The BEST GOLF WATCH for THRILL SEEKERS! - Garmin Epix Pro 2 Review

[@marcusslade9804]

It’s funny, being a long time runner and cyclist, my first Garmin was the 301 almost 19 years ago. My last one, the Forerunner 935 I've had for six years and it was my first one to have golf functionality. Updating that one, I just got a 51mm Epix Pro last week and have played just one round with it so far but, like you say, its tech is amazing. My golfing ability is way behind the watch’s 😆but it will be fun…and you earned a sub…thank you.

[@LetsPlayThru]

Yes and the screen is an absolute game changer. Congrats on the watch and thanks for joining the LPT community.

[@cdh79]

Are you still happy with the upgrade? I am using the FR935 still and am now thinking of upgrading, but to the 47mm version. I'm a bit worried that the thickness does get a bit bulky or annoying when going for a run (which I still do).

[@paulbursey5123]

Great review, really enjoyed it. I’m getting the Epix gen 2 standard delivered tomorrow…..looking forward to it.😊. Just wondering if you know if all of these golf features are also excluded in the standard addition. Thanks

[@jsweat67]

I am usually out in the woods while I am playing golf so this could come in real handy!! 🤣🤣 Seriously, this watch is loaded down with features. Great reveiw!!

[@LetsPlayThru]

😂 literally made me LOL 😆

[@ariznc]

I have the Garmin S62. Just for golf but does a good job. Interfaces improve with newer watches of course. Garmin watches are getting more and more outrageously priced. My buddy and I had the sensors. They go bad quickly. Garmin can’t figure out why they do some of the things they do. I took them off. Don’t need sensors with S62 anyway as the watch tracks your distance on each shot. No one I know is going through all the menus to hit a shot. But if someone on the course is taking too long to hit maybe they are screwing around with their golf watch!

[@ransdell7]

I bought the Epix 2 in December 2022 and love it. It has all the same features included. The sports you can track with this computing super watch are endless.

[@LetsPlayThru]

It really is amazing...congrats!

[@TANK123cs]

How does it know the difference between a shot and a practice swing?

[@dmz33]

probably some vibrational energy from the club impacting the ball. And this shock probably alerts the program that a ball has been hit. However determining the energy from a hard chunk into the dirt may look like a ball strike so it's only a guess. I have this watch and I only use it to save the walk back to the cart to get the range finder. I can just look at my wrist and see the yardage to the green, (not the pin mind you, but the green distance front & back) . Now watching this I can see that I've got a lot more to learn on using it on the course...

[@kierontaney1021]

Great review. I was considering buying the s70 golf watch for my rounds in the UK but came across the epix gen 2 on sale for £375 new which is £200 cheaper than the next best price. Would your recommend the epix 2 over the s70 at that price? S70 still retailing over £600.

[@adamkreuz9068]

Thank you! I just got this watch and was looking for a step-by-step on using it for golf. Can't wait to try it now

[@adamkreuz9068]

One question, do you start Garmin Golf on your phone as well when you start a match?

[@LetsPlayThru]

You don’t have to, but it’s worth doing so you get some of the other data like Weather in the slope adjustment.

[@carlosancinez9116]

Thanks for the reviews, I wanted to ask you, is the golf software the same on the pro vs the regular epix gen 2? Thanks, Carlos

[@jamesrosenberg1443]

All your videos are great =) I just picked up the Epix Pro 2 and used it on the course yesterday. Super awesome! Although, not sure what my "user error" was but it didn't ask for what clubs I hit. I can see in the Garmin Golf hole-by-hole it shows where I was hitting on each hole, but not sure where I missed getting it to ask me for what club was hit. Also, sometimes it didn't pick up leaving a green and going to the next tee. I had to switch holes or go to the score card and enter score then switch. Any suggestions would be helpful. Otherwise an awesome watch!

[@LetsPlayThru]

You may need to toggle the "Stat Tracking" on in the settings. The watches default to it being turned off for some reason. I've nudged the Garmin engineers to change that. Hopefully they take my advice some day.

[@bduke2547]

You need to go into Connect, Click the Watch Face to go to device settings then Apps and select Golf then scroll down and click on for club prompt. It is set to off for some reason as default.

[@Seektruth-59]

Is this watch basically as good as the S70? Same screen resolution?

[@shaunv5706]

Purchased the Garmin epix 2 Titanium thanks to your excellent reviews. Keep up the great work. Shaun (UK)

[@LetsPlayThru]

Fantastic. Hope you enjoy it!

[@orangeblack1285]

How do you handle dropped balls/rehits? And I'm always a bit confused how the app handles on the green. Sometimes I still need a pitch shot from behind the green and sometimes when I look at the watch I'm already at the score card for the hole but I'm still putting. Or how does it work when I hit a ball near the green and I'm in tracking mode to get the distance. But as soon as I approach the green the watch asks me what my score on this hole was. Is it still tracking the distance of the ball I hit on the green? And it ask me if I hit the fairway or left or right but only after the round. If I had multiple shots during the round, how does that work? If I miss one left and one right, which option do I choose? Also I maybe had it only once or twice now that the watch asked me which club I'm hitting. I usually have to enter the club I want to hit myself. Which really slows everything down because I'm in the menu all the time after/before I even hit a club.

[@WeekendGolfernew]

Does the watch 'feel' if I hit actually a ball or does it also count practice shots?

[@rmahnken98]

Do you ever have an issue where the maps don’t load for the first handful of holes? I still get the Front/Mid/Back distances but the GPS Layout takes a while to load. I’m also downloading the courses via the Garmin Golf app ahead of time. Thanks!

[@LetsPlayThru]

No, that has never happened to me. I think you should contact customer support for that.

[@AJCollier-mv2hv]

Would you say the battery life is much different from the Fenix 7 pro? Also, did you find the MIPs display to be any better than this Epix Pro AMOLED? Recently purchased the EP but debating if the solar is worth the battery and MIPs is still solid screen. Great review and love the channel

[@richiemohanty5107]

One thing i was curious about was did you need the CT10 sensors or does the Epix figure this out without them

[@NoPlayJack]

Gabe, any word on when or if Garmin is going to update the golf features to be more inline with the S70?

[@LetsPlayThru]

It happened, all Epix 2 and Marq 2 now have the enhancements.

[@NoPlayJack]

@@LetsPlayThru Oh that's great news! Hopefully they improve the iOS app as well.

[@Bigdog8337]

⁠@@LetsPlayThruhey boss! What were the features that Epix2 and Marq2 adopted from the S70? I have Epix2 and am running 14.67 but the golf app seems to be the same as before

[@GOLFADDICT65]

I have this watch in the 47mm sapphire...and well for golf its friggin amazing...and it does 100's of other things far more than i will ever use...only complaint would be it does too much for my lack of tech knowledge...lol.....seriously this watch serves every possible need.....cheers from Vulcan Canada

[@LetsPlayThru]

haha, well nice thing is it's prob the last one you'll ever need!

[@fairway2play156]

Will they do an update to include Spotify & KZbin? 🙏🏻🤔😎

[@tcofield1967]

The size should keep you from bowing your wrists. It's nifty but I'm not sure I would want that many 'features'-especially at 850-950 dollars (after taxes). Sometimes more is just, well more. I probably wouldn't use most of the features but that is me. Dick Tracy would be proud to have it on his wrist though. Garmin is brilliant in how they adjusted their product line as times changed. 20 years ago they were just known for car GPS and geocaching.

[@BALON3Y]

Does it have a way of tracking putts? Either manually or via the sensor in the watch. Thanks for the nice video.

[@LetsPlayThru]

Yes sure does

[@CapnBud15]

What do you do when it doesn’t pick up a shot? Is there a way to manually add it on the watch and then track the distance?

[@LetsPlayThru]

Yes very easy to do

[@CapnBud15]

@@LetsPlayThru Sorry to be annoying here, just a little confused. Say I hit a shot onto the green from 150 yards out, Garmin would ask me what club I hit, but Garmin wouldn’t track the distance of that shot because it wouldn’t pick up my putt after that. So would I manually add a shot and set it to a putt when I get to my ball on the green so Garmin knows how far I hit the previous shot?

[@philiproddis6452]

How does it affect the stats if you are using a 7 iron for bump and run or 3/4 shots?

[@LetsPlayThru]

It only calculates full shots. It throws out outliers.

[@garymacdonald2596]

Thanks Gabe! That is one expensive watch. I've never used a watch for golf. I use a rangefinder. What are your thoughts on watch versus rangefinder?

[@LetsPlayThru]

Good question. I generally prefer a watch when I'm playing courses I don't often play. That way I know how far to carry, how to avoid hazards, etc. When I'm on my home course, I'm generally opting for a rangefinder 70% of the time.

[@chadshawver3870]

Did the Epix gen 2 also get the golf updates that the pro got?

[@LetsPlayThru]

Yes it sure did

[@vinnym5095]

What’s your take on the golf watch vs a golf tracking app on the iPhone?

[@LetsPlayThru]

I'm a big fan of dedicated golf watches over apps. I find apps to have inconsistent GPS and signal, it also eats too much battery to run it.

[@rjamesong]

Torn between the epix gen 2 epix 2 pro and s70 gonna use it as a daily watch but mainly for golf and the gym. Whuch would you recommend?

[@LetsPlayThru]

S70 because it’s much thinner.

[@phubu26]

Any difference with golf caddie from Epix gen 2 vs Epix Pro?

[@LetsPlayThru]

I’m fairly certain both watches run the same firmware.

[@jairousss]

Someone has wrong hr readings on the epix pro, my pulse rate is very low, I'm a Garmin fan but the epix pro 2 simply doesn't work, they already changed my watch and it works the same

[@nautica7084]

I was using the numerical keys to scroll thru the sections and i made a sentence saying "The watch on my wrist is the...Thick Thick Thick... Virtual Caddie....

[@jonathanhuot-aubin8720]

Does it work the same if you wear it on the back wrist? I’m leftie and wear my watch on left wrist?

[@LetsPlayThru]

needs to be on the lead wrist if you want to track shots.

[@jman000]

Seems like a more equipped S70. I don't think you could pry the S70 off my cold dead wrist!

[@LetsPlayThru]

I love the S70. If you can live without the extra battery life and flashlight, I totally agree.

[@GrumpyGolf4]

Gabe, how does that watch size compare to the Fenix?

[@LetsPlayThru]

It’s thicker for sure. About 2-3mm if memory serves. About the same diameter though.

[@GrumpyGolf4]

TY sir. I think Is prefer to get the S70 and use that for golf and my Fenix for tracking my running and fitness As always, really appreciate your reviews. You do a great job. JP

[@sigururkjartansson5376]

Please do the fenix 8

[@mikenomikos9040]

92% from 150! Thats awesome!

[@LetsPlayThru]

Yeah, I must have that one pretty dialed in. I feel very confident with a 7 iron on down these days.

[@antwainpatrick6669]

Are those lines visible, or is it just the recording?

[@LetsPlayThru]

It’s just the cameras frame rate, not visible

[@GusEathorne]

Really good watch but only a good golfer would benefit.

[@dukek8625]

If everyone on the course would be wearing one and using all the features, rounds would take 5 1/2 hours.

[@LetsPlayThru]

I played with my buddy in 3:15 yesterday while wearing it

[@mjgholfza]

No, I don't think so. If you use it regularly and properly, you will take shorter to finish a round.

[@weswanders]

Not even close. The distance tracking alone makes it way easier to get in the vicinity of where my ball went faster, especially off the tee.

[@VernL4]

Nope. It's actually faster to use the watch. On the last round I played I was with a friend that was using some sort of app on his iPhone. He was constantly back-and-forth to the cart checking distances and changing clubs. (He didn't want to carry his phone in his pocket.) I was also quicker to finish my score at the end of the hole. The Garmin is tracking swings for you, and as you leave the green it asks you to confirm your score. I'm done counting score by the time I walk back to the cart.

[@pbklinef]

5 1/2 hours is pretty fast here in SoCal

[@xStudlicious24]

Question, how is the battery life? Also can you pin point hazard distances or can u not pick points on course to get distances for. Like front of bunker and back?

[@LetsPlayThru]

It will be weeks before it needs a charge. Yes you can choose any spot on the course to measure.