handegolf
Merging Technology with Tradition
handegolf Tour Edition (Version 1.6)
handegolf is an automated, interactive golf scoring system that utilizes PalmOS® PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) technology. Whether your event is a company function, a competition between friends, a college event, or a professional tournament, using handegolf will add fun and foster a friendly competitive environment for the golfers.
The handegolf system completely automates tournament and event scoring, while providing an unparalleled experience for the tournament field. Golfers simply tap a screen or push a button to enter their score into the PDA that the course has configured and issued to them. Scores are calculated automatically for the any of the 26 stroke and match play formats supported by the handegolf system. Immediate feedback on player standings for formats such as the Two-Man Stableford Competition or the Better Ball of Partner Stroke Play is displayed on the screen. Golfers are aware of their adjusted scores instantly.
Benefits of handegolf
handegolf was designed with the tournament organizer and golfer in mind. There are many benefits to using the handegolf system, including:
Do you have an upcoming corporate outing? A member-guest tournament at a country club? An informal competition amongst friends? No matter what kind of event, handegolf is an affordable way to enhance the round of every golfer. With handegolf, any golf competition with 2 or more groups can experience the excitement of automated scoring.
handegolf Handheld
The handegolf Handheld Scorecard allows players to enter their scores and stats on each hole, from which real-time leaderboards are generated. For a description of all of the Handheld Scorecard features, click here...
handegolf Desktop
The handegolf Desktop can provide a tournament website with real-time scoring for any golf event. It can also produce all related reports (pairings, results, statistics, even cart signs). For a description of all of the Desktop features, click here...
Amateur tournaments differ greatly from pro tournaments in many ways, but perhaps the biggest from a player's perspective is the relative lack of scoring information available to the amateur player while competing. While on the course, scoring and standing information for the field is largely unavailable for amateur competitors. This relative lack of information forces the golfer to play the game completely unaware of his standing against his competition.
But with handegolf, this problem is solved and then some. Up-to-the-minute full-field scores and stats are readily available to all players at all times. If it suits a golfer's style, he can adjust his game based on the information at hand. Lay up or go for the green? He can decide based on the up-to-the-minute standings.
Having real-time scoring at your event really increases the quality of the experience for your golfers. In addition to creating a "big-time" tournament atmosphere, handegolf allows the players to be keenly aware of everything happening on the entire course, amplifying the importance of the moment and providing players the opportunity to elevate their games when they know they have to. Watch the excitement build at your next golf event!
Official Scoring System of
"Can you imagine a college basketball game without an updated scoreboard? And then to not know the winner until thirty minutes after the game is over? Real-time leaderboard action definitely adds excitement and fan appeal to college golf. Scores and standings change quickly because of the five-player, count four scores team format. Without a leaderboard, the drama is lost."--Mark Hankins, Head Golf Coach, Michigan State University
Consider all of the time that is spent
in preparation for a
tournament. Before the tournament even begins, the organizers must
develop pairings and standings and print out all of the scorecards
manually. On tournament day, all scores from the course
must be collected, verified, and tallied. In a multi-round
tournament, this cycle is repeated several times.
handegolf was
developed to reduce the time and effort involved with managing
tournaments, regardless of their size or duration.
There are definite disadvantages to using hard copy scorecards to manage scoring for your tournaments. With pencil and paper scoring, especially in complicated tournament formats, the chances for human error can be significant. Furthermore, entering scores from hard copy scorecards into the system can be tedious and time-consuming. All too often the data tracked is often just a summary of scores as opposed to detailed scoring hole by hole. These realities make tournament management more difficult than it has to be, but with handegolf, valuable data is readily available and easier to manage than ever before.
handegolf makes it easy to gather and track important statistics for your golfers just like they do on Tour. Golf clubs, leagues, and competitive tours can easily collect data that previously was too difficult and expensive to track. handegolf tracks Greens in Regulation, Sand Saves, Driving Distance, Driving Accuracy, Driving Leaders, All-Around Leaders, Scoring Leaders, Putting Leaders, Eagle Leaders, and Birdie Leaders with minimal effort from the golfer or tournament organizer.
Providing these valuable statistics to your club, league, or tour members while collecting indispensable data on how the course plays will benefit you for years to come. Not only will it help you attract players, it will help you decide what improvements to make based on the information you gather on your facility.
Getting your players to adapt to a new way of scoring might seem like a big task. Especially if that new method involves using a computer. For people who aren't immersed in technology on a daily basis, scoring on a handheld may be a completely new experience. Because of these issues, handegolf is as quick and easy to use as a pencil and paper. It has to be.
At Mother Hen Software, we understand our audience. We are golfers, after all. Our developers have taken great care to make our products user-friendly. Simply hold the stylus like a pencil and tap on the scorecard to enter your score for that hole. Then, with the touch of a button, you can send up to date information from your scorecard back to the clubhouse. It is as quick and simple as it sounds.
Don't spend time scribbling math problems in the margins of your scorecard trying to calculate your Two-Person Net Stableford team score! Simply enter the score each of you received on a hole and handegolf will calculate your standing and score regardless of the tournament format. Imagine, error free calculations with no additional effort on your part. Because the system is completely automated, scoring is immediate, simple, and precise.
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