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Saw them for sale in the Apple store on Saturday for £159. YOu can get them on Ebay for about £90-100. I don't play golf now unless it's using GG. Such a feedback tool is pretty important to me for development. According to GG I'm a 13 HC but to be honest I feel like I'm playing really well due to using GG and not wanting to let my stats down by posting a bad round. It's a great tool.
 
Hello folks, I am game golfing after getting it for my birthday!

Have just set up an account and screwed the tags in to my clubs. I even emailed in a couple of scorecard corrections for my home course, which they fixed within 5 mins of my reporting it - amazing!

Haven't read through the entire thread so forgive a couple of noddy questions...

1) Is there a GM group to join or is it just a case of following individual golfers?
2) Is it possible to edit the tag names for your clubs. For example, there isn't a 5 wood tag so I'm using the Lob Wedge one for that - is it possible to edit that description?

I've got a big event on this weekend so probably won't be using GG during it but might manage a few holes to try it out before that.
 
OK, the answer to #2 is that you can add and delete clubs so I've now got everything set up to my liking!

#1 seems to be just follow individuals but there are sometimes challenges to join.


Quiet in here, has the novelty worn off?
 
FairwayDodger said:
OK, the answer to #2 is that you can add and delete clubs so I've now got everything set up to my liking!

#1 seems to be just follow individuals but there are sometimes challenges to join.


Quiet in here, has the novelty worn off?
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rather than using the lobwedge one for your 5w, use one of the 'shape' one. I believe you can then edit it as you wish :D

Its a great tool, i really enjoy it
 
FairwayDodger said:
OK, the answer to #2 is that you can add and delete clubs so I've now got everything set up to my liking!

#1 seems to be just follow individuals but there are sometimes challenges to join.


Quiet in here, has the novelty worn off?
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Welcome to the GG Gang, you can search for people via username or or actual, ie pauldj42 or paul murray, I've got over 140 rounds logged now and it's second nature, great to replay your shots on the computer post editing.
 
MendieGK said:
rather than using the lobwedge one for your 5w, use one of the 'shape' one. I believe you can then edit it as you wish :D

Its a great tool, i really enjoy it
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Yip, got it sorted now. All 17 clubs that flit in and out of my bag are tagged and correctly categorised. Looking forward to giving it a go!

http://www.gamegolf.com/player/fergusonk

....if anyone is interested! Not much to see at the moment though!
 
Just started using mine this weekend. Logged a 9 and 18 hole round so far.

Bit weird at first getting used to tagging my shots but quickly becomes second mature. Main one is not tagging tap-ins or gimmes.
 
FairwayDodger said:
Just want to get used to it first. Will have enough on my mind without getting too concerned about tagging shots.
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Fair enough. Haven't tagged my first tournament round yet, but I'm really curious wether the data will confirm the feeling I sometimes play different in competitions or not.
 
I read an article (advert) I think in Saturday's Telegraph by a female golf presenter (can't remember her name) doing a review of her using Game Golf. A generally positive write up - with her sign-off line being that she felt she could get her h/cap down from 18 to 12 next season using Game Golf. Aye right. Good luck lass.
 
Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there any reason that I can't buy GG in the U.S. And use it in the UK? Are there country specific models, or is it the same product £50 cheaper?
Cheers
 
masterosouffle said:
Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there any reason that I can't buy GG in the U.S. And use it in the UK? Are there country specific models, or is it the same product £50 cheaper?
Cheers
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Would it be much cheaper after you've declared it and paid the duty (vat), and more importantly, what if you have a problem with it and need to send it back?
 
My father travels regularly for business so not too worried about that, and at the end of the day if it is faulty it will go back to GG, does it matter if that is UK or US?
 
masterosouffle said:
My father travels regularly for business so not too worried about that, and at the end of the day if it is faulty it will go back to GG, does it matter if that is UK or US?
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Yes, because it is what's known as grey goods sale, your contract of sale is only with the shop you purchase from, not the manufacturer, your not covered by any UK consumer laws when puchasing abroad.
 
Have been a bit excited about my new toy so went up to the golf club after work to try and play a few holes. It's been a miserable day so the course was practically empty which allowed me to run round in a little over two hours. (2 over par despite not holing anything outside 5 feet! lol!)

Just uploaded the round and I must admit to being slightly disappointed..... Sometimes the location tagged is miles out which makes me doubt the accuracy of the rest. And one hole where I was wild off the tee and put it onto an adjacent fairway has been logged as a FIR; doesn't seem any way to fix that?

Plus I've logged one round, shot 71, but it tells me my average score is 74 - what's that about? My guess is that it's basing that average on a par 72 so my 71 on a par 69 counts as 2 over par = 74.... ?
 
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The FIR seems weird, might even be a bug, i.e. the software only registered the ball was on a fairway without checking if it was the right fairway.

That being said, I've hit balls on adjacent fairways as well and haven't had the same problem yet.


Regarding the accuracy issue - I haven't used the hardware yet, but have tagged several rounds with the app. Some of the location were slightly off, but not miles. I did notice, though, that (at least with the app) the GPS sometimes needs some time to 'catch up'. The app also shows the distance to the middle of the green, and I've seen the display change by a significant amount between the time I reached my ball and had a first look to some time later when I was trying to confirm the yardage before hitting the shot.
This means that your 'speed golf' kind of play may actually be the reason for the location errors... Are the tagged locations further out or closer to the hole than your actual location?

And yes, I think Game Golf calculates the 'average round' on the basis of a par 72 course. The algorithm of this as well as the GG handicap stays a mystery whatsoever, and unless GG is willing to give further insight we won't be able to solve it.
 
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