The Garmin Approach S44 and Approach S50 are GPS golf smartwatches. They share the same case, display and golf features. They differ in what they do away from the course.
Both watches come with more than 43,000 preloaded courses worldwide. They show yardage to the front, middle and back of the green, plus layups, doglegs, hazards and course targets. Garmin AutoShot detects and records shots automatically. Full vector maps, touch-targeting and Green Contours are available with a Garmin Golf membership. Rounds, scorecards and stats sync to the Garmin Golf app for review after the round.
The Approach S44 is the golf-focused version. It uses a silicone band and adds everyday activity tracking. The Approach S50 adds full health and fitness tracking, music storage, Garmin Pay contactless payments and PlaysLike distance without a membership. It uses a ComfortFit nylon band.
- Display
- 1.2 in (30.4 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 390 x 390 pixels, optional always-on mode
- Lens
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Bezel
- Anodized aluminium
- Case size
- 43 x 43 x 11.4 mm
- Water rating
- 5 ATM
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Band fit
- 20 mm industry-standard Quick Release bands
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Preloaded courses
- More than 43,000 worldwide
- Course features
- Front, middle and back of green yardage; layup and dogleg yardages; hazards and course targets; Green View with manual pin position; PinPointer for blind shots; custom targets; measured shot distance
- Scoring and stats
- Digital scorecard; strokes, putts, greens and fairways hit; handicap scoring; Swing Tempo; round timer
- Shot tracking
- Garmin AutoShot; works with Approach CT1 and Approach CT10 club tracking accessories
- Membership features
- Full vector maps, touch-targeting and Green Contours with a Garmin Golf membership
- Tournament mode
- Can be enabled where competition rules require it
- Companion app
- Garmin Golf app
- S44 band
- Silicone
- S44 weight
- 42 g
- S44 wrist size
- 125 to 202 mm
- S44 battery
- Up to 10 days in smartwatch mode; up to 15 hours with GPS active
- S44 activity tracking
- Steps, calories, distance, intensity minutes, move alerts, auto goal
- S50 band
- ComfortFit nylon
- S50 weight
- 29 g
- S50 wrist size
- Ivory band 127–190 mm; black band 145–217 mm
- S50 health tracking
- Wrist heart rate every second, resting heart rate, high and low heart rate alerts, respiration rate, Pulse Ox blood oxygen, Body Battery, all-day stress, advanced sleep tracking with sleep coach and n
- S50 extras
- Music storage, Garmin Pay contactless payments, PlaysLike distance without a membership