Independent of phone – TrackMyGolf Golf GPS Review

Got a brand new Apple Watch, primarily for playing golf, then downloaded a couple of golf gps apps, and it turns out they all need my phone to be around. That defeats the whole purpose. On the course, you want quick glance, not pulling out your phone from pocket, then unlock it... I came from Garmin golf watch, it is super convenient that I do not have to lug my phone around with me. It gives me all the information I need, right on the wrist. It was a big improvement from having to hunt down the sprinkler heads, and estimate the distance from there. Now that I am spoiled by the golf watches, I am really surprised all the Apple Watch apps need the phone to be around. The independcy from phone of TrackMyGolf convinced me to upgrade to premium. I believe, if you have the LTE version of the watch, you do not need the phone at all. But I have an Apple Watch series 2, I need to download courses when the phone is around (understandable because you need network connection), and then I can use the watch without the phone. I found out later that even this is needed only once, when I played the same course next time, the course is already cached on the watch, I do not even need to have phone anymore. During the round, the watch gives very accurate GPS distance. I compared with my Garmin watch, it is usually within a couple of feets. I also checked with a friend's bushnell, it is dead on too. I am glad that I can finally ditch my Garmin watch, I do not want to charge two devices at the same time. For those of you thinking about buying an Apple Watch, this is the number one reason you should get it, because you do not need Garmin, you do not need Bushnell any more.
Review by Avenue Sutter Creek CA on TrackMyGolf Golf GPS.