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Quote Game Manager

This is a great tool. I love the random assigning of players as this is how we do our Saturday games. Sunday we allow people to pick their groups. James, USA

Over 40 and Winning

TigerWoods

I started playing golf in the mid 1990’s. That’s around the same time the young Tiger Woods turned pro. He rose to the top of the world ranking in June 1997 making the fastest-ever ascent to no. 1. And looking at the most recent world ranking from last week – he is still on top. […]

Beginner’s Guide to GameBook, part 4 – The Universe of GameBook

I finally got to go back out there and play some golf this week and it was great! I didn’t play a whole lot better than previously, but the weather was really nice. The fall is definitely coming and lately it has been raining a lot here in Finland, so I really enjoyed the sunshine…

The Most Famous 19th Hole in Golf

The pompous title of the most famous 19th hole in golf belongs to The Jigger Inn located within putting distance of the legendary Road Hole at the Old Course in St Andrews. The building of The Jigger Inn dates back all the way to 1850’s, when it was the station master’s lodge in the St Andrews…

Beginner’s Guide to GameBook, part 3 – Socializing

Since my last post here I’ve gotten the flu and haven’t been able to play golf for a while. Luckily GameBook can be enjoyed outside of the golf course as well. It has saved my days when I’ve been trying to recover under the covers. Lately I’ve been hanging out on the online service, but…

Golf GameBook 24/7 Challenge goes Canada

Golf GameBook 24/7 Challenge starts today in Canada. Our friends in the UK have been enjoying the biggest competition ever played in their country for almost six weeks already. And now it’s Canada’s turn. Canadian golfers are welcome to participate and the competition is completely free of charge. The only requirement is that you play golf…

Winner of The Road to the RBC Canadian Open

  As a result of the GameBook pre-launch campaign with Golf Canada, The Road to the RBC Canadian Open, we have been holding the number one spot on the list of most downloaded free sports apps on the Canadian App Store. That’s a fantastic start! The grand prize of our competition was a VIP experience…

Visiting The Home of Golf

I had the pleasure of visiting Scotland last week with GameBook’s Co-founder Mikko Manerus and VP Sales & Marketing Kimmo Ekroth. On the agenda was business and golf… and I got to tell you, there was plenty of both involved in those couple of days. As always, it was an inspiring experience visiting Scotland –…

Beginner’s Guide to GameBook

Hello everybody, my name is Johanna. I’m almost 30 years old and I play golf – have played for over 15 years. I have also been working with golf for many years as a journalist and press officer. My purpose here is not to write about myself, so this is probably enough background information – at…