The 43 mm Garmin Approach S72 packs Garmin's flagship golf GPS smartwatch into a smaller, 41 g titanium and sapphire case built for slimmer wrists. Nothing is left out: it is the first Approach watch to measure your swing and your heart rate alongside your yardages, with 43,000+ preloaded courses, on-wrist swing metrics, post-round biometric review and green reading on a 1.3" AMOLED display.
Available in two colors: Carbon Gray with a heritage bronze DLC titanium bezel and pebble gray band, or Soft Gold with a blush pink titanium bezel and French gray/blush pink band.
Swing metrics and golf biometrics
The S72 records hand speed, backswing length, wrist rotation, hand plane and swing tempo, both on the course and in a dedicated driving range activity that logs every swing of a practice session. After a round, golf biometric data sets your heart rate against your shots, so you can see whether the pressure holes are the ones costing you strokes.
Course data: 43,000+ courses, green reading and aerial imagery
- Front, middle and back yardages, plus layups, doglegs, hazards and touch targeting on full vector course maps
- PlaysLike Distance adjusts each yardage for elevation and conditions
- Virtual Caddie suggests a club from wind, elevation and your own swing data (wind needs a paired smartphone)
- Green reading shows your aim point on select courses once the pin is set
- Aerial imagery gives a real view of the hole for planning layups and safe misses
- Green contours and putting analysis across single and multiple rounds
- AutoShot tracking, digital scorecard, handicap and Stableford scoring, and scramble mode
- Tournament legal with tournament mode enabled
- Compatible with Approach CT1 and CT10 club tracking sensors (sold separately)
Green reading, aerial imagery, green contours and putting analysis require an active Garmin Golf membership.
Calls, flashlight and everyday health tracking
This is the first Garmin golf watch with a built-in speaker and microphone: take calls from your wrist when paired with your phone, and control the watch by voice. A built-in LED flashlight with adjustable white and red light helps you find gear in the bag at dusk.
Off the course it is a full Garmin smartwatch, with wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, Body Battery, sleep coaching, HRV status, training readiness, the Garmin ECG app (availability varies by region), multi-band GPS, built-in color maps, music storage, Garmin Pay and 64 GB of memory. It carries a 5 ATM water rating.
Is 43 mm the right size?
The 43 mm case fits wrists from 130 to 200 mm and takes 20 mm QuickFit bands. It runs up to 10 days as a smartwatch and up to 15 hours in golf mode, enough for three rounds between charges. If you want a bigger screen and longer battery life, the 47 mm Approach S72 has the same features with a 1.4" display and up to 16 days of battery.
Approach S72 or Approach S70?
Choose the S72 if you want swing metrics, post-round heart-rate review, green reading, aerial imagery, wrist calls or the flashlight in a light titanium case. Choose the 47 mm Approach S70 if course maps, Virtual Caddie and PlaysLike Distance cover what you need, a larger watch suits your wrist, and you would rather spend less.
Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Model | Garmin Approach S72 |
| Size | 43 mm |
| Display | 1.3" (32.45 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, optional always-on |
| Resolution | 416 × 416 pixels |
| Dimensions | 43 × 43 × 12.93 mm |
| Weight (with band) | 41 g (1.44 oz) |
| Fits wrists | 130–200 mm |
| Lens | Sapphire crystal |
| Bezel | Titanium |
| Band | ComfortFit fabric |
| Band width | 20 mm QuickFit |
| Battery – smartwatch mode | Up to 10 days |
| Battery – golf activity mode | Up to 15 hours (default settings) |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Memory | 64 GB |
| Golf courses | 43,000+ preloaded worldwide |
| Satellite systems | Multi-band GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou |
| Sensors | Wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer, ambient light |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi |
| Speaker and microphone | Yes |
| LED flashlight | Yes |
| Garmin Pay | Yes |
| Music storage | Yes |
| Phone compatibility | iPhone and Android |
| Charging | Garmin plug charging cable |
What's in the box
- Garmin Approach S72 43 mm golf GPS smartwatch with ComfortFit fabric band
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation
