The weather is getting warmer and the air smells like spring. The days are getting longer and it’s getting more and more difficult to get a tee time at your favorite course. So you check the GolfNow or TeeOff App on your phone to find a course, which you most likely never have played before.
Instead of studying the scorecard, you could use a Golf GPS device to show you the yardage and layout of every hole.
Better now – use a smartwatch like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Golf Edition!
This jewel of a smartwatch from Samsung comes preloaded with the Smart Caddie App and a lifetime membership – giving you access to over 30,000+ golf courses with an intuitive UI to navigate hazards, distance, green undulations, shot tracking, and scorecard with a flick of your wrist.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is equipped with the most advanced sensors to track all facets of activities and allow you to visualize them on the watch or phone. Combined with modern sensors and long-lasting battery life – this watch is perfect to be used on the golf course with the Smart Caddie App.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro comes with:
- 1.4-inch Super AMOLED display
- Titanium case
- 590mAh battery
- Accelerometer
- Gyroscope
- Pedometer
- Compass
- Heart rate
- Thermometer
- Barometer
- Step detector
- Blood Oxygen
- BioActive Sensor IC: An improved, curved sensor design gets closer to your skin for more accurate heart rate and wellness readings
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Sensor (BIA): Get all the stats to be your best. The BIA Sensor reads your body fat, skeletal muscle, body water, basal metabolic rate, and more
Technology has been playing a larger part in golf for years and you can now integrate it like never before. I don’t need to tell you, but Samsung is a world leader in electronics and has been making smartwatches for years. The Watch5 Pro Golf Edition is the latest Samsung wearable running Google’s Wear OS operating system and it is more than just a golf watch.
The Watch5 Pro Golf Edition is a full-function smartwatch that you can wear every day and use for everything from golf to checking your text messages.
Samsung’s Watch5 Pro Golf Edition has a pretty large 45mm case that is made from titanium for reduced weight without sacrificing any durability. The titanium case is finished in a matte black and has two pushers on the right side to help with navigating the pretty extensive menu options. The case measures about 52mm from lug to lug and stands about 14mm tall, so the fit on smaller wrists could be an issue. I did notice that when wearing a few layers on colder days the extra height did have me adjusting my sleeves to ensure I could swing freely.
The sapphire crystal display is 1.4 inches in diameter, so it should be very scratch resistant and is protected by a raised titanium bezel. The Super AMOLED display has a 450 x 450 resolution with 321ppi density for clear, crisp graphics. Inside the watch is a dual-core 1.18 GHz Cortex-A55 CPU, 16GB + 1.5GB RAM, and a Mali-G68 GPU to ensure your apps run quickly and efficiently.
I do like that the Watch5 Pro Golf Edition’s white and black rubber strap has a quick-release system so you can change it out to match or contrast an outfit. The Golf Edition strap is very supple and conforms to your wrist well, holding it in place during multiple swings.
Out on the course, the Watch5 Pro golf Edition is comfortable on the wrist and light enough, ~46g, where it isn’t very noticeable. I don’t usually wear a watch on the course, and it only took a few holes to get used to having it on my left wrist. Wearing a glove on the same hand as the watch doesn’t really change much, depending on the glove. If you have a model that goes a little higher on the wrist you could feel the watch and leather bunch a little bit. Some of my Kirkland Signature gloves would run into the watch case while I didn’t have an issue with my Titleist or Callaway models.
The screen is great in direct sunlight and is just as easy to read in overcast or twilight rounds. The images of holes and text for distances are crisp and have a bright contrast against the black background. The Watch5 Pro Golf Edition comes with a lifetime membership to Smart Caddie for your use on the course. Smart Caddie was developed by Golfbuddy, who has been making rangefinders and GPS units for years. I didn’t sign up for the Smart Caddie app as I did not buy the watch and have logins for multiple GPS and tracking apps. Smart Caddie looks to be extremely extensive, offering a ton of options beyond just GPS and it is one that works seamlessly with the Galaxy watches.
Overall the Samsung Watch5 Pro Golf Edition is a great option for golfers who want one device for everyday wear and use on the course. The Watch5 Pro Golf Edition still has all the fitness and health options as well as being able to connect to your email, text messages, and social media apps. With the Watch5 Pro Golf Edition, you won’t have to worry about buying a device just for golf or forgetting to bring your GPS to the course.
The Smart Caddie App is available in the Google Play Store only (Android Watch = Play Store App).
This App is already installed on the Golf Edition of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 – only the Golf Edition comes pre-installed with this app and a lifetime membership, therefore the price difference. You can get the Galaxy Watch cheaper, but not with the lifetime membership like on the Golf Edition.
Again – if you own the Golf Edition you don’t need to download the App.
The download is for free and there is a trial available – but to access all courses and features a membership is required, which ranges from $49 to $99 annually.
I personally welcome Samsungs decision to switch to the Android Watch OS instead of using the in-house developed Tizen OS – allowing it to be used with Apple IOS devices more smoothly.
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