1. A golf GPS device comprising: a GPS unit; a memory for storing a plurality of aerial images of a golf course, each of the plurality of aerial images comprising a plurality of features on the golf course; a display screen for displaying the plurality of aerial images; a user input for inputting a plurality of location points on an aerial image of the plurality of aerial images displayed on the display; a voice recognition module; and a processor configured to determine a present geographic position of the device using the GPS unit and configured to calculate and display the distance between a first location point displayed on the view screen and a second location point displayed on the view screen, wherein the first location point and the second location point are not the present geographic position of the device; a battery and a power management unit, wherein the power management unit detects a standby condition wherein the standby condition is less than three yards of movement of the golf GPS device as determined by the GPS unit; and upon detecting the standby condition, enters a standby mode in which the power is deactivated for the processor, the display, and the memory.