Garmin S70 Black Friday Deals 2026

Check Price on Amazon

The photo and the Check Price on Amazon button use one listing: Garmin Approach S70, Premium GPS Golf Smartwatch, 47mm, Black. This listing names GPS and does not add a cellular radio in the title. Other configurations discussed below are context, not substitutes for this link.

The Garmin in a “Garmin S70” search is the Approach S70, the golf watch Garmin built around an AMOLED touchscreen in two case sizes, 42 mm and 47 mm. It is a GPS watch for a round of golf first. You get preloaded golf courses, hole maps, yardages to the front, middle, and back, and Garmin’s virtual caddie, which suggests a club from distances you have actually hit if you let the watch learn them. The larger case has the more readable map. The smaller case is the one that fits a wrist that disappears under a 47 mm lug. Both are the S70. A Black Friday listing that says “Garmin golf watch” may be an S62, an S44, or a Fenix with a golf app. The S70’s AMOLED screen is the identifier. The older S62 is a transflective memory-in-pixel screen, which is excellent in sun and does not look like a bright smartwatch. If the photo looks like a color phone on a wrist, read the model before you assume which generation you are holding.

What you use between the tee and the green

Before the round, the watch locks GPS. On the tee it shows the hole. You tap or scroll a target, including a layup or the edge of a hazard, and it gives a yardage. Virtual caddie is only as good as the club data behind it. If you never tell the watch how far you hit a 7-iron, it is guessing from a default. Spend a few rounds letting it record shots, or enter distances you already know. Then the suggestion is a tool. Until then it is a picture.

The AMOLED panel is bright and sharp, which is why people upgrade from an S62. It also behaves like other AMOLED watches: a always-on hole map costs more battery than a screen that sleeps between glances. Garmin publishes battery figures separately for the two sizes and for GPS versus a normal watch day. Read the current figures for the size you are buying rather than a single number in an ad. A round of golf is the battery event that matters. A multi-round claim is only useful if your trip is multi-round and you are not also running the brightest map the entire time. Charge it the night before a tournament. The charging cable is Garmin’s proprietary puck-style cable for this family. A random USB-C watch charger is not a spare. Confirm the cable is in the box.

Beyond golf, the S70 includes the health and activity tools Garmin puts on a modern watch: steps, heart rate, sleep, and workouts. It is not a Fenix. It will not be the watch you buy for multi-week expedition GPS, maps of a hiking trail, or a flashlight. Golfers who also run can use it as a running watch. Golfers who wanted a full outdoor computer should look at a Fenix or an Epix and accept a worse golf-specific interface. The S70’s advantage is that the buttons and the menus are about the course.

Phone notifications come from the Garmin app on a phone you keep in the bag. You do not need the phone in your pocket for the course map once the course is on the watch. You do need the app for updates, for scorecards to sync, and for adding features Garmin ships later. A watch left on old firmware is a watch missing fixes. Update it on Wi-Fi before the first round you care about.

42 mm, 47 mm, and the listings around them

Try the size against a watch you play in now. A 47 mm AMOLED looks like a small round screen and it wears large. A 42 mm disappears under a glove cuff more easily and shows less map at once. Neither size changes the rules of golf. The larger map is a comfort on complicated holes. The smaller case is a comfort for sixteen holes of the day if the big one annoys you on the drive to the course.

Bands are replaceable. A Black Friday extra band is only interesting if it is a Garmin band in the right lug width for the size you bought. A 47 mm band on a 42 mm watch is not a bonus. Colors do not change the GPS. The bundle that adds tees and a hat can be ignored.

Approach S44 is a simpler, often smaller-money Garmin golf watch. S62 is the previous flagship. Approach G12 and similar are clip-on rangefinders, not watches. A listing that mixes a rangefinder photo with an S70 title is a listing to close. Also confirm you are not looking at a Garmin Forerunner with a golf feature. It will give you a yardage. It will not be this watch.

Garmin S70 Black Friday Buying Advice: Black Friday Deals 2026

Pick the case size on your wrist, then read Garmin’s battery line for that size, then buy the one with a cable and a return window. If you already own an S62 and you like the memory-in-pixel screen in harsh sun, the S70 is not an automatic upgrade. The upgrade is the AMOLED map and the newer interface. If you squint at your S62, the S70 is the point. If you never wear a watch and you only want a number to the pin, a small laser or a clip may be a calmer buy. Different tool.

On arrival, charge to full, install the Garmin Golf or Garmin Connect app as the current setup requires, and update firmware. Pair it. Load a course you know, even in the living room, and confirm the map draws. The next clear day, take it to a range or a practice green and make sure GPS locks under an open sky. A lock that fails indoors and works outside is normal. A lock that fails on the first tee is a problem. Check the heart-rate sensor against a pulse you can feel. Check that the touchscreen answers with a glove if you play with a glove. Some gloves work and some do not. That is a useful thing to learn before a tournament, not during one.

Ignore a “lowest price” badge and a crossed-out figure from a season you were not shopping. The live price of the 42 mm and the live price of the 47 mm are the two numbers that exist. Compare them with an S62 only if you are willing to own the older screen. The Approach S70 is a golf watch with an AMOLED map and a virtual caddie that learns your clubs. Black Friday is a fine week to buy the size that fits, with the cable in the box, after you have read the model number twice.