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The Foresight GC2 launch monitor offers professional accuracy at a fraction of the price of most professional-grade units. Comprehensive ball data but no club data.
Introduction
I have been saying for several years that while the price of golf clubs and playing golf has gone through the roof, personal launch monitors have been sprinting toward affordability. Not only are there more and more less expensive options, the less expensive options keep getting better. The new Foresight GC2 launch monitor is another major milestone in this trend.
With a retail price of $1,699 – roughly 10% of the GCQuad Max that you see on the range with PGA Tour pros – this is Foresight’s most affordable launch monitor yet. But does it retain the brand’s signature accuracy and ease of use? I tested one to find out.
Set Up & Ease of Use
One of my favorite things about the GCQuad, and the main reason that it’s my launch monitor of choice, is the ease of use. Set it down, turn it on, and you can start collecting data. The same is true of the new Foresight GC2 launch monitor.
The GC2’s power button is on the back, alongside ports for charging, USB-C, and ethernet. Give it a push, wait a few seconds, and the hitting area frame appears on the screen. Guide a ball into the dedicated area – a trapezoid that’s roughly 11″ front to back, 12″ wide at the base, and 4″ at the top – hit it, and your numbers pop up on the screen.
One of Foresight’s best innovations – the alignment stick – is here, too. To define your target line, you don’t need complicated calibrations through an app nor do you have to set it down and hope. Point the included alignment stick at your target, the GC2 picks it up, and then all your left-right data is based on that line.
You don’t need to connect the Foresight GC2 launch monitor to a phone, tablet, or computer, but if you want to, it’s quick, easy, and the connection is robust. This is something Foresight has improved dramatically over time. Open the app, tap “Device” in the upper right corner, select your GC2, and you’re off to the races. [See Price / Buy]
Accuracy
Let’s start with the positive: the accuracy of the Foresight GC2 launch monitor is professional grade. I was able to test this head-to-head with my GCQuad, and there were many shots where the two produced identical numbers. When there was variation, it was about 100 RPM of spin or a rounding difference (the GCQuad reports many numbers to the tenths, the GC2 in whole numbers).
The negative is that the Foresight GC2 launch monitor produces a more limited data set. There is no club data. The eight ball metrics are: ball speed, launch angle, launch direction, total spin, back spin, side spin, spin axis tilt, and carry distance.
To me, giving up some metrics in the name of superior accuracy and lower cost is a trade worth making. Golf is what the ball does. Yes, having club data is great, but only if it’s highly reliable.
I did discover one other shortcoming of the Foresight GC2 launch monitor, somewhat by accident. In very bright sun, the GC2 would not pick up yellow range balls where the GCQuad did. I assume this is related to having fewer camera and a more limited field of vision. This is by no means a fatal flaw – it’s a very specific issue many will never encounter – but it’s worth reporting.
Foresight App & Golf Simulation
Foresight offers apps for phones and tablets as well as the Foresight+ software on the PC. Through this suite, you can collect historical data, see your shots displayed in a variety of ways, and play simulated golf. I’m a regular user of the Foresight iPhone app, and I think it’s quite solid. It’s not overly gamified, it’s not going to flood your brain with dopamine, but it’s a highly functional tool for the serious golfer.
There are subscriptions required to get every feature in the Foresight app and Foresight+. The Silver Membership is $199/year. This unlocks unlimited practice session history, Dispersion, Tags, and Zones views in practice mode, Ladder Drill, Target Practice, and Challenges. The Gold Membership, which costs $599/year, includes all of this plus swing video capture, multiple profiles, drills with course overlaps, earbud narration, club comparison view, and 3rd party integrations. A lot of the Gold level features are targeted to golf professionals and instructors more than home users of the Foresight GC2 launch monitor.
The two tiers of Foresight’s simulator software are Course Pass and Course Pass Pro. The former costs $295/year and unlocks unlimited play on 35 courses. Course Pass Pro is $595/year and unlocks 110 courses. Both of these require either Silver or Gold Membership.
Foresight GC2 vs. Foresight GC3
The primarily difference between the Foresight GC2 launch monitor and the GC3 is club data. Both have eight ball metrics, but the GC3 adds in the four most important club metrics: club speed, smash factor, angle of attack, and club path. For this extra data, you pay a substantial premium: the GC2 is $1,699, the GC3 has a regular retail price of $6,999.
One interesting, counterintuitive fact: the hitting area for the GC2 is about 1/3 larger than that of the GC3. The GC2’s is 123 square inches, per Foresight, and the GC3’s is just 91.5 square inches. If you’re using these indoors, that number is largely irrelevant. If you’re hitting irons off grass, that number matters a lot because it will require you to move the launch monitor every few shots.
Check out my review of the Bushnell Launch Pro Circle B, the same hardware as the GC3, HERE.
Foresight GC2 vs. Foresight GCQuad
Let’s start with the obvious: the Foresight GC2 launch monitor is much smaller than the GCQuad. They’re about equal in height, but the GC2 is much slimmer and weighs about half as much (4.25 pounds vs. 8 pounds).
As the names indicate, the GCQuad has twice as many cameras as the GC2, and the hitting area is over twice as large – 252 square inches compared to 123. The GCQuad also produces loads of club data: club speed, angle of attack, smash factor, club path, loft/life, face angle, impact location, closure rate, horizontal impact, vertical impact, face to path, face to target, and dynamic loft. Finally, the GCQuad has Putting Analysis, the GC2 does not.
The extra cameras and club data come at a high cost: the GCQuad retails for $15,999 compared to just $1,699 for the GC2. Find a full review of the Foresight GCQuad HERE.
Value
The Foresight GC2 launch monitor retails for $1,699. Your purchase comes with a 30 day trial of the Gold Membership and Course Pass Pro, so you can test out the full array of features.
As always, the question of value and which launch monitor to buy comes down to what you want it to do. For my purposes – gathering data and improving my game – the GC2 is easily my new choice for the launch monitor I would buy. I love club data, too, but at $7,000, the GC3 is a huge leap.
If your focus is golf simulation, the Foresight GC2 launch monitor is going to cost an additional $500 per year. This is not the most affordable option, but you are going to get great graphic and professional-grade accuracy. If you want golf simulation that’s fun and are willing to compromise somewhat on accuracy, the Rapsodo MLM2PRO [review HERE] is more affordable. If you want that first tier accuracy, the GC2 is still the best value, even with the subscription fees. [See Price / Buy]
Conclusion
There’s a lot of pushback (that I completely agree with) against forced subscription models, however, the value and accuracy of the Foresight GC2 launch monitor is impossible to ignore. The data from this launch monitor is on par with units that cost ten times more. If you can live without the bells and whistles – or are willing to pay more to get them – the Foresight GC2 launch monitor is far and away the best value in launch monitors today. [See Price / Buy]
The Foresight Sports GC2 Launch Monitor is a professional-grade golf performance system designed to provide accurate ball-flight analysis for practice, instruction and golf simulation.
He founded Plugged In Golf in 2013 with the goal of helping all golfers play better and enjoy the game more.
Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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