The Garmin Approach G5 is simply amazing and it will shake the Golf GPS market in several ways. One of the most remarkable advantages is the usage of the large color touchscreen. Due to its high-sensitive GPS receiver Garmin Approach G5 measures individual shot distances and show exact yardage to fairways, hazards, and greens with high accuracy.
When you slide your finger on the screen, the yardage changes instantly. And the unit also gives you a distance-to-the-green from your current position readout at all times. You may also manually move the pin position for accurate to-the-pin distances.
Another very cool feature of this Garmin Approach G5 is the fact that Garmin does not charge for the golf course maps or map updates. This is very nice since the majority of other manufacturers charge significant fees for for initial course map databases and for ongoing map updates.