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Beginner’s Guide to GameBook, part 5 – There’s no going back

I have been using GameBook for about a month and a half now and I’ve had it with me on every single round of golf I’ve played during this time. Last week I started to wonder what it felt like to play without GameBook, using just the good old method of pen and paper for…

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…

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…

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…

The Road to the RBC Canadian Open

Golf Canada together with GameBook is now organizing a 4-week long golf contest where all Canadians are welcome to join. All you have to do is record your scores with the Golf GameBook app or enter a scorecard directly at GameBook website. It might be you who is watching the RBC Canadian Open in late…

Multiple Reasons to Love Links Golf

Hi everybody! Like wrote last time I spent last weekend in Brighton and played there two great rounds of golf. Gosh, I had already forgotten how much and why I love links golf so much on British downlands. For a one reason or another, I play good golf at links almost always. Almost! 🙂 Links…