SEND US ERRATA, ADD PHOTOS TO YOUR COURSE LISITNG(S), SIX ROUNDS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Summary

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Since our last update, GolfTraxx has added over 120 courses, including courses in 10 countries (United States, Canada, England, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Venezuela, France, Italy, Holland) as well as new courses in 21 states. The golfing must be good in Texas in recent weeks as that state alone contributed 30 new courses to our list.

Every course being added to our database now has at least a few holes of “extras” so users will receive the full GolfTraxx experience.

Planning a trip to somewhere warm and/or tropical for Christmas? GolfTraxx now has over 50 courses in Hawaii mapped, over 100 in southern Florida, over 100 in Australia, over 200 in Texas, 30 in Arizona, and has courses in Barbados, the Bahamas, etc. So don’t forget to take GolfTraxx with you. You still have time to send in kml’s to get them processed in

time to use them on your trip.


Send us Feedback


A user sent us this picture of GolfTraxx on the 18th hole of their home course. Either this is the longest green on the planet, or there is a piece of errata on this hole. (If you picked option 2, you were correct.) If you notice something similar, PLEASE bring it to our attention. A picture is worth a thousand words, so if you have an iPhone you can use a screen capture function to save what you see. Simply hit the menu button (the one on the bottom of the face of the phone) AND the Power button (the one on the top of the phone) at the same time. Holding them for just about a second records the picture to your photos folder. Simply send us an email and let us know what course, it is from and the issue you noticed and we will research the problem.

Speaking of PICTURES... If you have a spectacular picture of your favorite track (like the 15h at the Caracas Country Club shown at the right), send it to us. We'll see how many we can add to the site. If you have a picture of you USING GolfTraxx on the course, the probability of us adding it increases.

Six Rounds That Can Change Your Life

Think about this... You have six rounds to change your life. Six rounds, top 25 get a coveted PGA tour card. Top 25 get automatic entries to tournaments, courtesy cars (probably not a GM, but a courtesy car no less), top 25 play for MILLIONS each week. The rest? Either exempt or conditional status on the Nationwide Tour or GASP... a job as a club pro. Now THAT is pressure! (But pressure I would certainly love to try.)

This week is Q-School. Some say THE TOUGHEST tournament in golf. Win, or place in the top 25 (and ties) and your tour card is punched, your meal card is punched for the year. Don't make it, and you have a year of grinding ahead of you.

For the ladies, things are not much better. 90 holes (five rounds) but only the top 20 get the best tour card (even this is not fully exempt.) From both tours the names on the boards read a who's who of tournament winners, NCAA All-Americans, and International tour winners.

Course Updates

Now for the courses: Today's update has over 120 courses! We also welcome new courses from both Venezuela & Russia, with additional courses in process in Holland.

Barnwell Park GC, Sydney Australia 2046
Cammeray GC, Cremorne, NSW Australia 2090
Hartfield CC - Forrestfield Western Australia 6058
Mildura Golf Resort - Mildura Victoria Australia 3502
Nowra Golf Coures - Nowra Australia 2541‎
Pymble Golf Course- Sydney 2075 Australia
Queenscliff GC - Queenscliff, Victoria Australia 3225
St Lucia Golf Links - Brisbane, Australia 4067‎

Yarrambat Park GC, Yarrambat, Victoria, Australia 3091
Club de Golf Cardinal - Laval Quebec Canada H7R 1H6‎
Garden Golf de Metz Technopole - France 57070FR‎
Golf Blue Green Villennese - Villennese France 78670FR
Golf Club de Toulouse - Toulouse France 31120FR‎

Golf de Bondoufle - Bondoufle France 91070FR
Golf de Rueil - Malmaison France 92500FR
Golf de Teoula -Teoula France 31830FR
Golf Toulouse La Ramee, France 31170FR
Haras de Jardy GC - France 92420FR‎

Moscow City GC - Moscow - Russia 119590
Zwartkops CC - South Africa 0140SA‎
Chestfield Golf Club in England CT53LU
Stratford Oaks GC - Snitterfield, UK CV37 0EZ

Welford on Avong GC - Warwickshire UK CV37 8EG

Yeovil GC - Old Course - Yeovil Somerset, UK BA21 5BW

Caracas Country Club - Caracas-Venezuela‎ 1060VZ (18th hole is pictured to the right)

La Lagunita CC - Caracas-Venezuela 1083VZ‎

County Club of Brewton - Brewton AL 36426‎
Gallery GC - South AZ 85653‎
Legacy Golf Resort - Phoenix AZ 85042‎
Randolph Golf Complex-North (aka Randolph), AZ 85711‎

Sunbird GC - AZ 85249‎ AZ The Pines GC at Marana - Tucson AZ 85743‎
Torres Blancas GC - Green Valley, Arizona, 85614‎
Vista GC (Was Thunderbird GC) Phoenix AZ 85042‎

Arrowwood GC - Oceanside CA 92057‎

Brookside GC - CW Joiner Course - CA 91103‎
Griffith Park GC - CA 90027‎
Hanks Swank GC - Fresno CA 93727‎

Palo Alto Muni GC - Palo Alto CA 94303‎
Pico Rivera Muni GV, Pico Rivera, CA 90660‎
Presidio GC - San Francisco CA 94129‎
Rancho Del Ray GC - Atwater CA 95301‎
Rancho Park GC - Los Angeles CA 90064‎
River Park Golf Center - Fresno CA 93720
Sharon Heights GandCC - Palo Alto CA 94025‎
Tijeras Creek GC - Rancho Santa Margarita CA 92688

Omni Interlocken - Vista/Sunshine Course, CO 80021
Thorncreek GC, CO, 80241
Airco GC - Clearwater FL 33762‎
Championsgate Resort - International Course - Champions Gate, FL‎ Del Web Father Son Challenge

Disney Eagle Pines - Kissimmee, Florida, 34747‎
Flamingo Lakes GC - Hollywood, FL 33027‎
NAS Whiting Field GC - Milton FL 32570‎
Osprey Ridge GC - Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 32830‎
Palmetto Bay Golf Course - Miami FL 33157‎
Sunrise CC - Sunrise FL 33313‎
TPC Eagle Trace - Coral Springs FL 33071‎ Champions Tour Q-School site
Trump International - West Palm Beach FL 33406‎ LPGA ADT Championship
Vanderbilt CC - Naples FL 34120‎
Ewa Villages golf course - Ewa VBeach HI 96706‎
Koolau GC - Kaneohe HI 96744‎
Makaha Resort GC - Waianae HI 96792‎
Ted Makalena GC - Waipahu, Oahu, HI 96797‎
Turtle Bay Resort Palmer - Kahuku HI 9673‎
Waikele Golf Course - Waipahu, HI 96797‎
West Loch GC - Ewa Beach HI 96706‎
Bloomingdale GC, Bloomingdale, IL 60108‎
Forbes GC - Topeka, Kansas, 66619‎
Cattail Creek Country Club - Glenwood, MD 21738‎
Country Club at Woodmore - Mitchellville, MD 20721‎
Lakewood CC - Rockville, MD 20850‎
Oakhurst Golf and Country Club Clarkston MI 48348‎
Crown Pointe Golf Club (was Eagle Lake Golf Club) Farmington MO 63640‎
Tupelo Country Club - Scorecard Only - MS 38826‎
Beacon Ridge GCC - West End NC 27376‎
MacGregor Downs Extras Cary NC 27511‎
Old Chatham GC - Durham NC 27713
Preserve at Jordan Lake GC - Chapel Hill NC 27517‎
Tot Hill Farm GC - Asheboro NC 27205‎
Twin Warriors GC - Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, 87004‎
Wolfcreek GC - Mesquite, NV 89027‎
Laurel Links CC - Laurel NY 11948‎
Ivy Hills CC - Newton OH 45244‎
Royal Oak CC - Cincinnati OH 45245‎
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course – Brecksville OH 44141
Earlywine GC - North - OK 73170
Lafortune Park GC - Champ Course & Par 3 Course- Tulsa, OK 7413‎
Five Ponds GC - Warminster PA 18974‎
Rivercrest GC and Preserve - Phoenixville, PA, 19460

BlackHorse GC, (South Course) Cypress TX 77433‎
Buffalo Creek GC - Rockwall, TX 75032‎
Castle Hills GC - Lewisville, TX 7056‎
Chase Oaks GC - Blackjack 75025‎
Coyote Ridge Golf Club - Carrollton, TX 75010‎
Extras - Wildcat GC - Highlands course – 77045‎
Firewheel Bridges – Champions - Garland TX 75044‎
Firewheel Bridges – Masters - Garland TX 75044‎
Firewheel Bridges – Tradition - Garland TX 75044‎
Firewheel Golf Park - Lakes - Garland, Texas, 75044‎
Firewheel Golf Park – Old Course – Garland, TX 75044
Fossil Creek GC - Ft Worth TX 76137‎
Grey Rock Golf Club (was Circle C Ranch GC) Austin, TX, 78739
Kings Crossing GC - Corpus Christi TX 78414‎
Palo Duro Creek GC - Canyon TX 79015‎
Riverchase GC - Coppell TX 75019‎
Riverside Golf Course - Austin TX 78741‎
Sherrill Park No. 2 – Richardson TX 75082‎
Sherrill Park No. 1 Extras - Richardson TX 75082‎

The Golf Club at Fossil Creek - Fort Worth, TX 76137
TPC Craig Ranch - McKinney TX 75070‎ Nationwide Tour Championship Course
Tribute Golf Club - The Colony, TX 75056‎
Twin Creeks Golf Club Allen, Texas 75013‎
Weimar Golf Club - TX 78962‎
Wildcat GC - Highlands - Houston TX 7704‎
Wildcat GC - Lakes - Houston TX 7704‎
Willow Springs GC - Haslet TX 76052 - WINTER Greens‎
Woodbridge Golf Club, TX 75098
Bonneville GC - Salt Lake City UT 84108‎
Hubbard GC - Hubbard AFB UT 84056‎
Meadow Brook Golf Course - Salt Lake City, UT 84123‎
Murray Parkway GC - Murray UT 84123‎
West Ridge GC- Salt Lake City UT 84118‎
Washington National GC - Auburn WA 98092‎

GolfTraxx STORMS BlackBerry, Regular Season Ends, Silly Season Starts, Q-School Heats UP & DJ Gregory Walks 1,000

11/25/08    v1.2 Fixes Southern Hemisphere Courses (iPhone)

GolfTraxx iPhone edition (v1.2) was approved this afternoon and fixes availability of courses in the Southern Hemisphere on the iPhone.  Now that spring is in the air for our community members in many countries south of the Equator, we are ecstatic that this fix is in place.  Drop us a note to let us know that it is working.  

GolfTraxx on the BlackBerry STORM (Sunday 11/23/08 update)

The BlackBerry STORM by RIM (Research In Motion) hit the street with a bang this past Friday, and at least one member of the GolfTraxx community had GolfTraxx as one (if not THE) first 3rd-party application up and running.   So, without any further commentary, here is the quote from the user:

Greg

I just finished our round at Bonneville - the programis AWESOME!! The GPS worked great. The yardage was within 2-5 yards of my brothers sky caddy. I would put it back in my BlackBerry case with magnet between shots and it would come back from sleep mode easily. No question that it works on the Storm and VZW without VZNav running.

THANKS!!!

Albert

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Albert, THANK YOU for helping us out and, you are quite welcome.  I had fun walking you through the process of removing VZNav.  = )  You have a really cool phone and I hope you have a lot of good rounds using GolfTraxx on your Storm.  For anyone else that is getting a Storm, the GolfTraxx 88xx version loads up and you do not need to purchase VZNav to use GolfTraxx.

End of the Season

This past week marks the end of the regular season in the golf world. The Walt Disney Magnolia course saw Davis Love III win his 20th tour victory, earning him a LIFETIME PGA Tourcard. Among active players on the tour only three guys have more than 20 wins. Tiger Woods with 65, Phil Mickelson with 34, and Vijay Singh also with 34. Nice company to be in, and this almost assures Davis a spot in the the Hall of Fame. Now not to give too much away about just how much golf I watch... but Tommy "two gloves" Gainey of The Golf Channel's reality show The Big Break was the runner up. Tommy is a country kid from South Carolina who pretty much taught himself how to hit a golf ball after his baseball career ended. Anyways, he's got game and JUMPED from the mid 200s on the money list to 151st. That also got him into the final round of Q-School, and a few more guaranteed starts next year on tour.

Hall of Fame

Going on with the Hall of Fame, an equally loved and hated course designer was inducted this year. None other than Pete Dye who gave the PGA tour the dreaded 17th at TPC Sawgrass. Turns out his wife (an accomplished designer and better player than Pete), came up with the idea of the 'island green'. Where Pete likes to move mounds of earth to give us a golf course, we at GolfTraxx have spent the last week moving mounds of data around for your golf courses. In fact, nearly every course has in some way been moved, adjusted or updated at least twice this past week. We have more to work on, but the results so far have been very, very solid. When you move that much data, sometimes things can go awry. So if you come across a course that seems to have stopped working, please let us know. We’ll get it fixed right away. We are well aware of issues on our iPhone version impacting the Southern Hemisphere and are testing our latest version for the iPhone that addresses it.

DJ Gregory Walks 1,000 - No Complaints allowed Added (11/23/08)  

So I just read the story of DJ Gregory and his journey walking every hole of every round plus playoffs of the 2008 PGA tour.  This is an AMAZING story as DJ was born ten weeks early and with severe cerebral palsy.  He walked almost 1,000 miles!  His story is an inspiration to us all.  I think I will forgo the cart for a while.

Courses

Another VERY strong couple weeks of courses with over 80 new courses added this week. The International courses included beautiful courses in Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy and France. We at GolfTraxx GREATLY appreciate your contributions to the community. New tour courses include: Walt Disney Magnolia (PGA Tour), Tolcinasco (European Tour).

And finally - The next update will be a week later than usual as the Thanksgiving Holiday is next week.  We will be updating courses throughout the following weeks and pushing them to the site.  So, while they might not be yet up here, check regularly at the courses link above to check on the course.  

WOODLANDS  - MORDIALLOC  VICTORIA  3195, AUSTRALIA
THE GRANGE (EAST) - SEATON  SOUTH AUSTRALIA  5023, AUSTRALIA
GAWLER -  SANDY CREEK  SOUTH AUSTRALIA  5350, AUSTRALIA
SPRINGLAKES (EAST) - STOUFFVILLE  ONTARIO  L4A 7X5, CANADA
SPRINGLAKES (NORTH) - STOUFFVILLE  ONTARIO  L4A 7X5, CANADA
SPRINGLAKES (SOUTH) - STOUFFVILLE  ONTARIO  L4A 7X5, CANADA
GROSSFLOTTBEKER THGC - HAMBURG  22605GE, GERMANY
FEHMARN- FEHMARN  23769GE, GERMANY
TOLCINASCO (YELLOW) - TOLCINASCO  200900IT, ITALY

GREYSTONE (MOUNTAIN) - CABOT  AR  72032
GREYSTONE (CYPRESS) - CABOT AR  72032
MEADOWBROOK - WEST MEMPHIS AR  72301
THUNDER BAYOU - BLYTHEVILLE  AR  72315
SAGE MEADOWS - JONEBORO AR  72401
PARAGOULD - PARAGOULD AR  72450
COURSE AT EAGLE MOUNTAIN - BATESVILLE AR  72501
BIG CREEK - MOUNTAIN HOME AR  72653
WHIRLWIND (DEVILS CLAW) - CHANDLER AZ  85226
TORRES BLANCAS - GREEN VALLEY AZ  85614
RANDOLPH NORTH - TUSCON AZ  85711
DEL URICH - TUSCON AZ  85711
FRED ENKE - TUSCON AZ  85730
RIO HONDO - DOWNEY CA  90241
LOS VERDES - RANCHO PALOS VERDES CA  90275
LINKS AT VICTORIA - CARSON CA  90746
NEEDLES MUNI - NEEDLES CA  92363
LAKE SHASTINA GOLF RESORT - LAKE SHASTA CA  96094
MEADOW HILLS - AURORA CO  80014
BROKEN TEE - EDGEWOOD CO  80110
HARVARD GULCH - DENVER CO  80212
DENVER CITY PARK - DENVER CO  80222
WELLSHIRE - DENVER CO  80222
WALT DISNEY WORLD (MAGNOLIA) - LAKE BUENA VISTA FL  32830

FLAMINGO LAKES - HOLLYWOOD FL  33027
INDIAN TRACE - CHATSWORTH GA  30705
KANEOHE KLIPPER - KANEOHE BAY HI  96863
RIVER BIRCH - STAR ID  83669
SPENCER T OLIN - ALTON IL 62002     UPDATE

ARTHUR B SIM - WICHITA KS  67203
BRAEBURN - WICHITA KS  67208
AUBURN HILLS - WICHITA KS 67235     UPDATE
BELMONT - BELMONT MA  02475     CARD
LITTLE BENNET - CLARKSBURGH MD  20871
SPRINGDALE - BIRMINGHAM MI  48009
PLUM HOLLOW - SOUTHFIELD MI  48034
MINNEAPOLIS - MINNEAPOLIS MN  55426
EAGLES LANDING - BELTON MO  64012
HOOTS HOLLOW - PLEASANT HILL MO  64080
SHAMROCK HILLS - LEES SUMMIT MO  64082
TOT HILL FARM - ASHEBORO NC  27205

MACGREGOR DOWNS - CARY NC  27511
TOBACCO ROAD - SANFORD  NC 97332
HOPEWELL VALLEY - HOPEWELL VALLEY NJ 08525
VILLAGE CLUB AT LAKE SUCCESS - LAKE SUCCESS NY 11020
EARLYWINE (NORTH) - OAKLAHOMA CITY OK 73170
REDTAIL - BEAVERTON OR 97008
OSWEGO LAKE - LAKE OSWEGO OR 97034
TUALATIN CC - TUALATIN OR 97062
FOREST HILLS - HILLSBORO OR  97113
RIVERWOOD - DUNDEE OR  97115
MICHELBOOK - MCMINNVILLE OR  97128
GEARHART GL BY THE SEA - SEASIDE OR  97138
COLUMBIA-EDGEWATER - PORTLAND OR 97211
ROCK CREEK - PORTLAND OR  97229
ILLAHE HILLS - SALEM OR  97302
COTTONWOOD LAKES - SALEM OR  97302
BANDON DUNES - BANDON OR  97411     CARDS
WINDYKE (WEST) - MEMPHIS TN  38125
WINDYKE (EAST) - MEMPHIS TN  38125
JIMMY CLAY - AUSTIN TX  78744
COMANCHE TRAILS (TOMAHAWK) - AMARILLO TX  79103
COMANCHE TRAILS (ARROWHEAD) - AMARILLO  TX  79103
JACKSON PARK - SEATTLE  WA  98125