MyGolfSpy's 2026 launch monitor test ranks Bushnell's Launch Pro first and the new $1,699 GC2 second

MyGolfSpy updated its personal launch monitor rankings for 2026 on Monday. After testing 17 models, the site picked the Bushnell Launch Pro as the best overall, with Foresight's new $1,699 GC2 one tenth of a point behind.

Testers hit more than 500 shots, measuring every unit against a Foresight GCQuad, which MyGolfSpy uses as its reference for all equipment testing. Indoor sessions ran in the site's facility. Outdoor testing was at Kiln Creek Golf Club.

The full ranking

Ties are listed in MyGolfSpy's order. The Garmin R50 tied the GC2 on score, but MyGolfSpy gave the runner-up award to the GC2.

The award winners

• Best overall: Bushnell Launch Pro (9.4, $2,999.99). MyGolfSpy says it had the best overall accuracy, indoors and out, and was nearly perfect on ball speed. Simulator play needs an add-on subscription. Bushnell's product page lists GSPro at $250 a year, which requires an active Gold membership.
• Runner-up: Foresight GC2 (9.3, $1,699). This is the new dual-camera GC2 Foresight put on presale Oct. 1. MyGolfSpy says it had the best indoor accuracy in the test, edging the Launch Pro "by a hair," and called it arguably the best value in the pool.
• Staff pick: Foresight GC3 (9.2, $6,999). The pick for golfers who want club data as well as ball data. It finished top three in both indoor and outdoor accuracy.
• Best under $1,000: Garmin Approach G82 (8.5, $599.99). A GPS handheld first, with a radar launch monitor built in. It ranked fifth in accuracy. It has no virtual course play, so it isn't a sim option.
• Best under $500: Shot Scope LM1 (7.6, $199.99). Cheap and portable, but MyGolfSpy says it gives no spin, launch angle or direction, and its readings were largely unreliable from long irons up through driver.

How the scores were built

Accuracy was 60% of the score, and a unit lost three points for every 1% of average error. The best models were under 1%. The last-place Swinora PLM, sold on Amazon, averaged 12.84%.

User-friendliness was worth 20 points: an on-device screen, live phone or web support, the ability to use any ball, and access to your session history. Features were the other 20, and 10 of those went to virtual course play, which MyGolfSpy weighted heavily because of demand for simulator golf.

What it means for a sim build

Because sim access counts for so much of the features score, a unit that's accurate but can't run courses gets capped. That's worth remembering when you read the G82 and LM1 awards. Both are range tools.

For a room you'll mostly use indoors, the test points to the GC2: best indoor accuracy in the pool at $1,699. Budget for software too. Golficity made the same point about the GC2's separate software bill in a test we covered in October.