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Shot Scope X5 GPS watch review | National Club Golfer

You can also clearly see yardages to all hazards on the hole. I really like how you get a distance to the front and carry distances to get over hazards. The diagrams really simply demonstrate what side of the hole each hazard is on. You can easily scroll up and down the list to see the hazards at every distance.

This is the first time Shot Scope have brought out a touchscreen watch, and at first, I found it slightly fiddly to navigate around. This has become easier the more I’ve used the watch and with some additional firmware updates.

With other touchscreen watches, I have sometimes struggled with the screen changing when it accidentally gets knocked. Shot Scope have added an auto-lock feature to prevent this from happening which is very handy but can take a few seconds to turn off. Since I first started using this, I have noticed they have changed the functionality to make it quicker. You can use the scroll wheel or press on the screen to unlock. If you don’t want the screen to lock at all, you can change this in the settings.

For me, the most beneficial part of the X5 watch has to be the performance tracking. This GPS golf watch comes with 16 tags to be plugged in the end of your golf clubs. This allows for hands-free, and even better, phone-free stats collection out on the golf course. As you hit each shot, the watch and tag work together to plot your location on an overhead golf course map.

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You do have to go in at the end of your round and edit each hole in the Shot Scope app to check it is correct. But a full round takes about 10 minutes maximum to edit, which is really worth it for the amount of information you are getting back. I have collected statistics on numerous different platforms over the last ten years and this is undoubtedly the quickest and easiest to use. They also have a new coaching platform allowing you to share your data with your golf coach so they can see how you are performing on the golf course and give you better drills and tips to work on.