PGAPappas 12 Days of Christmas JingleBAM DAY 2 Golf Giveaway: New 2025 Shot Scope V5 GPS Watch or Shot Scope X5 GPS Watch (YOU Choose)

I've been singing the praise of Shot Scope now for many years.  And I love hearing all of you tell me their Laser Rangefinders and GPS watches have made your games better and more fun.  Every year Shot Scope transforms and elevates their line of products with better technology and a growing range of options.  And they've quite honestly become a force in the golf laser rangefinder and GPS market.

So for DAY 2 in my PGAPappas 12 Days of Christmas Golf Giveaway let's give you a choice between not only two of Shot Scope's best products, but two of the best golf watches on the market.  You can choose between either the new Shot Scope V5 GPS Watch or the new Shot Scope X5 GPS Watch.

I've already given you the rundown on both of these fantastic watches so here I'm going to just focus on some similarities and differences between V5 and X5 to help make your choice easier.

Size and Display

First off both premium watches are about the same size and both have fantastic color displays protected by hard mineral glass.

 

The straps on both watches are also similar in that they're both extremely comfortable and made of high quality silicone straps that come in a variety of colors.

User Control

One of the biggest differences between the watches (and in my opinion this is really about preference) is that V5 control is accomplished using the four buttons around the watch casing. 

While X5 control is accomplished with touchscreen on the watch face itself.  The V5 buttons and X5 touchscreen are equally effective and the X5 touchscreen is surprisingly not very sensitive when it rains.  Great job Shot Scope!

Both the V5 and G5 watches give you the options of five different clock faces and offer the same incredible On-Course features (I'll touch on some of those below).  I have found however that the V5 has about an hour more of use to it on one charge than the X5.  But you'll be able to get two full rounds of golf in with both watches in Golf Mode.

Revolutionary Features Galore

The On-Course features with both the V5 and G5 watches are amazingly comprehensive and numerous and yet also incredibly easy to use.  You're not going to want for pretty much anything in terms of getting yardages and analyzing statistics with both the V5 and G5.

Both watches feature full hole (birds-eye view) maps, front/middle/back green distances and movable pin locations, exact dynamic yardages mapped from every angle on the course to front and carry every hazard and dogleg, as well as strategic layup distances.  And over 36,000 courses are preloaded on the V5 and X5 with in-round digital scorecards to keep track of your scores and performance.

The X5 might have one stat-tracking advantage over V5 in the full hole map area in that it allows overlays of your club performance tracked over the last 10 rounds. Shot Scope calls this "Personalized Hole Maps."  V5 tracks this as well but only X5 gives you the overlay which can be pretty useful.

You're also getting 16 Second Gen tracking tags with both watches that automatically record every shot you hit on the course.  You have access to statistics on all your shots.  Drives, approaches, short game, putting.  And data can be broken down further by lie type. proximity, and specific clubs used.  I'm wasn't kidding when I said both of these watches are massively comprehensive.  And you never pay any subscription fees for any of this!

Which One to Choose?

Well that's going to be up to you.  To me the main difference is V5 buttons vs. X5 touchscreen.  And appearance wise the X5 bezel is more polished than the matte bezel of the V5.  With both GPS watches you get every reliable distance mapped out to every location you could possibly want.  And then the absolute library of statistics, fully customizable for analysis however you like.  The Shot Scope V5 and G5 watches are undeniably both 1st Team All-Stars in the GPS golf watch landscape.

 

Rememberyou always have three different ways to win the daily gifts in my giveaway this year.  And if you miss a day don't worry.  You can enter ANY of the DAY Giveaways anytime throughout the entire 12 Days of Christmas.

On X/Twitter just repost my giveaway announcement and follow all; on Instagram repost and follow all; and here on my blog leave a comment in the section below in the daily DAY review/giveaway, Jingle Bam, Letters from Santa, Santa Said Do It, Kringle Gonna Kringle, and Run It Back Kringle articles.

These gifts are great prizes of course, but also some of the best equipment and gear in their class that I played and reviewed this season.  And I hope these mini reviews and recaps give you an idea of why I rate them so highly.

Merry Christmas all!