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This is incorrect, the S50 has the plays like distance when you swipe the distances.
If your budget is is the $400 range and you're looking for a golf specific watch, I use the Garmin S50 and I love it.
Last week I bought the S50. Love it especially after changing the wrist strap, thank you Amazon. The band that comes with it is awful and was hard to even the end through the metal band holder. Other than that it works great tracks sleep, hr, exercise and golf.
Band is awful. Took one hand and teeth to get it through the metal hoop.
S70 - 42mm because I love golf...but have been doing a lot more riding, running, swimming, strength training and other stuff.
In the same boat here. Exact same switch and exact same sentiment.
Got an S50 coming from a Galaxy watch 3. Will never go back. It's lighter, battery is 10 days compared to 1, and does everything I actually used the Galaxy for except make/receive calls and honestly that was more a novelty than a useful feature.
If you look at the new S44 or S50, they are great watches, but require a subscription to get both the green map and the high resolution hole maps. It’s 10 bucks a month or $99 a year. I bought an annual subscription when I bought it… But I’m seriously questioning renewing it. I don’t like the idea of paying the entire cost of the watch in 3 years of sub fees. I’m seriously considering switching to an Apple Watch and using The Grint app. I would rather pay that subscription fee for the stat and handicap features. I’m also looking at shot scope watches for the single reason they are subscription free.
Yes, I can recommend the Garmin S50. I've been a regular watch user for 50+ years, but all I wear now is the S50. It looks great, it has all the same smartwatch features you like, and it's light on my wrist (not as big as the S70).
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