Golfshot: Golf GPS
By Shotzoom Software
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Description
▶ #1 Golf GPS App Worldwide
▶ ACCESS OVER 33,000 COURSES WITH NO SUBSCRIPTION OR ANNUAL FEE
IPHONE 3G AND 3G-S USERS GET:
GPS Rangefinder with distances to:
• Front, Center and Back of Green
• Up to 40 professionally-mapped targets per hole.
• GPS Aerial view with TouchPoint positioning – touch a target anywhere on the hole and get distances to that point and from that point to the green.
33,000+ courses worldwide ready to play!
• Golfshot is the #1 provider of pre-mapped aerial image courses. (Other apps have scorecard data, but make you map the course)
Important Note: GPS and Aerial views require an iPhone 3G or 3G-S with internet connection (Edge, 3G or Wifi) and require that a Google Maps image of the course is available. View available courses and request more for free at www.golfshot.com
ORIGINAL IPHONE USERS GET:
Non-GPS iPhone users get the ability to view hole distances from their selected tee-box, and plan their approach shots with TouchPoint positioning – touch a target anywhere on the hole and get distances to that point from your selected tee-box and from that point to the green.
FEATURES
• 33,000+ Courses
• GPS Rangefinder with large numbers, front, center and back of green, and up to 40 points per hole
• GPS Aerial view with TouchPoint technology
• Assign ideal layup distances for your approach clubs
• Track your distance for any shot.
• Includes Golfshot: Scorecard - an easy and efficient scorecard that automatically generates PGA Tour quality statistics and allows golfers to share and compare their rounds.
SCORECARD FEATURES
• Keep score for up to four golfers
• Simple score entry
• Rotated full-round traditional scorecard view
• Optional handicap play with your USGA, CONGU, EGA, or RCGA handicap
• Stableford scoring
• Automatic course handicap calculator
• Net score and stroke score display
• View statistics during and after your round
• Get email and online scorecards
• View, edit and enter past round scorecards
AMAZING STATISTICAL GRAPHS
• Automatically created for each round
• Know your performance and track your improvement
• Find gaps in your game
• Compare against friends, Tiger, anyone!
STATISTICS INCLUDE
• Fairways Hit, Missed Left & Right
• Greens in Regulation
• Recovery Scrambling
• Sand Saves
• Putts per Hole and per GIR
• Scoring Averages on Par 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
• Scoring Percentages
New course data is loaded for free by Golfshot. View courses at www.golfshot.com/courses
User Guide available at www.golfshot.com/userguide.pdf
iPod touch users should check out Golfshot, the scorecard and handicap version of the app.
Please notice: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
What's New In Version 2.1
New Features in version 2.1
• Configurable background GPS option.
• Fixes and optimizations for iOS4
New Features in version 2.0
• Background GPS (Available only on multitasking capable devices with iOS4.)
• Fast App Switching
• iPhone 4 Ready (Retina Display Enhanced)
• Green Zoom
Customer Reviews
Outstanding golf GPS app
I used Golfshot GPS 3 times over the weekend at 3 different courses, and it was always within 3 yards of the marked sprinkler heads. The scoring is very intuitive, and it e-mails you the scorecard at the end of the round which you can forward to the others in your group.
One tip for those using it that wasn't immediately obvious to me: I often wished I could determine if a hole was a par 3, 4, or 5 by looking at the screen. Turns out you can -- there is a colored circle around the golf ball image which indicates the hole number. Par 3's have a blue outline, par 4's a yellow outline, and par 5's a red outline.
When launching the app from a sleep state, it seemed to take 5-10 seconds to acquire the satellite and begin giving accurate to the yard measurements. Most of the time this delay isn't a problem, but if your phone puts itself to sleep often, you might want to increase the amount of time before your phone auto-sleeps. This is done in the Settings app, select "General -> Auto-Lock". Of course, this will also decrease the battery life. I was able to play an 18-hole round on a full charge with about 20% battery life left at the end -- your mileage may vary.
Hands-Down Best Golfcourse App for iPhone
I've used several other rangefinder appliances and devices which cost $99-$499. While they do a good job, this app does all of that; in many cases, it does more. The database of courses has every one I've ever heard of in the Denver area, plus dozens I had to look up on a map and it loads them quickly (sync time is ~15secs) on the initial setup.
The scorecard functions are intuitive and very fast - I was able to easily enter score for my foursome walking from green to tee. There are great stat metrics for helping you track weaknesses and improve your game (putts, fairways hit + direction missed, GIR, sand). The real-time to-par score tracking is a bonus there as well. (e.g. after 8 holes my score of 35 w/12 putts is +3 to par).
What really sold me on the app being first-rate is how great the touch features are to get range to a specific target, and also how the holes are pre-marked with key landmarks and distances. You configure the app for layup clubs and distances in advance and it uses those as soft targets during the round. This saved me several bad judgement calls the first time I used it and probably saved me some strokes in the process.
Or if you want to know how far you are from clearing a bunker from the thickets without searching for sprinkler head covers, yardage books or marked stakes, it does that - just touch the front lip of the bunker and it'll give you the distance. Moving yardage book.
How far did I just bomb that tee shot? Touch the golf ball with the hole number at the tee box and beeline to your ball; it'll give you the distance of your shot.
There is a little room for tweaking in the app but it is minor - I would like to be able to multi-select fairway misses (long+left, etc) instead of only choosing one. I'd also like to track putting as more than just how many I took, but also if I left it short/hit it long, misread the line, both, or something else like pushes/yips/etc.
Combine the on-phone features with the online stats and charts (accessed from the phone only as best as I can tell), the emailed scorecard after your round, and the custom bag configuration all packaged up in the app - wow. This app is well worth the price - it is a great deal compared to other hardware out there with only a subset of the features.
Was skeptical and then amazed
Most apps fall short of what you think they will be capale of. Golfshot did not. Not only is the interface very easy to use and the statistical data interesting, their customer service is top notch. I submitted several courses and all were uploaded within days. When there was a problem with one of my uploads, they fixed it quickly with a great explanation of what happened. The accuracy of the GPS is perfect with a good signal and battery drain is not as bad as I expected This is the most impressive app I've downloaded. Very Impressed
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$29.99
- Category: Sports
- Updated:Jul 06, 2010
- Current Version:2.1
- 2.1 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 18.0 MB
- Languages:English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Seller:Shotzoom Software, LLC
- © 2009 Shotzoom Software, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Shotzoom, Golfshot, the Golfshot logo and screen designs are trademarks of Shotzoom Software, LLC.
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later.
