Garmin has announced a new edition of its MARQ as high-end sports-specific connected watches. The Garmin MARQ Golf is purpose-built for the green, serving as a virtual shopping cart on your wrist. The MARQ Golf offers all the usual features you'd expect from a high-end Garmin smartwatch, including heart rate monitoring, GPS/GLONASS/Galileo navigation, smart notifications, storage for up to 2,000 songs, Garmin Pay, and activity tracking, but also there is much more for the truly dedicated golfer. The watch is preloaded with maps of 41,000 golf courses, color maps, and hazard detection to help you avoid sand traps, bunkers, and lakes during play. Its Virtual Caddy feature can analyze speed Wind speed and course layout, as well as club speed and performance to help you choose the best club to shoot with. The watch's bright display is designed to be clearly readable even in direct sunlight, and its design includes a sturdy titanium case, jacquard-woven strap (easily replaced if you need something more formal for the desk) and bezel. ceramic that can be custom engraved with 1-18 golf hole markings.
The price of success
Not surprisingly, the MARQ Golf offers a suggested retail price, though it may not be as high as might be expected at $1,699.99 (about $2,150, AU$3,110). That's about three times the price of the more affordable Garmin Fenix 6 premium running watch, twice the average annual UK membership fee. The launch comes on the heels of the MARQ Captain: American Magic Edition, a high-end sports watch designed for the ocean, allowing owners to control their boat's autopilot from their wrist. Today's best Garmin watch deals Garmin Forerunner 45 -...
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