The current version of Golf Whiz, v2.0, is readily available on the Apple iTunes store at Golf Whiz on iTunes. The latest release, v2.5 has just been sent to Apple for review. Today, Apple updated the status of the new version to "In Review", a phase which typically lasts 20 or 30 minutes before they release it for sale. Well, that status change occurred at noon today and still not update. I'm confident it will be cleared some time tomorrow.
What's new in v2.5? The most significant feature enhancement in this release is the new "cloud-based leader board" feature that allows a group to view the scores of everyone in the larger group. Supports many many (over 100 players). Observers can follow the leaderboard from home, pro shop, 19th hole, work, or from the group behind you! It also has a chat (read "trash talk") feature that allows each participant to communicate to the larger group. Great for scrambles, tournaments, outings, or even for 2 4-somes playing on any given Saturday! Note: A leaderboard has no lower limit, that is, you can have a leaderboard for your single round of golf. Say you are playing in a qualifier, the club championship, or a loaded golf Order of Merit event, you can start your own leaderboard and invite, (sending email is built-in to the app), your friends or family to follow your round as you score it!
What's next? Our plan is to deliver a separate app to accompany Golf Whiz that provides an extremely easy to use "Follow the Leaders" feature. It will prompt the user to enter a Golf Whiz LeaderBoard Code and instantly, that leader board will be presented. That's it - the new app would be a Golf Whiz Leader Board Viewer... We envision this being most popular with interested parties that are remote from the actual competitors. For example, the pro in the proshop, family members at home or abroad. Interested in your thoughts on this idea. We also plan to harness the power of the cloud in order to simplify (or eliminate) the need to 'hand enter' rounds of golf played in your larger group, outside your 4some. Since the betting side of Golf Whiz supports up to 20 players at once, those scorecards of players outside your 4some have historically needed to be added one at a time, once all the players had reached the 19th hole. While entering a scorecard into Golf Whiz is a breeze, doing it at all should be unnecessary now that those other cards are readily available in the cloud. We just need to work out the most user-friendly approach to handling course and player overlap from one Golf Whiz powered iPhone to the next.
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