Garmin Approach R50Current
Hitting zone
Not published in source research
Placement: Beside ball, floor. Space: Beside ball, floor; ball-offset alignment (2025 update) helps tight rooms
Maker specifications
- Status
- Current
- Price
- $4,999.99
- Subscription
- Optional Garmin Golf membership $99.99/yr for Home Tee Hero courses
- Technology
- Photometric, 3 cameras + barometer
- Placement
- Beside ball, floor
- Use
- Indoor + outdoor
- Hitting zone
- Not published in source research
- Ball data
- Ball (15+): ball speed M, launch angle M, launch direction M, spin rate M (optical), spin axis M, carry C, total C
- Club data
- Club: club speed, smash R, club path, face angle, attack angle — club data requires face stickers (250 in box)
- Club data level
- Basic club data
- Putting
- Sim putting
- Requirements
- Face stickers required for club data (250 in box)
- Balls
- Any ball for ball data (optical spin measured)
- Native software
- Home Tee Hero on-device (membership $99.99/yr), Training Mode, impact video playback on unit; 10″ touchscreen plays sim with no PC/phone needed
- Third-party software
- Third-party (Windows PC): GSPro Yes, E6 Connect Yes, Awesome Golf Yes; TGC ⚠️ not confirmed for R50. No maker connector fee in matrix
- GSPro
- Yes (Windows PC)
- Hardware
- 10″ colour touchscreen (800×1280) with HDMI out, battery 4 hrs (AC included), ~9 lb, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/USB-C, IPX3
M = measured directly, C = calculated / modelled, R = ratio derived from measured values. ⚠️ = not verified to manufacturer-page standard in the source research.
Verdict
Best for: Best 'one-box' home sim (monitor + screen + sim)
Not for: Buyers who want PC-ecosystem depth or sticker-free club data
Where to buy & used market
| Seller | Price | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Maker / specialist retailers | $4,999.99 | Oct 2026 |
Retailer prices above are snapshots checked Oct 2026, not live prices — confirm at the seller before buying.
On eBay
Used market
eBay sold snapshot — pulled Nov 2, 2026 with a signed-in account (Seller Hub Product Research, May 6 – Nov 2, 2026, plus sold-listings search ~90 days). Static snapshot, not a live feed.
Median sold price $3,949 (25 clean sales, $3,200–$4,550; Sold listings, ~90 days (Aug – Nov 2, 2026)).
≈79% of the $4,999.99 new price. ⚠️ Scam pattern excluded: repeated $699 “with Power Bank” listings from 0-feedback sellers.
Price history
Current researched price: $4,999.99 (checked Oct 2026). No earlier dated snapshots exist yet, so there is no history line to draw — history will be built from dated snapshots from here, not reconstructed.
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