The best part about the software comes after the round while sipping beers at the bar. There's no need to add up scores; it's all presented in a traditional scorecard format along with statistics that show quite clearly how you blew up. For the record, I missed 80 percent of fairways with 40 percent going left and 40 percent going right. This led to 17 percent greens hit in regulation and a dastardly score of 96. There's percentages of scrambling ability and sand saves, along with putting averages and scores by par. Suffice to say, I've got much work to do.
Stats are sent to Golfshot for safe keeping and viewable by hitting the "statistics" button. These stats, shown in graphic charts, are updated with every round you play giving you an average for various areas of the game. For a one-time cost of $30, Golfshot is a steal. (Of course, a Mophie Juice Pack will run you another $80 but you can use that battery pack for more things than golf.)
Golfshot stores all your separate scorecards on the iPhone, while a scorecard for your most recent round is automatically emailed to you-as well as to anyone in your group that Golfshot pulled from your contacts list. The downside is that the app doesn't ask you first.
"I got the scorecard so now they have my email and know I play golf," Ken said, adding, "but I haven't gotten any golf advertisements ... yet."
Full disclosure: Golfshot sent me a promo for the app to test out. What are your favorite iPhone apps at play? Send me an email at tkaneshige@cio.com. Or follow me on Twitter @kaneshige. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline.
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