Golfshot Users Gain Live Scoring and Free Access to Golfshot Pro During Events
Tempe, AZ, and Wayne, PA: – Golf Genius, the golf industry’s leading provider of cloud solutions for golfers, professionals, facilities, academies, tours, and associations, today announced the integration of its popular Golfshot app with the Golf Genius Tournament Management platform. This new capability lets golfers enter scores and view live leaderboards right in Golfshot, while also giving them complimentary access to Golfshot Pro during Golf Genius managed events. Players can now access premium features like real-time GPS distances to hazard and target distances, 3D flyover maps, club recommendations, auto shot tracking, advanced scoring formats, and more, all in a single app.
Today’s nine million registered Golfshot users can now play and score Golf Genius Tournament Management supported events using Golfshot. This year, Golf Genius Tournament Management will manage close to 45 million rounds of golf all over the world, and Golfshot is the only golf GPS app integrated with the platform. This new feature is available today to all golfers who use or install Golfshot.
This innovative technical achievement brings together two industry-leading apps into the game’s best wearable experience. Golfshot members can now:
- Input their GGID to score their Golf Genius event in Golfshot
- Use Golfshot Pro for free (a $79.99 USD yr. value) during tournament rounds
- Input scores and track stats
- Update and follow live leaderboards
- See dynamic 3D flyover previews of each hole with club recommendation overlays
- Use Apple Watch and leave the phone in the bag
- Link Golfshot to their Handicap Index® and easily post scores
“Golf Genius now connects millions of golfers to the most advanced scoring and course tools available,” said Chris Kallmeyer, CEO of Golf Genius. “Integrating Golfshot and Tournament Management is just one way we’re innovating to make the game smarter, faster and more fun for every player.”
ABOUT GOLFSHOT
Golfshot, the leading mobile and wearable GPS solution for golfers with over nine million registered users, has been reinventing the way golfers use mobile and wearable technology to improve and play their best golf since 2008. Golfshot powers the world’s largest digital golf community of golfers, with over five million active members in 90 countries and on over 47,000 golf courses worldwide. To learn more, please visit https://golfshot.com/golfgenius-tournaments
ABOUT GOLF GENIUS
Golf Genius provides innovative software and services to the global golf community serving over 10,000 private clubs, public courses, academies and destination resorts in 63 countries. Golf Genius also serves national federations, regional associations, and tours, including the USGA, Golf Canada, Golf Ireland, England Golf, Japan Golf Association, the Legends Tour, the European Tour, and the PGAs of America, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland and New Zealand. With a core product suite that spans tournament management, golf shop operations, coaching, and handicap management, Golf Genius provides the essential tools for golf professionals to save time, increase revenue, and deliver exceptional golfer experiences. The company’s direct-to-consumer business reaches more than 15 million golfers worldwide with a popular portfolio of consumer golf apps offering GPS, auto shot tracking, scoring and statistics, strokes gained, video analysis, and golf trip management. Golf Genius has 300 team members, including 75 PGA Professionals, with sales and support operations in the United States, Canada, Japan, the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, please visit golfgenius.com.
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Alex Flores
VP, Growth Marketing, GPS Division
alex.flores@golfgenius.com
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