Garmin Approach S40: Stylish GPS Golf Smartwatch to Enhance Your Game

D. Lawrence: It works well and is easy to use.

United States on Nov 02, 2023

Carlos Garcia: I arrive and turn it on, keeps score, gives me my readings aligned with my gps hand held

United States on Jul 21, 2023

J Duncan: Set up was so easy, it met my expectations for an easy to use golf course yardage,scoring, distance to any hazards , front, middle and back of the green yardage

Canada on Jun 30, 2023

Nathalie: La montre est parfaite. La dimension du cadran permet une bonne visibilité. Plus besoin de faire le chargement des terrains de golf, elle détecte automatiquement le terrain. Je la recommande.

Canada on May 29, 2023

Maria A Corkery: This was a gift for my husband to use while playing golf. He seems to really it

United States on Jan 17, 2023

PAW Alberta: Great product as expected from Garmin. Really like the watch. One niggly is it usually takes a long time to find the satellites. My older Garmin golf watch was much quicker. So I try to remember to start the GPS as soon as I arrive at golf course. Garmin is a quality name and this is a quality product.

Canada on Dec 06, 2022

MRS TESSA WOOD: My husband brought this watch as he plays a lot of golf,he loves it and says its very accurate, it also has the steps and sleep function, which he finds very interesting.

United Kingdom on Sep 30, 2022

J M Evans: All good

United Kingdom on May 29, 2022

Ron B.: I needed a new golf GPS after my Golf Buddy gave up the ghost. After trying a friend’s older Garmin GPS watch I decided on buying one for myself. Amazon didn’t have any new stock in the model he owned so I moved up to a higher level: the Approach S40. So far I have been very pleased with its performance. I’ve played at three different courses and each has loaded very quickly, much quicker than my old GPS. Two of the courses I play have 27 holes and that can present unique issues for some GOS units but the S40 has performed flawlessly. On the course it seems fairly accurate when compared to other player’s laser range finders. I like that it shows distance to hazards and has various lay up options too. It does a good job tracking scores and working with the Garmin app for my iPhone. It also keeps track of steps, hours of sleep and more. But the biggest thing for me is the GPS for golf. The battery life is superior to my previous unit and I’ve begun using it as my wrist watch, retiring my old Citizen watch. Time will tell how long the battery lasts but reports look good from what I’ve read. So for now it’s been money well spent.

United States on Apr 09, 2021

James4257: EDIT, EDIT, EDIT
Played my first round with the Garmin Approach S40 and here is what I think.
1. I like the distance readings for front, middle, and back of green.
2. The greens feature where you can move the flag around on the green to its approximate position and get a distance to the flag is pretty useless, unless the green is half the size of Delaware, then it might be usefull.
3. Distance to hazards is a nice feature if you are playing a course that you are unfamiliar with, otherwise it's not something I used at all. I think most players play the same courses and know where the hazards are and how to avoid them.
4. Layup distances. A nice feature that I used twice, and nice to have on doglegs.
5. Score keeping is a nice feature but is cluttered with too many extras. I want to keep score. I really don't record the number of putts, the number of penalty strokes, or whether my drive is center, left, or right.
6. Length of drive. After a tee shot the S40 will tell you, once you reach your ball, how far you hit your drive. For me, and the fact that at my age and knowing I don't hit the ball anywhere near as I used to, this is a depressing feature. Anyway, once...

United States on Sep 06, 2020