March 20, 2009

Garmin Approach G5 now available

Garmin Approach G5 sm UPDATE: Now available at Amazon too.

The Garmin Approach G5, a specialized touch-screen golf GPS based on the Oregon platform, is now shipping from GPSNow. The Approach includes thousands of pre-loaded courses, with more to follow.

Long-time readers know that GPS Now is one of our favorite vendors, due to nice extras like the free FedEx priority overnight shipping they are offering on the Approach G5. So if you order by 5 p.m. Central Time, you can have it tomorrow and be out on the links with it this weekend. Here’s the order link.

And here’s a couple more resources that may be helpful:

Mar 20, 2009 8:09:27 AM | Garmin, Hardware

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