Garmin, please implement this solution - For us to be able to track approach shots as well as putts

This watch is almost 100% perfect for golfing (and other things). However, it lacks the tracking and positioning of putts and the flag position. This can be solved quite easily.

This is a "simple" software solution which would make Shotscoope and others a less relevant choice.

The CT-10 can still be used for convenience for those who do not want to stick with software Autoshot detection feature. There is no conflict here Garmin!
Even if CT-10 can detect a putt and a chip. It does not register the flag position which why I propose this solution;

Sample PAR 4 hole to explain feature and benfits. How it works now, with current software;

1) You start playing and have scoring as well as shot detection activated
2) First shot. Watch asks what club, you select e.g. i8.
3) Second shot. Watch asks what club, you select e.g. i8
4) You walk onto the green and the watch face automatically changes to putt menu (basically asking how many strokes and putts and finally penalty strokes you've made).
5) Upon looking on the golfapp you can track your iron shots but not your putts, meaning that you have no idea where you landed you GIR, was it a good approach shot, landed close by flag or far away? Nor do you know anything about the following putts and their location as well as finally the flag position.

Please change the interface to this instead
1) Same as above
2) Same as above
3) Same as above
4) When you walk on the green the screen changes to have two big buttons only (call it "putt" & "flag" or similar).
I walk up to my ball and make my putt. Either before or after I do the putt (standing at my ball) I press the "putt" button on the screen. Now the watch records my GPS position for that putt.
Unless it went in the hole I walk up to my ball in its new position on the green and either before or after my second putt I press "putt"-button on screen.
This second putt made it into the hole so I walk towards the hole and standing at the hole I press Flag. This will record the flag position as well.

5) This solution will give me a complete tracking of my shots AND my putts AND the position of the FLAG which will render me much interesting statistics such as how my approaches actually lands on the greens and how long/short my putts are, do I putt too long or too short putts, left or right of the flag etc. etc.

PLEASE incorporate this instead of the fixed menu that currently pops up on the screen once you enter the green area. That menu could pop up after you have pressed FLAG and walk to the next hole!


Garmin is great!

  • Its a good idea, however you appear to already have posted this suggestion about a year ago? Chris the Garmin rep responded on that thread, did you go back to him with the further details?

  • The previous, original thread with my idea is locked for comments so I created a new to gain more user likes. Yes, Chris have responded to the group as well as pm to myself that the idea is forwarded to dev. But if they chose to do it or not is another topuc all together. Chris is a very professional moderator and Garmin rep so hopefully he can push some more. 

  • I can still add impact to this great suggestion to the request I made to our golf engineers.

    I am sending you both private messages to add you both.

    For any future golf customer that reads this thread and would like to have the idea considered for the Approach S60 and newer golf devices, please highlight my name and send me a private message. Thank you!

  • I just stumbled across this thread. I have not yet tried it, but it sounds suspiciously close to what a lot of users have asked for. 

    https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/golf/f/approach-s60/235064/new-ability---how-to-manually-add-a-shot-when-autoshot-failed

    I haven't tried the feature yet, but is thiis is?  It's not documented in the manual I believe.

  • I am sorry but I am not a big fan of this idea - I think other improvements such as distance to bunkers, water etc (without big fingers hitting the watch face) are much more important. (Particularly when we know this change is doable because other garmin watches have this feature already) 

    Problems;

    1. Sat nav accuracy is plus/minus 5 metres

    2. If you miss your first putt your playing partners may need to wait while you record the first putt on your watch - you may not have the option to not putt immediately ie still furthest from the hole or last to putt - it is not in my view fair or reasonable to do that....

  • I tested the "Add shot" feature today on the S60 with the newest firmware. It appears that adding a shot manually works, at least if you judge by looking at the recorded shots afterwards, the approach shots that I marked (added new shot) at the green appear not right on the flag in Garmin Connect, but besides the green in a location that appear to match where my ball was. So I am going to assume now that this feature already exist on the S60.

    However, the usability isn't great. First of all, usually when you are on the green, the scoring display is shown. So you have to back out of it with the Back button. Then hit the upper button to get into the golf menu, then tap the green golf ball icon, and then scroll to get the Add shot in view, and tap it. Since you're now tracking a new shot (putt or chip), you have to manually cancel it, and open the golf menu and tap to edit the score of the hole after you are done. So, as far as I can see, there's a lot of steps to it and unfortunately not a great way to manually mark the end of the previous shot.

    If anyone from Garmin can acknowledge that I am doing it the right way I would be very greatful.

  • Yeah I agree about the usability issue. Not a great solution at all.