Garmin Approach G8 Owner's Manual

When you select the Stableford scoring method (

), points are awarded based on the number of 

strokes taken relative to par. At the end of a round, the highest 

score wins. The device awards points as specified by the United 

States Golf Association.
The scorecard for a Stableford scored game shows points 

instead of strokes.

0

2 or more over

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1 over

2

Par

3

1 under

4

2 under

5

3 under

When you select the Match scoring method (

has the fewest strokes. At the end of a round, the player who 

won the most holes wins.
NOTE: Match scoring is available only for two players.
When you set the Approach to count strokes, the device 

determines the winner of each round. Otherwise, at the end of 

each hole, select the player who had the fewest strokes, or if the 

number of strokes was equal, select Halved.

When you set the Approach to count strokes, the device 

determines the winner of each hole. Otherwise, at the end of 

each hole, select the player who had the fewest strokes. You 

can select multiple players if there is a tie for the win.

You can view statistics for the round you are currently playing.

While playing a game, select SCORE > 

.

Select an option:
• To view information for all players, select Round Details.
• To view more details about an individual player, select 

Round Details > 

 > Player Details, select a player 

name, and select a statistic to view.

The individual scorecard features a hole-by-hole overview of a 

player's round. Four symbols represent the number of strokes 

relative to par. A par score has no symbol.

À

Overall score

Á

Two or more over par

Â

One over par

Ã

One under par

Ä

Two or more under par

You can view saved shots, rounds, and player statistics.

Select History, and select a round to view.
The device shows information for all players.

Select an option.
• Select 

 > Player Details, and select a player name to 

• Select 

 > Course Details to view a list of each hole and 

its par.

• Select 

 > Edit Scorecard to adjust individual details for 

that round, including each player's name, score, and 

handicap.

• Select 

 > Delete Scorecard to clear the scorecard from 

the device history.

You can view all scorecards on your computer.

Connect the device to your computer using the USB cable.
The device appears as a removable drive in My Computer in 

Windows

®

 computers, and as a mounted volume on Mac

® 

computers.

Open the device drive.

Open Scorecard > ScorecardViewer.html to view 

scorecards.

You can set a handicap for the hole (

).

Select Setup > Scoring > Scoring Handicap.

Select On.

Before you can score using handicaps, you must enable 

While playing a game, select SCORE > 

 > Set Up Players.

Select   for the player whose handicap you want to enter or 

change.

Select an option:
• Select Local Handicap to enter the number of strokes 

that will be subtracted from the player's total score.

• Select Index\Slope Method to enter the player's handicap 

index and the course slope rating to calculate a course 

handicap for the player.

Before you can score using handicaps, you must enable 

handicap scoring (

).

The device displays the default handicap for the hole if it is 

available. You can set the hole handicap manually.

While playing a game, select SCORE > 

 > Change 

Handicap.

Enter the hole handicap.

The "plays like" distance feature accounts for elevation changes 

on the course by showing the adjusted distance to the green.

Select Setup > PlaysLike Distance.

Select Show.

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