Wireless Wednesday for 10/8/14: Atlantic City and the Best Golf Course Apps
Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 12:29AM Rick and Mitch look at some of the best apps dedicated to Golf Courses and what they offer
Rick and his wife Lindsay have been out on the left coast for the last week on the Monterrey Peninsula and at the First Tee Open, Champions Tour event at Pebble Beach and Rick played the newly renovated Poppy Hills course in Carmel.
He's in Atlantic City this week.
Have a listen:
1. Poppy Hills iOS and Android app
Rick played the legendary Poppy Hills Course last week and used the app while playing.
The Poppy Hills App includes a GPS enabled yardage guide, 3D flyovers, live scoring and much more!
Soak in the symphony of nature playing all around you. There's the quiet roar of the ocean, the distant crash of waves, the occasional bark of a sea lion. There's the chirping of birds, the crunching of wildlife scurrying across the forest floor, the pattering of deer dashing across the fairway. Throw in a little percussion — the solid knock of a golf ball against a stately Monterey Pine. Welcome to Poppy Hills, the closest experience in golf to a round in a national park. The peaceful and serene backdrop sets the scene for a tranquil trip through the grand Del Monte Forest in Pebble Beach.
2. The Dunes (Myrtle Beach)
http://thedunesclub.net/Golf/Misc-Information-14.html
Available for both iOS and Android devices, The Dunes app gives you a tour of one of the best courses in Myrtle Beach and so much more.
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club was formed in 1947 by Myrtle Beach area businessmen. Designed by famed architect Robert Trent Jones, The Dunes is thought to be his finest work, incorporating many of his favorite design features into one course.
The Dunes app allows you to book tee times, includes a GPS yardage guide, and includes a course scorecard. If you are going to play The Dunes, why not have the official app downloaded and ready to go on your smartphone?
3. Augusta Golf HD - Free for your iPad
A great overview of Augusta National along with Masters info
4. Bandon Golf - for Bandon Dunes (The golf Mecca in Oregon)
Free for iOS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bandon-golf/id726285282?mt=8
This Bandon Golf App features free, unlimited, reliable and accurate GPS, Scoring and Stats for the local courses, including all five at the renowned Bandon Dunes Resort.
Courses Mapped for GPS, Scoring & Stats:
Bandon Dunes
Pacific Dunes
Old MacDonald
Bandon Trails
Bandon Preserve
Bandon Crossings
Bandon Face Rock
5. Seaview Golf App
Rick was just in Atlantic City and tried out the free Seaview app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seaview-golf-resort/id519822472?mt=8
The OFFICIAL Seaview Golf Resort app gives golfers a free, easy to use, interactive combination of comprehensive course information, GPS positioning, digital scorecard, augmented reality range finder, and various other useful club-specific features.
GPS CADDIE
- Instantly view distances to the tee, front, back, and middle of the green, as well as par for each hole
- Interactive shot positioning: simply touch the shot target to move it and get instantly updated distances from your current position
- Full aerial satellite zoom capability
- Pro Tips: take a tip from the pros on how to play the hole with our built-in Pro Tip feature
SCORECARD
- Easy to use scorecard for up to four players
- Add players manually or from your device's address book
- Auto-populates par for each hole and allows you to simply add or subtract from par
- Includes auto-calculating cards for both Skins and Gross
- Email your full scorecard at the end of a round to yourself or to a friend to show off your skills
RANGE FINDER
- View distances to the front, back, and middle of the green in state-of-the-art augmented reality
OTHER APP FEATURES INCLUDE
- Book tee times right from the app!
- Exclusive relevant Special Offers from local and national companies
- Real-time weather forecast
6. St. Andrews Links - The Home of Golf app
Free
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/st-andrews-links-home-golf/id623979848?mt=8
Welcome to the official iPhone app for St Andrews Links Trust.
Bringing you closer than ever to the beauty, history and heritage of the Home of Golf. The official iPhone app of St Andrews Links Trust provides the most comprehensive digital coverage available.
The official St Andrews Links Trust app features:
• The Links In-depth – Details of all 7 Links courses at your fingertips with hole guides, interactive scorecards and hints to help you shoot your best score.
• An interactive planner to organise every step of your trip from tee times to flights.
• “Prepare to Visit” by Allianz, providing a wealth of useful information to help you before and during your visit to the Links.
• The latest news from the Links, from course updates to the latest tournament information and competitions across the Links,
• Keep up to date with latest weather by viewing the current conditions powered by Allianz WeatherSafe.
• Stunning photography of the Links and the town.
App of the Week:
3-D Sun and Moon for iPad - A high tech compass app
$2.99 but often it is Free
3D Sun and Moon Virtualization app on iPad!
This is a virtual 3D compass sphere which shows the position of Sun and Moon in the sky with perfect application of virtual reality technology! Full utilization of the build-in digital compass and accelerometer drive the best user experience.
With the cutting edge signal processing technique and applying the raw data directly from the build-in digital compass chip instead of the existing degree provided by Core Location API, this app has fast reaction and high accruacy, which is as fast as the gyro app Jobs shows on the WWDC ;)
Features:
- The 3D compass in a fantastic crystal ball will always point to the True North, no matter you rotate or position the phone in which direction.
- You could see the current position of the Sun and Moon simultaneously on the 3D compass ball, and the 24-hour orbit of the Sun and Moon will be displayed as a circle surround the ball.
- Display the time of Sun rise/set and moon rise/set.
- Time and date can be adjusted smoothly, the position of Sun and Moon will move simultaneously with the changing of the date or time.
- User can choose current location from a world map by trigger the top left location button, this is mainly designed for iPad WIFI version which may not get the location from
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