BreakMaster Digital Golf Putting Green Reader Used by PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour Pros

I have been looking for a better greens reading system. I am becoming a bigger fan of the aimpoint system so I decided to give this tool a try. After receiving it and being the engineer, the first thing I had to do was to test it for accuracy. It was accurate to .1 degrees, good start. I have learned that my feet can feel slope a lot better than my eye can see it so I decided to use this tool to calibrate my feet. I would stand on the slope, guess the slope based on what my feet were feeling and then check it with the Breakmaster. After I while I was getting pretty good at it. I went out to the greens and played with it and started coming up with average slope value for each putt. I then estimated the distance to the flag and using the simple formula in the Breakmaster tip book I began calculating break distances. My putting improved quite a bit. i was draining a lot more putts and getting really close outside of 20 feet. Overall, great tool, definitely will help my putting.

$99 is a bit expensive but I would spend it again for the experience I’ve gained. Although not legal for tournaments, for practice or fun games with the guys it really sharpens up your eyes. And it’s fast! Open the case, take out the BreakMaster as you grab your putter, walk past your ball towards the pin, place the BreakMaster down, and you are ready to go. Simple, quick and accurate. What you do have to prepare for is “What is that?” And “Can I try that”. Where the conversation dies down a bit is the question after “We’re can I get that?” — “How much??” Still, everyone enjoys using the BreakMaster, appreciates seeing the “unseen” breaks, and writing down the lower scores.

Hard to understand how to use, even though I watched the YouTube. But I place it halfway between my ball and the hole. It reads how many degrees and direction of a slope. From there you really just have which way it is breaking…so that’s helpful. But it’s the size of a HoHo…maybe a HoHo sliced in half, still, my drunk ass will lose it eventually, and to pull it out every hole is a nuisance. And at $125…that’s a big loss for something I barely understand. IF IT HAD A MAGNET!

Easy to use, accurate and revealing to anyone looking to improve their green reading.

Now this little device is really cool. It does a great job providing correct break on the putting green. I can see why greenskeepers might use this to prove to their assistants that they're setting pins on slopes. Very accurate on the up/down/flat degrees of a putt and pretty accurate on the direction of the break (more difficult to determine "slight" break differences). It's not going to guarantee that you make putts but it will pretty much guarantee that if the putt breaks down and to the left you don't read a right break into the putt. And the degrees uphill/downhill or flat are very accurate. Not legal for tournament play but probably the same legality as using the slope option on a rangefinder for a casual non-tournament round. A great way to learn the breaks on a new course. In fact, I'm not sure why this would not be legal for tournament play if it's legal to use a book with every bit of slope and break mapped out in the book like the pro caddies use. So you can use this device to make a great map of the green and you can use the map in tournament play but you can't use this device. Whatever. I can hear the purists squawking away! A great little green reading training device.

Do you want to score better? If so, putt better. It's that simple. This device helps you learn to read the breaks on the putting surface. With that insight I've been able to drops strokes off my score. I use this product two different ways: First, I'll go and play practice round at my country club on my own. While on the putting green I take a few measurements and record those reading in the "Greens Book" that came with the product. You can order extra "Greens Books" if you play more than one course regularly. Overtime, I've been able to slowly accumulate information about breaks in the greens. This method is a bit slow especially if you have golfers behind you waiting to hit into the green. The second way that I've been use this device is I actually go to the my country club before it opens and I spend about 20 minutes per green taking measurements and recording the results in "Greens Book." I'm not done mapping my home course yet but figure I will be in a couple weeks. This method lets me get a lot of readings recorded at one time. If you put time and effort in with this device you can cut a lot of strokes off your score.

As a Golf Course Superintendent this little gadget is becoming one of my favorite tools. I was tired of employees setting pins on too severe of slopes. It always seemed that when I told them to avoid severe slopes, they always found them. Golfer complaints would then come in and I would have to accept the blame. Now I have the ability to quantify a number based on my Stimp-Meter reading and give my employee an acceptable number to set the pin on. (Today we will be at 2.5% or less or 3.0% or less depending on speed. It has been great!!! Simple, small, just what I needed.) So golfers beware, Superintendents are armed with detail info now. That missed putt, just may be your own fault!

The concept of this green reader for slopes is a marvelous idea. It works really well. The only drawback I have is for this device is it’s very small footprint does not always provide accuracy for typically determining an accurate putting target line.

I got this product and it stopped working when I had to replace the batteries. When I did, it stopped working. When requesting for service, since it was under warranty, AMAZON did not give me any support. I got in touch with the manufacturer, in US, and the do not have a Service in Europe to fix it. On their site they also tell that they only provide a 1 year warranty which is against European Union law. AMAZON does not provide any support or help me solving this issue

very helpful when defining hole locations and planning for green use before competitions. have not tried it as a training aid yet.

Produit conforme à la description. Livraison très rapide. Documentation fournie avec l'appareil. Une seule remarque : la surface d'affichage est fragile et marque très facilement.Penser à utiliser le boitier (à fixer à la ceinture) pour éviter de rayer la surface d'affichage !

気になって買ったが思ったよりも使わない。 練習グリーンで使っても本コースとスピードが違うのでアマチュアには不要かも?

As golf referee great at facilitating setting hole locations for tournaments