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The slim, lightweight Approach S5 GPS touchscreen golf watch features color course maps and green view with manual pin positioning plus precise distances to the front, back and middle of the green so you can preview and adjust positioning from wherever you are on more than 41,000 courses around the world. It’s even PGA tournament legal.
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Full Color Course Maps
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S5 features full-color course views for more than 41,000 courses around the world you are playing, and a dedicated CourseView button to get you to the 2nd shot view quickly. Get hole-by-hole details before you play them. Preview doglegs, traps and water hazards, green shapes, and pin positioning from wherever you are on the course or clubhouse.
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Touch and Move the Pin
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Green view shows you the true shape and layout of the green even if you are behind it. Use the color touchscreen to manually drag-and-drop the pin to the day’s location. As you move the pin, your distance-to-the-pin numbers will change respectively. This is especially helpful on par 3’s where you’ll be able to dial in the distance you need to fire away with confidence.
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Instant, Simple and Precise
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Rugged and water rated to 50 meters, the Approach S5 displays yardages to the front, back and middle of greens on a high-resolution, glove-friendly color touchscreen. And, it lets you manually position pins, get distances to doglegs and layups, customize yardage points (mark traps and hazards) and print digital scorecards for Stroke play and Stableford.
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Smart Notifications
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Never miss another text, email or alert just because your smartphone is deep in your bag. Smart notifications let you receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch. S5 receives the wireless signal from a compatible iPhone or Android™ smartphone¹ and lets you know you have a message, displaying the text on its own screen whenever you’re ready to read it.
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Longer Life Battery
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S5 features more battery life for longer play or more rounds. Easily get in a weekend of GPS golf with up to 10 hours in full GPS and up to 14 weeks, depending on mode, before the lithium-ion battery needs to be recharged.
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Preloaded Courses and Free Updates
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The S5 may be one of our lightest, thinnest golf watches, but we've preloaded it with more than 41,000 courses around the world — without extra fees or paid subscriptions. In addition, you'll be able to download free course updates whenever they become available.
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Customize Distances
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S5 gives you distances to the front, back and center of the green, as well as distances to doglegs. It also allows you to input and save customizable yardage points — such as water hazards or bunkers — from anywhere on the course.
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Keep Handicaps, Scores and Measure Shots
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S5 has handicap scoring options for individual holes, player’s local handicap or index/slope method. Scoring options include Stroke play and Stableford, and you can save, review, share and print scorecards from your computer. Plus, when you hit a big one you can see how far it went with the Measure Shot feature.
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Garmin Connect™ Golf
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Garmin Connect is the online golf community that lets you play, then share and compare. Download your round and contrast it to your last round, track improvements to your handicap for every course you play. Garmin Connect Golf can even assemble your ideal round combining your best score for each hole to get your ideal 18 for that course.
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An Everyday Watch With Style
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By the way, the S5 even tells you the time. S5 features an odometer to see how far you walk. A round timer also is included to keep track of how long it takes you to play 18 holes.
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Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc.
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Approach S5 comes preloaded with more than 41,000 courses from around the world and also includes free course updates.
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CourseView
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Get full-color hole-by-hole details for more than 41,000 courses around the world, even before you play them. Preview doglegs, hazards and green shapes from wherever you are on the course, or even from the clubhouse.
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Precise Yardages
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One glance at your wrist from any point on the course is all it takes to get yardages to the front, back and middle of greens with clear, easy-to-read numbering.
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Green View
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Layup Distances
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Course management is key – especially if you haven’t played a course before. Layup distance shows you yardages to doglegs and other hazards on the course.
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Smart Notifications
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Receive emails, texts, alerts and more right on your watch. S5 displays whatever your compatible smartphone can display wirelessly via Bluetooth®¹.
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Stat Tracking
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Input strokes, putts per round, GIR and fairways hit while it’s still fresh on your mind. Then later,when you finish your round, access your Garmin Connecdt Mobile to check your scores and round statistics.
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¹Phone must be Bluetooth Smart. See Garmin.com/BLE for compatibility. Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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