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  • Page 1 APPROACH ® Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 © 2025 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Garmin. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content of this manual without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements. Go to www.garmin.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Measuring Distance with Touch Paying for a Purchase Using Your Targeting..........6 Watch............. 15 Changing Holes........6 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Keeping Score......... 6 Wallet............. 15 Enabling Statistics Tracking....7 Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards... 16 Recording Statistics......7 Changing Your Garmin Pay...
  • Page 4 System Settings........42 Workouts..........30 Time Settings........42 Starting a Workout......30 Customizing the Display Settings..42 Following a Workout From Garmin Connect..........31 Changing the Units of Measure..42 Starting an Interval Workout..... 31 Resetting All Default Settings... 43...
  • Page 5 Advanced Settings......43 The step counts on my watch and my Garmin Connect account don't Wireless Sensors......43 match..........49 My intensity minutes are flashing..49 Club Tracking Accessories....44 Heart Rate Accessory Running Pace and Appendix........50 Distance..........44 Data Fields..........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Device Overview Touchscreen: Tap to choose an option in a menu. Swipe up or down to scroll through the glance loop and menus (Glances, page 16).

  • Page 8: Pairing Your Phone

    Pairing Your Phone To use the connected features on your watch, you must pair it directly through the Garmin Golf app, instead of ™ from the Bluetooth settings on your phone. ® 1 Select an option: • During the initial setup on your watch, select when you are prompted to pair with your phone.

  • Page 9: Setting Up Garmin Express

    Before you play golf, you should charge the watch (Charging the Watch, page 2). NOTE: Some features are only available with a Garmin Golf subscription. 1 Press 2 Select Play Golf. The device locates satellites, calculates your location, and selects a course if there is only one course nearby.
  • Page 10 5 Select a tee box. The hole information screen appears. Current hole number Par for the hole Map of the hole. Distances to the front, middle, and back of the green. NOTE: Because pin locations change, the watch calculates the distance to the front, middle, and back of the green, but not the actual pin location.

  • Page 11: Golf Menu

    NOTE: Do not use the PinPointer feature while in a golf cart. Interference from the golf cart can affect the accuracy of the compass. Round Info: Shows your score, statistics, and step information (Viewing Round Information, page 9). Last Shot: Shows the distance of your previous shot recorded with the Garmin AutoShot feature (Viewing ™ Measured Shots, page 9).

  • Page 12: Hazards And Layups

    Measuring Distance with Touch Targeting While playing a game, you can use touch targeting to measure the distance to any point on the map. NOTE: This feature requires a Garmin Golf subscription. 1 While playing golf, tap the map. 2 Tap the map to position the target circle You can view the distance from your current position to the target circle, and from the target circle to the pin location.

  • Page 13: Enabling Statistics Tracking

    When you enable statistics tracking on the device, you can view your statistics for the current round (Viewing Round Information, page 9). You can compare rounds and track improvements using the Garmin Golf app. 1 Hold 2 Select Settings > Golf Settings > Scoring > Stat Tracking.

  • Page 14: Score History

    2 Select Settings > Golf Settings > Scoring > Handicap Scoring. 3 Select an option: • Select Use Garmin Golf to use the handicap configured in the Garmin Golf app. • Select Local Handicap to enter the number of strokes to be subtracted from the player's total score.

  • Page 15: Viewing The Direction To The Pin

    Viewing the Direction to the Pin The PinPointer feature is a compass that provides directional assistance when you are unable to see the green. This feature can help you line up a shot even if you are in the woods or in a deep sand trap. NOTE: Do not use the PinPointer feature while in a golf cart.

  • Page 16: Saving Custom Targets

    Saving Custom Targets While playing a round, you can save up to five custom targets for each hole. Saving a target is useful for recording objects or obstacles that are not shown on the map. You can view the distances to these targets from the hazards and layups screen (Hazards and Layups, page 6).

  • Page 17: Ending A Round

    ® to a Wi‑Fi Network, page 12). Phone Connectivity Features Phone connectivity features are available for your Approach watch when you pair it using the Garmin Golf app (Pairing Your Phone, page 2). • App features from the Garmin Golf app (Garmin Golf App, page 13)

  • Page 18: Using Do Not Disturb Mode

    Connect account. The next time your watch has a Wi‑Fi connection, the files are sent to your watch. Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network You must connect your watch to the Garmin Golf app on your phone or to the Garmin Express application on your computer before you can connect to a Wi‑Fi network.

  • Page 19: Phone Apps And Computer Applications

    Garmin Golf App The Garmin Golf app allows you to upload scorecards from your Approach S50 device to view detailed statistics and shot analyses. Golfers can compete with each other at different courses using the Garmin Golf app. More than 43,000 courses have leaderboards that anyone can join. You can set up a tournament event and invite players to compete.

  • Page 20: Using Garmin Connect On Your Computer

    Connect IQ data fields to built-in features and pages. Music: Add music providers to your watch. Downloading Connect IQ Features Before you can download features from the Connect IQ app, you must pair your Approach S50 watch with your phone (Pairing Your Phone, page 2).

  • Page 21: Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet

    Your most recently used payment card appears. 4 If you have added multiple cards to your Garmin Pay wallet, swipe to change to another card (optional). 5 Within 60 seconds, hold your watch near the payment reader, with the watch facing the reader.

  • Page 22: Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards

    • To delete the card, select Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode You must know your current passcode to change it. If you forget your passcode, you must reset the Garmin Pay feature for your Approach S50 watch, create a new passcode, and reenter your card information.
  • Page 23 Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in Garmin coach your Garmin Connect account. The plan adjusts to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date. Golf Displays golf scores and statistics for your last round.

  • Page 24: Viewing The Glance Loop

    Name Description Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing Stress activity to help you relax. If you are too active for the watch to determine your stress level, stress measurements are not recorded. Sunrise and Displays sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight times.

  • Page 25: Heart Rate Variability Status

    No color No status No status means that there is insufficient data to generate a seven-day average. You can sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account to view your current heart rate variability status, trends, and educational feedback. Body Battery Your watch analyzes your heart rate variability, stress level, sleep quality, and activity data to determine your overall Body Battery level.

  • Page 26: Controls

    Select to sync your watch with your paired phone. Time Sync Select to sync your watch with the time on your phone or using satellites. Select to open your Garmin Pay wallet and pay for purchases with your watch Wallet (Garmin Pay ™...

  • Page 27: Customizing The Controls Menu

    Heart Rate Features The Approach S50 watch has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with chest heart rate monitors (sold separately). You can view heart rate data on the heart rate glance. If both wrist-based heart rate and chest heart rate data are available when you start an activity, your watch uses the chest heart rate data.

  • Page 28: Tips For Erratic Heart Rate Data

    This feature does not notify you when your heart rate drops below the selected threshold during your chosen sleep window configured in the Garmin Connect app. This feature does not notify you of any potential heart condition and is not intended to treat or diagnose any medical condition or disease.

  • Page 29: Turning Off The Wrist-Based Heart Rate Monitor

    You can also set each heart rate zone and enter your resting heart rate manually. You can manually adjust your zones on the watch or using your Garmin Connect account.

  • Page 30: Pulse Oximeter

    Pulse Oximeter The Approach S50 watch has a wrist-based pulse oximeter to gauge the saturation of oxygen in your blood. Knowing your oxygen saturation can be valuable in understanding your overall health and help you determine how your body is adapting to altitude. Your watch gauges your blood oxygen level by shining light into the skin and checking how much light is absorbed.

  • Page 31: Activities And Apps

    Your watch can be used for indoor, outdoor, athletic, and fitness activities. When you start an activity, the watch displays and records sensor data. When you finish your activities, you can save and share them with the Garmin Connect community.

  • Page 32: Calibrating The Treadmill Distance

    1 Start a treadmill activity (Starting an Activity, page 25). 2 Run on the treadmill until your Approach S50 watch records at least 2.4 km (1.5 mi.). 3 After you complete your run, press 4 Check the treadmill display for the distance traveled.

  • Page 33: Viewing Your Ski Runs

    Viewing Your Ski Runs Your watch records the details of each downhill skiing or snowboarding run using the auto run feature. This feature is turned on by default for downhill skiing and snowboarding. It automatically records new ski runs based on your movement. The timer pauses when you stop moving downhill and when you are on a chairlift. The timer remains paused during the chairlift ride.

  • Page 34: Training

    Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on your previous activity levels. As you move during the day, the device shows your progress toward your daily goal. If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set a personalized step goal on your Garmin Connect account.

  • Page 35: Sleep Tracking

    While you are sleeping, the watch automatically detects your sleep and monitors your movement during your normal sleep hours. You can set your normal sleep hours in the Garmin Connect app or in the watch settings. Sleep statistics include total hours of sleep, sleep stages, sleep movement, and sleep score. Your sleep coach...

  • Page 36: Activity Tracking Settings

    You can create custom workouts that include goals for each workout step and for varied distances, times, and calories. You can create workouts using the Garmin Connect app, and transfer them to your device. You can schedule workouts using the Garmin Connect app. You can plan workouts in advance and store them on your device.

  • Page 37: Following A Workout From Garmin Connect

    The training calendar on your watch is an extension of the training calendar or schedule you set up in your Garmin Connect account. After you have added a few workouts to the Garmin Connect calendar, you can send them to your device. All scheduled workouts sent to the device appear in the calendar glance. When you select a day in the calendar, you can view or do the workout.

  • Page 38: Music

    Bluetooth headphones. Downloading Personal Audio Content Before you can send your personal music to your watch, you must install the Garmin Express application on your computer (garmin.com/express). You can load your personal audio files, such as .mp3 and .m4a files, to a watch from your computer. For more information, go to garmin.com/musicfiles.

  • Page 39: Connecting Bluetooth Headphones

    Connecting Bluetooth Headphones To listen to music loaded onto your watch, you must connect Bluetooth headphones. 1 Bring the headphones within 2 m (6.6 ft.) of your watch. 2 Enable pairing mode on the headphones. 3 Hold 4 Select Settings > Music > Headphones > Add New. 5 Select your headphones to complete the pairing process.

  • Page 40: Morning Report

    (Customizing Your Morning Report, page 34). Customizing Your Morning Report NOTE: You can customize these settings on your watch or in your Garmin Connect account. 1 Hold 2 Select Settings > Notifications & Alerts > Morning Report. 3 Select an option: •...

  • Page 41: Editing A Watch Face

    Driver Distance: Sets the average distance the ball travels from the tee box on your drive. The driver distance appears as an arc on the map if you have a Garmin Golf subscription. PlaysLike: Enables the "plays like" distance feature while playing golf, which accounts for elevation changes on...

  • Page 42: Pairing Your Wireless Sensors

    Bluetooth technology, you must pair ® the watch and sensor. If the sensor has both ANT+ and Bluetooth technology, Garmin recommends that you pair using ANT+ technology. After they are paired, the watch connects to the sensor automatically when you start an activity and the sensor is active and within range.

  • Page 43: Customizing The Data Screens

    Broadcast Heart Rate: Enables automatic heart rate data broadcasting when you start the activity (Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin Devices, page 22). Broadcast to GameOn: Automatically broadcasts biometrics data to the Garmin GameOn ™ app when you start a gaming activity.

  • Page 44: Satellite Settings

    Satellite Settings You can change the satellite settings to customize the satellite systems used for each activity. For more information about satellite systems, go to garmin.com/aboutGPS. Press , select , select an activity, select , select the activity settings, and select GPS.

  • Page 45: Setting An Alert

    When you first set up the watch, you must choose a sex. Most fitness and training algorithms are binary. For the most accurate results, Garmin recommends selecting your sex assigned at birth. After the initial setup, you can customize the profile settings in your Garmin Connect account.

  • Page 46: Safety And Tracking Features

    NOTICE To use the safety and tracking features, the Approach S50 watch must be connected to the Garmin Connect app using Bluetooth technology. Your paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in an area of network coverage where data is available.

  • Page 47: Turning Incident Detection On And Off

    CAUTION Incident detection is a supplemental feature available only for certain outdoor activities. Incident detection should not be relied on as a primary method to obtain emergency assistance. The Garmin Connect app does not contact emergency services on your behalf.

  • Page 48: System Settings

    Reset: Resets the default settings or deletes personal data and resets the settings (Resetting All Default Settings, page 43). NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, restoring default settings also deletes the wallet from your device. Software Update: Checks for software updates. About: Displays device, software, license, and regulatory information.

  • Page 49: Resetting All Default Settings

    • To reset all of the watch settings to the factory default values and delete all user-entered information and activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings. NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this option deletes the wallet from your watch. If you have music stored on your watch, this option deletes your stored music.

  • Page 50: Club Tracking Accessories

    You must pair the tempe sensor with your device to display temperature data. See the instructions for your tempe sensor for more information (garmin.com/manuals/tempe). Wireless Sensors...

  • Page 51: Device Information

    Changing the Bands You can replace the bands with new Approach S50 bands. To purchase replacement bands, go to buy.garmin.com. NOTE: The watch is not compatible with third-party bands.

  • Page 52: Battery Information

    Even small amounts of sweat or moisture can cause corrosion of the electrical contacts when connected to a charger. Corrosion can prevent charging and data transfer. TIP: For more information, go to garmin.com/fitandcare. 1 Rinse with water, or use a damp lint-free cloth.

  • Page 53: Viewing E-Label Regulatory And Compliance Information

    4 Press the Delete key on your keyboard. NOTE: Mac operating systems provide limited support for MTP file transfer mode. You must open the Garmin drive on a Windows operating system. You should use the Garmin Express application to remove music files from your device.

  • Page 54: My Device Cannot Find Nearby Golf Courses

    • Remove your watch from the Garmin Golf app and the Bluetooth settings on your phone to retry the pairing process. • If you bought a new phone, remove your watch from the Garmin Golf app on the phone you intend to stop using.

  • Page 55: Acquiring Satellite Signals

    ◦ Sync your watch to the Garmin Golf app using your Bluetooth enabled phone. ◦ Connect your watch to your Garmin account using a Wi‑Fi wireless network. While connected to your Garmin account, the watch downloads several days of satellite data, allowing it to quickly locate satellite signals.

  • Page 56: Appendix

    Appendix Data Fields Some data fields require ANT+ accessories to display data. 24-Hour Max.: The maximum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours from a compatible temperature sensor. 24-Hour Min.: The minimum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours from a compatible temperature sensor. 500M Pace: The current rowing pace per 500 meters.
  • Page 57 Int Strk Type: The current stroke type for the interval. L. Lap Dist./Stk.: Paddle sports. The average distance traveled per stroke for the last completed lap. L. Len. Stk. Type: The stroke type used during the last completed pool length. L.

  • Page 58: Wheel Size And Circumference

    Temperature: The temperature of the air. Your body temperature affects the temperature sensor. Your device must be connected to a tempe sensor for this data to appear. Time in Zone: The time elapsed in each heart rate or power zone. Time of Day: The time of day based on your current location and time settings (format, time zone, daylight saving time).
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