Garmin S50 Golf GPS Watch 2025 – Is It Actually Worth It?

Garmin’s new watches for the 2025 season have finally been unveiled and they are pros and cons for both of them. The biggest upgrade to these watches is the addition of the beautiful Amoled screen which debuted in the S70.

The S50 comes with everything that the S44 does but it also has the wrist based heart rate monitor, blood oxygen checker, sleep monitoring, morning report, and extra sport profiles like strength training, yoga and more.

The color screen is beautiful and it gives distances for lay ups, hazards and the front middle and the back of the green.

Again, annoyingly, you can get detailed course maps with the ability to pinpoint any spot, the green pinpointer feature and the plays like feature but they are behind the pay wall. You will need to sign up to the members club to get access to them. We are not big facns of subscriptions and extra fees.

This of course opens up the comparison with the s62 which costs the same and has those features for free.

You get club tracking with the S50 and all your data goes straight onto the Garmin Golf App. You can also connect it to the CT10 or CT1 sensors for easier and more accessible club tracking.

The S50 is $100 more than the S40 and it is suprisngly lighter too, coming in at 29gs compared to 42.

The nylon strap is comofrtable, it has gorilla glass and the face has a more refined look.

It still doesn’t compete with the S70 but it is worth taking a look at if you dont want to spend too much and want the enhanced fitness features.

The battery life is also amazing at 10 days in smart watch mode and 15 Hours in GPS mode.

Garmin S50 In 20 Words or Less

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In 20 Words Or Less

Upper Mid Range Watch With Advanced Fitness, Great Battery, Amazing Amoled Screen and Unbeatable features.

Garmin S50 First Impressions

The Garmin s50 is the Upper Mid Range watch for 2025 which boasts a 390px Amoled screen, hear rate monitoring, an amazing battery life and more.

The watch gives you all the features you would expect like lay up distances, hazards, front middle and back of the green, manual pin poisitioning and more.

The Amoled screen is wasted if you dont join the membership option which costs extra, but this gives you detailed course maps, the ability to pin point any position on the course, pinpointer to the green when you are blocked out and plays like distances.

Disappointing you have to pay extra as they were free in the S62.

You can track you club stats easily and all your round data goes onto the Garmin Golf App as standard.

The Battery life is amazing at 10 days in Smart Watch mode which is better than nearly every other brand.

The Watch also has heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, strees tracking, blood oxygen tracking and gives it all to you in a simple morning report.

Overall it is a decent watch, nto close to the S70, unfortunately and probably worth the extra $50 from the S44.

Tech Specs:

  • Screen Size 1.2 Inches
  • Weight: 29g
  • Display : 390 x 390 Pixel

Key Features

The Garmin S50 has top features and even more behind the membership club pay wall.

Golf Features

  • Crystal Clear Amoled Screen.
  • 43,000 Courses – Never seen one they dont have
  • Distance to the front middle and back of the green
  • Hazard View
  • Paywall for advanced features inclding detailed maps, distance to any point and pinpointer.
  • Scorecard and Shot Tracking + Drive Accuracy
  • Stat Tracking – All data goes onto the Garmin Golf App
  • Connection With CT Sensors – Connect to the Garmin Ct10 or Ct1 sensors.
  • Green ViewAnd Manual Pin Position
  • Contouring – Behind a Paywall
  • Plays Like takes slope into account – behind a pay wall
  • Pin pointer shows direction to the green. – Again it is behind a pay wall.
  • Tournament Legal

Fitness Features

  • Heart Rate Monitor
  • Sleep Tracking
  • Blood Oxygen Tracking
  • Calorie Burned Counter
  • Sport Specific Tracking
  • GPS excercise tracking
  • Training Intensity Tracker

The S50 is a great watch with everything you could expect from a premium watch but the disppointing part is that a lot of the advanced features are behind a pay wall with the membership club option.

Garmin S50 Smart Watch Selling Points

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  • Crystal Clear Amoled Display
  • Heart Rate Monitor
  • Blood Oxygen And Sleep Tracking
  • Incredible Battery Life
  • 1.2 Inch Display
  • Gorilla Glass
  • Comfortable Nylon Strap
  • Huge Range Of GOlf Features
  • Join Members Club For More Features
  • More Sports Profiles
  • Connects To Garmin Golf App
  • Connects To Garmin CT1 Sensors

Who is the Garmin S50 For?

The Gramin S50 is for someone who wants the advanced fitness tracking features of the S50 over the S44 and they value the Amoled screen.

Maybe they are on the fence about the extra golf features but may upgrade later and thy are interested in the heart rate monitor.

The s62 will still give the S50 a good run for its money so many golfers will prefer that watch.

The S70 is also superior so this is for someone who doesnt want to fork out the full amount for the S70.

All in all is a very decent golf watch with incredible battery, but we dont like the membership subsrciption model.

Pros:

  • The 390px Amoled Screen
  • Heart Rate Monitor
  • Light Weight At 29gs
  • More Affordable Than The s70
  • Incredible Battery Life
  • Comfortable Nylon Strap
  • Sleep Tracking, Strength Training, Advanced Fitness
  • The Garmin Golf App

Cons:

  • Extra Features Behind A Pay Wall
  • S62 may be a better option for some.
  • Expensive at $400

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Overall Score: 93/100

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