1. Distance Information
You want your GPS watch’s LCD to show accurate yardages so that you can use it as though you had a personal caddie. You should get distances to the front, rear, and middle of the green on your GPS watch. It’s nice if it also provides yardages to obstacles and doglegs.
2. Touch to Target
Some GPS sports watches, on the other hand, provide touch-to-target distance information, allowing you to simply tap a destination on the screen and receive the precise distance. This is beneficial if you need to figure out how far it is from one location to another or whether a specific bunker should be avoided.
3. Individual Shot Tracking Distance
The Track Shot Distance option is a separate mode accessible via your GPS watch’s Settings menu, and it will show you the distance of that particular golf shot. You’d start by clicking “begin” on the watch, then teeing off. Then you’d drive to the location of your golf ball and end the tracking session by clicking “end” on the watch when you get up there.
This software calculates the distance between your start and endpoints, allowing you to figure out how far you hit your club. This is very useful for learning golf club distances over time and making better selections on the course.
4. Pre-loaded Golf Courses
In the past, downloading lists of golf courses would have to be done manually on your computer. However, most golf watches today come pre-installed with 30,000 to 45,000 different golf courses from across the world.
Some of these timepieces will automatically update if connected to wi-fi, while others will self-update without the need for wifi.
5. Auto-Course Recognition
Without having to search the course on the device, most GPS golf watches have a feature called auto-course recognition that uses GPS to identify which golf course you’re playing and displays it automatically so you can get started without searching.
6. Green Mapping
The green mapping feature allows you to view the actual shape of the greens. It’s quite useful, especially in situations when you’re far from the green and need to figure out where you should be aiming.
The yardage to the green, as well as the depth of grass, may be determined with this gadget, allowing you to make better shot selections and increase your chance of hitting the golf ball on the green.
7. Manual Pin Location
The ability to manually set the pin’s position on the green and have the watch compute the distance gives you even more precise information in addition to the front, back, and centre yardages.
8. Waterproof
A waterproof GPS golf watch is a plus on days when it rains, you accidentally fall into the water, or you suffer from excessive perspiration due to hot weather.
9. Swing Analysis
This capability might include swing path, swing speed, launch angle, ball speed, and other swing measurements so you can identify your swing flaws and make adjustments over time.
10. Scorecard
Instead of recording your scores on an app or a paper scorecard that may be misplaced, you have the option to use a digital scorecard feature built into the golf watch.
You may keep track of and store your golf scores for future review with this feature. It also allows you to examine many rounds of golf play to see patterns and development.
11. Battery Life
Another feature to think about is battery life. Because you want a golf watch that will last the whole 18 holes, it’s especially important to look for one with long battery life. It’s also nice if the battery lasts multiple rounds so you don’t have to charge it after every round. The majority of golf watches have a battery life of 10 hours to 18 hours, but be sure to verify.
12. Touch Screen
The touch screen is essential for allowing you to quickly select different pages on the watch by tapping in and out of them. If it doesn’t have a touch screen, use the buttons on the watch’s outer edges to access other areas.
13. Ease of Use & Navigation
Golf watches are becoming increasingly more technical, and this might be intimidating for the average consumer trying to figure out where each feature is located and how to use it. You should choose based on personal preference if you want a simple golf watch that’s easy for an amateur player to operate or a more advanced, high-tech golf GPS watch.
14. Fitness Tracking
A golf GPS watch can also be used as an activity tracker, which is a fantastic bonus. You should expect to find basic features like the number of steps you take each day, the number of calories you burn each day, and how far you walk each day. In addition to these fundamentals, you may occasionally get more in-depth fitness exercises.
