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On September 4th, we hosted the GameBook Invitational 2017 at Linna Golf. The course was in magnificent shape as usual; the greens were rolling fast and the fairways were in excellent condition. We organized the event together with Mercedes-Benz Finland, Telia and Ilta-Sanomat. GameBook wants to truly thank our partners and event participants for making…

This time we’re introducing you to #GBambassador Jussi from Finland. He’s really into photography and filming, so the content on his social media channels is pretty cool. Jussi’s been a GameBook user since 2013. Let’s find out a little more about him… When did you begin golf? Originally I got my green card when I…

The second Mercedes Benz Family Golf was organized at Kullo Golf on August 7th. The event is an invitational event for junior golfers together with their parents, grandparents or godparents. A total of 25 pairs participated in this year’s event. The game format of the event is scramble for the front nine and greensome for…

Are you ready to meet our Swedish Ambassador Lasse? He participated in the Göteborg vs Stockholm Ambassador weekend in Göteborg and now we’re thrilled to introduce him to all of you guys. When did you start playing golf? 4 years ago. Do you have a story to share from your very first golf round(s)? I…

Teemu Selänne and his charity organization Finnish Flash organized an annual charity golf event at Kultaranta Golf Club in Naantali, Finland on the last day of July. The event was scored with GameBook. There were around 20 teams in the event with one pro player in each team as the captain. The teams were off at 1:30pm as a…

We want to introduce you to #GBambassador Hans from Göteborg. Hans is a member at Albatross GK, where we filmed our latest video of the match between our Göteborg and Stockholm Ambassadors. He has played 871 rounds with GameBook on 68 different courses. When did you begin golf, and who inspired you to begin the sport?…

This time we are introducing you to #GBambassador Maria from Sweden. Maria participated in the Ambassador weekend in Göteborg. I received a message from Maria on Saturday saying that she’ll be in Helsinki on Tuesday afternoon before her flight to Spain. Johannes and I decided to pick her up from the airport and take her to…

We are excited to introduce you to one of our Finnish Ambassadors, Miro. He has played an impressive amount of rounds with GameBook, 709 to be exact. Miro started to golf when he was 11 years old. He had to stop playing golf for about 6 years because he solely focused on handball at the time. However,…

They say that you’re never too young to be a golfer and we agree. A few weeks ago we received a tweet from Joanne saying that her 8 year-old daughter loves using our app to track her progress. We are thrilled to introduce you to perhaps our youngest GameBook user, Jessie. She lives in the UK with her…

Barngolfen 2017 was organized on June 12th at Hills Golf Club in Göteborg. The annual golf event, Barngolfen, is Sweden’s largest charity golf event. It is held to raise money for Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital (Drottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhus). The money raised is used for making life easier for the children and to foster the recovery…