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It was the year 2006 and both me and the other GameBook co-founder Kalle Väinölä had spent most of our adult lives playing competitive golf. We had made it to tournaments on The Challenge Tour and even The European Tour, but hadn’t really succeeded in making the final breakthrough. As it began to dawn on…

The story of Golf GameBook began almost a decade ago. 10 years might not be a very long time in some contexts, but when it comes to anything digital the world looked very different back in 2006. So different in fact, that nobody really talked about digitalization (especially the digitalization of golf) and people weren’t…

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you got to play golf against some of the best players in the world? It may not sound like you would have great odds playing against the likes of Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson or Ian Poulter, but what if it was match play? And you got to…

You know how they say that “less is more”? Well, we don’t necessarily agree with that. Or what do you think of a golf tournament with over 250,000 participants and more than 100 winners? For the second consecutive year, Golf GameBook organised the biggest (and most fun) golf tournament in Finland. Starting in the beginning of…

We went to Abu Dhabi last week as did many of the world’s best golfers. And as it happens, we were lucky enough to exchange a few words with a very happy winner who had a strikingly wide grin on his face. No doubt that Frenchman Gary Stal was feeling like the luckiest man in…

Not too many days left of the year 2014. From GameBook’s point of view, it’s been a year of great stories. We chose the very best of them. GameBook user of the year We have an astonishing number of magnificent, active and loyal users around the world, but the man of more than 1000 rounds…

GameBook is all about enhancing your golf experience. This naturally includes all the 26 different game formats that you can play, our pro-style live scoring and the nearly endless social opportunities. But not only that. We offer our users the chance to compete in different contests and win themselves golf experiences that money can’t buy….

We are ready to offer some lucky and talented golfers the golfing adventure of a lifetime as the national finals of Volvo World Golf Challenge will be played in both Sweden and Austria this weekend. From these national finals golfers will qualify for the Volvo World Golf Challenge World Final, often referred to as the world’s…

It’s that time of the year again. This Saturday I will lead my team as a captain of Team Europe. We are aiming for back-to-back win against Team USA. It will be the 7th edition of The Cider Cup, biennial team matchplay tournament between two teams and a dozen good friends. We will play golf….

“I remember standing on the tee, looking over my shoulder at the back tee and thinking ‘Jack Nicklaus has stood on that tee’. The feeling was almost surreal”, said Craig Carrington after BMW and Golf GameBook had arranged for 22 British golfers to feel like the pros at The Belfry’s legendary Brabazon course last Thursday. Earlier…