SO YOU THINK YOU’RE PRETTY HANDY DO YOU?
WELL WHY DON’T YOU PUT YOURSELF TO THE TEST?
Have you had those words spoken to
you on the course or wished you could
say it to someone else?
Well now with the new Pin Seekerz
smart phone app you can challenge or
be challenged.
The Pin Seekerz app differs from the
other products we’ve looked at in this
issue, yes it does provide you with all
the data you need to start tracking
and improving your game but its
foremost theme is competition. Pin
Seekerz pitches you against the rest of
the world.
The system allows you to score your
weekly games with friends or even
your competitive club rounds to
ascertain where you stand in the Pin
Seekerz World Rankings. Using the
Stableford point scoring system the
app collates all your data (including
FIR, GIR and putts) and charts your
successes against worldwide golfing
community.
What’s nice about the system is that it’s
simple. People have been calling out
for a product like this for years – to play
at an amateur level on a worldwide
stage- but have failed because they
have missed the simplicity of what is
required. We are not saying it’s an
easily reproduced system, in fact it’s
the complexity of the software that
makes it such a simple and rewarding
product to use.
After selecting your course, players
can easily glide through holes with
quick and simple gross score entry, FIR
& GIR hit, and the number of putts
per hole, users can easily navigate
between holes with the quick hole
select menu. Everything on the
scorecard has been designed with
the player and ease of use in mind,
making score entry one less thing to
distract you on the course.
Strokes lead to points and with points
being the Pin Seekerz currency it’s
time to see how much your round
was worth in world ranking points
the system even gives bonus points
(as it should do!) for birdies, eagles
etc. Each week the system gathers,
sorts and updates every player’s data
and details the top 100 players from
a number of filter options such as
friends, club, country and of course a
global positon.
In order to keep retain a real feel of
competition and make every game
and week as important as the last
the weekly World No.1 spot is up for
grabs, you can see exactly what you
opponents are scoring to see what
you need to improve on to see who
you need to beat to climb the leader
board.
To maintain a level playing field across
the globe the app uses a “signature”
system that requires Pin Seekerz
users to build a community of players
to play against in order to have
their cards signed by an accredited
opponent. This breathes confidence
in the product showing that the
developers have thought long and
hard about creating a competitive yet
fair environment.
Your handicap is also under scrutiny,
but in a good way, after the first three
rounds the software calculates your
handicap based on your performance
and will adjust it accordingly, from
there on in your Pin Seekerz handicap
will adjust (if necessary) with every
round played. A GPS & time stamp
system allows the app to make sure
that players signing each other’s score
card were present on the course at
the same time in order for the round
to count towards the worlds ranking
table.
The Pin Seekerz app works on a
number of different levels to cater for
a wide audience of players. It allows
you to play against friends and yet
maintain a competitive feel knowing
that your scores can not only beat
your immediate playing partners but
also help you beat players around the
world. There are many other features
set to come in future updates of
the app but what’s already in place
works, so if you want to compete on
a global scale from the comfort of a
frie