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An eagle putt worth missing

(Juttu luettavissa suomeksi alempana sivulla) The first winner of Lumia Birdie Challenge has been drawn and the winner has a great story to tell. The first Nokia Lumia 1520 smartphone is delivered to an active GameBook user, Mika Brunou, from Turku. And here is the story: Brunou, who just turned pro and is playing on…

Behind the tarpaulin

I can clearly remember it.
 
Dark clouds had sailed behind the horizon, sky was becoming brighter. I was inside the stand structure and climbed those dark green metal bars up to ten feet high with some local fans. It was forbidden area, next to the 18th green, but marshalls had something more urgent to do. There…

It’s a wrap for The Road to The Honda Classic!

After colourful events on the last day, this year’s Honda Classic culminated in a four-man playoff about a week ago. It was the young American Russell Henley who birdied The 549-yard 18th that was the first playoff hole and took home a win – his second on the PGA Tour. Now that the tournament weekend…

Have a ball this spring with Golf GameBook!

Throughout February, golfers across the USA have been recording their scores on Golf GameBook for a chance to win a VIP experience at The PGA Tour’s Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Now, we are giving all Golf GameBook fans an opportunity to win another top prize by simply guessing the winning score before…

Game formats on GameBook, part 3 – Ever heard of these?

In addition to sporting a broad range of different game formats for both team and individual games, the founders of GameBook have developed two formats of their own. Duplicate and Erado are both alterations of or additions to the more traditional game formats. And they were designed to make golf more fun and interesting. Just…

New Year’s Resolutions of a GameBook golfer

It’s the beginning of a new year and once again time to become a better man or woman. That means time for new year’s resolutions. Here is a list of the resolutions every golfer should make and how GameBook can help you keep them. And finally, there’s one resolution we would like to make. I…

Happy Holidays!

Christmas time is here again and we are approaching the end of year 2013. For us here at GameBook it has been a pretty great year. Our community of golfers has kept growing and we’ve had the pleasure to be involved in some big events around the world as well as form some new partnerships….

How to make a golfer happy this Christmas?

Christmas is just around the corner and this year (just like every other year) I am struggling (just like most people are) with finding the right gifts to friends and family. If your near and dear ones are golfers you can always opt for golf related girfts. Naturally the thing that makes every golfer happy…

Game Formats on GameBook, part 2 – Let’s team up!

In addition to the individually played classic game formats (introduced in part one of this series) GameBook also offers a variety of game formats for teams. While golf is an individual sport – without a question – golf is also very social. And every once in a while it’s good to have somebody else to…

Olympic Golf Speculations

As we know, for the first time since 1904, Golf will be featured on the Olympic stage in Rio de Janeiro. Although Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is still two-plus years away, I though it would be worthwhile to take a sneak peek at what the field would look like if the tournament began tomorrow….