Garmin elevates the golf simulator experience with Home Tee Hero upgrades

OLATHE, Kan./ Jan. 20, 2026 – Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced the new Home Tee Hero app, bringing a more premium golf simulator experience¹. More realistic graphics that were previously available only on the Approach^®R50 make it look and feel like golfers are playing every hole in person on more than 43,000 preloaded golf courses across the globe – along with 15 new enhanced courses – right from home or the driving range. And with an added on-course practice mode, it’s easier for players to improve their game. 

New app for Approach R10 users

Golfers can download the new standalone Home Tee Hero app now on their iPhone^® or Android^™ smartphone, providing a more premium experience to help take their game to the next level.

• Realistic graphics: Golfers can tee off at their local course or practice for an upcoming golf trip with upgraded course graphics that better match their real-life locations, including those in unique environments like desert, grasslands, tropics and more.
• Play where the pros play: Players can check a course off their bucket list with 15 enhanced courses – all featuring high-resolution graphics that improve tree coverage throughout the courses and capture all the curves and waves of the greens.
• Practice makes perfect: Tackle a tricky hole or complete more reps anytime with the new on-course practice mode. Skip ahead to a specific hole and take as many shots as needed from the same spot.

More to love on the Approach R50

With improvements to Home Tee Hero on the Approach R50, players can also enjoy all the new enhanced courses and on-course practice mode, where they can replay any hole as many times as they want, right from their launch monitor – no smartphone needed. R50 golfers can also skip through holes freely.

See the Home Tee Hero app and experience Garmin’s lineup of simulators during the PGA Show in Orlando, Fla. at booth #1501. To learn more about Garmin’s full line of golf products, visit garmin.com. 

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¹ Requires an active Garmin Golf membership. Some Garmin launch monitors, such as Approach R10, require pairing with a compatible smartphone that has the Garmin Golf app downloaded and the Home Tee Hero app running. When using Approach R50, Home Tee Hero is pre-installed and does not require downloading the Home Tee Hero app to a smartphone.