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Garmin Golf

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54%Game Brain Score
optimization, graphics
stability, music
54% User Score Based on 900 reviews

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Garmin Golf is a single player sport game. It received neutral reviews from players.

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54%
Audience ScoreBased on 900 reviews
optimization8 positive mentions
stability49 negative mentions

  • Seamless integration with Garmin devices like watches and club sensors provides accurate shot tracking and club distance data.
  • Detailed post-round analysis and statistics help golfers assess their performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • The app supports scorekeeping, shot mapping, and offers useful features like green reading and virtual caddy when paired with compatible Garmin hardware.
  • Persistent bugs cause the app to crash, freeze, or get stuck with rounds not saving or syncing properly, leading to lost data for many users.
  • App does not function well on some Android devices and is often reported to have issues syncing with watches, requiring frequent reinstallations or workarounds.
  • Limited usability without Garmin hardware; poor user interface, lack of key features like strokes gained, putt tracking without sensors, and outdated or inaccurate course maps.
  • stability
    50 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The app is widely reported as highly unstable, frequently freezing, crashing, and becoming unresponsive, sometimes even locking up entire phones. Users experience persistent bugs especially when using it with the r10 launch monitor, including issues saving scores, connectivity problems, and glitches after updates, leading to significant frustration. Despite occasional timely fixes, overall stability is a major concern undermining the app’s usability.

    • “No glitches while using.”
    • “And when it freezes, it is not just the app; it manages to freeze my entire phone!”
    • “After ten to twenty shots on the range, the app freezes up to the point that my phone will lock up completely.”
    • “Trying to use E6 Connect with it is a nightmare because the app freezes on 'sending shot' and the only way to resolve it is to close the app and exit the game you were playing on E6.”
  • optimization
    36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Optimization of the Garmin Golf app is inconsistent, with frequent crashes and issues loading or displaying performance stats reported by many users, especially after updates. While the auto shot tracking and club performance features are praised for providing useful insights, problems with syncing, inaccurate yardages, and a lack of intuitive navigation hinder the overall user experience. Some recent updates have improved stability and restored functionality, but optimization remains a work in progress.

    • “Performance tracking is spot on.”
    • “I was really impressed with the auto shot tracking and round performance summary... it tracks your distances as well as your accuracy on drives, approach, chips, and putts.”
    • “Tracking performance is a great tool for knowing what part of the game needs the most work.”
    • “Since the last update, I am no longer able to see any of the performance stats, and the app crashes constantly.”
    • “When I look at performance stats, the app shuts down, then reboots and reconnects.”
    • “Updated the nickname of my clubs and synced to watch, and all my club performance stats disappeared.”
  • graphics
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    User feedback on graphics is mixed, with several appreciating recent improvements in detail and accuracy, especially on devices like the S60, while others find the visuals basic, low quality, or lacking features like aerial imagery and accurate green orientation. Some users report issues with viewing hole-by-hole graphics after updates, indicating room for further enhancement. Overall, the graphics are functional but could benefit from higher resolution and more detailed course visuals.

    • “Latest update this week shows much improved detail and graphics for the shot maps.”
    • “S60 very good changed from the s20 as has bigger graphics, looks smart on the wrist, gives very accurate distances to front, middle and back of the green.”
    • “Great graphics, easy to use, distances are accurate 99% of the time.”
    • “Graphics are also bad compared to others.”
    • “Unfortunately, like many others, I cannot see the hole-by-hole graphics for my rounds after the latest update.”
    • “The graphics could be improved to show aerial photo imagery and from my experience the orientation of some of the greens is incorrect which I can't fix.”
  • music
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users report mixed experiences with music-related features for the vívoactive 3 music, with some facing persistent pairing and syncing issues despite multiple troubleshooting attempts, while others find the app easy to use and syncing well with the device. Overall, support and compatibility seem inconsistent.

    • “Syncs well with Garmin Connect and Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music.”
    • “The app is easy to use from my Garmin Vivoactive Music watch or my phone.”
    • “Accuracy is as good as any I have seen (synced with Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music).”
    • “Have tried everything to pair my vívoactive 3 music, but it keeps saying that no device is paired even though it is on Garmin Connect.”
    • “Had to replace my vivoactive 3 music and then this app refused to pair with the new watch even though Garmin Connect and Garmin IQ did just fine.”
    • “Doesn't recognize my vivoactive 3 with music, can only input what club I used right at the end of the round for club performance which by then I've forgotten. Support for Garmin was poor, a big shame as not all golf-enabled watches have the same features!”
  • monetization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users report issues with monetization, specifically that in-app purchase buttons are unresponsive, preventing subscription purchases.

  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration that the bag straps physically interfere with the watch, causing a negative emotional experience due to this inconvenience.

  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the grinding process yields good rewards but consider it tedious and repetitive, especially when reviewing progress after each session.

  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the story engaging and appreciate the effective tracking elements that enhance the narrative experience.

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Garmin Golf is a sport game.

Garmin Golf is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Garmin Golf was developed by Garmin.

Garmin Golf has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Garmin Golf for its optimization but disliked it for its stability.

Garmin Golf is a single player game.

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