Approach S70 - Recent Threads

Approach S70 – Golf Course Detection Issue in Kenya

8286555 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:10:56 GMT

Hi Garmin team,

I’ve been experiencing an issue with my Approach S70 where some golf courses in Kenya are not being detected by the watch.

I’ve updated the watch software through Garmin Express and confirmed that the relevant Africa/EMEAO CourseView maps are installed and up to date.

I’d appreciate it if Garmin could investigate whether there may be an issue with course detection, GPS positioning, or CourseView coverage in Kenya.

Happy to provide any additional details or diagnostics required.

Course Mapping Error: Carbrook Golf Club – Hole 9 Green Mapped to Practice Putting Green

QLD_Golfer — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:13:25 GMT

I've encountered a course mapping error at Carbrook Golf Club (Queensland, Australia) on Hole 9.
Youtube Video 9th hole

The current course database incorrectly flags the putting green near the clubhouse/end of the hole as the active Hole 9 green. However, that area is actually a practice putting green. The true Hole 9 green is located further back/adjacent (near the main approach path).

As a result, tracking shots and distances on this hole map incorrectly toward the practice facility rather than the actual playing green.

Could the cartography team please review and update the CourseView mapping for Hole 9 at Carbrook Golf Club? I have attached a screenshot showing the shot tracking data pointing to the misidentified green area for reference.

Thank you for your help!

Extra click after hitting after getting sensors for my wedges - can I turn this off?

9543092 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:01:06 GMT

I added the sensors to my wedges and putter, which have worked fairly well. However the benefit of adding them (no longer having to add shots at the end of the hole) is negated by the the new requirement that I click a message after every shot with a club without a sensor to get to the screen to scroll and pick my club!

can I turn this off somehow? I’m ready to get rid of my sensors if not. I would think it more logical to ask you to select the club and if you happened to have used a club with a sensor, then you could scroll to a choice of locate sensor?

Any features from new S72 coming to S70?

addage — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:56:15 GMT

Obviously there are hardware differences, but are there any new software features on the S72 that will be available on the S70?

Ending a Hole & finalising shots

9119667 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:36:47 GMT

My S70 rarely ever switches to the next hole. It is increasingly frustrating.

Is there a way I can trigger this manually, so that it brings up the screen to finalise Strokes / Putts / Penalties?

Thanks

USGA GHIN direct connection

5631022 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:44:51 GMT

Can you please add GHIN USGA connection in the Garmin Golf app?

Distance inaccuracies

2568126 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:21:10 GMT

Recently Ive been having about one or two holes a round where the gps distances have been off by 30-50 yards. It's showing me in the completely wrong location on the hole. I hooked the watch up to my computer to resync maps, reset the device, etc, and am still having issues. Anyone else with the same issues and any solutions?

I have an Approach S70 with CT1. On my 3rd golf round with my new CT1's, suddenly it stopped sensing the CT1. I have always tapped it flat on the watch surface and made sure to hold it a few seconds for each shot. I checked my settings and it is set to

2597616 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:32:34 GMT

CT1's stopped working mid round.

enhancement request: 9 Hole round + NOT keeping score => need prompt after #9

Chuck — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:14:51 GMT

So often I play only 9, plus recently I've been electing to not keep score on the watch during the round.

At the end of 9, same as if I were keeping score, the watch should prompt to either "Pause round" or to "End round".

Thanks

Golfschlagkarte wird nicht angezeigt

7232721 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:45:00 GMT

App 3.9.1.1

iPhone

Garmin S62

die Golfschlagkarte der letzten zwei Runden fehlt. Die Scorecard wird korrekt angezeigt.

Stuck on View Green view

1617975 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:41:42 GMT

I tapped the view green view once and am now unable to get out of this view. It is now the only view I have on my watch. I cannot see the the full hole. To try and remedy I have powered the watch off several times, I have removed the original golf course from Garmin connect and have downloaded other golf courses. Still the same issue even with new downloaded golf courses it only provides the view green mode. Any suggestions

Golf Activity not recorded in Garmin Connect after updating to 27.20

Chris — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:23:34 GMT

After upgrading to 27.20, my first golf round did not get uploaded to Garmin Connect

- Record activity is enabled => (please Garmin admin, don't ask me to toggle setting/Golf Settings/Record Actvity On - It's ON)
- The golf activity is well visible in the Garmin App
- The golf activity is not listed in Garmin Connect
- On the watch, when tapping the Golf Activity, no information showing up

So the issue is that Golf Activity do not show up in Garmin Connect after 27.20 (and of course are not uploaded to Strava)

Similar issue (prior to 27.20) has been reported here:
https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-rsoftware-27-09-not-recording-activity-during-round

As per OP, the fit file is missing the Lap / Session / Activity summary records that Garmin Connect expects

What should I do?
Thanks

SkiView in Garmin S70

5406776 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:14:27 GMT

I would like to know if I can download the App SkiView in my Garmin Golf S70 to see ski maps and check the trac names of them.

Thanks for your help.

Malrov

Approach S70 watch not picking up PacePro Pacing Strategies from the Garmin Connect App.

1939577 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:18:23 GMT

The app claims that the Approach S70 is not compatible?? I'm using an iphone which I can see has caused some app/device issues. How do I fix this please?

When are we getting GHIN integration?

4808572 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:10:57 GMT

Please integrate with GHIN. Are there any third party apps that are a work around for this? Thanks

Cumberland Country Golf Course, NSW Australia golf course update

ShaneAMoore — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:18:58 GMT

When will Cumberland Country Golf Course, NSW Australia be updated in garmin couses. Will I receive a micro update given its my last 5 courses played?

Approach S70 repeatedly failing to finalise saved activities

BarrySmale — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:02:35 GMT

Dear Garmin Support,

I am having a repeated activity-recording problem with a replacement Approach S70.

The watch appears to record the underlying activity data correctly, but on some occasions the activity does not save properly as an activity on the watch or upload normally to Garmin Connect.

This has now happened more than once.

On 19 August, an 18-hole golf round appeared in Garmin Golf, but initially did not appear as an activity on the S70 or in Garmin Connect. The underlying FIT file was present on the watch and contained the GPS and heart-rate data, but it was malformed and required repair before Garmin Connect would accept it. A subsequent walk also produced an abnormal FIT file containing data from the walk mixed with summary information from the earlier golf round.

The S70 was subsequently fully registered in Garmin Express and updated.

Today, 26 August, the same problem has happened again with another golf round. The scorecard has saved, but the golf activity has not saved normally. I retrieved the underlying file from the watch:

2026-08-26-09-51-06.tff

The raw data appear complete: approximately 4:40:35 duration, 7.71 miles, average HR 88 bpm, max HR 119 bpm, with 4,090 recorded data points. However, the FIT file again appears not to have been properly finalised with the normal Lap/Session/Activity summary records. Once those records were reconstructed, Garmin Connect accepted the repaired file.

I therefore suspect this is not simply a Garmin Connect synchronisation problem. The watch appears intermittently to be writing the underlying activity records but failing to finalise the FIT activity correctly.

As this is already a replacement S70 and the problem has now recurred after updating it, could this please be escalated for technical investigation?

I can provide the original malformed FIT files from both occurrences, together with the repaired versions if useful.

Please let me know what diagnostic files or further information you would like.

Kind regards,

Barry Smale

Software 27.09 not recording activity during round

5254157 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:45:00 GMT

My Garmin Connect app has not shown any activity after my last few rounds. Scores/shots/maps all show correctly in the Garmin Golf app.
This has been an intermittent problem since September last year. It seems to have been solved a while back but has started again. I see there was another thread on this problem that has been locked because the person complaining is being dealt with personally. We need to see how prevalent this problem is and why it can’t be fixed permanently. It’s throwing my whole exercise program out of whack.

Update to software 27.09

roadrunner021 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:32:21 GMT

After two rounds the next round does not appear in the activity logs. The scorecard and shots are visible in the golf app. So that's repaired. Restarting the S70 after two rounds does the trick.

It has been ten months since the problem started after a software update, yet there is still no permanent solution. I'm using the latest versions of the golf app and Connect, and the watch is configured correctly.

Garmin, please fix th issue.

Optional Aerial Maps

stumpr2995 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:44:31 GMT

Are these aerial maps worth $99.00 a year? Do they resemble the satellite views in Goggle Maps or Apple Maps? These maps also appear on the S-70 watch?

Garmin connect map doesn't show anymore the spped overlay colours.

2879747 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:40:25 GMT

Since a couple of weeks I miss the overlay colours for speed or HF in the map after my cycling and walking activities. What happened?

My Garmin golf app does not accurately count penality strokes. Counts penality strokes as a single stroke.

stumpr2995 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:03:52 GMT

My Garmin golf app does not count penality strokes. App scores a penality shot like any other stroke. It requires that I review each round of golf for penality strokes and revise my score for every hole. Why is this so?

Treadmill Calibrate and Save option no longer appears at the end of a treadmill run

9098127 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:44:03 GMT

Approach S70, software 27.09. The treadmill Calibrate and Save option no longer appears at the end of Treadmill Running activities. It worked reliably for many runs prior to roughly May 2026.

Steps taken to rule out known causes:

Full factory reset performed August 9, 2026. The first-time calibration prompt did not appear after the reset, which it should on a device with no prior calibration.
Checked Garmin Express for updates after my treadmill run, only updates available were course maps.
No foot pod, HRM strap, or any accessory has ever been paired to this device.
Activity type confirmed as Treadmill Running in Garmin Connect.
Tested with no structured workout loaded.
Watch recorded 5.5 km, well above the 1.5 km minimum stated in the S70 owner's manual.

The owner's manual for this device still documents this feature. Please confirm whether this is a known regression or whether the feature was removed.

Approach S70 - v27.07 - UI Touch Freeze and Endless Save Loop during Pool Swim (Searching for Stored HR Data)

mzynger — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:28:22 GMT

Subject: Approach S70 - v27.07 - UI Touch Freeze and Endless Save Loop during Pool Swim (Searching for Stored HR Data)
Device Serial Number: 3451030876
Firmware Version: 27.07 Public Release

Description of Bug:
When ending and attempting to save a "Pool Swim" activity, the watch encounters an endless loop on the "Searching for Stored HR Data" and "No external HR connected. Search again?" screens. During this loop, the touchscreen UI completely freezes and ceases to respond to any touch inputs. [1]

Steps to Reproduce:

Initiate and complete a standard "Pool Swim" activity using only the internal wrist-based optical heart rate sensor (no external HRM strap connected).
Stop the activity and select "Save activity?". [1, 2]
The device displays "Searching for Stored HR Data" followed by "No external HR connected. Search again?". [1, 2]
Attempting to interact with the touchscreen fails (touch recognition is frozen).
Depressing the bottom side physical button advances the screen to "Save without external HR?", but the touch targets still do not function.
Pressing the bottom side button again re-triggers the loop, sending the device back to "Searching for Stored HR Data".
The loop repeats continuously for 5–10 minutes until an internal watchdog timer forces an auto-save.

Approach S70 - System Software 27.20

Garmin-Brooks — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:45:23 GMT

Hello Approach S70 Users,

We are now 100% live with system software version 27.20.

Change Log since v27.09:

Added Slovakian language support.
Fixed issue where cadence would not be recorded at all during an activity.
Fixed issue where custom targets could be saved while far away from the hole the device is showing.
Fixed possible issue with the “Rounds Remaining” prompt for Virtual Caddie.
Updated Stocks glance to remove stock symbols that are no longer supported.
Updated translations.