I’m not sure if this is the same thing others seem to have mentioned regarding GPS.

Before a golf round, I start the ‘golf’ activity on my PIxel 3 watch on Strava (not fitbit). After it’s been going a little while, I then open golfpad on my phone and start a round. This then opens golfpad on the watch. 

At this point, Strava is still recording and golfpad is doing its job. However, after about 12 minutes, I notice that the strava icon has disappeared from the watch. When I finish the round, I can see Strava has recorded an activity, doesn’t seem to know it’s golf and has recorded around 10 minutes and with peculiar tracking route.

I think if I open the Strava app on the phone instead of the watch and do the same thing it works properly but this means my phone is simultaneously GPSing for Strava and Golfpad and this kills my battery during a round.

Any reason why the watch app would just stop recording and not give the usual (or any) screen to check with you that you’ve finished?