Approach S50

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Advanced GPS Golf Smartwatch

Slate Aluminum Bezel with Black ComfortFit Nylon Band

Part Number 010-03010-40

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LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-RESOLUTION

ENDURING POWER

UP TO 15 HOURS OF BATTERY IN GPS MODE

ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE

WITH HOLISTIC HEALTH AND FITNESS INSIGHTS

WE’VE GOT YOUR GAME

Get all the features you need on the course — and beyond — with the Approach S50 GPS golf smartwatch.

BRIGHT AND COLORFUL 1.2-INCH AMOLED DISPLAY

43,000+ PRELOADED COURSES

DISTANCE TO FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK OF THE GREEN

PLAYSLIKE DISTANCE

PRELOADED ACTIVITY PROFILES AND WELLNESS FEATURES

UP TO 15 HOURS OF BATTERY IN GPS MODE

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

COLORFUL AND CAPABLE

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.

PLAN YOUR SHOT

Get distance to the front, middle and back of the green. Plus, navigate bunkers, water hazards and layups with hazard view.

ENHANCE YOUR GAME

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.

PLAYSLIKE DISTANCE

Know how far each shot is truly playing with yardage adjusted for elevation changes.

PRELOADED ACTIVITY PROFILES

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.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEATURES

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.

PLAY

43,000+ PRELOADED COURSES

Your watch comes preloaded with more than 43,000 color maps of golf courses around the world. Get enhanced full-color CourseView maps with a Garmin Golf membership.

CLUB TRACKING COMPATIBILITY

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.

GO GREEN

Quickly reference distances to the front, middle and back of the green so you have all the data you need for the perfect shot.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

MORNING REPORT

Get a customizable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up.

NAP DETECTION

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

The Approach S50 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night¹.

STRESS TRACKING

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.

PULSE OX SENSOR

Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep².

MEDITATION

Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.

MINDFUL BREATHING

Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.

HYDRATION

Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.

BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest¹.

GARMIN COACH

Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt training plans.

ACTIVITY TRACKING

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist¹.

FITNESS AGE

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

WORKOUT CREATION

Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.

VO2 MAX

See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).

CONNECT

BATTERY LIFE

Get up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 15 hours in GPS mode.

MUSIC

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).

GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

CONNECT IQ STORE

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

Garmin Golf Ecosystem
Dedicated Website

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A better round of golf tees off here.

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Switch up your style with a variety of accessory bands.

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¹Activity tracking accuracy.

²This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.

³When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety. Incident detection is unavailable when the watch is in wheelchair mode.

SPOTIFY and the Spotify logo are among the registered trademarks of Spotify AB. Amazon Music and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

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What You'll Love
Sleep score and insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode)	Up to 10 days
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation	yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
Garmin Pay™
Music storage
Watch display type	AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen
Watch water rating	5 ATM
General
Strap material	ComfortFit nylon band
Lens Material	Corning^® Gorilla^® Glass 3
Bezel Material	anodized aluminum
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
Color display
Large font option
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
Time/date	yes
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Health & Wellness Monitoring
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Daily resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts	yes (high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Fitness age
Body Battery™ energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Meditation
Breathwork
Sleep	yes (advanced)
Sleep coach
Nap detection
Hydration	yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Women's health	yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Health snapshot
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity	Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
On-device Connect IQ™ Store
Smart Notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only)
Morning report
Calendar
Weather forecasts
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone®, Android™
Activity Profiles
Gym	Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing
Wellness	Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
Indoor running	Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
Outdoor running	Running
Outdoor recreation	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
Team sports	Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
In the ring	Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
Safety and Tracking Features
Incident Detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
LiveTrack
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app	yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps
Automatic rep counting
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages
Downloadable training plans
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HRV status
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
Respiration rate (during exercise)	yoga, breathwork and meditation only
GPS speed and distance
Auto Pause®
Advanced workouts
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Touch and/or button lock
Running Features
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Run workouts
Golfing Features
Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
Digital scorecard	yes
Custom targets
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot™
Auto CourseView updates
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
PinPointer
PlaysLike distance
Handicap scoring
Swing Tempo
Round timer/odometer
CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
CT1 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)	yes (When using Approach CT1 during a game, the contactless payment mode is disabled by default. To utilize the contactless payment function, please manually enable the digital wallet for seamless operation.)
Pairs with Garmin Golf app
Tournament legal	yes (with tournament mode enabled)
Cycling Features
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)	yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Swimming Features
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Underwater wrist-based heart rate

Approach S50 GPS golf watch
Charging/data cable
Documentation

Approach S50

Approach S50

Advanced GPS Golf Smartwatch

Slate Aluminum Bezel with Black ComfortFit Nylon Band

LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-RESOLUTION

ENDURING POWER

ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE

WE’VE GOT YOUR GAME

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

COLORFUL AND CAPABLE

PLAN YOUR SHOT

ENHANCE YOUR GAME

PLAYSLIKE DISTANCE

PRELOADED ACTIVITY PROFILES

HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEATURES

PLAY

43,000+ PRELOADED COURSES

CLUB TRACKING COMPATIBILITY

GO GREEN

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

MORNING REPORT

NAP DETECTION

HRV STATUS

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

STRESS TRACKING

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

PULSE OX SENSOR

MEDITATION

MINDFUL BREATHING

HYDRATION

BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING

GARMIN COACH

ACTIVITY TRACKING

FITNESS AGE

WORKOUT CREATION

VO2 MAX

CONNECT

BATTERY LIFE

MUSIC

GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

CONNECT IQ STORE

Garmin Golf EcosystemDedicated Website

A better round of golf tees off here.

Switch up your style with a variety of accessory bands.

What You'll Love

General

Clock Features

Health & Wellness Monitoring

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Activity Profiles

Safety and Tracking Features

Activity Tracking Features

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Running Features

Golfing Features

Cycling Features

Swimming Features

Garmin Golf Ecosystem
Dedicated Website