March 11, 2015 – Garmin International Inc., the global leader in satellite navigation, has announced an update to its Approach GPS Golf watch series, that are distributed by Holiday Golf in Spain and Portugal.

Garmin introduces the slim, lightweight Approach S5 GPS golf watch for the ambitious golfer, boasting a high-res colour display with CourseView mapping, Touch Targeting and Manual Pin Positioning. The popular Approach S2 series for recreational golfers also gets a new colour addition to the range boasting a, trendy blue. It measures distances to the front, middle and back of the green, in addition to displaying layup and dogleg distances at a glance. Both devices come preloaded with course data for more than 39.000 international courses and the Scorecard feature allows users to track stats, upload them to Garmin Connect and share and compare rounds with other fellow golfers.

“The Approach S5 boasts an extensive feature set that would benefit any golfer,” said Martin Resch, Product Manager Outdoor EMEA. “With the colour touchscreen and CourseView mapping, the Approach S5 gives golfers a desirable advantage whether it’s used on their home course or anywhere else in the world.”

Preloaded with more than 39,000 international courses and free lifetime updates, the Approach S5 is full of features to assist golfers of all skill levels. With full CourseView mapping, golfers can preview hole details like doglegs, bunkers, water hazards, and green shapes while they’re on the course or even in the clubhouse. In addition to CourseView, the Approach S5 has GreenView, which shows golfers the layout of the green, as well as nearby bunkers and water hazars. Golfers can even use the touchscreen to drag and drop the pin to the day’s location, giving them the most accurate yardages. With the high-resolution touchscreen, golfers can utilise the Touch Targeting feature to show the precise distance to any point on the hole, whether it’s a fairway, hazard, or green.

The Approach S5 doubles as an electronic scorecard to save, review, and share scorecards and stats. Sync the S5 to Garmin Connect or the Garmin Connect Mobile app, and golfers will be able to upload, analyse and share their scorecards, as well as other data like fairways hit, greens in regulation, shot distance and number of putts. They can even analyse course data, and see hole-by-hole details to understand their own trends and tendencies to improve their game.

THE APPROACH S2 IN A TRENDY BRIGHT BLUE

The new, bright blue Approach S2 is a trendy colour variation to the popular golf watch series that adds style to golfing gear for the coming season.  An intuitive companion for the recreational golfer, the Approach S2 helps players make well informed decisions during the approach without slowing them down. Golfers can see the front, middle and back of the green at a glance as well as layup and dogleg distances. With features like shot measurement and score tracking, the Approach S2 has become one of the most popular, easy to use golf watches on the market today.

RRP: Garmin Approach S5, 349 €; Garmin Approach S2 blue, 199 €.

More information at www.garmin.com and www.holgolf.com.

Por REDACCIÓN