User Manual
Welcome GolfLink Game Tracker & GPS allows the golfer to enjoy the application with or without a GolfLink account.
Login Golfer's with an established GolfLink.com account can login by selecting "yes" from the welcome screen and entering their account e-mail address and password. If you don't have an account but want one, registration is free.
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New Account Users new to GolfLink that would like to sync their scores to GolfLink.com, use GolfLink's auto-handicapping system and receive stats, can easily create an account thru the app. All fields are required, including Nickname which will be your display name on the website.
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Play Golf Begins golfer thru the path of selecting a course, choosing teeboxes, adding golfers to scorecard and beginning a round.
Statistics Provides recorded analysis of golfer's performance. You must have a Golflink account to receive stats. Until golf rounds are recorded with an established account, sample data is displayed.
Rounds GolfLink stores and saves your scorecards for the rounds you've recorded on the iPhone app and GolfLink.com.
Account Primary account information and settings for the user that include club selection, handicap features, and GPS configuration.
Help User guide, e-mail contact and FAQs.
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Handicap & Handicap Enabled Golfer's can enter their established handicap which will allow GolfLink to provide you with your net score post calculating your course handicap. Selecting Handicap Enabled applies your round to your handicap index thru GolfLink.
Regions to Sync Download course information by individual state to your iPhone or iPod Touch, prior to playing your round. You must download course information prior to play.
Golf Club Selection Select all the different clubs in your bag so you can record the clubs used throughout your tracked rounds.
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GPS Enabled Enabling GPS will provide the golfer their distance to the green and allow for more accurate shot targeting and distance tracking. Disabling GPS will still allow the user to drag their position across the touch screen for accurate shot targeting on the aerial view screen just without GPS.
Battery Reserve Enabling this feature will provide the golfer a pop-up alert when 25% of the battery charge is remaining on their device. With the pop-up alert the golfer using an iPhone device can consider turning off GPS to better ensure battery life continues to the end of their round.
Aerial Magnifier Enabling this feature allows the golfer to magnify the area they are targeting shots in the aerial view.
Autocalc Handicap If you do not have a handicap, GolfLink can establish it after selecting Autocalc Handicap and entering 5 complete rounds of 18 hole golf.
Email Support Need help with something that isn't covered in this user manual? Shoot an e-mail to GolfLink's support staff.
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Social Media Sharing Logging into Facebook and/or Twitter allows friends to be notified of your progress continually throughout your golf game. Notification to your social network is posted at tee off, and also triggered when anyone in your groups scores a "Birdie or Better."Similarly, a complete scorecard will post group scores when the round completes.
The golfer can enable this feature from the settings screen. Simply select Facebook and/or Twitter and enter your username/email and password. Prior to starting each round you will have the option to enable/disable this feature for that given round on the Round Set-up screen.
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Nearby Courses Displays (3) closest courses to the golfer with an option to see all nearby courses within a 100 mile distance for states downloaded to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
My Courses Displays the most played course by golfer as determined by scores recorded.
Browse by Region Allows golfer to download courses by state and browse course details.
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Search Selecting a synced region from the settings screen will provide the golfer with a list of all facilities and courses in that region. Facilities are organized alphabetically. Golfers can scroll thru the list or search for a particular course / facility using the search box atop the screen.
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Select Teebox Displays teeboxes available for course from which the user can play. Selecting your teebox from the course detail page will set the golfer down the path to beginning their round.
Contact Info Allows the golfer to get directions to the course, call for tee times or visit the course website through their iPhone or iPod Touch.
User Reviews & Ratings Learn about the course by reading GolfLink community user reviews and ratings. As a registered user, you can also rate and review the course yourself.
Aerial Views Loaded Sync course aerial images prior to your round for faster application performance and a hole-by-hole preview of the course.
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Course Overview Get an unbiased overview of the course including, number of holes, yardage, rating, slope, grass type, course designers and managers.
Course Reviews Here you can read reviews and get ratings from the GolfLink Community. If you have a GolfLink account you can also add your own rating and review of the course.
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Course Images Allows the golfer to view hole-by-hole course aerial images prior to play. Syncing course aerial images prior to your round will also allow for faster application performance during play.
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Select Tees The golfer picks "Select Teebox" from the course detail page. Once on the "Choose your Teebox" screen, select the tees you intend to play on the course.
Add New Teebox GolfLink is continually updating and improving our course data. If you do not find tees that correspond with the course scorecard, simply select "Add New Teebox". This will allow the golfer to enter in the tee name, slope, rating, as well as yardage and par for each hole. The golfer added teeboxes will be available for your immediate and next round at that course.
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Add Golfer After selecting a teebox, the primary golfer or owner of the app, can add up to (3) other golfers they intend to play their round with. Golfers added to scorecards from past rounds appear first, but any golfer can easily be added from the primary golfer's contact list stored on their iPhone or iPod Touch.
Golfer Round Set-up Once a golfer is added, select their name to choose teeboxes, set and enable their handicap for the round.
Start Round Once all golfers are added and their individual settings are entered, select "Start Round" to begin play.
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Simple Scoring Each player can be simply scored (-/+) strokes over/under par
Detailed Scoring Touching the golfer's name will toggle the scoring view between simple and detailed scoring for each golfer. Score the play of each golfer by tee-off club, fairway accuracy, putts, sand shots and penalty shots.
Scorecards View your full scorecard at anytime by selecting the icon in the bottom tool bar.
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Navigate to Aerial View Tapping the target icon on the bottom tool bar from the scoring screen will toggle the golfer's app screen to the aerial view. To return to the scoring view simply tap the score screen icon.
Aerial view Displays view of hole, golfer's GPS position on the course and remaining distance to the center of the green. With GPS disabled the golfer's position is set to the back tees and the distance is defaulted to the golfer's chosen teebox.
Targeting Touch and drag the cross-hair icon to target shots and receive distances on hazards. Chosen targets will display the distance from golfer and from the target to center green.
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Enable Shot Distance Tracking Measure the distance of your shot by selecting the small ball icon in the top right corner of the aerial view. When GPS is acquired, the golfer can advance to their ball and shot distance will begin counting up, while distance to the center of the green will begin to count down.
Reset Shot Distance Tracking Once shot distance is obtained, turn off shot distance tracking by selecting the small ball icon and toggling back to full aerial view. This will allow you to reset the shot distance counter to zero which is necessary to track your next shot.
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Scores Scores entered appear in the colored boxes for each hole. Over/under par is kept as a running total for each hole.
Handicap If handicap play is enabled, the net score will appear with the total for the round.
Round Statistics View a golfer's statistics for the round by touching their name which reveals detailed scoring. To toggle back to the full list of golfers for the round simply touch the golfer's name again.
Out/In & Total Finger swipe the scorecard right / left to reveal out/in and total score.
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View Scorecards Past recorded rounds are viewable within the application by selecting "Rounds" from the launch screen. Selecting an individual round from the "Rounds" screen will allow the golfer to view the full scorecard including recorded detailed scoring statistics.
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End Round The golfer can end a round at any time by selecting the stop sign icon on the scoring and aerial view screen tool bar. The golfer is also prompted at round's end when selecting the right arrow atop the screen after completing 9 holes (on a 9 hole course) or 18 holes (on an 18 hole course).
Save Round When ending a round, the golfer will be prompted to either discard or save the round. If you have a GolfLink account, saving your scorecard will prompt you to sync your round to GolfLink.com and provide you with detailed statistics about your performance. Discarding your round will wipe the data from your device and is not recoverable.
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Viewing Statistics The golfer can find statistics from the launch screen by selecting "Statistics". GolfLink users with a registered account can keep their statistics by syncing their scorecards to GolfLink.com. Individual statistics can be viewed by selecting the stat name from the statistics screen and selecting thru each stat.
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The iPhone GPS Feature is Battery Intensive To Maximize battery life follow these best practices:
Note: With GPS turned-off you can still get distances using the mutual shot tracking features on the aerial view screen. Watch the demo video atop this page to learn more.
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Power Save Mode The golfer's iPhone has a tendency to lock its screen and turn off GPS when not in use. This can cause delays upward of 2-3 minutes to reestablish a GPS signal and receive distances on the course. The GPS Active power save mode, disables the iPhones auto-lock feature and replaces it with this screen which keeps the GPS running. This allows the golfer the luxury of quickly receiving GPS distances whenever they want throughout their round.
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