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

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 Chris 12 days ago

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 JBakkers 12 days ago 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 Chris 12 days ago 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

0 JBakkers 11 days ago in reply to Chris

Unfortunately no difference.

0 Chris 10 days ago in reply to JBakkers

Then l would suggest to contact Garmin Support.

0 JBakkers 10 days ago in reply to Chris

I'm already doing that Chris :-). Thanks for the attempts to help out!

0 5169391 7 days ago in reply to JBakkers

Pojawiło mi sie to samo. Wszystko zrobiłam według waszych podpowiedzi i nic

0 JBakkers 7 days ago in reply to 5169391

Hi 5169391,

I had to translate your response but you have the same issue and couldn't solve it said the translator.

Please get in contact with Garmin service desk, your local one. I have done that too. They do not have a solution yet but the technical department is investigating it. The more people with the same issue pop up, the more info they have to potentially solve the issue.

0 roc999 3 days ago

I have exactly the same issue. This is a SHOW STOPPER, please fix it immediately. This started yesterday on a new course, and now it does not work on any courses, including those I have played before.

0 Gerd_NL 3 days ago in reply to roc999

I'm not sure, if it will help, but I got this for my S60 and also for my Epix Pro:

Connect the watch with a Windows computer
Open the Watch drive
Open the Garmin folder
Clear the contents of these folders: Activitie(s), Courses, Workouts, Locations, Remoted SW, New Files
Disconnect from the computer
Complete the hard reset again

The other point is, to do a factory rest ...