GuidonCaddie

Golf quietly assumes one thing about you: that you can see where the ball went.

Take that away and the sport becomes almost unplayable on your own. Not because the swing is impossible — blind golfers swing beautifully — but because every shot requires a sighted guide to tell you where the ball landed, how far you are, which way to aim. The dependence, not the difficulty, is what pushes people out of the game.

GuidonCaddie removes that dependence.

How it works

The system uses a compact rover that follows the ball, identifies its landing point, and relays real-time updates to a mobile app through camera vision and GPS tracking. The player gets the information a caddie would give them — distance, direction, where the ball actually is — without needing a caddie at all.

It started as a school project and turned into something more involved: months of testing to make the tracking reliable outdoors, on real turf, at real shot distances.

Inclusive, human-centred technology — enabling visually impaired golfers to enjoy the sport with confidence and independence. First India, 21 December 2025

Where it has been shown

GuidonCaddie has been presented at science and innovation fairs, and was covered by First India in December 2025 under the headline “Golf Innovation”. Development continues — the honest status is that it works and is still being refined, not that it is finished.

If you work in assistive technology, adaptive sport or golf and want to talk about it, get in touch.