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Strokes gained data severely lacking vs Arccos - any updates planned?

Rearviewmirror
over 1 year ago

Does Garmin have any plans to improve the extremely basic data available to users in the Garmin Golf app or the mobile Connect golf interface? There have been repeated asks over the past three years for basic functionality that other golf apps/watches/sensors offer. These include:

  • Ability to enter first putt distance from the hole
  • Ability to mark the pin on the green with a single button press from the watch while on the green
  • Ability to see strokes gained data vs other handicap levels (pro, scratch, 5, 10, 15 handicap)

I have been using the CT10 sensors with my Garmin watch this year, and while I love the simplicity of shot tracking, it is kind of pointless to be unable to do simple tasks like "mark the hole location" or update initial putt distance. Without that functionality the approach statistics, putting statistics, and chipping statistics are borderline meaningless. In addition, almost all golfers are trying to improve, and so I don't think they care that much about being compared against golfers similar to them - and would rather focus on golfers who are better than them.

Can we please get some sort of engagement around these basic features and whether they are being actively working on? it will be a massive hassle to switch everything to Arccos, but at this point given the complete lack of engagement between Garmin and the golf community who have purchased their products, I don't see much point continuing down the Garmin road.

A simple "we are working on ANY upgrade to strokes gained data" would go a long way...

  • 0 8 months ago in reply to Luke_ODQA

    Any updates on this? 
    I see you placed this comment 6 months ago, so I guess near future should be very near future now?

  • 0 8 months ago

    Like most other, having read the “exciting update” of which only 2 things are golf related. And having tried the pin placement feature ( which a) clunky and b) gives no real data to assist in terms of statistics, as I don’t know where the data is coming from and therefore can’t trust it.)

    I can only agree that the app looks, feels 15 years behind arcoss, and gives me nothing in terms of data I can use to target the short comings of my game. 

    Garmin. I’m out. I like my golf to be fun, my tech to be intuitive and have a meaning. Your hardware is good, but you are light years away from your competition. 

    I may keep my S70 for the “jump rope” feature though…. 

  • 0 8 months ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

    We want impact and all kind of impact data (training ..)golfshot and arcoss are miles ahead. 

  • 0 8 months ago in reply to James_Lancaster

    LOL. You beat me to the jump rope joke.

    If update 16.55 is what Garmin described as an exciting update, that is a huge disappointment.

    I'm really don't understand why they added the ability to mark putt and pin locations if that data isn't used in performance stats. I'm not going to play with my watch during the round in exchange for zero data.

    I can't even zoom to the green in the app and at least verify that locations marked are correct.

  • 0 8 months ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

    Hi - thanks for the update. Is there any expected date for strokes gained data or being able to see golfers with a better handicap vs the same handicap?

    In addition, it seems as if the Garmin web app has taken a step backwards for golf scorecards. It no longer highlights one putts as green, or shows putts per green data... Is there a better version of the scorecard web functionality coming, or is this being deprecated?

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to Rearviewmirror

    There are currently not any announcements at this time regarding any specific upcoming changes to those features at this time.

    Details regarding any potential changes that may become available in future updates are not made publicly available until after they are released to users through updates to the application/device. 

    If any changes become available regarding the features you mentioned, I will be sure to post here in the related threads on forums letting users know. 

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

    Will any of these updates like the double tap pin position be rolled out to othe golf watches like the S62?

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to EP

    Unfortunately we do not have any updates announced currently for the Approach S62 to be updated for that option. 

    If that changes to where any updates for other golf products are released offering the feature...I will be sure to let user's know through here in the forums.