Solo Round tomorrow afternoon

[mdbuschsr]

After a two week layoff, should I play:

My usual "ok" course?
A nice course that I haven't played in years?
A (supposed to be) nice course that I have never played before?

I plan to use my Droid with golfcard for the first time as well, so speed of play may be a slight issue while getting used to the app. I'm almost sure to play my usual course over the weekend at least once with the wife & kid, and maybe a second time with friends.

[clam fist]

You can't go wrong as long as you get to play. Have fun.

[Shripe]

It's been 4 weeks since my last round (did range work 2 weeks ago, have been quite busy otherwise), and I'm going solo as well.. Mainly going to map my short par 3 course on BBGPSGolf as I play so I can use that from now on. :)

[zeg]

For a solo round after a break, I would play a familiar course.

[bplewis24]

After a two week layoff, should I play:

Play the nice course that you haven't played in a while.

I use Golfcard on my Droid as well. Download the course now and when you download it it will show you the course information. Scroll down to the bottom for the "rangefinder" button and click on it to ensure that there are markers for that course. I find that there are already markers for about 99% of the courses except the private/semi-private ones. Another tip for Golfcard: only use the rangefinder when trying to get a distance or measure a shot. Always back out of the rangefinder after you've done this, as it will save your battery life. I can usually get through about 2 full rounds (or a full round + heavy phone usage during the rest of the day) on one charge. But if you allow it to sit in the rangefinder queue all round, it will drain quickly. Brandon

[mdbuschsr]

Never got out today. Have to play with the new app tomorrow instead.

bplewis, how do you like it?

[bplewis24]

Love the app. It takes about 3 rounds or so to understand the different options it has available to you. You can track your club selection, tee off distance, get manual yardages to different spots in the fairway (or other places not marked by a hazard), etc. It is a really useful tool for keeping track of where you're dropping strokes, fairways hit, GIR, etc. I actually like that it uses satellite images of the fairways and hazards, but I believe they are updating it with animated images sometime in the future.

The best part about it is that for $8 you're essentially set for life with this app. You can download as many courses for the next 10 years and never pay another dime, and if you find courses that aren't marked it takes about 15 minutes to do it yourself on a PC.

Brandon

[mdbuschsr]

I finally got to play with it some on the course. I will agree that it may take some time to get used to. I found myself lagging behind the group in front of me trying to figure out what to tap. I'll have to look around and see if I can find a tutorial or walk through for the most often used items in the app.

[Shripe]

Huh... Too bad Golfcard isn't for Blackberries (yet/ever). I'm still trying to figure out the best app for me, but don't really want to map my course out myself (considering I've only been there twice, and the layout/design of the par 3 course doesn't lend itself to easy identification of holes via Google Maps. I can make it through about 6 or 7 holes, but then it's hard to remember which way the other dozen go. I'm waiting on requests with a couple programs to map the course (not paying $8 for Swing By Swing to map it), and once those are done I'll be able to figure out which program I want to use. Lake Golf Course hasn't been a high priority to map, even though most of the other Milw. Co. Parks golf courses have been mapped... Probably because it's somewhat of a goat track (though not extensively so).

[bplewis24]

http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/goog...ews/51553.aspx

I looked for a web video-tutorial and couldn't really find anything but this review with some screenshots.

Brandon