Why there is currently no simple method to export golf round and shot details from Garmin Connect or the Garmin Golf App?
While the Garmin Golf ecosystem captures a significant amount of on course data, the native analysis tools have remained stagnant.
Because the native tools are lacking, users need to export their own data to analyze it elsewhere. Currently, the only method to obtain this data is to request a full account data dump via the Data Management page. This process is inefficient and hostile to the user experience, we have to wait up to 48 hours for the link, then it's a massive zip file of all Garmin account history, not just golf.
I am aware that Garmin has recently opened the "Garmin Golf Premium API" for partners like Clippd. This proves that the ability to organize and export this data exists structurally.
Is the lack of user-accessible export a technical oversight, or is it a policy decision intended to protect data partnerships? When customers pay premium prices for hardware, it's a reasonable expectation that we retain easy access to the data those devices collect without requiring an external subscription or a full GDPR-style data request.
We need a simple "Export round data" button on a scorecard level.