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I cannot start a new round of golf as the watch ends its immediately on its own

JBakkers

Till today the S70 was acting great. But now, if I start a round, all preparation steps go as normal.

I press Golf on the watch, wait for GPS, watch searches for nearby courses, select a course, check to register score, select a tee, the first hole is shown but after 1 second the watch ends the round on its own. It looks as if the menu button is pressed, that icon is shown for a short moment nearby the red button, but I am not pressing any button.

The "round" is visible in the Garmin Golf App as an empty round. I can do this over and over again, with the same result. So I have a long list of empty rounds (easy to delete of course) in the Garmin app.

I have shut down the watch and started again, doesn't help.

I choose to skip GPS, doesn't help.

I choose not to keep scores, doesn't help.

Reset the watch, even that doesn't help.

Can anyone please help?

  • 0

    It seems like the issue happens when loading the course map so I would suggest to reinstall the map in Garmin Express

    Make sure you are on Garmin Express latest version 7.28.0+f1c0ff2f & check you are running firmware 25.11
    In Garmin Express, chose "Course Details" then "Options" and "Reinstall Map"

  • 0 in reply to Chris

    Thanks Chris.

    I have done what you suggested and the first time I do load the course, it works well. Of course from home, so skip GPS. I end the round without saving. I start a new round and the same issue pops up again. The watch ends the round on its own right after it started the round.

    Though, you could mention something on the right track. I already noticed that in the beginning, I do not have the watch for that long, the course would always be reloaded when I start a new round. But it doesn't do that anymore. And after the reinstall maps, it did reload the course again. But the second time, it didn't reload the map.

    But unfortunately the solution was a very short lasting solution.

    EDIT: I tried to select a course which I have never used before and looked what it did. But also with that course the watch ended the round immediately.

  • 0 in reply to JBakkers

    Go to Garmin Golf on your mobile, select "setting" then "Downloaded Courses".
    Erase any previously downloaded course.

    Then download your home course (or any course near your place).
    Restart a round on your watch, skip GPS and choose the course you have downloaded on your phone.

    See if it makes a difference