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…
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…
I’ve been lucky enough to have worked in golf for a long time, worked with people, organizations and courses that most golf fans know. With all of my years being in golf, without fail, the question I always get when I meet a fellow golf enthusiast is: “Have you been to Augusta?” To play? Not…
If you feel the same way, I suggest you take a moment and read my humble thoughts on Olympic golf below. Was there a unique opportunity to re-introduce golf to the masses as an interesting and exciting game that is well suited for TV viewing? YES! Was it a massive mistake to choose 72-hole stroke…
Our main focus with GameBook is enhancing the golf experience of the typical everyday golfers. But since that happens to include the best and most entertaining (at least in our opinion) live-scoring service on the planet, we didn’t want to leave our ex-colleagues out of the fun. Through the contacts we’ve built throughout the years we…
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…
Today is the final day of The 144th Open at the home of golf – St Andrews, Scotland. Spectators around the globe are anxious to see who will take home Claret Jug, The Golf Champion Trophy. Golf GameBook teamed up with MasterCard to offer two lucky golfers in the UK a priceless chance to be…
Golf GameBook was present at The Listener’s Cup 2015. The tournament was organized at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina between the 7th and 9th of July. GameBook provided livescoring for the tournament, including the up-to-date leaderboard, and Game Feed with photos from the event and trash talk between the players and teams. SiriusXM PGA Tour…
It is the week that golfers around the globe await. The U.S. Open arrives to Chambers Bay in the Pacific Northwest for the first time in the history of the tournament. The 115th U.S. Open begins tomorrow, and spectators are anxious to see how the pros will perform. Your Race to Dubai on Golf GameBook…
We have done a light facelift on our tournament creation tool Game Manager. It’s been brought visually a bit closer to the GameBook family and the “Apple look and feel” GameBook is known for. In the process, we have done some functional fixes, which have made Game Manager significantly faster and more reliable. In addition,…