Thanks, Sean, for the quick reply. That was helpful. The battery life on my Apple watch is struggling to make it through a whole round using arcoss gps so I am looking for something more fitness-dedicated and would still like to track shots. I will be looking to pick this up.

You should be able to! I think the form factor lends itself great to being a running watch. Definitely worth getting the S50 over the S44 specifically since the latter doesnt have the heart rate monitor built in. The only major downside from my perspective is the lack of buttons and reliance on the touch screen, which may or may not be more difficult during runs. But should absolutely do the job, and do it well.

You touched on how the S50 has fitness features, but I wondered how it would work as a running watch. I don’t want to spend all the way up to a Fenix, but I would like to be able to design some simple custom workouts and log some intervals/hill repeats. Would you be able to do this with the S50?

To clarify that. When I say it takes a little while to lock on, we’re talking a second or less extra. It’s still very fast and works very well just as a standard rangefinder. As for accuracy, this mostly comes down to green mapping. Depending on how exact the map of the green was, sometimes it will register the flag in a slightly different location than where the pin actually is. But I’ve found this only to happen maybe once or twice a round – and it’s rarely such a big discrepancy as to be a major issue.

Just as a straight up rangefinder, the Bushnell is probably slightly faster and easier to use since there’s no app component. But the Garmin has a red backlit screen, which this Bushnell doesn’t – and so thats a nice upgrade.

Considering you have a Garmin watch, between these two, I’d go with the Garmin. It’s a legitimately useful feature, and I’ve been impressed by how seamless the connectivity is after the initial setup.

Thanks for any advice you can give.