Wegolf South Africa

Wegolf wishes all golfers a Happy New Year

May 2012 be the year for lots of great golf.

Well, today I thought I’d measure it. I downloaded and used a free app called Sports Tracker on my Nokia N97 while using Wegolf on my Samsung Galaxy S2 for distance measurements and plotting my shots. (We used a cart and played 18 holes in only 2h52m and my N97′s  battery died as I climbed into the car after the round. So it looks like the Sports Tracker app. uses a lot of battery power.)

Please click here to see the results of the Sports Tracker application for today’s round.

I couldn’t believe that we travelled 10.6km in total, while the distance on the scorecard is 6.458km. I was suprized to see that in one round, we travelled more than 4km extra compared to the scorecard distance, from the green to the next tee of each hole and looking for lost balls in the rough

The 2011 PGA Championship is starting this week. And they are allowing spectators onto the course with cell phones to make it possible for them to use a golf GPS app on the course.

This is a huge shift in mindset, and I think it reflects the organizers’ forward thinking on the issue of using cell phones on the course to enhance the spectator experience. Now, the spectators, standing near the competitor’s ball can see more or less how far he, for example, drove the ball and how far he has left to the green.

Not too long ago, I was told by a local club that I am not allowed to map the course as they don’t allow the use of cell phones during a round. I was very interested in the announcement by the PGA for the 2011 PGA Championship as it shows that cell phone golf GPS apps have become so popular that they are even allowing them at one of this year’s Majors.

Thanks to Willem Braaff for for assisting us with the scorecard details and verifying that the points of interest mapped via Google Earth at Kingswood Golf Estate are accurate

This takes the number of courses on our SA course list to 262 of which 210(80.15%) have been verified as accurate.

The  people at www.golfalot.com reviewed Wegolf.

Please click here to read what they thought about Wegolf.

Always nice to get an independent opinion.

Royal St Georges Golf Club in England, location of the 2011 Open Championship is mapped on Wegolf’s database.

For people who want to view the course and who have current trial versions of Wegolf or current subscriptions…Just log on to www.wegolf.com with your cell number in international format as username and the last four digits of your cell number as password.

Then click on Courses(Public) and then select UK. You will find the course with name “Royal St Georges Golf Club “.

To get a free trial version of Wegolf on your phone, please sms Wegolf to 27824255467

Kameeldoring Country Club in Mokopane (Potgietersrus) has been physically mapped.

This takes the number of courses on our SA course list to 261 of which 206 have been physically verified.

Groblersdal Golf Course in Mpumalanga has been physically mapped.

This takes the number of courses on our SA course list to 260 of which 205(78.64%) have been physically verified.

Zebediela Golf Club in Limpopo has been physically mapped.

This takes the total number of course on our SA course list to 259 of which 204(78.76%) have been physically verified.

Western Deep Levels Mashie near Carletonville has been physically mapped with a cell phone on the course. This takes the amount of verified courses on our SA course list to 202(78.29%) out of 258 in total.