score of the current game from hole one to 18.  The golf score record and handicap are calculated for you and the watch even stores the details for up to 20 players.  Of course, the golf watch also displays the time and has an alarm as would be expected of a watch.

Golf Multi Tool:  There are many golf multi tools on the market but branded tools tend to go down better.  The PGA Tour version has five functions.  There is a knife, a divot tool, a golf ball marker, a tee punch and the all important, never leave home without it, bottle opener.

Golf Gift Set:  You have probably seen a lot of golfing gift sets as they are one of the most popular golfing gifts on the market.  It is worth noting that there are some very nice generic sets but if brand name is important to you, PGA Tour’s features three balls, a golf towel, 18 tees, and a the five function multi tool described above.

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