In 2010, a two-camera box from a little-known San Diego company changed how golfers practiced. The Foresight GC2 measured the ball, and only the ball, but it measured it well enough that within three years it was the best-selling indoor/outdoor launch monitor in the game and a fixture on tour practice ranges.
Sixteen years later, Foresight Sports is bringing the name back. The new GC2, launched today at $1,699, keeps the original's formula: two cameras and ball data only. It isn't a reissue of the old unit. It's built on the frame of the current GC3, adds Foresight's first color display, and arrives just as the company moves its software to annual subscriptions.
That makes the GC2 the cheapest way into Foresight's hardware by a wide margin. The GC3 lists from $6,999 and the GCQuad from $15,999.
What it measures
The GC2 photographs the ball at impact and reports eight numbers, all measured directly rather than estimated from a model:
Ball speed
Launch angle
Launch direction
Total spin
Backspin
Sidespin
Spin axis (tilt)
Carry distance
That's the whole list. There's no clubhead speed, path, face angle or angle of attack, and no software upgrade adds them. Foresight is betting that a real group of golfers would take fewer numbers they can fully trust over a longer list padded with estimates.
For tournament players, that trade may be easier to accept than it sounds. Building a yardage book, checking wedge gaps before a qualifier, or seeing whether a new 3-wood fills the hole between driver and hybrid all come down to ball speed, launch, spin and carry.
The hardware
Anyone who has used a GC3 or Bushnell Launch Pro will recognize the shape: upright body, molded handle on top, cameras facing the ball from the side. It drops the GC3's third, middle camera and is slightly smaller.
Display: a color screen, a first for Foresight, built to be readable in sunlight and glare. It isn't a touchscreen. It rotates between two data views that you set up in the app.
Connectivity: the unit broadcasts its own Wi-Fi network. A laptop joins it directly, and the software connects automatically after that.
Hitting zone: trapezoid-shaped and smaller than the GC3's, about 4 inches across the top, 13 inches down the sides and 14 inches across the bottom.
Battery: 4 to 6 hours, according to Foresight's pre-launch figure.
In the box: the unit, a power cord and an alignment stick. There's no carrying case.
Free storage: 10 sessions in the app. On the unit itself, each new shot replaces the last one on screen.
The subscription math
The GC2 works out of the box with no subscription. Hit a ball and the numbers appear on the screen. Anything past that, including saved history, practice modes, simulator courses and third-party software, runs through Foresight+, the company's new subscription platform.
| Plan | Annual cost | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| No subscription | $0 | Live data on the built-in screen; 10 stored sessions in the app |
| Silver | $199 | Data storage and tracking, practice range and challenges |
| Gold | $599 | Silver plus swing video and third-party connectivity, such as GSPro |
| Course Pass | $295 | 35 courses, including Quail Hollow, Muirfield and Marco Simone (requires Silver or Gold) |
| Course Pass Pro | $595 | 110-plus courses, including Pebble Beach, Bethpage Black, Royal Troon and Olympic Club (requires Silver or Gold) |
Course passes can't be bought alone, so simulator golf always means two subscriptions. On top of the $1,699 unit:
Practice and track data: Silver, $199 a year.
Play Foresight's courses: Silver plus Course Pass, $494 a year.
Everything: Gold plus Course Pass Pro, about $1,194 a year.
Play GSPro: Gold ($599) plus GSPro's own $250 fee, about $849 a year.
The competition
At this price, the obvious rival is the Square Golf Omni. It uses four cameras, reports far more data, charges no subscription and offers the cheapest route into GSPro. Square is a much newer hardware maker, though, and the Omni has had a waitlist.
The GC2 makes the opposite pitch: fewer numbers, from a company whose launch monitors have been trusted on tour ranges for more than 15 years.
Who it's for
On paper, the GC2 fits the amateur who wants trustworthy carry and spin numbers for gapping and tournament prep, wants Foresight's build quality, and doesn't need club data. The built-in screen also makes it a simple range-bag unit: turn it on, hit, read.
It's a tougher sell for golfers who want every metric available, or who plan to spend winter nights on GSPro.
The original GC2 earned its "Game Changer" name. Whether the new one does will depend on how it reads the ball, and on how many golfers are willing to pay every year to get the most out of it.
Coming soon: AmateurGolf.com is putting the GC2 through hands-on testing, comparing it shot for shot against Foresight's GC3 with driver, irons and wedges, on mats and on grass. Look for the full review in the coming weeks.
Pricing and specs reflect Foresight's launch information as of October 1, 2026.