GAME GOLF - Digital Tracking System

[wannabe]

Great thread.

Sorry if this has already been asked, but is there a minimum frequency of play for using this system, in order to get any real value from it?

Seems like you'd have to be at least someone who averages more than 1 rd/month, maybe even closer to 1/wk, in order to get benefits from this kind of stat tracking.

[Shindig]

2 minutes ago, wannabe said:

Sorry if this has already been asked, but is there a minimum frequency of play for using this system, in order to get any real value from it?

Seems like you'd have to be at least someone who averages more than 1 rd/month, maybe even closer to 1/wk, in order to get benefits from this kind of stat tracking.

New user, so I might be wrong, but I think larger sample sizes are more meaningful.  I thought the trends it showed in my first few rounds didn't feel right.  I'm not using it to guide practice just yet though.

[amoline]

I just purchased a game golf system and it's supposed to arrive today. excited to see how it works! 

[Shindig]

Oh, my previous complaint about them not recognizing an alternate green on my home course?  They fixed it within 24 hours of my email to them.

On a Sunday.

[Hardspoon]

9 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Oh, my previous complaint about them not recognizing an alternate green on my home course?  They fixed it within 24 hours of my email to them.

On a Sunday.

Yup.  Every time I've hit a glitch or an issue with GG, their customer service (tech support) has been fantastic.

[iacas]

9 hours ago, amoline said:

I just purchased a game golf system and it's supposed to arrive today. excited to see how it works! 

https://thesandtrap.com/how-to/game-golf-username

8 hours ago, Shindig said:

Oh, my previous complaint about them not recognizing an alternate green on my home course?  They fixed it within 24 hours of my email to them.

On a Sunday.

Par for the course.

[Shindig]

On average, how long does it take for a round that was recorded without being paired with the phone to sync to the site?

I played nine holes last night -- literally played the last hole, a par 5, with the sun setting and the pin already collected by the maintenance crew.  I tagged my shots, but ran out of power at some point on the ninth hole (I know I tagged my tee shot).  

Syncing now with my phone, it says I have eight rounds in there.  I've signed for six, there might be a phantom round too,  or something I'm just plain forgetting, or a round twice, and last night could be the eighth.  

I'm not too worried, because I'm sure this will show up eventually.  I think this system will motivate me to play more nine hold practice rounds (there are two regulation nine hole courses near me), partly to keep in golf mode when time won't permit 18, and partly to get more shots entered in to the system for a better sample size.

 

Another question:  how does the system work for practice rounds?  I knew I wasn't playing "for a score" yesterday, and in a few instances, hit two balls (I was last off the first tee, so I didn't hold anyone up).  I tagged my first shot from each location, deciding to tag what I thought the "right shot" to hit there was.  For example, 75-80 yards out, pin in the middle, I hit half a 9-iron (preferred shot), but dropped a ball and then hit a full sand wedge to see how they came out.  I can't tag the latter shot I think...

[iacas]

12 minutes ago, Shindig said:

On average, how long does it take for a round that was recorded without being paired with the phone to sync to the site?

I've never had it be anything but immediate. I plug the device in, it imports and "builds" my round, and then I go to the website to edit and publish it. That also deletes the round on the device.

12 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Syncing now with my phone, it says I have eight rounds in there.  I've signed for six, there might be a phantom round too,  or something I'm just plain forgetting, or a round twice, and last night could be the eighth.

You're syncing entirely with your phone, and then… what… editing on your computer after the round syncs via the phone?

I don't know how that all works. The only times I've used my phone it's just to sync the current round. I'll "end" the round, which syncs it right away. I don't try to sync up a backlog of rounds.

12 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Another question:  how does the system work for practice rounds? I knew I wasn't playing "for a score" yesterday, and in a few instances, hit two balls (I was last off the first tee, so I didn't hold anyone up).  I tagged my first shot from each location, deciding to tag what I thought the "right shot" to hit there was.  For example, 75-80 yards out, pin in the middle, I hit half a 9-iron (preferred shot), but dropped a ball and then hit a full sand wedge to see how they came out.  I can't tag the latter shot I think...

If you want to do that sort of thing, just tag the first one and move on. It's like someone who hits a driver OB: they don't have to tag again, they can just keep the first "tag" and add +2 penalty strokes.

[Shindig]

8 minutes ago, iacas said:

I've never had it be anything but immediate. I plug the device in, it imports and "builds" my round, and then I go to the website to edit and publish it. That also deletes the round on the device.

You're syncing entirely with your phone, and then… what… editing on your computer after the round syncs via the phone?

I don't know how that all works. The only times I've used my phone it's just to sync the current round. I'll "end" the round, which syncs it right away. I don't try to sync up a backlog of rounds.

Yep;  device to phone to site and work there.  I can connect it to my computer via USB and it charges, but it doesn't show up as something I can interact with.  I'm about due to get myself a new computer anyway and I will keep a Windows piece available to me so I can do what you're describing. 

... and now my phone says there are nine logs on the device.  I hope there's a tenth when I get back from my round (heading out now).

[allenc]

9 hours ago, Shindig said:

Yep;  device to phone to site and work there.  I can connect it to my computer via USB and it charges, but it doesn't show up as something I can interact with.

Me too.  I didn't even know you could connect it to your computer.  The instructions that came with the device and the website imply you are supposed to use it with the app.  Do you need special software?

I'd like to try it this way because the app just seems to suck.  It only correctly displays about half my rounds and the other times it outputs garbage.  i.e. 70 strokes on the first hole of a neighboring course.  Today I checked it on hole 3 and it had only recorded one shot -- the tee shot on the first hole with a G-tec driver.  I don't even have a G-tec driver nor did I list it as one of my clubs.

Is there some way to recover a round if you've tagged it the whole way through and the app doesn't work?

[iacas]

14 minutes ago, allenc said:

Me too.  I didn't even know you could connect it to your computer.  The instructions that came with the device and the website imply you are supposed to use it with the app.  Do you need special software?

I almost never use it with my phone.

https://www.gamegolf.com/downloads

14 minutes ago, allenc said:

Is there some way to recover a round if you've tagged it the whole way through and the app doesn't work?

See what you get when you plug it into your computer.

[Shindig]

Okay, well, it would be nice if their app worked with Linux.  Note to self:  try with WINE at some point.

But... in the past hour, I managed to get my hands on a Windows device and used that to upload.  Despite my device saying there were eleven rounds on there, I got 6 uploaded.  Four of which I already had, all from the era when I used my phone... so I guess before deleting I'll compare to the shots I added manually for two of them.

Plus yesterday's round and today's.  

So I'm a happy camper.  Going to review, sign, and then figure out what I'm doing before tomorrow's round!

[iacas]

5 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Okay, well, it would be nice if their app worked with Linux.  Note to self:  try with WINE at some point.

Yes, but be reasonable… nobody uses Linux on the desktop.  You know this…

5 minutes ago, Shindig said:

So I'm a happy camper.  Going to review, sign, and then figure out what I'm doing before tomorrow's round!

Good.

[Shindig]

Just now, iacas said:

Yes, but be reasonable… nobody uses Linux on the desktop.  You know this…

Good.

It's a laptop and ... actually, me and @Lihu might be the only two.  In any case, it works now. 

[iacas]

7 minutes ago, Shindig said:

It's a laptop and ... actually, me and @Lihu might be the only two.  In any case, it works now. 

You know what I mean by "Linux on the desktop." It means "not as a web server."

P.S. Your @ mention didn't work.

[SG11118]

After reading this thread and others, I bought GG Live last week.  Messed around with it a bit in a couples scramble yesterday afternoon.  More than anything, I'm hoping to get more consistent yardages for my clubs and also see if I'm regularly missing shots left or right.  Hoping to get 4 or 5 rounds on it this week to build some data.

[iacas]

10 minutes ago, SG11118 said:

After reading this thread and others, I bought GG Live last week.  Messed around with it a bit in a couples scramble yesterday afternoon.  More than anything, I'm hoping to get more consistent yardages for my clubs and also see if I'm regularly missing shots left or right.  Hoping to get 4 or 5 rounds on it this week to build some data.

Congrats John. Take care to edit your rounds afterward (you'll enjoy doing it and get very fast at it). Good data in, good data out.

[No Mulligans]

11 minutes ago, SG11118 said:

After reading this thread and others, I bought GG Live last week.  Messed around with it a bit in a couples scramble yesterday afternoon.  More than anything, I'm hoping to get more consistent yardages for my clubs and also see if I'm regularly missing shots left or right.  Hoping to get 4 or 5 rounds on it this week to build some data.

When you sign a scramble round you should unselect under the gear icon the default that includes the round in your stats.  A scramble will mess up your stats (unless you always played your own ball in which case you need a new partner )