As you can clearly see from the two images in this post, support is now available for fivesomes in Golf Whiz!!!  This was a highly anticipated feature from a number of current customers and one that I'm sure will bring a smile to many faces.

As you see, not much has changed in the interface but for the additional player in the scoring and tally interfaces.

Coming up next:  iOS 7 support.  Note: Once I come out with a version that conforms to iOS 7, no further work will be done on the previous iOS 6 release.  In order to gain any new functionality from Golf Whiz releases from this point forward, you are going to have to be running iOS 7. 

Apple put their foot down pretty hard on developers with this new OS.  I surely like it but in order to maintain and operate a single app that supports both GUI paradigms is more than the indie developer can manage.

Oh well, onward and upward.

Phil

Version 2.5.5 is out!

A shout out to many of you for your constructive feedback.  This entire release is composed of enhancements sent in from active users!  Special shout out to Bryan and Kevin for providing some great new ideas.

Please update your reviews on iTunes for this new version!

major enhancement ::  Can now save default preferences for all bet settings.  You can save your bet values/preferences for the four ball bet and for your singles matches.  The nassau and skins "bet center" will  remember the settings you used the last time you were there. Note: first time using this version, you will have  to set the bet parameters one last time.

minor enhancement ::  Added course slope values in preparation for auto-calculation of a player's course handicap using the USGA formula for course handicap, using player's handicap index and course slope.

minor enhancement ::  Added name of golf course to the scoring page to provide more information to user.

minor enhancement ::  Replaced all "+" buttons with "New" buttons for clarity.  These are the buttons used when adding a new player, course, or scorecard. 

minor enhancement ::  Tapping a scorecard now launches edit-mode on that card or foursome-of-cards.

minor enhancement ::  New options now available for sending leader board join-codes.  Can now email, SMS, or Facebook post the code so that others can watch/participate with the leader board.  

Note: The leader board allows multiple foursomes playing at the same time to see a cloud-based leader board as they play.  (every foursome has to have a Golf Whiz user so that each group's scores can be sent up to the leader board.)

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New Features Coming in next release

Notice on the scoring page to the right that the name of the course is prominently displayed at the top of the screen.  This was placed here to reduce confusion. Seeing the name of the course here on the scoring page will reassure you that you are on the right 'track'.
















The "Skin Settings" image to the left represents the main screen used to calculate skins.  This screen will always "remember" the settings you used last time you were here.

The Nassau Settings screen to the right will also "remember" every setting from the last time you used that page.  No need to continually flip all the switches the way you like them - for each visit - Golf Whiz will now remember remember how you bet and will re-use the last settings every time in.















Notice on the screen to the left, that there is a "Save As Default" button.  This is the screen used to setup the fourball and this same screen is used to setup each of the six singles matches that can exist within your foursome.  When you tap this button in either context (fourball or singles), Golf Whiz will save the current settings as your default nassau bet values.  The nice thing is that it will distinguish between your fourball defaults and your singles defaults.

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Golf Whiz 2.5.4 released to Apple for review

Today, we released v2.5.4 to Apple for review.  It should be available for download in the next 3-5 days.  Here are the changes you can expect to see in this new release.

major enhancement :: black dots are displayed on the scoring page to show where shots are being given.  See in the image to the right that Dave Ambrose is a 5 handicap and is getting a shot on the current hole.  (#9 with hole handicap: 4).  Other player handicaps are shown beneath the player names.  

This works for the main 2-man match (i.e. the four ball) only.  Note also that if you have selected the option for "Stroke off low man in the group", the low man's handicap will be adjusted up or down to 0 and the other 3 players in the group will be adjusted in the same direction for the same number of strokes.  (When this feature is activated, a message appears at the bottom of this page indicating that handicaps have been adjusted.)

major enhancement :: now supports 9 hole skins calculations where handicaps are being applied.  We had several 9-hole leagues contact us with this request.  (See toggle bar in the screenshot for All 18, Front Only, and Back Only)

minor enhancement :: modified Facebook posts to omit the Golf Whiz icon, which was making the Facebook post convert to a Facebook picture upload/post.  Now Golf Whiz Facebook posts are textual only.

Play well.

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v2.5.3 is released to iTunes

Today, we released v2.5.3 to Apple for review.  It should be available for download in the next 3-5 days.  Here are the changes you can expect to see in this new release.

major enhancement: greatly increased the amount of window space given to the leader board.  Now, the leader board and the chat window are separate windows that you toggle between, rather than the two windows splitting a single screen in half.  Leaderboard/chat window toggle buttons now moved to the bottom of that screen.

minor enhancement: fixed the spinning activity indicators so that they spin properly when updating/refreshing the chat window as well as the leader board.  The spinner also now works when the leader board is first displayed.  (the spinner used to only come up on refresh - it did not appear on initial load).

minor enhancement: swapped out the Facebook integration engine.  Provides cleaner posts to Facebook.  Pictured throughout this post are some examples of the new posts you can make to facebook.

minor enhancement: when the leader board is displayed, the "show join codes" button was already depressed and can not be pressed again until the "update leader board" button is tapped.  Now, either button is ready to be tapped when the leader board is displayed.

minor enhancement: changed the wording on the main buttons used to enter scorecard info.  One now says, "Enter Completed Scorecards" and the other, "Play Golf Now".  

minor bug fix: The email that is generated when sending a leader board "join code" to someone did not correctly display the name of the event (i.e. leader board title) in the body of the email.

minor enhancement: fixed leader board issue 

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Using Golf Whiz to calculate bets for up to 20 players at a time

We have had a number inquiries recently about calculating bets for/with players that are outside your foursome.  That is, if you are playing in a group of 20 or so players (say 5 foursomes), or even two foursomes, you may have bets with players that are playing behind or ahead of you.  Obviously, you can't enter their scores into Golf Whiz until the round is complete.  Let's go through the process...

So you are playing in a foursome and you have bets that only apply to the guys in your immediate group.  Yet, you have singles (nassau), team nassau bets, etc... with other players ahead or behind.  Here is how you will be able to use Golf Whiz to handle both.

First, you will begin by going to the "score cards" tab and clicking on the "Play Golf Now" button.  Go immediately to "Settings" and setup the players in your foursome and the bets you have that apply to your foursome.  You will use Golf Whiz to track the scores and bets for your foursome, "live" as you play.  Golf Whiz will show you the status of every bet (in your foursome) after every hole you score.  Once you are done with 18 holes and have seen the win/loss status for every bet in your foursome, tap the "save" button to save the four score cards for your immediate group.

Now, once you reach the clubhouse and order beers for everyone, you will need to enter the

completed score cards for each of the other players.  So if you are part of a larger group of players, (say 2 foursomes), you will need to go to the screen shown on the right and tap on "Enter Completed Score Card(s)".  You will need to enter the scores for each of the other 4 players.  Once all 8 score cards are in, you will tap on the "Bets" tab (see bottom right of picture), to access the bet calculator for the larger group of players.  You will then see the two buttons shown in the image to the left...  From here, you will have access to all score cards entered for the entire day and will be able to perform both simple and highly complex bet calculations.  (See image on right).

Please note the youtube video that was recorded to show this process.  The video is located here: Using Golf Whiz bet calculator for up to 20 players

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Personal Records for Each Player

The image to the right is another one of the reports generated by Golf Whiz.  This report is access from the "Players" tab.  Once there, you will see a scrolling list of all the players that have been added to your Golf Whiz.  Tap on one of them to enter this report area.  Note the tabs at the top of this window labeled, "Scorecards", "Records", "facebook", and "email".  The screenshot to the right was taken, obviously, while viewing the "Records" tab.

This report shows many other metrics for the player but I wanted to more fully describe this scoring tabulation.  Golf Whiz searches the database for all the holes this player has ever played and it calculates that players scoring average on par 3's, par 4's, and par 5's and then renders the following data values for each: 

• Number of each hole type played
• The player's scoring average on each type of hole
• The total number of birdies the player has ever made on that type of hole
• The % of times the player birdies that type of hole.

It is fun to compare these figures across the different players you play with most often.  We have discovered that we have a "par 3 specialist" in our crew...

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