Filed under: New courses mapped
Thanks to Murray Donkin for physically mapping Pecanwood Golf & Country Club at the Hartebeespoortdam. Even though the total number of SA courses on the Wegolf database is still 182, the number of “Verified” courses is now 116.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Wegolf will be represented at “The Biggest Golf Show in South Africa” being held from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 November. If you should be in the area then please drop by the Wegolf stall to say hello 
We will be available to give personal support to assist you with all the features of this great product.
For those who are considering to buy Wegolf but haven’t yet…
Wegolf will be available at a limited “Special Show Price” of R450 for the 3 days of the show only Not bad if you consider that you can turn your cell phone into a golf GPS for less than the price of a box of certain golf balls.
And we even thought of golfers that live far away and won’t be visiting the expo…If you want to buy Wegolf at the “Show Price” of R450 and pay via an EFT, that option is available. Just please email us at wegolfsa@wegolf.net and we will assist you with the steps to follow to qualify for the special.
Anyway, hope to see you there as The Golf Show promises to have everything on display for all golfers.
Just in case you don’t know where Vodacom World of Golf is, it is on the corner of Maxwell and Woodmead drive, Woodmead, Johannesburg. Below is a map of where it is located…
Filed under: New courses mapped
Thanks to Murray Donkin for mapping Bosch Hoek Golf & Country Estate in the Kwazulu Natal Midlands. It was rated the number one 9 hole golf course in South Africa in 2007 by the Complete Golfer magazine. It brings the total number of South African courses on the Wegolf database to 182.
Filed under: Helpful hints
There you are on Sunday morning early…. your better half has gone to visit the in-laws and left you to your own devices.( Wegolf of course your favourite.) my my… What to do?
Lets see…
Thinking of looking for a new course to play in your area? No problem Wegolf can help if you follow these steps on your cell:
- Make sure you phone’s GPS receiver is connected to the satellites by selecting Tools,GPS. Just wait until you see coordinates displayed at this screen. (Preferably you will need to have an unobstructed view to the sky)
- Once the GPS is connected to the satellites, go back to the main menu of Wegolf and select Courses, Download.
- Because your GPS is connected, you will see one of the options is Nearby Courses, select it… The cell will prompt you whether to allow application to connect to the internet… say “Allow for this session.”
- You will now see a list of all the courses that are within 100km of your current position.
So there is problem one solved… you now have a list of all courses within 100km to pick from to play on this lovely Sunday.
You of course go ahead and download one by selecting it and then selecting Dload. You will now see it on the list of courses that are on your phone. But maybe you want to see the position of this newly found course on a map?
No problem again Just highlight the course name and go Options, Map and voila! You can view the course on Google Maps.
But being the sucker for detail you are, you still want to know more about the course before you play there. What does the course layout look like? No problem again
- This time, select the course (Don’t just highlight it.) You will now see the score card details of the course displayed.
- Go Options, Coord on map.
- Your cell will now connect to the web to download a satellite image of the course. You can now familiarize yourself with the hole layout before you play the course.
And again, are you finished? No! You still have to get to the course and with Wegolf it is very easy to save the course location as a “favourite” in your phone’s navigation software. Do this by selecting the course and again you will see the score card info. On this page go Options, Save for navigation.
You can now just open your navigation software of the phone and set the GPS software to navigate you turn by turn to the course.
Oh yeah, and let’s not forget that once you are at the course, you can now use Wegolf for what it’s best at. Supplying you with accurate distances on the course as well as a fantastic electronic score card with all its statistical features.
And O Yeah again…All this for only 44.95 Euro? (+- R499)
Unbelievable if you ask me
Filed under: Uncategorized
After just a couple of votes in the poll about what people do in SA when they get a blackout on a hole it is clear that nearly half the golfers take a double bogey when they get a blackout on a hole where they don’t stroke. According to the South African Golf Association site, under handicapping you will see the following:
5.2.3 A score for any hole, whether complete or incomplete in any round, is to be reduced to one stroke or a specified number of strokes over par for handicap purposes as follows:
(i) Where a player receives no handicap stroke – limit of one over Par.
(ii) Where a player receives one handicap stroke – limit of two over Par.
(iii) Where a player receives two handicap strokes – limit of three over Par.
What is clear to me now is that the change of the rule was not communicated properly to all golfers as approximately half of golfers take a double bogey for no IPS points when they blackout on a hole where they don’t stroke. Look out for a future version of Wegolf that will accommodate the correct way handling blackouts in SA
Filed under: Polls
As this is an issue that comes up a lot when Wegolf subscribers contact us and after many discussions in our own Saturday fourball, I thought it best to create the following post concerning what you must do if you don’t score points on the IPS system on a hole…
According to http://www.saga.co.za/38/handicapping , the following must happen when you get a “blackout” on a hole: If you don’t stroke on a hole you write a bogey for 0 points. And not a double bogey as was the rule for a while.
Before Wegolf can have a version that reflects the way South Africans keep score it is important to hear from our SA users what system they follow when getting a blackout on a hole…
For example: If you have a 15 handicap and you play a Par 3, stroke 18…
Filed under: New courses mapped
Thanks to Murray Donkin for mapping Maidstone Golf Club, Maidstone Kwa-Zulu Natal. He plotted a couple of points of interest physically with his cell phone on the course and then completed mapping the rest of the course on Google Earth after using the “Map Correction” feature.
This brings the total number of SA courses mapped on the Wegolf database to 181
Filed under: New courses mapped
Thanks to Kobus Coetser for mapping Bank Golf Course, located at the Bank Colliery near Middelburg in Mpumulanga. This brings the total amount of courses mapped on the Wegolf database to 180.
Filed under: Uncategorized
You guessed it… Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, location of the 2009 Presidents Cup, is also mapped on Wegolf. So if you ever find yourself in that area, you’ll be able to use Wegolf on the course.
Until you play there, you can view the course layout with all the Wegolf mapped points of interest by downloading the course onto your phone and then selecting the course. You will then see the scorecard info displayed, go Options, Coord on map the view a satellite image of the course layout on your cell phone. Or alternatively for all current subscibers and current trial users…
Visit www.wegolf.com and log into the site using your cell number in international format (2782… instead of 082…) as username and the last four digits of your cell number as password. Once you are logged into the site…
- Select Courses (Public)
- Select USA from the drop down menu.
- Then scroll down and select Harding Park Golf Course.
- You will now see the score card infomation with a link at the top of the scoecard in the middle of the screen called Map. Select it.
- Now you will see the Google Earth image of the course with all the points of interest.
- This is a screenshot of what you’ll see…
Filed under: Most active cell phone users
I thought I’d list the amount of times users in the top 30 overall accesses on their cell phones has used Wegolf since 12 Aug 2009 until today, 8 Oct 2009. This list give a clear indication ofwho has been active lately…
| Rank: | Details | Terminal / Version | Wireless Accesses 12 Aug 2009 – 8 Oct 2009 |
| 1 | Joseph | Nokia N82 | 230 |
| 2 | Neil | Nokia E71 | 227 |
| 3 | Johan | Nokia E71 | 178 |
| 4 | Tichaona | Blackberry | 176 |
| 5 | Frans G | Nokia E66 | 126 |
| 6 | Marcu | Samsung INNOV 8 | 112 |
| 7 | Khehla | Nokia 6110 Navigator | 72 |
| 8 | Gavin | Nokia E90 | 66 |
| 9 | Andrew | Sony Ericsson P1i | 56 |
| 10 | Peet | Nokia N70 | 49 |
| 11 | Murray | Nokia N95 8gig | 31 |
| 12 | Graham | Nokia 6110 Navigator | 31 |
| 13 | Darryl | Sony Ericsson W880 | 25 |
| 14 | Fans M | Nokia 6210 Navigator | 24 |
| 15 | DLS002 | Nokia N81 | 13 |
| 16 | Corne | Nokia N95 8gig | 12 |
| 17 | Horst | Nokia E71 | 12 |
| 18 | Robbie | Nokia N95 8gig | 10 |
| 19 | Dries | Nokia 6110 Navigator | 0 |
| 20 | Chris | Nokia E90 | 0 |
| 21 | Ian | Nokia N95 8gig | 0 |
| 22 | Warren | Nokia E71 | 0 |
| 23 | Roger | Nokia 6110 Navigator | 0 |
| 24 | Kobus | Nokia N95 8gig | 0 |
| 25 | Ozzie | Blackberry | 0 |
| 26 | Claus | Nokia N95 8gig | 0 |
| 27 | Vincenth | Nokia 6110 Navigator | 0 |
| 28 | Unknown | Nokia E66 | 0 |
| 29 | Gerhardus | Nokia 6110 Navigator | Not in previous top 30 |
| 30 | Stuart | Nokia N85 | Not in previous top 30 |
These are only the people that are on the current overall top 30. There were many other users that accessed Wegolf from their cell phones since 12 August 2009 but aren’ton this list.
