Original price was: R10,999.00.R8,947.00Current price is: R8,947.00.
Get all the features you need on the course — and beyond — with the Approach S50 GPS golf smartwatch.
The stunning 1.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display makes it easy to see key yardages to the green, hazards and layups on 43,000+ courses.
Get distance to the front, middle and back of the green. Plus, navigate bunkers, water hazards and layups with hazard view.
With a Garmin Golf membership, get enhanced CourseView maps of every hole, green contour data, PlaysLike Distance and touch targeting for exact distance to any point on the hole.
Know how far each shot is truly playing with yardage adjusted for elevation changes as well as environmental conditions.
Improve your strength and mobility with preloaded activity profiles for strength, yoga, cardio and more so you can hit the ball farther and prevent injuries
Get a more complete picture of your health with wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, Body Battery™ energy monitoring, advanced sleep monitoring and more so you can perform your best on the course1.
Your watch comes preloaded with more than 43,000 colour maps of golf courses around the world. Get enhanced full-colour CourseView maps with a Garmin Golf membership.
Pair with optional Approach® CT1 club tracking tags or Approach CT10 club tracking sensors (both sold separately) for shot-tracking capabilities and a clearer picture of your game.
Quickly reference distances to the front, middle and back of the green so you have all the data you need for the perfect shot.
Get a customisable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up.
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
The Approach S50 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night1.
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education.
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2.
Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1.
Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt training plans.
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist1.
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
Get up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 15 hours in GPS mode.
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify or Deezer accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your multisport watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
What You’ll Love |
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| Sleep Score and Insights | Yes |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 10 days |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation | Yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep) |
| Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
| Music storage | Yes |
| Watch display type | AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
General |
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| Strap material | ComfortFit nylon band |
| Lens material | Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
| Bezel material | Anodised aluminium |
| Quick release bands | Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Physical size | 43 x 43 x 11.4 mm S/M version fits wrists with a circumference of 127-190 mm (Ivory) M/L version fits wrists with a circumference of 145-217 mm (Black) |
| Weight | 29 g |
| Display Size | 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 390 x 390 pixels |
| Colour display | Yes |
| Large font option | Yes |
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days GPS Mode Up to 15 hours (using default display settings: gesture wake-up in Smartwatch mode and always-on while golfing) |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 4 GB |
Clock features |
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| Time/date | yes |
| GPS time sync | Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
Health & Wellness Monitoring |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | Yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24×7) | Yes |
| FITNESS AGE | Yes |
| BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR | Yes |
| All-day stress | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | Yes |
| MEDITATION | Yes |
| Breathwork | Yes |
| SLEEP | Yes (Advanced) |
| SLEEP COACH | Yes |
| Nap detection | Yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women’s Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Health Snapshot | Yes |
Sensors |
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| GPS | Yes |
| GLONASS | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
Daily smart features |
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| Connectivity | BLUETOOTH®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | Yes |
| Smart Notifications | Yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
| View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | Yes |
| Morning report | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather forecasts | Yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | Yes |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
| Find my phone | Yes |
| Find my watch | Yes |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Passcode | Yes |
Workout and Training Plans |
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| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | Yes |
| On-screen workout animations | Yes |
| On-Screen Workout Muscle Map | Yes |
Activity profiles |
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| Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor rowing |
| WELLNESS | Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking |
| INDOOR RUNNING | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
| OUTDOOR RUNNING | Running |
| Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Golfing |
| Cycling | Biking, Mountain Biking, Indoor Biking |
| Swim | Pool Swimming |
| on the water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking |
| RACKET SPORTS | Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| SNOW & WINTER | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing |
| Sport profiles | Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
| IN THE RING | Boxing, Mixed martial arts |
Safety and tracking features |
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| Incident Detection during select activities | Yes |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
| LiveTrack | Yes |
Activity tracking features |
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| Step counter | Yes |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Calories Burned | Yes |
| Distance travelled | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| TrueUp™ | Yes |
| Move IQ™ | Yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
Training, planning and analysis features |
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| Customisable screen(s) | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| HR zones | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| % HR max | Yes |
| % HRR | Yes |
| recovery time | Yes |
| Auto max HR | Yes |
| HRV Status | Yes |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yoga, breathwork and meditation only |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Auto Pause® | Yes |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Auto Lap® | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | Yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
Running features |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Run workouts | Yes |
Golfing features |
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| Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide | Yes |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Yes |
| DIGITAL SCORECARD | yes |
| Custom targets | Yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | Yes |
| Full vector map | yes (with Garmin Golf membership) |
| Auto CourseView updates | Yes |
| GREEN VIEW WITH MANUAL PIN POSITION | Yes |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| PinPointer | Yes |
| PlaysLike distance | Yes |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | yes (with Garmin Golf membership) |
| Handicap scoring | Yes |
| Swing Tempo | Yes |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
| CT1 Automatic Club Tracking Compatible (Requires Accessory) | Yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | Yes |
| Tournament legal | Yes (with Tournament Mode enabled) |
Cycling features |
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| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
Swimming features |
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| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Time and distance alerts | Yes |
| Time and distance alerts | Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
