ZEPP is a range rat’s dream, and it’s also a bit different in that it attaches to a golf glove instead of the club — notching, in real time, truly illuminating details about your swing from club to club. If you didn’t have a clue what your “hand plane” was, or couldn’t successfully gauge your swing speed through the bag without visiting a high-tech pro shop and getting hooked up to a state-of-the-art machine, you can now. Download the free app on your iPhone and enjoy access to a myriad of swing tip videos, record your own move and even compare it to Tour players like Michelle Wie, Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele using the SmartCoach system. It takes just a few minutes to set up an account online, go through the bag and match up your clubs with Zepp’s database (or go generic if your model isn’t there). Open the app, set the device in a safe spot next to the ball-feeder or tee marker, and start swinging. Choose the proper corresponding club on the app as you work through the bag and you’ll get accurate figures on tempo (shown as a backswing-to-forward swing ratio), backswing position (in degrees), club and hand plane comparison and clubhead speeds for driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, and wedges. The app’s Lab Reports and Insights sections offer side-by-side comparison of all the numbers. Then record your swing in 3D and see how the feedback and practice are working for you. Zepp is an amazing, intuitive and fun-to-use tool.
