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Garmin Approach S50 GPS Golf Watch

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Garmin's got your game with Approach® S50, the GPS golf watch that gives you what you need on the course and beyond. Its slim, lightweight design and ComfortFit nylon strap make it an easy all-day wear. Its bright 1.2” AMOLED display makes it easy to see key yardages to the green, hazards, doglegs and Playslike Distance on 43,000+ preloaded courses worldwide. Off the course, stay on top of your health with activity profiles for strength, yoga and running — plus heart rate and advanced sleep monitoring (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked.

FEATURES

  • Stunning 1.2” color AMOLED display brings 43,000+ preloaded courses to life on your wrist
  • Be comfortable on and off the course with the lightweight ComfortFit nylon strap
  • Battery life: up to 10 days in smartwatch mode and up to 15 hours in GPS mode
  • Get distance to the front, middle and back of the green and navigate bunkers, water hazards and layups with hazard view
  • Playslike Distance feature tells you how far each shot truly is, with adjusted yardage for elevation changes
  • Pair with optional Approach® CT1 or CT10 club trackers (sold separately) for shot-tracking capabilities, so you have a clearer picture of which parts of your game to focus on
  • Easily keep score as you play, and upload to the Garmin Golf™ smartphone app for stat tracking and handicap calculation
  • Improve your strength and mobility with preloaded activity profiles for strength, yoga, cardio, and more so you can hit the ball farther and prevent injuries
  • Get a more complete picture of your health with wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, Body Battery™ energy monitoring, advanced sleep monitoring and more so you can perform your best on the course (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
  • Pay for your food at the turn with Garmin Pay™ contactless payments (with a supported payment card); listen on the go when you download songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (subscription may be required)
  • With a Garmin Golf™ membership, you’ll get enhanced full-color CourseView maps for a more detailed view of every hole, green contour data and Touch Targeting for exact distance to any point

WHAT'S INCLUDED

  • Approach S50 GPS golf watch
  • Charging/data cable
  • Product manual and documentation

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Battery Type: Rechargeable internal lithium-ion
  • Battery Life: Smartwatch mode: up to 10 days. GPS mode: up to 15 hours
  • Dimensions: 1.7" W x 1.7" H x 0.43" D
  • Weight: 1.0 oz (29g)
  • Memory Capacity: 4 GB
  • Brand : Garmin
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Style : APPROACHS50SLT APPROACHS50
  • Web ID: 25GMNAPPRCHS50SLTGPS

REVIEWS

4.4
93%
Recommended

95 Reviews

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Great Watch

I love it it works so goog and plus it tracks your dtrps and heart rate it’s great

Love My Garmin Watch

Bought the S50 to replace my vivo hr. Love the Garmin watch, wouldn't want any other fitness watch. It is great.

Upgrade

An upgrade from a Garmin S20, easy to use, great display, tracks steps and mileage, keeps score the HOLE nine yards. Garmin makes this golf watch almost as much fun as the game itself. Love it!

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Very Nice Watch Very Accurate

But wants to replace an older model great works great love it

Great As A Regular Watch As Well

I am wearing this watch daily and it works much as a smart watch as well as a GPS for golf.

Easy To Use And Great Features.

I upgraded from the approach 12 to the S50. I used my S50 for the first time. It is easy to use and very accurate. One of the best features is that very shot distance is measured automatically. Moving the pin on the green and checking the distance to a bunker or dog leg is easily done on the touch screen.

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Approach S50

Purchased as replacement for S60 which died after 8+ years. Like the thinner body & Velcro band. Still getting used to commands, but for most part easy to adapt. S50 also collects additional health data which is useful.

Great Gift

Easy to use and precise distance measurement. Pin location selection is very convenient.

Great Upgrade From The S42 Watch.

I just started using the S50 this week. Two rounds in. I use the CT10 shot trackers as well. With the plays like feature and movable pin feature I hardly need to go to my range finder. Loving it so far.

Great Watch For On The Course!

I'm happy with the watch on the golf course and as a health tracker. However, I do wish that it had more features for golf training. You'd think a golf watch would have a tempo trainer and keep up with swings in a practice session!

Great Features

The watch meets all my expectations. Great battery life. Also got the Garmin Golf app. I can now select shot position and get green contours on my watch. Like the full hole layout on the watch for hazards and doglegs. Very happy with it so far.

Love It. So Comfortable And Accurate

Love it. So comfortable and accurate. What a great way to get yardage without having to deal with a range finder

Great Features For The Price

I bought this a couple weeks ago and I like all the features. I used to have a Apple Watch and a Garmin S20 for golf. Now I have all or most of the features I had with the Apple Watch and I don't have to swap it out for golf. The Golf features are easy to use and the Garmin golf App is a nice feature to review your round.

Good Watch

i bought this watch to replace my S42, which was a very good watch. 2 buttons was something i had to get used to, but otherwise easy to use.

Disappointment With The Garmin Approach S50

I hesitated for some time before purchasing the Approach S70, but ultimately decided against it because it seemed to have too many features and was too expensive. Instead, I chose the S50, which I believed offered simpler functionality at a more reasonable price. However, when I took the S50 out for my first round of golf, I found that the course view was not displayed on the screen. After returning home and checking further, I discovered that I would need to pay additional fees and subscribe to a membership in order to access the golf course view. When I was considering the S70, I was informed that all course views were preloaded, so I naturally assumed the same would be true for the S50. While it is partly my responsibility for not reading the specifications more carefully, the product images clearly show a vivid course view on the display. Based on those images alone, I reasonably expected that the course view would be available. Learning that I must pay a monthly subscription fee just to see the course view leaves me at a loss for words. If I pay the membership fee for about three years, the total cost becomes equivalent to the price of the S70. I find this to be a very underhanded marketing practice. There are many products on the market that are cheaper than the S50 and still provide course view functionality without additional charges. Because I do not wish to pay even a single additional dollar for what I consider to be such an unfair business practice, I have decided to stop using the S50 altogether. This is my review of Garmin products.

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