jwrussell

If that was directed at me, check my reviews and posts. I'm not on here to advertise. GoflDigest put a one page review of the course in their September issue. I saw it, I live an hour from the site, I went looking for threads on it.

I've been using GolfShot since late 2009, early 2010, something like that. I've also tried GolfLogix multiple times, whenever enough time has gone by that there are new features and I can get a couple of free tests of the full version. There are things to like about both platforms. For me, the deciding factor was the $30 one-time price tag for GolfShot. At the time, GoflShot did not track club distances which I was disappointed in, but they updated a while back and now they do so I'm a happy camper. In the end, I would say that other than the price differential it all comes down to which interface you are more comfortable with. I've been using GolfShot so long that the interface for GolfLogix just looks wrong to me. Some thoughts on GolfLogix from the last time I used it. I actually prefer the color "drawings" of the holes to the satellite pictures. Like the concept of tracking each of my shots visually as GL allows you to do, but in practice found it difficult to do correctly and felt it had me spending too much time fiddling with the phone rather than golfing. Still, love the concept. I don't think you can go wrong with either (hence the 50/50 response on the poll), but I still prefer GolfShot at this time.

I just saw this course in GolfDigest and being about an hour from there in Tampa I can't friggin' WAIT to get out and play both courses. The pictures look amazing. Trying to hook up with their sales team to find out about stay and play packages, etc. Will post up here when I hear more.

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I'm originally from NJ (south), and I've always told everyone from the North, it's not that it's hotter or more humid here than there, it's that it lasts much longer.

On the plus side: Much lower greens fees everywhere. Far fewer people playing.

I would say only 2 strokes as per 20-5 (a). I'm no rules official, but your player in question is no longer "starting a hole" as referenced in 11-4 (b). Interesting that, assuming I have it correct, starting a hole off outside of the teeing ground has a stiffer penalty (two strokes + replaying the ball+disqualification if the error is not corrected) than the circumstances in your example.

How did they get your phone number? Had you registered already before deciding not to buy?

Love the picture though. LOL.

Just a couple of quick notes on the compass discussion. Any GPS can be used as a general compass so long as you are moving. Older GPS systems (if anyone hunts, think of the older Garmin Rino GPS/Radios) calculate the output for a digital compass in this way, which is why you have to be moving for them to give you an accurate reading. I used one this past November during a hunting trip and have to say it was kind of a PITA to deal with. However, newer systems (and this includes the iPhones 3GS and later) have chips in them that enable them to output compass information while standing still. I don't know the specifics of how they work, but I believe it has something to do with measuring RF signal strength when compared to information from the accelerometers within the phone that help it determine where it is on the X and Y axis. Here's a link to some of the more technical stuff: http://www.quora.com/iPhone/How-does-the-compass-on-the-iPhone-work

I follow your reasoning on most of this, and while we don't agree, I can see where you are coming from. But the above, I have to say I think you have completely wrong. Yes, the compass on the iPhone makes it illegal because it is an APP that cannot be removed. However, assuming it COULD be, and that no other app on the phone could access the information, stating that the phone had the ability, given the correct app, to measure such information makes it illegal is not backed up by the current rules. [quote]A multi-functional device, such as a smartphone or PDA, may be used as a distance measuring device provided it contains a distance measuring application that meets all of the above limitations (i.e., it must measure distance only). 
In addition, when the distance measuring application is being used, there must be no other features or applications installed on the device that, if used , would be in breach of the Rules, whether or not they are actually used .[/quote] You are, I assuming, trying to point to the bolded part above and saying that the phone's innate ability to measure direction based on GPS and Accellerometer and whatnot make it illegal even if there is no app to access the data. I would point to the second bolded part of the statement and argue that "that, if used" takes into consideration the ABILITY TO USE said app or feature. The fact that an app exists to measure wind speed and direction via the iPhone's microphone does not enter into the conversation if I don't have the app installed, just as the fact that the iPhone has an app that can display a compass if said app is not installed. Again, moot point as the app can't be uninstalled, but we are arguing some serious nits here anyway. :)

Was wondering when that would be brought up. The wording could certainly be construed to mean that so long as the device doesn't MEASURE anything, that it is legal. And no current weather app (yes, I realize there are other apps that do this, but they are not weather apps) measure a dang thing. They report.

Check out the Ogio Chamber (it is a cart bag, not sure if that matters).

Which of course makes the ruling all the more silly.