Want To Play Golf Like A Pro? Garmin G5 Is The Answer
Garmin G5 will make you play golf like a pro and make you enjoy your game than ever.
It gives you almost nothing to customize, as it is both very intelligently designed and extremely automated.
The Garmin G5 GPS is a strong performer on the course. Not only is it quite easy to use, its measurements were accurate, and it never lost satellite tracking – even in the woods. And garmin g5 followed our group of players automatically from hole to hole.
Once you select a course, the first hole appears, and its yardage and the distance to hazards and bends in the fairway are shown. Here’s where the Garmin G5 GPS takes full advantage of its touch screen: If you tap on a location, a “target” appears on the screen that shows you the distance from the tee, as well as the distance to the pin.
The Garmin Approach G5 does what it sets out to do, and has a number of features that make it worth recommending, like its rugged case and touch screen.
Garmin G5’s Product Features
Shot Tracking
The Garmin G5 GPS has one of the simplest interface for tracking shots. The touchscreen really shines on these types of features, since very specific buttons can be made and changed depending on the screen that is displayed. This is in stark contrast to the traditional gps, which have to either assign multiple tasks to each button or have lots of buttons – neither of which makes for a very good user experience. Also, a nice touch is that the user can leave the shot tracking screen to utilize a different feature and then return – the device will still continue tracking the shot distance. Note that users cannot indicate which clubs were used for a given shot.
Auto-advance
The user can choose whether the device will automatically advance to the next hole or require the user to manually advance.
Preferences
The Garmin G5 GPS has a limited set of adjustable preferences: measurement unit (yards vs. meters); battery type (alkaline, lithium or rechargeable NiMH) also auto-advance (automatic vs. manual). These preferences can only be viewed or modified prior to starting of the round.
Score and Statistics
Again, the Garmin G5 GPS succeeds in presenting the best interface for keeping score. The user goes to the scorecard, touches a column next to the targeted hole, and is presented a keypad with multiple numbers – the user just touches the relevant number and voila! The device allows the user to enter multiple names (which are also easy to type in with the touchscreen) to track the scoring of everyone in the foursome. The scorecard will show player’s current score relative to par. One nice feature is that by touching the par listed for a hole, the user can edit the par – handy on courses where there are different scores for par depending on which tee box is used. The Garmin G5 GPS does not track statistics for fairways hit, greens hit in regulation, or putts.
Keep Score Digitally
Approach doubles as a digital scorecard for your foursome. After the game, you can save the scores to review at home.
Add More Courses
Garmin is constantly adding more courses to their map data, as well as updating and improving their course maps for Approach G5. Download new courses from Garmin.com.