Virtual Caddie Activation

Hi, I bought an S70 for my nephew, who has great patience when it comes to learning golf, but not as much patience for setting up technology, like watches haha. Especially ones that need 5 rounds of golf before features will begin to work.

Is shooting at least 5 balls with each of his clubs at the driving range a viable alternative to get the virtual caddie working? Or does it only activate when the wearer plays on an actual course? Like is activation set up to be data point sufficiency dependent, or is it actual course play-through dependent?

Thanks!

0 Chris 10 days ago

No, practicing at the range won't work, please refer to support.garmin.com/.../

Requirements to Use Virtual Caddie

Using Virtual Caddie requires that the following has been met.

A compatible Garmin® watch connected to the Garmin Golf app.
5 rounds played with Club Prompt enabled or Approach® CT10 sensors paired.

NOTE: 5 full scorecards in your account from a previous watch with AutoShot data assigned to clubs will activate Virtual Caddie on your watch.
Cannot be used with Big Numbers or Tournament Mode enabled. See the owner's manual for your watch to ensure those settings are disabled.