golf earbuds

Golf is a truly international game, enjoyed by millions of players around the globe. According to the National Golf Foundation, today there are “33,161 global facilities and 567,111 golf holes” available for play around the world. Despite the countless miles of fairways and greens encompassed by all those golf facilities, the legendary Bobby Jones best summarized the ethos of the game when he once stated:

“Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course – the distance between your ears.”

A full round of 18 holes often takes several hours to play. While many recreational golfers enjoy socializing with friends on the course between shots, others would also enjoy listening to music, a football game, a podcast, or some other auditory form of entertainment to pass some of the idle time. The right audio track even helps some better control the “five-inch course between their ears.” However, music on the golf course is a sticky subject for a number of reasons.

Music on the Golf Course: How to Make it Work

Even on the most relaxed of public golf courses, blasting music from a stereo generally frowned upon. While the movie Caddyshack might suggest otherwise, hosting a dance party on the fairway is usually a good way to get one’s self ejected from the facility.

music on the golf course

In light of the social protocols of golf, some might suggest investing in a good set of headphones. However, not a lot of companies actively market headphones for golf. This despite a strong demand for a solution for listening to music while playing golf. Here are two main reasons why:

  • Social isolation. Blocking out the audio of the outside world may be fine for a few minutes here and there during a round. For example, traditional earbuds might work while the rest of your foursome is playing their balls from the other side of the fairway. But pulling headphones on and off your head every time you want to converse with others on the course is hardly ideal.
  • Situational awareness and safety. According to Golflink, a ball traveling off the tee reaches speeds of up to 180 miles-per-hour (roughly 290 kilometers-per-hour). Given the damage a golf ball can do traveling at such speeds, having the ability to hear a golfer’s “FORE!” call on a errant shot is vital for basic safety reasons.

Why IQbudsTM are the Perfect Earbuds for Golf

A feature for IQbudsTM in the September 2017 issue of Golf Australia

Unlike traditional headphones, IQbudsTM come equipped with specialized features such as dynamic noise control. Using a user-friendly mobile application, golfers can balance the sounds of the surrounding physical world with their digital soundtrack. In addition to this blended audio experience, IQbudsTM also offer speech amplification. This enables golfers to more clearly hear voices above other ambient noise, while still listening to music, podcasts, or the radio via a Bluetooth connection.

Additionally, the simple tap-touch controls of IQbudsTM enable the wearer to toggle on or off digital audio.  The wearer can answer or hang up phone calls, or change their pre-configured hearing environment with a single tap to the earbud.

Make fiddling with wires a thing of the past. Suffer from more social isolation no more. Forget about worries regarding a lack of situation awareness.

With IQbudsTM, today’s golfer can enjoy the best-of-all-worlds while on the links and off. Golfers can listen to music, socialize with friends, and maintain situational awareness of their surroundings.

Get golf-ready with a new pair of IQbudsTM today.

September 10th, 2017