Garmin Approach S70 GPS watch from £599
GM verdict
While this GPS golf watch can’t swing the club for you, it can pretty much do everything else. Besides giving fast, accurate yardages to greens, bunkers and other on-course hazards, it is capable of tracking your score and shot distances and even making club selections.
What’s more, you can easily swipe to see the forecast and even get weather-modified yardages. And, if you set it up with a smartphone, it can relay all your notifications so you’re kept fully in the loop while on course. It’s a feature-packed watch that rivals generic smartwatches from the likes of Apple, all with the major benefit of market-leading golf GPS integrated at its core.
The watch comes pre-loaded with more than 43,000 courses from across the world, and the transition from smartwatch to golf mode is as easy as pushing one button. When you arrive for golf, the watch will automatically download the course and start your round for you.
One of the major advancements over the Approach S62 and Approach S42 is the updated view of the fullhole maps. The all-new AMOLED touchscreen is the highestresolution screen on any GPS golf watch and makes the improved CourseView look even sharper. The intricate
