Mobile live scoring for college golf a success
GameBook launched mobile live scoring for college golf using the Golf GameBook iPhone app last weekend on The United States Collegiate Championship (USCC), hosted by Georgia Tech. GameBook proved its strength with easy to use score entry for the scoreres following each group and a new interface for live leaderboards for coaches and fans to follow. The Golf GameBook app offers a new live scoring service for college golf tournaments as well as digital and social scorecard for golfers of all levels. New and fun way to experience golf like never before!
For The United States Collegiate Championship, held at The Golf Club of Georgia, volunteers used the Golf GameBook app to enter scores for each player on the golf course. From the free Golf GameBook app, everyone was able to follow the tournament hole-by-hole in real-time as well as from the web-based online leaderboards with a web browser.
Final results:
http://www.golfgamebook.com/club/tournament/team/2up-ttcy
“All the spectators, coaches and staff were staring their phones all weekend which was nice to see. The reception and feedback were great, even better than what we expected. GameBook saves a lot of time and effort on the tournament scoring administration and makes the live scoring experience easier and fun for spectators.” says Mikko Rantanen, CEO of GameBook Inc. and All-American ’93 from Georgia Tech.
Very positive feedback
As said, the feedback Golf GameBook got during and after the tournament was very positive. Bruce Heppler, Head Coach, Georgia Tech Men’s Golf, commented the use of Gamebook: “I think the addition of GameBook to our live scoring menu was one of the real upgrades for this year’s event. The graphics are tremendous and all those who used the application were very impressed.”
“Golf GameBook was a tremendous way to follow scoring of the teams and players around the golf course, and easy to use and navigate for parents, friends and spectators, not to mention the coaches and media. The graphic presentation is very easy to read, and it includes all the information you want”, said Mike Stamus, Director of Georgia Tech Sports’ Media Relations.
Golf GameBook’s web leaderboard also connected to Golfweek’s webcast during The USCC so the people were able to follow scores and standings in real-time while watching the live webcast. Rantanen, CEO of GameBook Inc., says he has already received lots of inquires from college coaches regarding GameBook service.
Next weekend Golf GameBook will provide live scoring The Landfall Tradition (http://landfalltradition.com/), a women’s NCAA Div. 1 college event hosted by UNCW. Tournament will be played from Friday to Sunday at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina.
What’s Golf GameBook?
Golf GameBook is a groundbreaking golf scoring app for everyone to share their golf experiences on and off the golf course. It’s your personal Clubhouse in your pocket. With Golf GameBook golf crosses social media! It’s a FREE app available at the AppStore. With Golf GameBook app you can keep score for yourself, within, group or set up hole-by-hole live scoring for multiple groups at the same time.
An easy mobile scorecard, all popular game formats, score calculation, stats tracking, chat, social networks and much more – for individual and team games!
Contact:
Mikko Rantanen
CEO, GameBook Inc.
All-American ’93 Georgia Tech, PGA Member
Tel. USA (561) 306 1777, International +358 500 656565, mailto:mikko.rantanen@golfgamebook.com
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