Garmin Approach S60, Premium GPS Golf Watch with Touchscreen Display and Full Color CourseView Mapping, Black w/Silicone Band

Is the s62 better? Probably. But if this is still 260, it is absolutely the best gadget for a golfer to have on their wrist. The bad? Here goes. It’s not winning any beauty contests. To keep it light it’s hard plastic. The battery isn’t that great, I only wear it golfing and I keep it plugged in with it’s proprietary cable. In gps golf mode it will drain 20% doing 9 holes. It has missed a swing here or there. You can only edit what club you used later in app and that is not fun, but doable. I had one issue where it drained itself one night after I unlplugged it and once it didn’t want to turn on. Searching for gps satellites takes a long time to do. For some reason you need two apps on your phone But for a second, pretend you thought, yes, but it’s 260 bucks. And you bought it. You plug it in to charge, it takes forever to turn on, you link it your phone, you set up your clubs, and you watch a YouTube video on what settings to turn on in the golf app. You go play. You walk up to the tee, you quickly move the flag using your touchscreen and you are almost if not as accurate as guy using rangefinder. You choose your club and after swinging touch the watch to tell it what club you used. Every club but putting. And you do your his for every club. At the end of your match, it syncs with your phone and you have beautiful full color pictures of every hole and how you hit. It starts tracking your handicap. It tracks your club distances (and you can access this from your phone). Your scorecards, all on your phone for forever. You can go back and look at pictures. Screenshots to text your friends. No guessing what your 160 yard club is. If you golf a lot, you should own one of these. Period.

Works great, was a bargain at $265 compared to its original $500 price tag. At some places it's $250 or less, but I appreciate the Amazon return policy in case something's wrong with it. Battery life is sufficient, way better than the Samsung Active 2 that I was wearing before, not enough for 36h most likely, but I only play 9 or 18 so it's fine. Super comfortable, non-gps battery life is several days, always on display and easy to read in daylight, using it as my everyday watch now. Used to carry around a garmin g80 on the course in my pocket which was annoying; now I have less crap in my pockets, and since its on the wrist it's a lot more accessible for reviewing yardages, entering club data and strokes, etc. I have a tiny lady wrist, 6" circumference, and I worried how the watch would fit but it's fine. The band is comfy, I'm on the 4th hole on the strap from the smallest setting, the strap doesn't make my skin break out, it's a little big but it's passable, just looks like a big outdoorsy fitness watch. Has all the golf functions anyone could wish for: plays like distances, touch targeting and hole overview and flag positioning, club distance tracking and automatic swing sensing, scorecard function, compass for blind shots, relatively accurate measurements, compiles performance stats. If you really play 36h regularly then the S62 might be worth the $500, but for the rest of us mere mortals that play 9h or 18h this S60 is a great half-cost option with nearly all the same functionality.

This is a great watch. Haven't had a smart watch since the original Pebble watch. I was using an app on my phone for Golf but I was always jealous of my buddies when they could just look at their wrist and get distances instantaneously! The Approach S60 delivers on the course. I've used it on several courses in different states and so far, no issues with accuracy. I have had some quirks where it appears to have skipped a hole but I think it might have been something I did unknowingly. Last few rounds have been dead on! I love that you can get your distances after each round. I don't take a lot of practices swings (hardly any) so I'm sure that contributes to the accuracy but it tracks ever tee shot and every approach/chip shot I make. While you can use the watch in a simple mode (track shots automatically, keep your own score) there are a bunch of more detailed settings you can employ and in my opinion, it's gets cumbersome to use with the little screen (i.e. keeping score for multiple golfers). Battery life seems adequate. When I'm not golfing, I get at least 10 days. It does have a proprietary charging cord so if you purchase, you may want an extra one. It has no problem getting through a round of 18 (yesterday, I started at 98% and finished with 59% battery life - Round was 3:58). One Gripe I have are the watch faces (and the connect store). I download a watchface, install and sync. and then randomly the watchface will disappear completely and the stock watchface returns. A sync does not solve the issue. I have to go back to the store, download again and sync to restore the watchface I want. A small annoyance, but an annoyance just the same. Pros: -Waterproof -Reasonable Battery Life -Accurate for Golf -Seems durable -Notifications are customizeable (texts, FB, Etc.) -Doubles as a fitness tracker Cons: -Can be finicky, occasionally confusing for tracking activities -No Heart Rate Monitor -Store has limited offerings -Proprietary charger and operating system -Band is thin (though has held up well so far).

Watch worked out of the box. Immediately synched with Garmin Connect, no issues. Played 18 today, watch had 92 percent batt when I started, ended round at 58 percent. That was using every feature including auto shot tracker and scoring. Watch very customizable. Can download different apps and watch faces and it's super easy to do. It's basically a slimmed down Fenix 5. It's 46mm so it's the perfect size (tho many women may not like that big of a watch) These bad reviews are strange. I never even read the manual and figured it out in 5 minutes. It literally was plug and play. And no. You don't need a computer. Everything can be done on the app. And if you own a cell phone you own a block to charge it. Not sure why so many people think they need to buy a charging block 😂😂 Your TV USB will even charge it. Or as I said, your phone block. Or iPad. Or kindle. Any block that takes USB will charge the watch. Silly people. The watch auto shot and tracker was awesome. Maps out distance and where the ball landed, which is reviewable after the round when you sync to garmin connect. Then you just tap the scorecard and scroll through the holes at the bottom and select which you want to look at. Scroll left and right to go through all of them. I also own game golf live which I now will sell (no more tagging my shots!) I'm beyond pleased with the S60.

I wanted to "love" this product but just cannot do so. My watch jams up on me frequently so I cannot see how far a shot travels (or how far I am away from the shot location when looking for a ball). It freezes on the 174 yard value. When you are near a green, it misses chip shots because it goes into "on green" mode. It takes an extremely long time to locate satellites. Or, if you hit a shot near the tee area for the next hole, it advances to that hole. If you locate satellites a long time before you tee off, it then thinks practice swings (or warm up chip shots) are actual swings. Mine often doesn't charge and I have to play with the contacts on the charging cable to establish a connection. If you elect to not keep score on the watch, the shot by shot tracking doesn't work. Why can't this feature work when you are not keeping score?

Outstanding watch in all aspects. I've been using it as an everyday watch for about a month and love it. I see a lot of negative reviews so I'll try to address common complaints: Pairing - once you download the Garmin Connect app it's a breeze, no issues here. Directions - true, they don't come with the watch, but are easy to find on Garmin's website. I found them very helpful, and easy to read. Functionality - some have had trouble using it. If you don't consider yourself mildly tech savvy, this watch has too much horsepower for you. There are several screens and almost endless options, which could overwhelm some. Everything is customizable - you can turn features on and off. If all you need is front/middle/back distances this is a bit of overkill. Battery - in GPS mode it is average, very good in watch mode. There are many options to save on battery life. Software - updates when you sync with the Garmin Connect app, no issues with black bars some have mentioned. Price - sure it's not cheap, but considering the fact that you can wear it as an everyday watch, the endless features: swing tempo, shot tracking, stat tracking, step tracking, sleep, biking, swimming, walking, running, etc. you might be able to justify the cost. Bottom line: this is the best golf watch out there with all the bells and whistles, go for it!

This watch is an amazing tool that is helping me become a better golfer. The GPS is incredibly accurate; I hardly use my rangefinder any more. I love the scorekeeping too. You can zoom in and get yardage to hazards on each hole from where you are. It always shows the distance to the green from wherever you are, and the distance to your last shot, so as soon as you go to your drive, for instance, you know how long it was, which is great when you hit a good one. One of the best things is reviewing your round in the app. You can look at every hole and it shows every shot you made and how long it was. This can really hurt your feelings when you did poorly, but it's awesome on the good ones. It also interfaces with your smartphone and gives you phone, message, and email notifications, which I love (you can decline calls from your watch!). It counts steps, but it does not have a heart rate monitor (that's probably the only con I can think of for this watch). Expensive but worth every penny.

I have waited to write this review, because I have purchase 2 others prior to this one. All three have simply stopped working. This one last about one year. I would caution purchase due to failure rate I have experienced. Probably better to get an app on the phone.