The Best Golf Gadgets for 2025: Elevate Your Game

Golfers are inveterate tinkerers. Around every corner is a new gizmo that promises to deliver immediate results, not to mention lower scores.

Imaginative entrepreneurs and creative engineers have come up with an amazing array of golf gadgets and devices, all in the name of game improvement, enhanced on-course enjoyment and post-round recovery.

We’ve sifted through lots of products to get to the good stuff. Our conclusion: The best golf gadgets are the ones that are truly useful.

How to boost clubhead speed and distance

Want a faster swing? Doesn’t everyone? A faster swing means greater clubhead speed, which translates to increased distance.

According to GOLF Magazine, speed training is one of the best ways to build a fast, powerful golf swing. Utilizing the right tools for your game can unlock more speed and tack on a few extra miles per hour to your downswing.

Here are two recommended speed training devices, one old school and one new school.

1. TheStack Speed Trainer

Weighted swing trainers are synonymous with speed training for golf. Basically club shafts with weights on the end, they’re designed to increase swing speed as you gradually add heavier weights over time. (Five milled Stack weights enable 30 different weight combinations). TheStack Speed Trainer offers guided programs to help you maximize your speed training sessions. In addition, detailed metrics via the TheStack’s app help you track your progress. $299. https://www.thestacksystem.com/

2. Golf Power SwingFan

Here’s an old school speed training tool that can be just as effective as a weighted swing trainer. Swing fans use durable fins to create resistance in the downswing, strengthening golf-specific muscles. Although these devices don’t spit out stats, they do provide immediate feedback by helping you understand how to sequence your swing properly to increase speed. Available in men’s, women’s and junior models. $102.99. https://www.golftrainingaids.com/

Specialized devices ease pain and speed recovery

Focused on fitness? Here’s a pair of gadgets that will speed your post-round recovery, according to Golf Digest. “Advancements in recovery technology have made it easier than ever to find a device that will help you reach your fitness goals,” the magazine stated, adding that recovery devices can ease muscle tightness, prevent injury and prime your body for the next round.

1. Hypervolt 2 Pro

The Hypervolt 2 Pro, Hyperice’s most powerful percussion device, provides the same deep-tissue massages that professional athletes utilize in their training. With five variable speeds and a new digital dial, you can control the speed of your massages. Offers deep-penetrating relief to stiff or sore muscles to facilitate faster recovery. $279. https://hyperice.com/products/hypervolt-2-pro/

2. Hyperice Venom 2 Back

Heat + massage = the ultimate solution for back pain, a common affliction of golfers. Wrap device is equipped with HyperHeat technology, with three temperature options. Warms up six times faster than a standard heating pad. Large surface area provides heat distribution to hard-to-reach muscles. The Venom 2 Back also has an adjustable compression strap, three vibration settings and Bluetooth connectivity to the Hyperice App for remote control, enabling you to customize massage settings to reduce soreness. $249. https://hyperice.com/products/venom-2-back/

Get better with a mobile launch monitor or a stance towel

There are lots of specialty golf gadgets worth your attention. Here are four of our favorites.

1. Bushnell Golf Wingman View

This ingenious device combines two vital gadgets: a Bluetooth speaker and a rangefinder. The Wingman View features high quality audio combined with a new easy-to-read LCD screen that provides distance and music information. Which means you can listen to your favorite tunes and get both audible and visual distances during the round. This dual-duty device features Bushnell’s BITE magnetic mount, which attaches to the metal frame of a golf cart for easy access. $199. https://www.bushnellgolf.com/

2. Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor (MLM)

If you’re a student of the swing who craves accurate feedback as a pathway to improvement, this gadget is a total game-changer. Rapsodo’s indoor/outdoor launch monitor links up with your smartphone to provide real-time data, video replay and shot trace technology to help transform your swing. Measures up to 11 core golf metrics for total game analysis. The device is iOS compatible only; an iPhone or iPad is required. $299.99. https://rapsodo.com/pages/golf

3. The Stance Towel by Swing Plate

Not all swing improvement devices are high-tech. The Stance Towel was designed in the U.K. to ensure precise alignment of the feet as well as proper ball positioning. Placed on the ground, the towel’s color-coded stripes clearly indicate what should go where. The idea is to make foot and ball positioning automatic, with a goal of developing a consistent, repeatable swing. In addition to the full swing, the Stance Towel can be used for pitching, chipping and putting. Right- and left-handed options available. $29.99. https://fairwayjockey.com/collections/training-aids/products/the-stance-towel-by-swing-plate

4. Tally Tumbler Golf Stainless Steel Cup

This 30-ounce tumbler will hold your favorite beverages (hot or cold), but it also doubles as a unique scorekeeper. No pencil? No problem. Simply turn the dial on the front of the cup to keep tabs on your performance, including strokes per hole, fairways hit and greens in regulation. Leak-proof lid. Five colors available. $39.99. https://www.tallytumbler.com/