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★★★★★
Great watch and does everything advertised. Make sure it's on the proper wrist when golfing!
I have played 5 rounds with this watch. The feature I was most excited about was the shot tracking. Having the ability to see the round at the end of it and see all of your shots and where they went was very appealing. The watch only detects about 1/3 of my shots. It wasn't even picking up my drives which is the shot you hit the hardest and should be the easiest to pick up. So at the end of the round, you have holes that show one shot tracked or no shots. I went 3 holes today without one shot being tracked. I have tried for a week to contact garmin and all they have told me to do is update the software on the watch. I have asked if there is any way to manually mark a shot if it isn't detected and there isn't. They have not responded to my questions regarding that option. As far as telling me how far I am from the hole, it is flawless. As far as an activity tracker, the app is very rich and its great. But I wanted a dedicated golf watch, not an activity tracker.
UPDATE!!****** I worked with Luke who is a software developer at Garmin and he saw my above review and reached out. Turns out, I was wearing the watch on the wrong wrist. I am left handed so I wear my watch on my right wrist, but I golf right handed. Apparently, the watch needs to be worn on the leading wrist when golfing. The next time I took the watch out on the course, I wore it on my left wrist and It didn't miss a shot. It was much more sensitive and was even picking up practice swings and my chips around the green. I now can have a complete review of every round. Thanks Garmin!
July 2017 · Electronics