1. Is the Launch Pro/GC3 a relative of the GCQuad?
2. Foresight Sports GCQuad Launch Pro Launch Monitor & Simulator
3. Foresight Sports GC3 Launch Monitor & Simulator
4. Bushnell Launch Pro Golf Launch Monitor
5. The PlayBetter Bottom Line on the Bushnell Launch Pro
6. PlayBetter Launch Pro vs GC3 vs GCQuad Comparison Table

The GCQuad is a three-time Golf Digest Editors' Choice Award Winner for a reason. As the only launch monitor in the industry to utilize Quadrascopic imaging, the GCQuad delivers the most accurate detailed picture of ball and club head performance analysis, providing repeatable and reliable data indoors and out.

Starting at $11,000 out of the box (that's without Club Head & Essential Putting Analysis add-ons), this amazing golf launch monitor and simulator is, let's face it, not in the cards for most everyday golfers.

To help bridge that gap, Foresight and Bushnell have created two new golf launch monitors with near-GCQuad accuracy that are the same in every way hardware-wise, but offer different feature bundles to make more affordable options for golfers.

For the sake of comparison, we're starting with the flagship, tour-dominating GCQuad to give you an understanding of the technology that the GC3 and Launch Pro descend from.

Four Cameras = The Most Accuracy

When you use the GCQuad on your shot, four cameras catch 200 pictures during impact from four different perspectives. That combination allows unprecedented pinpointing of your club and ball features, providing wickedly precise strike and shot data within seconds.

Foresight Sports GCQuad Stats:

• Launch Angle
• Side Angle
• Ball Speed
• Total Spin
• Back Spin
• Carry
• Side Spin
• Spin Axis

GCQuad Golf Simulation Software

The GCQuad comes with FSX2020 simulation software. As one of the best virtual golf experiences, it offers stunning imaging technology and ultra fast processing power. This true-to-life home golf simulator experience includes:

• Exclusive golf course bundle
• Foresight Fairgrounds
• Foot Golf
• Glass Break (skill building module)
• Inside 6 Feet (skill building module)
• Tournament mode in Compete
• Range mode support
• Updates to club images and club analysis screen
• Refinement of impact location reporting on club face

Club Head Add-On Metrics (+$4,000)

• Club Head Speed
• Smash Factor
• Club Path  
• Angle of Attack
• Loft/Lie
• Face Angle
• Impact Location
• Closure Rate

Essential Putting Analysis Add-On Data (+$2,500)

The GCQuad can give insight into your putting you've never dreamed of. But Foresight Sports did, and it looks like this:

• Ball velocity
• Vertical launch angle
• Horizontal launch direction
• Total spin
• Spin-tilt axis
• Back spin
• Side spin
• Club speed
• Smash factor
• Club path
• Angle of attack
• Impact face angle
• Impact lie
• Impact location
• Skid rate
• Time to full roll

According to Foresight Sports US Sales Director Rick Cuellar, “The GC3 was designed from the start to fill the gap between our original ball-data-only GC2 and the unmatched data insight of our GCQuad. It delivers the essential ball and club data players need to reliably improve their game as well as power a true-to-life virtual golf experience. No other product on the market comes close to delivering this range of options – nor this level of indoor/outdoor accuracy – at this price.”

That price, $7,499.00 out of the box, gets you the GC3 with this bundle:

Foresight Triscopic Photometric Technology

This high-speed camera-based system uses three eyes to capture every detail at impact. Not quite the precision of four, of course, but damn close. And certainly more than the GC2.

GC3 Ball Data

All of the ball data metrics you get with the GCQuad, which includes:

• Launch Angle
• Side Angle
• Ball Speed
• Total Spin
• Carry
• Side Speed / Spin Axis

GC3 Club Data

• Club Head Speed
• Smash Factor
• Club Path
• Angle of Attack

For Your Home Golf Simulator Studio

• FSX Play Software
• FSX 2020 Software License with 10 courses
• Foresight Sports Performance App
• Foresight’s Fairgrounds gaming package
• The ability go add on third-party simulation like E6 Connect

As with the GCQuad, if you want Club Metrics or Essential Putting Analysis, you will have to add it on.  

While it is being manufactured by Foresight Sports, the Launch Pro is sold by Bushnell Golf, in order to offer tour-level metrics in a package (or packages) that is more affordable for the everyday golfer. The Launch Pro is not cheap, but the accuracy you are getting with this photometric golf launch monitor is near GC Quad-level, and you won't find anything like it at this price.

Let's jump right into what you get when you purchase a Launch Pro.

Out-of-the-Box, Basic Functionality for $3,999.99

All of the ball data metrics and no head data, which includes:

• Launch Angle
• Side Angle
• Ball Speed
• Total Spin
• Back Spin
• Side Spin
• Spin Axis
• Carry Distance

Data is limited to a single shot; you get what's displayed on the Launch Pro’s LCD screen. You can't store, export, or save your performance data. Again, while this seems limited, it offers what entry-level GLMs offer, but with premium accuracy and robust technology.

Launch Pro Annual Subscription Plans

You can opt for one of the tiered subscription plans below or unlock the Bushnell Launch Pro entirely for $3,499 to get basically the same features at the Foresight GC3.

Jump to our Launch Pro Subscription Plan Comparison Chart to compare every detail of the plans side by side.

Activate subscription plans during your product setup/registration with a credit card.

Basic Plan (first year is free): $249/year lets you:

• FSX Pro softwqre (iPad required)

• Connect to an iPad and see 2D ball flight on a range similar to what originally came with the GC Quad.

• Save 1 session locally and another 10 in the cloud.

• Get these metrics: Carry Distance, Ball Speed, Total Spin, Horizontal Launch Angle, Vertical Launch Angle, Clubhead Speed, and Smash Factor.
  
  
• As of 8/1/22, get additional features that were previously only available with the Gold Plan, which include: Spin Tilt Axis, Back Spin, Side Spin, Club Path, Angle of Attack, and Barometer.

Again, see our Launch Pro Subscription Plan Comparison Chart to get a full understanding of the price and subscription plan changes.

Silver Plan: $499/year gets you a robust upgrade with a basic simulation package, which includes:

• As of 8/1/22, get additional features that were previously only available with the Gold Plan, which include: Spin Tilt Axis, Back Spin, Side Spin, Club Path, Angle of Attack, and Barometer.
• The ability to connect to a computer or project onto a screen.
• Virtual golf on 5 courses and practice on the range.
• The ability for up to 4 players to play at once.
• The ability to get data for Total Distance, Offline Distance, Descent Angle, and Peak Height with FSX 2020 or FSX Pro (FSX Pro not included) software packages.
• Save up to 5 sessions locally and 20 more in the cloud.
• Add on additional courses ($150 standard; $250 premium) and Zombie Golf and Foresight Fairgrounds games ($125 each).
• Includes Simulation and FSX Play.
• iPad required for FSX Pro; PC gaming computer required for FSX 2020.

Gold Plan (free 30-day trial with purchase): $699/year allows you the full package: full simulation capabilities (up to 8 golfers at a time), as well as all of the ball and clubhead metrics offered by the GC3, which include:

• Launch Angle
• Side Angle
• Ball Speed
• Total Spin
• Back Spin
• Spide Spin
• Spin Axis
• Carry Distance
• Total Distance*
• Offline Distance*
• Descent Angle*
• Peak Height*
• Clubhead Speed
• Smash Factor
• Club Path
• Angle of Attack

* through FSX or FSX Pro Software only

Additional courses for Gold package users are $125 (standard course) and $200 (premium course). Zombie golf and Fairgrounds are $99 each.

The $699 Bushnell Launch Pro package puts the device almost on even footing with the Foresight GC3. Both include the ability to connect third-party simulation software.

Tip: Think group share: If you have several friends who would play with you (remember up to 8 players in simulation with the gold package) you could split that annual cost, making it more affordable!

Jump to our Launch Pro Subscription Plan Comparison Chart to compare every detail of the plans side by side.