2025

Garmin Approach S50

9.7 overall

The Bottom Line

The Garmin Approach S50 is the "Runner-Up" Golf GPS watch of 2025. The Approach S50 is a golf GPS smartwatch that goes beyond the course and will keep you connected to the outside world as well as track you health and fitness goals.

👍 Buy This If

You’re looking for a straight forward golf GPS smart watch without information overload.

While the Garmin Approach S50 doesn’t overwhelm on the course, it still tracks health and wellness, keeps you connected and provides you with enough information to plan your next shot on the course and balance your life off it.

You’re looking to pair a rangefinder and golf GPS smartwatch into one eco-system.

The Approach Z30 rangefinder and Approach S50 pair together to give you GPS yardages to the green and pin in the rangefinder’s display.

👎 Don’t Buy This If

✖︎ You prefer larger watches and more golf features.

If you’re looking for a larger watch and/or increased graphics and detail quality on the hole maps, you may want to consider the Garmin Approach S50’s big brother, the S70.

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Cancer Survivor. Amputee Golfer. Essentially, a OneLeggedBoss. When he isn't facilitating testing or analyzing data, Phillip enjoys his family time, practicing and playing golf, unwinding with video games, capturing photos of nature, or devouring pretzels.

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