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Originally Posted by memason
Hi P.... yeah, I used GolfLogix on the iPhone in Germany. I have it for the Android phone, but don't like the scoring feature very well. It does work well for GPS, during play and I believe all of TV courses are mapped, including all but the newest Exec. courses. I'll take a look at Viewti too...
Thanks....
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Hope you get some more ideas too. Although the scoring feature on Viewti is fabulous, the app overall can be confusing. There have been times when I quit using it during a round because I'd get the wrong screen and couldn't get back to what I wanted. Don't want to hold up the field using my GPS app! It has a steep learning curve and when I haven't used it in a while, I have to reorient myself to it before I can use it during play.
With those caveats, it has cool scoring features. If you take the time to input what club you used on each shot, and let it know when you get to your ball, it will calculate the average distance you hit each club and eventually, recommend a club for each shot like a caddy would. Theoretically-- although I mess up trying-- you can get the distance to any landing spot you want, not just distance to defined features. So if you want to land at a certain location to avoid a tricky next shot, it will calculate the distance to that landing area and recommend a club for the shot.
It presumably reads the greens too, but I haven't taken advantage because it's not realistic during casual play to spend time fooling with it and then not being ready when it's my turn to putt.
So, it's good features are it's bad ones too. I actually like to learn the gee-whiz features of complex apps on my computer (such as Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, etc.), but on the golf course, I find a rich-featured app can be too time consuming.
I want to focus on my game on the course, not my app, and to enjoy the folks I'm golfing with. Another problem is you can't help spot a playing partner's ball when you're keying in data and studying your app. I guess I'd rather be a good etiquette golfer than a good golfer. OR...
That's my excuse and I'm sticking too it.
