Garmin Approach G8

Lighter, Sleeker, Smarter

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Description
  • Wide 3” colour capacitive-touch display; slim and sleek design
  • Preloaded with more than 30.000 international courses with free, automatic (WiFi) course updates
  • PlaysLike Distance gives golfers distances to the target, adjusted for uphill or downhill shots
  • Smart Notification¹ allows you to receive email, texts and alerts on your handheld
  • Club Advice gives a club suggestion on base of your clubs shot distances
  • PinPointer shows you the direction of the green when your view is impaired

The new, wider, color, touch screen display gives you access to all kinds of accessible new features:

  • PlaysLike Distance that adjusts for uphill and downhill shots
  • PinPointer for blind shot assistance
  • Club Advice
  • preloaded with over 30,000 international courses
  • free Wi-Fi updates for life,
  • features Smart Notification¹
  • features Garmins new golf community at Garmin Connect™. ²

Use PlaysLike to measure distance

It may be a slim watch, but that doesn't mean it isn't full of features. The Approach G8 has many different types of features to help you take on any golf course. PlaysLike Distance provides information like:

  • distances to the target
  • adjustments for uphill or downhill shots.

Easily adjust your game:

  • Club Advice remembers how far you hit each club
  • Makes a recommendation based on shot distance.
  • PinPointer lets you know which way to the pin even if you are in the woods or deep in a trap.
  • For easier viewing, Big Numbers Mode increases the font size of the front, back and center distances.

Keep in touch

Smart Notification lets you:

  • receive emails, texts and alerts right on your handheld, even if you’re in the middle of the fairway.
  • G8 receives the wireless signal from your iPhone® 4s or later, let’s you know you have a message, and displays the full text on its own screen whenever you’re ready to read it.

Stay on top of the newest courses

G8 comes preloaded with:

  • more than 30.000 international courses with Garmins free lifetime update policy.
  • integrated Wi-Fi that connects to the golf community within Garmin Connect to update courses automatically.

Garmin Connect Golf Community ²

Garmin Connect is a social media site for golfers with like:

  • stat sharing: play, share and compare with your golf buddies.
  • Download your round and contrast it to your last rounds
  • track improvements to your handicap for every course you play.
  • To keep you motivated Garmin Connect allows you to assemble your ideal round, combining your best score for each hole to get your ideal 18 for courses you play frequently.

More Options

Use your Approach G8 as a digital scorecard! Use scoring options for:

  • Stroke Play,
  • Stableford,
  • Skins
  • Match Play (with adjustable handicaps).

See Your Goals and Track Your Stats

The Approach G8 provides:

  • color coded layup arcs at: 100, 150, 200 and even 250 yards you know at a glance how far you need to hit when laying up.
  • Touch Targeting lets you touch any point on the sunlight-readable display
  • shows the precise distance to that exact spot — fairway, hazard, landing area, or the front, middle and back of the green.
  • Enhanced stats keeps track of fairways hit, greens in regulation and putts per round.
  • Check your stats during the round, or download and print them from your computer afterwards.

Gives you exact directions to the green

Find your pin using Green View. Zoom into the green by tapping the flag displayed on the map. Then drag the flag a place where you can see it, providing you with more accurate yardage.

1 Smart Notification: Compatible with iPhone® 4S and later and OS7 or later. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
2 Garmin Connect: Available April 2014 - accessible through Smartphone and Garmin Connect Mobile app for iPhone 4S and later

Manufacturer: Garmin
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Additional Information
Dimensions, weight and power
Unit dimensions, W x H x D 5.8 x 11.2 x 1.4 cm (2.1 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches)
Display Size, W x H 3.9 x 6.5 cm (1.5 x 2.6 inches) diagonal of 3 inches (7.6 cm)
Display resolution, W x H 240 x 400 pixels
Display Transreflexiver color TFT multi-touch screen
Weight 112.6 g (3.97 oz)
Battery Built-in lithium-polymer battery
Battery life Up to 15 hours
Waterproof Yes (IPX7)
GPS-enabled Yes
High-sensitivity GPS receiver Yes
PC interface USB

Cards and memory
Preloaded Golf Card Yes (more than 30,000)

Functions
Touchscreen Yes
Touch-targeting (Displays by touching any point the distance from the current position to this point and the distance from there to the flag) Yes
Variable flags position (ability to move the flags manually on the latest position) Yes
Preview all holes of the current square Yes
Spielbahn- / Impact statistics (number of beats, green and fairway hits, average distance, clearances) Yes
Digital Scorecard Yes (scores for up to four players with optional adjustable handicaps, scoring options include Stroke Play, Stableford, Skins and Match Play Game)
Computer scorecard review (save and review / review scores on computer) Yes (on device or computer)
Pinpointer Yes

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