I've only played 3 rounds with my new Approach S62 and I think it's brilliant. I don't have the CT10 buttons though.
Should I bother with adding on additional clubs on my list to tap on them as shots after hitting balls that aren't from fairways and aren't full shots? At the moment I have a huge list - Driver, 3 wood, 3 hybrid, Mishit, 4 iron, 4 iron trees, 5 iron, 6 iron, 7 iron, 7 iron trees, 8 iron, 8 iron trees, Pitching Wedge, PW pitch, Gap wedge, GW chip, GW pitch, 54, 54 bunker, 54 chip, 58, 58 bunker, 54 chip, Scotty Cameron.
I've done that so that I can get a more accurate average length of clubs as currently the Garmin uses all shots played. So if I'm playing a chip out of the trees (as per usual) with the 4 iron then that distance is factored in and therefore lowers the average distance. Does that make sense or am I totally doing this wrong?
If I'm not then that seems crazy to me. I did have a Shot Scope watch with the buttons you screw in the handle like the CT10s. The Shot Scope had a few features that I think would be great with the Approach S62 and would mean you didn't need to have that great big list:
- Club distances - Average distance, Performance average (outliers are removed if you hit it fat or hit a tree or get a flier - eg. I had an 184 metre 7 iron with a strong wind behind me today. I can guarantee I hit 155 metres at best! So that average on Garmin Golf has been blown out by that outlier.), Longest, Usage.
- Approaches - automatically works out if it is an approach (outside 50 metres). I think Garmin does this but it's not as user friendly.
- Short game - automatically works out if it is a chip or whatnot (inside 50 metres). Not sure if Garmin does this.
- Pin location - when you took your ball out of the hole you tapped a button on the S62 to get the pin placement accurate. But if you don't have a CT10 button in your putter I guess that doesn't matter.
Now while it may seem like I wish I still had my Shot Scope, it was the V2 and it was like having a house brick on your wrist. And I found that too many stats were a rabbit hole I didn't want to go down. I didn't need a watch to tell me how poorly I was playing!! So I sold it to a friend.
I liked the look of the Approach S62 (despite it being twice the price of the Shot Scope V3) so pulled the trigger after so many positive reviews. Love the idea of the Virtual Caddie, Pin Pointer, Wind, etc. But I think for the price, it should be easier to get your distance averages closer to what they are and there should be more useful stats available.
Hope that all makes sense.
