{"id":343497,"date":"2025-12-12T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/343497\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:32:19","slug":"stitch-golf-link-strap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/343497\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitch Golf Link Strap Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One golf item I never thought I would review in my 30-plus years in the industry is a golf strap. Yes, I\u2019ve talked about strap systems in individual golf bag reviews<\/a>. But as a stand-alone item? No. In fact, I\u2019m a little surprised that someone actually thought of a smart strap and thought there might be a market for it.<\/p>\n

But Stitch Golf, a premium brand that pushes the envelope a bit, is banking that there\u2019s a niche market of golfers who will gravitate to this concept.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a strap; it\u2019s a game-changing experience,\u201d said Brad King, CEO of Stitch Golf. \u201cWe saw an opportunity to integrate smart tech into the most overlooked part of a golfer\u2019s gear, and we took it to a whole new level. What no one else has, now everybody is going to want.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure everybody will want it, but I tried it. And you know what? The new Stitch Golf Link Strap with embedded technology from Bushnell Golf makes more sense than I thought it would. And there are definitely golfers out there who love to have the latest and greatest and will take a look at this.<\/p>\n

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The Stitch Link Golf Strap is a new addition to the company\u2019s MIY (Make it Yours) concept, where you can personalize various components of the SL2 golf bag<\/a>, like the body, the saddle, and the strap. These three elements can be changed out, and come in different color combinations.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s a new strap you can add if you have a Stitch bag already, and it comes with two pieces of technology \u2013 a Bushnell Wingman Speaker<\/a> and a magnetically attached Bushnell Phantom 3 Slope Handheld GPS<\/a>. The new strap ($350) is specially designed to accommodate them. For those who have another carry bag brand, Stitch is planning to offer adapters soon.<\/p>\n

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Bushnell, of course, sells these items separately for those who aren\u2019t interested in embedding them in a strap, and they work very well. The GPS can be carried in your pocket, for example, or magnetically placed on a cart rail or hooked to a golf bag. The speaker can also be hooked to a golf bag or placed on a golf cart. As of publication, the Bushnell speaker and GPS are on sale on the Bushnell website for $80 and $130, respectively, if you bought them separately.<\/p>\n

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If you always ride, this smart strap probably doesn’t make sense for you.<\/p>\n

I actually don\u2019t carry too much (I usually use a push cart when I walk), but for this review, I did both. While it\u2019s pretty cool on a push cart, to get the full effect of this concept, carrying is the way to go.<\/p>\n

My first impression when I hooked up everything and started carrying this bag was how comfortable the strap was. In fact, I actually had a round where I had a caddie, and he remarked how cool he thought the concept was and how good the strap was, too.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s probably due to the construction of the strap, which is made with Stitch\u2019s signature “Touring Fabric,\u201d and has thicker padding than its regular straps, so it could embed the Bushnell products<\/a>. The straps are also very light, and you definitely don\u2019t feel the speaker and the rangefinder while carrying clubs.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s why I really liked this concept. While I don\u2019t usually listen to music on the course, having that speaker right behind me when carrying does a couple of things. First, it sounds great, because it\u2019s a pretty decent little speaker, and it\u2019s close to you as you walk with the bag. Secondly, because it\u2019s close to you, you can keep the volume down, which means it\u2019s unlikely to bother other players. I found that unless they got close to me, or we were on the tee, they couldn\u2019t hear the classic rock or jazz (and sometimes spa music I play to help calm me down) I was playing through the speaker.<\/p>\n

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Secondly, where the GPS is located means that every time you put the bag down, there it is, right in front of you. You don\u2019t have to pull it out of your pocket. Of course, the GPS could also be clipped to the bag, but having it in the strap is cooler.<\/p>\n

Also, it doesn\u2019t appear there\u2019s any reason to be worried about these devices falling out of the strap as you walk. Not only do the devices fit snugly into the cavities of the strap, but the magnets also work on the strap.<\/p>\n

As for ease of use, the Wingman speaker pairs easily with a smartphone via Bluetooth. The controls on the speaker aren’t very accessible when in the strap, but you can control everything with your phone anyway. You can also get audible distances with the Wingman.<\/p>\n

The Phantom 3 Slope GPS has a touchscreen for all its displays. Plus, unlike some best golf GPS devices<\/a>, once you turn it on, it figures out where you are and what hole you’re on, so it\u2019s pretty automatic. One of the cool features \u2013 as the name states \u2013 is that it can give you slope-compensated distances much like an optical rangefinder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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