A New Wave

Golf Adept Train was still too hard to use. By the magic of inference the new version will require no data entry other than the score at the end of the hole.

Course Entry

To be able to travel and test new golf courses, Golf Adept must not only allow easy course entry, but the results need to be safely stored on the server.

Movement

It is neat and possibly useful to record a golfer's journey around the course. Using the same functionality as Trogger, Golf Adept will be able to send an email, twitter of post on face-book.

Back with a Vengeance

After a break and armed with a comprehensive project plan, I am ready to produce a complete system by the end of the year. First up is sending data back to the server...

Scoring with Ease

Golf Adept Game will score for up to 4 players - match, stroke and stableford - including handicaps and course index adjustment.

Bright Lights and Aging Eyes

Big news: Golf is played outside, in daylight and hopefully plenty of light. Problem is that the brighter the day the darker the sunglasses - and the harder it is to see a screen. Some phones have brighter screens than others - and a clamshell phone provides some natural shade. To help further, I have added large digit support to Golf Adept. You can display distance to the green is numbers three times as large as the screen can normally display. This also helps for those of us who do not have bifocals.

Small Screens

Game now recognises small screens and displays the information in pages. Golf Adept now works successfully on a Nokia 2760 with a 128x160 screen. This phone is available for under $80 so can be dedicated to Golf if you wish.

Updating Course Changes

The mobile software now caters for course changes. You can change the name, par and index for a hole as well as add or change landing zones and green locations. Changes are immediately available on the mobile as well as sent to the server for distribution and backup.

Golf Adept Game now displays the elapsed time you have been playing and estimates on when you will finish 9 or 18 holes.

Game Tests Complete

Golf Adept Game has proved simple to use and a valuable addition to play. Obviously distance to green is a great aid, but score entry is also much quicker than filling in a score card. It is great to see how you are going compared to your partners as you play.

Golf Adept Game

My focus this month is on Golf Adept Game - a simple component that tells you the distance to the green and keeps score for you and your playing partners.