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After trying a few I stayed with hole 19 standard. Played about 80 rounds with it. Battery on watch lasted fine after putting phone in airplane mode. Yardage worked fine just lifting wrist always right there. I would keep score and putts. Next year I would really like something with real shot tracking. If something like Accros would run off the watch I would be happy. I like the size of the Apple Watch opposed to the golf specific GPS watches out there. I had an original Garmin for several years the Apple Watch is just more comfortable to wear.

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I'm in the same boat with a possible apple watch gift coming soon, I'm a little concerned about a quality golf gps app that can run without requiring my phone. My Garmin Approach X10 has been absolutely perfect for what I need on my course, so I probably would only use my apple watch in a situation where I forget to charge my golf-only watch. I look forward to trying different watch apps anyways though to see what is out there.

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With Hole 19 the phone doesn’t need to be near you. Just on the first tee until it finds your course which doesn’t really take long. Then you can really just turn your phone off if you want, the watch works on it’s own. At the end of the round go back to phone and save. You get an email with your stats.

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With Hole 19 the phone doesn’t need to be near you. Just on the first tee until it finds your course which doesn’t really take long. Then you can really just turn your phone off if you want, the watch works on it’s own. At the end of the round go back to phone and save. You get an email with your stats.

 

That sounds quite helpful. How is the accuracy compared to other methods?

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With Hole 19 the phone doesn’t need to be near you. Just on the first tee until it finds your course which doesn’t really take long. Then you can really just turn your phone off if you want, the watch works on it’s own. At the end of the round go back to phone and save. You get an email with your stats.

 

That sounds quite helpful. How is the accuracy compared to other methods?

 

It’s as accurate as my old garmin Watch. It’s never more than 5 yards different from anything I compare it with, Lazers, sprinkler heads, other people’s gps. And that’s good enough for me.

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Golfshot best GPS on iwatch

 

I tried golf shot a couple of times and it too too long to find the hole. I tried a few before I settled on Hold 19 for now. I’m sure it’s kind of an individual thing and maybe geography could have something to do with how one might work better than another for each individual.

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Golfshot best GPS on iwatch

 

I tried golf shot a couple of times and it too too long to find the hole. I tried a few before I settled on Hold 19 for now. I’m sure it’s kind of an individual thing and maybe geography could have something to do with how one might work better than another for each individual.

 

How do all these relate to watch and phone battery life? I know when I am using my 18 birdies app, my phone battery life gets sucked donw quickly.

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I just got my Apple Watch S4 and downloaded Hole 19. It’s cold here so it will be a while before I get out on the course. Anyway, I loaded my home course about 3 miles from my home and started the round on the iPhone. So it shows the normal hole distances even though I’m not at the course.

 

On my watch it has the Hile 19 app opened and says to start a round on the iPhone. My question is do I actually have to be at the course playing for the watch to display?

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I played with my apple watch (with cellular) with arccos last week when weather in MI was in the 50's. Works well enough but I think it still gets distances from your phone, which doesn't bother me since I had have it by me before I got the apple watch. I'm just excited about having so gps I can use for golf along with my rangefinder.

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