BEST GOLF GPS WATCHES 2020! By Golf Monthly

Hello everybody Joel tavern here from golf monthly and welcome to this video, where I'm talking you through the best golf GPS watches on the market in 2020. It's a category, that's growing in popularity, more and more golfers choosing the convenience of a golf GPS watch. So I've picked out what I think are my favorite options that you can pick from covering different price points and different levels of features to help your buying decision help. You pick the best one for your needs and your budget, so I'm going to give them a thorough test here on the golf course at Burley park, golf club, I'm going to give you my verdict on what I like about them, what I don't like about them to really help pick the best one for you. So without further ado, let's get started talking through the best golf GPS watches on the market in 2020 right so first up we have the sky caddy lx5, which comes in at 299 pounds and 95, and this has the largest screen of all the GPS watches on tests. So it's 3.5, centimeters and, admittedly, is a little chunkier than the other watches on test, but that does have a benefit in that extra size gives you a little more detail on the screen, especially the hole maps which are really, really crystal clear on this skycap lx5, so starting from the home screen when you've got kind of the big numbers, the front middle back distances, you can swipe in different directions to access different features. So the swipe to the right you access the whole maps, which are really, really clear, really, really simple.

To digest. You've got the movable pointer to kind of put the point of where you want to be hitting your drive to where you think the optimum spot is, although an optimum driving point will be suggested by skyward and remember, these maps are ground verified on foot, so don't use satellites. These are very verified by sky caddy employees, so they are the most up-to-date sky. Caddies say: um. You've got some arcs that you can put on there.

You can measure shots. Furthermore, you can also zoom in on the green to see some more detail around the green area. Swipe back to the main screen. You can go swipe up, and you get a list of all the hazards that are upcoming swap to the left. You can access the scorecard where you can score for a few people, so very, very simple to use, and it's still very comfortable to wear, even though it is a little bigger than the others not moving around when you swing, so you don't really notice you're wearing it.

Definitely one of the most feature packed and easy to use, watches on the market. Next up is the shot scope v3. Now the big, unique selling point with this watch is that it will automatically track your shots for you by using tags that you screw into the tops of your clubs. It's been made 60 smaller than the previous version. It's really slimline and compact on your wrist and with that tacky rubber material of the strap you genuinely don't notice, you're wearing it, because it's not moving about at all.

The screen is a little smaller than most of the other watches in this test, but the visibility on it is still pretty good. You can see the numbers there front middle back, whole number and the par you can navigate through the features using the four buttons on the side where you can see the distances to reach and carry the hazards. That's a real big selling point a lot of GPS watches just have one distance. Admittedly, when I've been testing it, I've logged about five or six rounds with it now hasn't picked up. Every single shot, but shot scope have carried out a firmware update.

Now, where you can see in the top right of the screen, it will tell you what the last shot detected was. So if you hit a shot and that doesn't change, you'll know that it's maybe missed a shot, and you need to go in and add it manually. So a nice update from shot scope. Generally, though this the shot tracking is pretty seamless only have to go in after the round on the app to edit one or two shots less than a handful. I'd say, and that data is really important, because it gives you real good insights into kind of where your strengths and weaknesses lie.

Uh, where you need to improve so a very comprehensive package from shot scope definitely improved and the design and functionality, and if you're, after that, extra level of shot tracking and performance analysis definitely worth a try. So next up is the TAG Heuer connected golf edition now. This is admittedly a bit of a niche option because it comes in a whopping, 2100 pounds, so 500 pounds more expensive than last year's version, which I did test and while I enjoyed what it offered, it was a little complicated to navigate through the different features and a little complicated to set up and definitely tag. You have improved that for this edition. It's definitely a lot easier.

The pairing process is a lot more simple and the synchronization process with the Bluetooth and the app is a lot quicker. So that's definitely a big improvement, and you'll notice tag. You have added two buttons, either side of the dial here, so that makes the functionality and the navigation also a bit easier, especially when you're tagging shots. So when you hit a shot, you can just press this top right button here to mark the shot location, walk to your ball press it again and then just enter the club that you hit and then obviously that data will then be stored in the app for you to look at after you round. So you get a true idea about how far you're hitting each club.

Obviously you need to kind of play a few rounds to gather enough data to make it relevant, but that's the same with any golf GPS shot tracking system. You also got this dial here on the side which you can now use by twisting it to scroll through the hull. To pick the point that you're, maybe most interested in terms of hitting your drive, you can use the touchscreen as well. If you look, if you want to scroll through the whole map, the whole maps are really clear. The graphics on this are perfect.

I think it fits really well, it's easy to adjust the strap. Another thing: that's cool about this watch when you combine it with the app I'd say it's quite unique to the market is that it has a feature called driving zone where it will plot all your drive positions on a certain hull, and it will color code those driving positions depending on what you scored on that whole. So you get a clear picture about kind of where you want to be driving your ball. You know what positions give you the best chance to produce the best scores so over time. The more drive you hit on that hole, you'll get a clearer picture about the ideal strategy that could be really important.

Definitely save you a few shots. There is a lot of features here that really work for the golfer there's, also a lot of off-course features that are really well. Obviously, it's a tag here watch. So it's got a lot of kind of premium, details on it, which I really like whether it's worth 2 100 pounds, it's a different story, but definitely one of the most kind of feature packed options out there right. So next up we have the Samsung Galaxy watch active 2.

This comes in at 339 pounds, 99, surprisingly lightweight the screen is pretty compact. Actually, I would say the setting up process uh when using this watch is a little complicated. You have to pair to a couple of different apps and put some passwords in and stuff. It does take a bit of time, but obviously you can invest that level of money into it, you're probably going to take the time to do it, but once you have got all set up with it, I really do like the functionality of this watch. So the home screen you've got the front middle back distances which are really easy to see, and they go into the maps and what you've got is the option of a graphical representation of the hole or the satellite image of the hole, and I think that's a really cool feature and a cool option to have.

You can put your scorecard in it. You can measure shots with it pretty easily. It's also got a kind of digital rotating bezel. You can't really see it, but what you can do is you can twist the outside of the screen, and it will access different functions. So when it's on golf mode, it will change the hole for you.

That's also how you navigate through the different features. So it's a very clever watch does take a bit of time to get used to how it works and all the different functions of it. But once you get used to what the buttons do and how the screen works, I would say it's definitely one of the most fun GPS watches to use, and it's got a kind of unique strap design where the start kind of folds underneath it, so it's very comfortable to wear, doesn't move around nice and tacky very stable on your wrist, and I've really enjoyed using it. Next up, we have the Garmin approach s62. This comes in at 479 pounds, so one of the more premium options on the market, but I would say it's justified to a degree.

Given the level of features on this watch. Garmin have made the screen 17 bigger than the previous s60, and also they've made the battery life almost double the length. So it should last a bit longer and also make the whole maps a little more easy to read. It's got the whole maps um with the front middle, but distances you can tap the part of the hole it will show you where the hazards are, give you a deeper dive and see how far it is to reach and carry those which I really like. You've got the movable pointer on that whole map as well.

Whole map graphics are a little kind of dated a little basic. But aside from that, they're pretty easy to read, and then you press this top right button here, and that gives you access to all the features where you can move the flag. You can also ask a virtual caddy so once you've played five rounds, logging, your shot locations and which club you hit on all those shots, it will store how far you hit those clubs, and then it will tell you in a certain situation. If you ask the caddy what club to hit it will give a recommendation based on all your previous shots. So I think, that's quite a cool feature, actually, definitely one that I think a lot of golfers would be surprised at the club they should hit versus what club they want to hit.

I like the pinpointed feature, so if you've got a blind shot where you don't know where the green is, the pinpointed feature will point to where the flag is on the particular hull. So that's really useful. If you pair the watch with the Garmin app, you can get wind speed and direction as well. All I would say, while it was very easy to use- and I definitely enjoyed wearing it- it's very comfortable to wear testing on the 15th hole here at Burley park, which has had the lake removed, and some bunkers added a couple of years ago. They weren't displaying on my whole map on the watch, but they were displaying on the app.

So even though I actually sync them together this morning, they haven't synced up properly, so the information wasn't as up-to-date as I would have liked. So that's just something to bear in mind. It can be a frustrating problem if you're not getting the correct information from the hole you're about to play so a minor complaint. Obviously that only applies to hulls that have had changes done recently. Generally speaking, I'm sure the whole maps and the data will be relatively accurate, and I love the look of this watch.

This is definitely the watch. I'd be most likely to wear off the golf course as well as on it, because it's really, really stylish, very modern slick. So if you like your features, you like your cutting edge gadgets, the Garmin approach, s62 is definitely going to tick the boxes for you right so last, but by no means least, we have the golf buddy aim w10. This comes in at 249 pounds 99 and does come pre-loaded with 40 000 courses. It also has hull maps, you can do your scorecard on it, and it does also compensate for slope and will give you green undulations in certain situations on certain courses.

So has the potential to offer good functionality. The whole maps do leave a little to be designed, they're quite basic and there's no movable pointer on the screen. So what you can zoom in and see the different layout parks from 150 yards away? You can't kind of plot your way around the hole which is a bit frustrating um. Generally, it's pretty bulky, I think you'll agree the strap's quite thick. It doesn't have holes in it.

So it's quite thick and doesn't breathe very well on your wrist, but it's still pretty comfortable to wear. I didn't really notice, I was wearing it. The other thing I would say is that the charger didn't really fit as well as I was hoping, so I had to kind of position it in a very specific way to get it to charge, which was a bit frustrating, but I think if you want basic functionality, if you're really after those front middle back distances um, this will deliver that very easy to read, and you can keep your scoring as I mentioned, so with only one button on there. It's pretty simple to use just lacks a bit of kind of that modern cutting edge functionality, but if you want something simple and basic that does offer hole, maps try the golf buddy aim: w10 right, okay, so that concludes our look at the best golf GPS watches on the market in 2020. If I had to pick what I think is the best pound for pound value, GPS watch there's a couple that really stand out for me.

The shot scope v3 comes in just over 200 pounds. It gives you GPS distances, gives you automatic, shot training, and it gives you distances to hazards as well. I think that's pound for pound one of the best value options and then also the sky, caddy lx5 for me, coming in under 300 pounds to get those ground, verified, uh hole, maps which are crystal clear and also all that extra functionality as well. I think that's a perfect option to try. So those are the two that really stand out to me.

I really like the Samsung. I really like the Garmin s62, but they're just those price points for me a little too difficult to stomach, but if money is no object, definitely those two are certainly worth trying. If you want a little extra from your GPS watch, both on and off the course, but that's it for me. I hope you enjoyed this review. Do comment down below tell me what your favorite golf GPS watches.

What are you looking for from a golf GPS watch, I'd love to hear from you. Do click the like button, if you like what you're watching, but for now from a very sunny Burley park, golf club here in Stamford, it's goodbye from me, I'll see you next time.

Source : Golf Monthly