I am a very happy user of the Garmin Approach S70 together with CT10 club sensors. Overall, the system works extremely well, particularly for automatic tracking of tee shots, approach shots, club distances, and post-round statistics.
However, I believe the putting workflow could be significantly improved.
In my experience, CT10 detection works brilliantly for full swings, but putting is fundamentally different. Around greens there are many small putter movements which are not actual putts — for example repairing pitch marks, tapping the ground, leaning on the putter, or general movement around the hole. This often results in incorrect putt detection and requires post-hole editing.
I have therefore removed the CT10 sensor from my putter and now manually adjust putts after each hole. I suspect many golfers may be doing something similar.
My suggestion would be to add an optional “Manual Putting Mode”:
* Automatically track all non-putting shots as normal using CT10 sensors.
* Do not attempt to detect putts automatically.
* When the watch detects the player leaving the green, simply prompt:
“How many putts?”
* The user could then quickly select 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+ putts.
This would:
* Reduce false shot detection around greens.
* Improve scoring accuracy.
* Improve putting statistics reliability.
* Reduce post-round editing.
* Preserve the excellent automatic tracking for all other clubs.
Golfers are generally very good at remembering their total score and number of putts immediately after completing a hole, so this would feel like a very natural workflow.
A second, smaller suggestion:
The “Round Info” function is one of the most useful mid-round screens, but it is currently buried quite far down the in-round action menu. Allowing users to customise or reorder the golf action menu would improve usability considerably.
Overall though, the S70 + CT10 system is outstanding and remains the best golf watch ecosystem I have used.
Thanks, Paul
