Updated on January 4, 2026

I recently listened to long drive legend Kyle Berkshire discuss the importance of swing speed training.

Berkshire suggests that aspiring long-drive golfers gain muscle and consistently work on accelerating clubhead speed. I am not a personal trainer, so I will leave the gym out of this. However, I will review my best swing speed radar products.

The devices on this list are affordable, portable, and easy to set up. While most of them are one-trick ponies, I have included some premium models which measure ball speed, tempo, and smash factor. Besides helping you train, swing radars are an excellent way for players of all ages to enjoy the game.

1. Sport Sensors Swing Speed Radar Tempo Trainer

Pros

• Measures speed up to 200 mph
• Includes a tempo timer
• Lightweight
• Works when you hit sponge golf balls
• You can use it inside and outdoors

Cons

• Expensive for a swing speed and tempo trainer
• It does not record shots below 40 mph

The Sport Sensors Swing Speed Radar Tempo Trainer is our best overall pick for this year. This radar records your clubhead speed and tempo time for improved swing consistency. Plus, it is light and portable.

Sport Sensors constructed the radar to work with sponge golf balls, which is ideal for inside use if you are without a golf simulator.

The biggest downside of this device is that it does not measure any shots under 40 mph. Obviously, your core objective is to improve the velocity of golf swings. However, this restriction prevents you from working on your short game tempo.

On the positive side, it records speeds of up to 200 mph, which is 50 mph faster than Berkshire’s ceiling. My point is you do not need to worry about breaking the speed barrier of this radar.

2. PRGR Pocket Launch Monitor

Pros

• Records clubhead speed
• Measures ball speed
• Affordable for a launch monitor
• Provides smash factor
• Calculates carry and

Cons

• Unlike other launch monitors, it does not measure spin
• Do not expect the accuracy of premium launch monitors

The PRGR Pocket Launch Monitor provides robust feedback on your swing mechanics. It is better suited to high handicappers looking to take their game seriously.

The combination of doppler radar technology and precise algorithms enhances the accuracy of each measurement for more detailed insight. The device records your clubhead speed, ball speed, smash factor, and total and carry distance.

Granted, it is a launch monitor than a straight swing speed radar, which is why it provides exceptional value for money. It sits in the same price range as a velocity radar, but it measures more than the swing speed of golfers.

3. Sport Sensors Swing Speed Radar

Pros

• Affordable
• Measures swing speeds between 20 and 200 mph
• Pocket size
• Also functions for baseball hitting and pitching
• Excellent customer service

Cons

• No swing tempo feature
• The radar focuses on the toe of the club, which provides a higher than normal reading

The Sports Sensors swing edition is the entry-level version of our best overall pick for this year. It is ideal for golfers on a budget looking for an entry-level device to measure the speed of their golf swings.

This device employs microwave doppler radar sensors to measure clubhead speeds between 20 and 200 mph. Unlike the premium version, it records lower impact shots. However, it does not include the swing tempo feature.

Sports Sensors recommends setting the device up 8 to 10 inches from the impact zone for improved accuracy. The device is powered by 3 AA batteries, which the manufacturer suggests will last for 2 years.

4. Ryp Radar

Pros

• Affordable
• You can measure clubhead speed without ball impact
• Detects velocity up to 200 mph
• Voice feedback option
• Stores data of last 10 shots

Cons

• Inaccurate data
• It requires 5 AA batteries

The Ryp Radar device is another affordable golf swing speed radar designed to measure clubhead velocity. Directly after each swing, the pace of your clubhead reflects on the LCD screen, and there is an option to set up voice feedback. That saves you from looking over at the device between shots and breaking your focus.

In addition, the radar records your last ten strikes to analyze your swing performance. This helps you understand your optimum swing speed, allowing you to set a target to beat during your next training session.

A neat addition to the Ryp Radar is its ability to measure clubhead speed without striking a golf ball. Therefore, you can operate it indoors without hitting a golf shot. Finally, this model measures speed up to 200 mph, which is even excessive for Bryson DeChambeau.

5. DRM Speed Radar

Pros

• Low price point
• Measures between 3 and 150 mph
• Two modes
• Voice feedback
• It stores the feedback from your last ten shots

Cons

• Accuracy
• It needs 5 AA batteries to run

Sticking with affordable speed radar products, we move to the DRM. I like this device because it measures slower swings up to 150 mph. That is still ample range for the average golfer to cover every club in the bag.

To help you measure slow and rapid velocity, the manufacturer installed two modes, still and move. Still mode enables the radar to follow slower swing speeds, common on wedge strikes. While this may not impact the average golfer, it makes a difference to seniors. Still mode detects zip between 3 and 150 mph.

The move function follows an accelerated speed between 25 and 150 mph. Even with this mode, the device still measures lower velocity compared to most of its competitors. The final feature worthy of a mention is the voice feedback setting which calls out your speed after every shot.

6. Voice Caddie SC4 PRO

Pros

• Measures carry distance
• Detects swing speed and ball velocity
• Detects smash factory
• Voice distance output
• Portable

Cons

• It does not calculate spin
• Expensive compared to a basic speed radar

The final pick on this list is a launch monitor, but it does calculate clubhead speed among a host of data points. The Voice Caddie SC4 PRO does fetch a higher price than swing speed radars, but it dives deep into various aspects of your swing to boost velocity, rhythm, and tempo.

Swing Caddie enabled the SC4 PRO to detect carry distance, swing speed, ball speed, launch angle, and smash factor. It provides a detailed overview of your swing mechanics to improve your launch angle, ball distance, and accuracy.

Besides its data measuring capabilities, the SC4 PRO offers voice distance output, eliminating the need to look at the device after every strike. Finally, this launch monitor is light and portable, enabling you to use it at home or on the range.

Matt Stevens

Matt Callcott-Stevens started playing golf at the age of 4 when Rory Sabattini’s father put a 7-iron and putter in his hand. He has experienced all the highs and lows the game can throw at you and has now settled down as a professional golf writer. He holds a Postgraduate in Sports Marketing and has played golf for 28 years. Current Handicap: 8

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PAYSON, UT – Scott Golf is increasing its focus on partnerships with golf professionals, pro shops, and club fitters, offering a premium equipment line designed to provide a differentiated product story at retail.

The company’s lineup includes handcrafted irons, wedges, and putters, positioned for players seeking performance-driven equipment with a strong emphasis on feel and build quality.

“For shops, it’s not just about having another club on the wall,” said Petersen. “It’s about having something that stands out and gives golfers a reason to engage. That’s where we fit in.”

Scott Golf’s products are designed to complement fitting environments, where players can evaluate performance characteristics such as dispersion and strike consistency or allow the player to buy out of the shop.

“When golfers hit these, they notice the difference immediately,” Petersen added. “That gives pros and fitters something real to talk about, not just another list of specs.”

Scott added, “Some companies are known for one category and expand into wedges or putters because they feel they have to. At Scott Golf, our putters, irons, and wedges are all built to the same uncompromising standard. Every category is premium. Every club is luxury.”

Scott Golf continues to build relationships within the golf industry while maintaining a focused distribution strategy.

For more information, visit ScottGolf.com.

About Scott Golf

Scott Golf is a premium golf equipment company focused on delivering performance through craftsmanship and innovative material design. The brand’s lineup includes handcrafted irons, wedges, and putters, including The Woody, which features a proprietary wood fiber insert engineered for exceptional feel and consistency. Scott Golf serves players who prioritize feedback, control, and precision.
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PHOENIX: Continuing its industry-leading commitment to growing the women’s game and bringing lightweight, score-lowering technology engineered and custom-built exclusively for women, PING introduced the G Le4 family today.

The complete line of clubs is available for custom fittings and pre-order at authorized PING golf shops around the world beginning today.

“Our commitment to women’s golf started in the 1970s with my grandparents, Karsten and Louise Solheim, and continues today with the Solheim Cup and other game-growing initiatives,” said PING Executive Vice President Stacey Pauwels, who oversees the development of PING products made exclusively for women. “The G Le4 family offers a full set of performance-engineered, custom-built clubs that deliver added distance, unmatched forgiveness and a confidence-inspiring look. With the rapid expansion of the women’s game, including unprecedented popularity with a new generation of golfers, we look forward to helping them lower their scores and have more fun on the course.”

New WebFit Ladies App

In developing the G Le4 family, PING’s engineers made proper set gapping a top priority to help ensure women get the best results from their set. To make that process easier, PING’s fitting science group developed the WebFit Ladies app, an easy-to-use and educational fitting tool that makes club and set make-up recommendations based on a series of questions about your game and preferences.

“With multiple fairway woods, hybrids and irons optimized to the target swing speed, we’re confident when custom-fit to the correct set configuration, women will see tremendous benefits from every club in their bag,” Pauwels said. “The WebFit Ladies app is a great starting point for the fitting process before visiting an authorized PING fitting specialist to determine your ideal set make-up and specifications. The app takes only a few minutes and helps educate golfers on the importance of custom fitting.”

Optimized for Swing Speeds of 80 mph or Less

The G Le4 driver is PING’s longest and most forgiving women’s driver to date, due in large part to the lightweight Carbonfly Wrap crown. The crown, a first in a PING women’s driver, reallocates weight to position the CG lower and deeper, helping deliver faster ball speeds and higher launch with tighter dispersion for women with driver swing speeds of 80 mph or less. A fixed, 22g back weight is positioned heel side to contribute to a 15% higher MOI compared to the previous generation and gives golfers the fairway-finding forgiveness they expect from a PING driver. The G Le4 driver’s forged T9S+ face features a reshaped VFT, adding consistent ball speeds across the face for more distance.

Crown turbulators and a Vortec cavity provide aerodynamic efficiencies in the 460cc titanium head. The lightweight, Trajectory Tuning 2.0 hosel allows the 11.5⁰ loft to be adjusted plus or minus 1.5⁰ and up to 3⁰ flatter to dial in the player’s ideal ball flight.

Higher-Lofted Fairway Woods

The G Le4 fairway woods are designed with the Carbonfly Wrap crown to take advantage of weight savings for more effective use elsewhere in the club, including positioning the CG closer to the force line for higher-launching, longer results. New lofts in the 5 (23⁰), 7 (28⁰) and 9 (33⁰) woods improve playability and gapping.

The stainless-steel G Le4 3- and 5-woods combine with a maraging-steel Face Wrap to optimize flexing, making each loft a reliable and consistent choice from anywhere on the course.

The face profile is designed with Spinsistency, a variable-roll-radius innovation that better accommodates mishits, especially those low on the face that perform better due to the more consistent spin results and fast ball speeds.

Lightweight, Easy-to-Swing Irons

Continuing the success of previous generations of PING’s women’s line, the G Le4 is designed as an iron/hybrid combo solution, allowing golfers to create the ideal set make-up with optimal gapping to help ensure success with every swing.

In the stainless-steel G Le4 irons, forgiveness is achieved through a thin face and high-density tip and toe weights that position mass low and to the perimeter. The iron’s lighter overall weight is optimized for consistency and ease of delivering the club to the ball. More ball speed results from a lower CG position and custom-engineered lofts, producing measurable distance gains throughout the set. The tip and toe weights also help achieve the optimal swing weight.

Available in 6 through 9 iron with three wedge options (PW, UW, SW), the G Le4 irons and wedges also benefit from the multi-material PurFlex cavity badge, contributing to more consistent face flexing along with a soft, pleasing feel and sound. 

In the sand wedge (56°) a slim hosel, wide sole and traditional head shape combine with fully machined grooves to improve bunker play. For added control, the pitching and U wedges feature fully machined grooves.

New 8-Hybrid Improves Gapping

Like the fairway woods, the G Le4 hybrids rely on the distance-delivering properties of a maraging-steel face, flexing to provide higher-launching, longer-carrying results. Its dual-roll face profile is optimized to the target swing speed, providing consistent spin. The four loft options, including the addition of an 8H, are optimized for improved distance gaps throughout the entire set.

At address, golfers will notice a shorter hosel and deeper front-to-back shape to inspire confidence while delivering the distance and high launch that brings more greens within reach.

A Putter To Fit Every Stroke

Inspired by PING’s long-standing reputation as a leader in putter design and performance, three distinct, high-MOI G Le4 models are offered in a variety of shapes, materials and alignment cues to fit every golfer’s eye and stroke type.

All three G Le4 putter models are engineered with a one-piece PEBAX elastomer insert that delivers a softer yet responsive feel with the distance control to sink more putts and build confidence on the greens. The PING PP58 Tour M Lilac grip has a Tour-proven shape and is made of a softer compound, offering exceptional feel and comfort.

Anser 2D

The slightly deeper, perimeter-weighted blade design of the G Le4 Anser 2D putter has similar weight, size and forgiveness of a mid-mallet putter. A single contrasting alignment line and clean heel-toe ballasts make aiming easier to inspire a confident stroke. It is engineered for golfers who prefer a blade-style design with a Slight Arc stroke type. It’s cast from 17-4 stainless steel with pearl chrome plating on the face and top rail and has Galactic Lilac accent on the flange and sole.

Louise

The G Le4 Louise putter, a mid-mallet design named in honor of PING co-founder Louise Solheim, borrows its weight and shaping properties from the DS72 but differs with a flared hosel and parallel-tip shaft. It best fits golfers who have a Strong Arc stroke. The multi-material design features a 17-4 stainless-steel body with pearl chrome plating and a forged 6061-T6 aluminum cover in anodized Galactic Lilac.

Oslo

The G Le4 Oslo putter is a high-MOI mallet with a low center of gravity for accuracy, helped by a ball-width back cavity and long alignment line that simplify aiming to inspire confidence and sink more putts. The multi-material mallet best matches golfers with a straight stroke. It has a forged 6061-T6 aluminum body in anodized Galactic Lilac, and a 304 stainless steel sole plate with pearl chrome plating.

Lighter Shafts and Grips Lower Overall Weight

PING’s proprietary ALTA LE Lite and Ultra Lite premium graphite shafts are standard throughout the G Le4 metal woods and irons to bring down the overall club weight while helping generate more clubhead speed and higher launch. The Golf Pride Soft Tack Lilac grip provides a softer, more comfortable feel and is available in four sizes: Aqua (stock) -1/64″, Red -1/32″, Blue -1/16, White – Std.

Out-of-this-World Color Scheme

A sophisticated color combination of Galactic Lilac and Milky Way Midnight (with gold accents on the woods and irons) gives the G Le4 its own identity, creating a premium and high-performance appeal for women serious about having fun on the course.

G Le4 CLUB SPECIFICATIONS

G Le4 Driver

Multi-material construction: Cast Ti 8-1-1 body, carbon crown, high-density back weight, forged T9S+ face, lightweight aluminum/thermoplastic adjustable hosel

Loft: 11.5⁰ (adjustable +- 1.5⁰)

Head weight: 190g

Head volume: 460 cc

Std. length: 45″

Std lie angle: 59.5⁰

Std. swing weight: C3

Stock grip: Golf Pride Soft Tack Lilac Grip (Aqua -1/64″, Red -1/32″, Blue -1/16″, White-Std.)

Shaft options: PING ALTA LE (Lite, 47g and Ultra Lite, 42g, flexes)

U.S. MSRP: $650 each

G Le4 Fairway Woods

Multi-material construction: 17-4 stainless steel body, carbon crown, maraging steel face (3 & 5 woods)

Lofts: 3W (18⁰), 5W (23⁰), 7W (28⁰), 9W (33⁰)

Std. lengths: 3W (42.5″), 5W (42″), 7W (41.5″), 9W (41″)

Std. swing weight: C2

Stock grip: Golf Pride Soft Tack Lilac Grip (Aqua -1/64″, Red -1/32″, Blue -1/16″, White-Std.)

Shaft options: PING ALTA LE (Lite, 50g and Ultra Lite, 42g, flexes)

U.S. MSRP: $355 each

G Le4 Irons

Multi-material construction: 17-4 stainless-steel head, toe screw/tip weights, aluminum/ABS composite badge, HydroPearl 2.0 finish

Available 6-9, PW, UW, SW, in 10 color codes (lie angle). Black color code is standard.

Std. length/loft: 6i (37″/25⁰), 7i (36.5″/29.5⁰), 8i (36″/35⁰), 9i (35.5″/41⁰), PW (35″/46.5⁰), UW (35″/51.5⁰), SW (34.5″/56⁰),

Std. swing weight: 6i (C1), 7i (C2), 8i (C2), 9i (C2.5), PW (C4), UW (C5), SW (C6),

Stock grip: Golf Pride Soft Tack Lilac Grip (Aqua -1/64″, Red -1/32″, Blue -1/16″, White – Std.)

Shaft options: PING ALTA LE (Lite, 50g and Ultra Lite, 44g flexes)

U.S. MSRP: $202.50 each

G Le4 Hybrids

Multi-material construction: 17-4 stainless-steel head, maraging steel face

Lofts: 5H (22⁰), 6H (26.5⁰), 7H (31⁰), 8H (36⁰)

Std. lengths: 5H (38.75″), 6H (38.25″), 7H (37.75″), 8H (37.25″)

Std. swing weight: C1

Stock grip: Golf Pride Soft Tack Lilac Grip (Aqua -1/64″, Red -1/32″, Blue -1/16″, White – Std)

Shaft options: PING ALTA LE (Lite, 56g and Ultra Lite, 49g flexes)

U.S. MSRP: $270 each when purchased individually; $202.50 each when purchased as iron/hybrid combo set of five or more pieces

G Le4 Putters

Anser 2D

Putter Type: Blade

Std. length: 33”

Lie angle: 20⁰ (+-4⁰)

Loft: 3⁰ (+3⁰/-2⁰)

Head Weight: 350g

Stroke Type: Slight Arc

U.S. MSRP: $270

Louise

Putter Type: Mid Mallet

Std. length: 33”

Lie angle: 20⁰ (+-4⁰)

Loft: 3⁰ (+3⁰/-2⁰)

Head Weight: 355g

Stroke Type: Strong Arc

U.S. MSRP: $325

Oslo

Putter Type: Mallet

Std. length: 33”

Lie angle: 20⁰ (+-2⁰)

Loft: 3⁰ (+3⁰/-2⁰)

Head Weight: 360g

Stroke Type: Straight

U.S. MSRP: $325

For more information, contact Pete Samuels (602) 687-5487. 

PING, G Le4, Carbonfly, Spinsistency, Facewrap, EYE2, Anser, Louise, Oslo and WebFit, are registered and unregistered trademarks of Karsten Manufacturing Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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