Golf mode for Suunto 9

@Egika thanks a lot and am sure the approach you suggest is technically feasible! I thought maybe having a basic but still very useful golf mode (without movement detection and buffering them) actually increases the chances to be taken up in a future release Let’s see and we then lobby for a “Tech Golf Mode” as a next step? And probably an excellent opportunity for you to discover golf…

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Thanks Dimitrios - what or who is S+? Happy to develop a use-case if needed/useful, and would love to have @Egika on that as well!

Likarnik

@Egika said in Golf mode for Suunto 9:

@MartinLX great ideas!
Why not automate the stroke detection? The inbuilt accelerometer should easily be able to detect a golf stroke and then log it automatically, no?

I think this should not be difficult, last time I found out that it measures cadence when stand up paddling

Egika

@Likarnik yes - this is standard function. It also does swim style recognition (with mixed results ;))

freeheeler

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
S+, yes… but not as dominant as we know it from garmin… otherwize I need to get a golf club and drive my watch far away

isazi

@TELE-HO I remember you didn’t like Garmin showing golf in the main screen

@Likarnik Worth giving it a thought, although in golf not all strokes count so I wonder how the watch would be able to differentiate between real strokes that count, and “test strokes” where you do not intend to hit the ball. See the exchanges between @Egika and me earlier. What do you think?

@isazi, @TELE-HO, @Likarnik, @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos and anyone else: do you use a Suunto 9 for golfing?

I think the default golf mode is not much different from a running or walking mode, so not useful if you want to use the watch as a digital scorecard and furthermore track distances (ball flight distances on top of walking distances) between strokes.

For the moment I am using the lap mode to count each stroke, which gives me a sort-of digital scorecard:

At the start of the game at the first hole, I start a new golf activity. The start of activity marks the first lap and hence the first stroke
Once I have reached the ball and perform the next stroke, I generate a new lap
After the first hole is finished, the number of laps is equal to the number of strokes
For any subsequent hole, the number of laps however only increases so I have to deduct the strokes from the previous hole(s) to get the correct number of strokes for the current hole. I write the per-hole strokes down on paper or on the iPhone (…)
At the end of the game, I have the total number of strokes (i.e. laps) in my watch, and need to look at my manual (!) list to see many strokes each hole represented. Counting strokes per hole via web after the watch has synced with Suunto and Strava is not great.

This approach at least allows me to track the number of counting strokes (i.e. laps), walking distance between strokes (laps), time between strokes (laps), and of course total activity duration and walking distance.

It works well but counting only a total of strokes of the entire game is not great. Of course, I could create a new activity for each hole, but I do not want that since a 18-hole golf course would be 18 different activities…

Maybe you have found other ways? Would be interested to get your views!

Mff73

@MartinLX
I have answered something in your other post.
Please don’t duplicate .

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos got it now and filed a suggestion there as well. Thanks!

freeheeler

@MartinLX
no I don’t play golf and while I normally say “never say never” you can believe me, I will never ever play golf and I’ve got reasons that I don’t want to put in here

BUT(!), as you use your watch for golfing, it’s not what a golf watch would actually do. I know from a friend of mine who does play golf, and who I really do not envy for this, that there’s a garmin watch available only made for golf… obviously it does not only count strokes and times for each strokes, but also analyzes your motion and efficiency and if you’re holding and swinging that club how it’s supposed to…

but well… while I think everyone should do what he likes, I really respect what everyone does, but golf is nothing for me, really

@TELE-HO said in Golf mode for Suunto 9:

@MartinLX
no I don’t play golf and while I normally say “never say never” you can believe me, I will never ever play golf and I’ve got reasons that I don’t want to put in here

BUT(!), as you use your watch for golfing, it’s not what a golf watch would actually do. I know from a friend of mine who does play golf, and who I really do not envy for this, that there’s a garmin watch available only made for golf… obviously it does not only count strokes and times for each strokes, but also analyzes your motion and efficiency and if you’re holding and swinging that club how it’s supposed to…

but well… while I think everyone should do what he likes, I really respect what everyone does, but golf is nothing for me, really

I know that watch, and I think this is total overkill - hence why I am looking for a pragmatic golf mode. Maybe that could convince you one day to play? No, jokes apart, everyone has its reasons to like or dislike, and welcome to diversity!