Value
Best For
All-round home simulator — solid indoor + outdoor data
Key Tradeoffs
Re-verified against the SkyTrak manufacturer product page, Quick Start guide, and 4+ independent reviews/guides (PlayBetter, Plugged In Golf, Golfstead, Titleist RCT validation list, thelascopress). HIGH-confidence and corroborated: discontinued status ("no longer available" on manufacturer page),…
Sensor Technology
1 (photometric high-speed camera system, ball-tracking) — confirmed on SkyTrak product page ("Photometric Camera") cam · 2 (dual Doppler radar for club data) — confirmed on SkyTrak product page ("Dual Doppler Radar")…
Technology
Hybrid photometric-camera + dual-Doppler-radar. An advanced high-speed photometric camera system images the ball through impact and measures ball-flight metrics (ball speed, launch angle, back spin, side spin/spin axis, side angle) optically. A dual Doppler radar array adds…
Ball Data
SkyTrak markets "21 distinct data points," but the manufacturer ST+ product page itself enumerates 14 measured/derived metrics: 9 ball + 5 club. Ball: Ball Speed, Launch Angle, Back Spin, Side Spin (Spin Axis), Side Angle, Carry Distance, Total Distance, Descent/Peak Height,…
Club Data
measured — dual Doppler radar adds Club Head Speed, Smash Factor, Club Path, Face Angle, and Face-to-Path. Manufacturer product page lists 5 club metrics. (Radar-measured club-delivery metrics; ball…
Sim Ready
Native SkyTrak app (practice range, skills challenges, Course Play via SkyTrak/Foresight + Trackman course libraries). Third-party: E6 Connect, TGC 2019 / WGT, and others via SkyTrak's integration/Game-Improvement tiers. GSPro is NOT…
Software
Native SkyTrak app (practice range, skills challenges, Course Play via SkyTrak/Foresight + Trackman course libraries). Third-party: E6 Connect, TGC 2019 / WGT, and others via SkyTrak's integration/Game-Improvement tiers. GSPro is NOT…
Device Reqs
Both — SkyTrak app on mobile/tablet plus PC and Mac software. · Wi-Fi (2.4 + added 5GHz; own-network Direct mode + Network mode that joins home Wi-Fi) and a single USB-C wired connection. No Bluetooth for data, no Ethernet jack.
Subscription
Tiered annual SkyTrak Membership (2026): Essential $129.99/yr (full practice tools + 30+ premium courses from one library — Foresight or Trackman), Core $299.99/yr (BOTH Foresight + Trackman…
Special Balls
NONE — no marked balls, no metallic spin stickers, no proprietary balls. SkyTrak and multiple independent reviews explicitly state the ST+ measures spin and club data with no stickers on clubs or balls required (unlike GCQuad / FlightScope
Mounting
Side of ball — portable unit sits on the floor/hitting surface to the side of the hitting line (in front of the golfer, beside the address position), level with the top of the hitting surface. Not overhead, not behind the ball. · Place the ST+ on the ground to the SIDE of the teeing/hitting area,…
Indoor Outdoor
Indoor + outdoor