If optimizing your golf game is high on your priority list this golf season, let us introduce you to our meticulously curated list of next-generation, intelligent golf watches. Each watch from this collection is sure to take your game to the next level, regardless of if you’re a seasoned vet or stepping foot on the green for the very first time.
Upgrading your golf game isn’t just about spending hours at the driving range or honing your short game in your backyard. It’s about trying new things. Golf watches and activity-tracking devices are now an affordable option for even the most amateur golfer, and they’re better than ever.
Today, there are countless different devices on the market, too, from golf watches aimed at those who teeing up for the first time, to tech that can help seasoned professionals correct the minor faults in their game.
Below is our selection of favourite golf watches sure to help improve your scorecard and, with it, your summer morale.
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TAG Heuer Connected E4 Golf Edition
Known for their outstanding timepieces, the TAG Heuer Connected E4 Golf Edition is no exception. With a cutting-edge screen and high-end ceramic bezel, this watch is versatile and built to perform. Shot tracking, scorekeeping, and stunning 3D course and shot visuals maximize your time on the course with ease. With two golf-inspired comfortable strap options and hidden ball markers in the buckle, TAG has created a smartwatch that is a true golfer’s ally.
Voice Caddie T9
With no shortage of tech, the sleek, updated Voice Caddie T9 packs a punch. Equipped with shot and putt tracking, it keeps track of not only your score but with its Active Green Technology, improves swing accuracy, slope calculation, putt view, and course views on a full-colour touch screen. If you’re looking to improve your swing, you have the option to practice in Tempo mode to dial in your golf swing to smooth perfection. And with no added fees attached, your game and wallet will be thanking you.
Garmin Approach S42
With the goal of lowering your score on the course and upping your style game off of the course, the Garmin Approach S42 is here to help you play with confidence. Boasting a lightweight, full-colour touchscreen, this smartwatch packs a 10-day (smartwatch mode) 15 hour (GPS mode) battery life punch and comes fully loaded with over 42,000 courses at the ready. Tracking shot distance and location, green distance in front, middle, and back of the green, as well as green contour data for maximized shot approach, the S42 provides easy-wearing, intelligent user-friendly data to give you a “one-up” on your competition.
SkyCaddie LX5
Touted golf’s “smartest, brightest and fastest watch” the SkyGolf SkyCaddie LX5 is bringing your best game straight to your wrist. Providing the wearer with the closest thing to the award-winning SkyCaddie SX500 on your wrist. With an impressive 3.5 cm HD colour touchscreen that you can zoom and pan, the LX5 allows the wearer to track with a digital scorecard and stats using SkyGolf® 360 Cloud. Boasting IntelliGreen® which provides the exact shape of the green for distances to the front, back, and any point in between, helping to guide your angle of approach every time. And with up to two full rounds of battery life length, the LX5 doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to helping perfect your golf game.
