GolfLogix: Golf GPS. User Guide for: iphone 4, 3G & 3GS. Version Software Release 1.2.5

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1 GolfLogix: Golf GPS User Guide for: iphone 4, 3G & 3GS Version Software Release

2 Table of Contents Page Page Page Getting Started Hazard-Layup & Green Screen 23 Registration Info 40 Downloading the GolfLogix Application 4 Measure My Shot 25 In My Bag 41 Optimal Settings 5 Statistics & Scoring 27 Manage Stats 44 Welcome to GolfLogix 4 Player Scorecard 29 Support Starting Screen 12 Rounds GolfLogix Support 45 Sign Up as Free Member 13 Multi-Player Scorecard 31 Update Par Data hour Champion Expiration 14 Previous Rounds (View& Edit Stats) 32 Become a Champion Member 15 Delete Previous Rounds 33 Activating Membership 16 My Round Summary 34 Transferring Membership 17 Club Performance (View& Delete Shots) 35 Play Golf Online Profile & Manage Account 37 Search for Courses 18 Settings Round Setup 19 Set Defaults 39 2

3 If this user guide does not answer all of your questions please call our customer service department toll-free at option 1. We are open Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm Arizona Time. 3

4 Getting Started: Downloading the GolfLogix Application The GolfLogix application can be downloaded to your iphone three different ways, each having the same end result. 1. Download the application using the App Store icon located on your iphone. Search for GolfLogix GolfLogix Application icon on iphone. Then install it for free. Press it to open the application. 2. You can visit our website at and select iphone at the top of the home page. Then press the Download Free button to access a link to our download page in the itunes App Store. 3. You can access the itunes Store by clicking on the itunes icon located on your computer desktop. Open the itunes Store and search for: GolfLogix, then press GET APP. 4

5 Getting Started: Optimal Settings Battery Life: To optimize the battery-life on your iphone while using the GolfLogix GPS application on the course: As a reminder the GolfLogix Application will populate the following message at the beginning of each round. This provides a reminder to set your phone to the best possible settings before your round begins. 5

6 1. IMPORTANT: Adjust your screen brightness to less than 50% and turn Auto-Brightness OFF. Press the Settings icon on your iphone, and then select Brightness. Slide the Brightness button to less than 50% and then set Auto-Brightness to OFF. 2. IMPORTANT: Always start your round with a 100% fully-charged battery. 6

7 Getting Started: Optimal Settings (continued) Battery Life: To optimize the battery life on your iphone while using the GolfLogix GPS application on the course: 3. OPTIONAL: Set Wi-Fi to OFF before your round and then turn it back ON after your round. 4. OPTIONAL: During your round, manually lock the iphone using the button on top of the iphone whenever distances are not needed. 7

8 Getting Started: Optimal Settings (continued) Battery Life: To optimize the battery life on your iphone while using the GolfLogix GPS application on the course: 5. External Battery Chargers can be used as a backup source during your round. A top-of-the line external battery charger is available at GolfGPS.com and members receive discounted pricing on all GolfLogix accessories. 8

9 Getting Started: Optimal Settings (continued) GPS Accuracy: To optimize the GPS signals on your iphone, while on the course: 1. IMPORTANT: On your iphone, make sure the Location Services is set to ON. 2. IMPORTANT: Always make sure your iphone has a clear view of the sky. Accurate GPS readings on the iphone can take 30 seconds or more if the iphone does not consistently have a clear view of the sky. Please keep the iphone out of your pocket while playing but if you do have to keep it in your pocket and block its view of the sky, please allow 30 seconds or more from the time you take it out of your pocket and turn it back on to obtain an accurate GPS reading. 9

10 Getting Started: Optimal Settings (continued) GPS Accuracy: To optimize the GPS signals on your iphone, while on the course: 3. Use a mount or case like shown below, so your iphone always has a clear view of the sky. The mounts and cases shown below are available at GolfGPS.com and members receive discounted pricing on all GolfLogix accessories. 10

11 Getting Started: How to close the GolfLogix application To close the GolfLogix application on iphone 3G/3GS with OS 3 or lower, all you need to do is press the Home button to return to your home screen. To close the GolfLogix application on iphone 4/3GS, while on the home screen, quickly press the Home button twice and then you should see the apps currently running. Press and hold GolfLogix until the icon starts to wiggle and then press the - minus symbol to close the app down. 11

12 Welcome To GolfLogix: Starting Screen View Demo Shows demonstration screens of the different features the application has available. Play Golf Proceeds to either the Registration options (if the application was just installed) or the Search for My Course screen (if membership has been established). The starting screen will always appear when the application first opens up. 12

13 Welcome To GolfLogix: Registration Screen Sign Up as Free Member Establishes the free lifetime Club Membership which has access to the following features: 4 Player scorecard, aerial view of each hole (if applicable) and the ability to track your score-stats. The first 24 hours under the free Club Membership grants access to all Champion Member features. Champion Membership is an annual $39.95 with all of the Club Member features plus GPS yardage readings & the ability to measure your shot and log your club. Champion Member features will no longer be available after the 24 hour trial. 13

14 24 hour Champion expiration After the 24 hour trial ends (this screen only comes up after 24 hours has passed from when a course was downloaded), there will be a screen asking if you d like to Continue as a Club Member or Become a Champion Member. Continuing as a Club Member will only have access to the 4 player scorecard, aerial imagery, and stat tracking. If you choose to become a champion member and pay the annual $39.95, you will have full access to all features of the GolfLogix application which include GPS yardage readings, measuring your shot, logging your club and all of the Club Member features. 14

15 Become a Champion Member Become a Champion Member You can enter in the Member Code you got from registering on or buy the application directly through the application. Only press Buy Now if you have not paid for the Champion Membership and wish to do so through the Application. 15

16 Activating Membership Activate Member Code If the Champion membership was purchased through you would have received a member code either from the membership confirmation page or an confirmation. Select this option if you have the Member Code. Enter the Member code and press Tee it Up to activate your Champion Membership on the phone. You would only press Activate Member Code if you ve already paid for the Champion Membership and didn t opt to sign up as a free member. The Member Code can only be used once to associate your phone to the membership 16

17 Transferring Membership Transfer Membership This option is for when you wish to transfer your membership from one supported Smartphone to a new/replacement iphone. The membership can only be associated to one phone. To transfer the membership, you will need your username/ address and password. There is also a limit of three times you can transfer the membership on your own. If you exceed the limit, you ll need to contact GolfLogix Customer Support. 17

18 Play Golf: Search for My Course Course Selection - The GolfLogix application gives you immediate wireless access to more than 25,000+ golf courses mapped around the world so there isn t any syncing or loading with a computer. (Please note: You will need an active data plan through your cell phone provider to download courses.) There are two ways to search for a golf course, either by your current location or an optimized search through our entire golf course list. My Current Location - This option will show you the closest courses sorted by your current location. Select a course from the list to download and start playing golf. Course List - This option will allow you to sort through the entire GolfLogix database of golf courses. Select a Country, then a State/Province, then look at all of the golf courses in a City or type in course names to filter the results. Select a course from the final list to download and start playing golf. Aerial View Will download Aerial Imagery of the course for each hole, if available. 18

19 Round Setup Once you select your course and choose what hole you ll be starting at, the next screen will be the Round Setup. Here you can manage what stats you want to be active during the round, how many players you wish to be on the scorecard (the GolfLogix application supports up to 4 player scoring), and the option to turn On or Off Aerial View of the course. My Scoring & Statistics The Manage Stats button will allow you to select what score-statistics you wish to have active before starting your round. This option is only for the main player. (See Manage Stats page 44). The Manage Stats option under the Settings icon has master control over what stats are used as default for all rounds Golfers on Scorecard You can add an additional 3 players to your scorecard for a total of 4 players. Each golfer will be able to choose what score-statistics they want active. The Pencil icon allows you to edit the players name, address, handicap and what stats will be available to that player. The Minus icon is to remove that player from the scorecard (this is the only screen that can remove the player). 19

20 Round Setup (continued) Add Golfer To add a player, press Add Golfer and you ll have to enter the players name, address (optional), and their handicap (optional). The Add Golfer button will disappear when 4 players are added. If the players have already been entered in for a previous round played, their name will remain in your GolfLogix application. To select their name, press the icon, select the players name and then press Done when their named is check marked. Players in previously recorded rounds cannot be removed unless that round is deleted off the phone. To remove a player, press the Edit button, then the Minus symbol to the left of the players name and press the red Delete button. 20

21 Round Setup (continued) Aerial View If you want Aerial Imagery of the course, make sure it s turned on. If it s turned off, you will only see a general graphic of the fairway & green screens, it will not show you an image of the actual hole. To access the Aerial Imagery for a hole, press the Earth icon on any hazardlayup and green screen. 21

22 Round Setup (continued) Aerial View In the imagery of the hole, you will be able to press on the map to determine your approach, zooming in may help you better pin point. You will then see your distance to the green to assist you with your next shot. 22

23 Play Golf: Hazard-Layups Screen Hazard-Layups Screens - These screens display all of the hazards, layups, and the green center yardages on Par 4 and Par 5 holes. The To Green Center line will remain on the top of this screen at all times. Please note: GPS calculates a straight line distance from where you are standing to the center of the green whereas tee box plates read down the center of the fairway to pivot points on the hole and then to the center of the green. Therefore, GPS distances and tee box plates will never match up on Par 4 and Par 5 tee boxes. When your location gets within 150 yards of a hazard-layup point, that hazard-layup will automatically disappear from the list and the remaining hazard-layups on the hole will move up the screen. The remaining hazardlayups can always be seen by sliding your finger up from the last showing hazard-layups line. When you are within 200 yards of the center of the green, this screen will change to the Green Screen. 23

24 Play Golf: Green Screen Green Screens - These screens always display the front-center-back distances to the green when you are within 200 yards of the center of the green or playing a Par 3 hole. You can use the Previous and Next buttons on all Play screens to move to a different hole. (Aerial Imagery green screen shown below) NOTE: The scorecard option found in the navigation bar at the bottom of the application will allow access to enter your score at any time. This feature is explained thoroughly in the statistics section. 24

25 Play Golf: Measure My Shot Measure My Shot - At the bottom of all of the Hazards-Layups and Green screens, you can press the Measure My Shot button to calculate the distance from where you hit your ball to where it landed and then log which club you hit. Pressing Reset My Shot stops the Measure My Shot calculation without logging a club. You will need to press Measure My Shot before you start moving to where the ball landed for the calculation to begin. Then if you wish to log your shot, press Log My Club. (Only available to Main player) 25

26 Measure My Shot (Continued) Log My Club - After pressing Log My Club use the picker wheel to highlight which club you used, then press Continue Playing which will take you back to the appropriate Hazard-Layups and Green screens. Pressing the Rounds icon at the bottom of the Hazard-Layups and Green screens and then Club Performance will take you to the screens where you can view all your club distances,or,in Previous Rounds, you can view the club distances for a specific round. The names of your golf clubs that are showing in the picker wheel can be edited by pressing the Settings icon and then selecting In My Bag. This can be done prior to your round of golf. (Only available to Main Player) 26

27 Play Golf: Statistic and Scoring Features Enter My Stats-Score The Enter My Stats-Scores screen will automatically appear 2 minutes after you get within 75 yards of the center of the green, or you can access this screen via the Scorecard icon located on the bottom of the screen and by pressing the Edit Score/Stats button. All the statistics have their own screen to go through for scoring. If you have 4 player scoring set up, you will have to choose what player you re entering the information for (See 4 player scoring section, page 29). The Fairway Hit? screen Only Par4 s and 5 s have this statistic. If your first shot on this hole landed in the fairway, you select Yes and continue to the next question. If your first shot did not land in fairway, select No Left or No Right based on where it landed, then continue to the next question. The My Score screen Will list 1-9 for your score option. Use your finger to press and highlight your score for the hole. The GIR stat is automatically determined by the score & # of putts. The # of Putts screen -Tracks only the shots hit while on the green, if you putt from the fringe/rough it is considered a Chip. Incorrect entries will lead to errors in the greens in regulation statistics. 27

28 Statistic and Scoring Features (Continued) The Chips/Sand screen -. Use your finger to highlight the number of Chips/Sand shots you hit on the hole. The Penalties screen - Use your finger to and highlight the number of Penalty shots you want to record on the hole. Outcome of Missed Putts & Made Putt screen - Use your finger to select if the putt was a Tap in, Short, Medium or Long. Each missed putt will give you the option as well. On missed putts you ll have to press on the segment of your approach. (Only available for Main Player) Press Continue Playing to save your selections and advance to the next hole. Press Multi-Player Scorecard to edit other players score-stats, (Only available if an additional player is added) Press View Hole Summary to view your score-stats for the hole. 28

29 Play Golf: 4 Player Scoring If you have the 4 player scorecard active, you can press the Scorecard icon and edit each players score-statistics. statistics. You can choose whose score-stats you wish to add/edit by pressing Enter Score.. Then, once all the stats have been entered, if you want to add another players score-stats, press Multi-Player Scorecard and choose the next player and repeat the process. 29

30 Rounds: The Statistics and Scores screen can be accessed at any time by pressing the Rounds icon located in the bottom of the screen. In this area you can edit or view all rounds that you have stored within the application. The low and average score is based on 18 hole rounds. 9 hole rounds are not used for the calculation. Previous Rounds This option will allow you to see all your previous rounds. As well as edit/delete the previous rounds played. Cumulative Stats When the cumulative stats option is pressed the application will combine all of your recorded rounds into one summarized report. Club Performance This option will show you the clubs recorded when you use the Measure My Shot option. You ll be able to see the # of swings, longest distance and average distance of each club. Sync Score-Stat This option will sync your stats to your personal Annual Member website located at 30

31 Rounds: Multi-Player Scorecard The Multi-Player Scorecard is accessible by pressing either Scorecard for your current round, or Rounds for previous rounds played. Here you can get a basic overview for each player and to get a more detailed view of each person s own scorecard, press View Detailed Stats. 31

32 Rounds: Previous Rounds Edit My Previous Rounds Select the round you wish to edit and then press My Score Card,, this option will allow you to select the Edit Score/Stats option so you can edit the scorecard for the round. When this option is pressed it will bring up the same Enter My Stats screen described in the previous section. From here you can make any changes to your stats and score cards and will be updated instantly. If you have 4 player scoring active, you will be able to edit other players score-stats as well. Note: If you are currently playing a course, press the Scorecard icon on the bottom of the screen to edit any of the holes you ve played. 32

33 Previous Rounds (Continued) Delete Previous Rounds Select Previous Rounds and then in the Rounds Played screen, press the Edit button and press then Minus symbol to the right of the round. Finally, press Delete on the right side of the round. (Please note: You cannot delete the current round you are playing. You will need to exit out of the application, open it up again and choose not to resume the previous game.) 33

34 Previous Rounds (Continued) My Round Summary This option will combine all of your recorded stats from your current and all previous rounds. It will summarize all statistics and scoring (Only available to Main Player). 34

35 Previous Rounds (Continued) My Club Performance Every time you measure a shot and log it with a specific club, the results are stored here. GolfLogix will average each club for you, and even record what hole you hit the club on (Only available to Main Player). If you press the name of club then it will display individual club stats for each hole. 35

36 Previous Rounds (Continued) Delete My Club Performance: You will be able to delete shots that you ve measured by going into My Club Performance and select what club you wish to remove the shot from. Once you select the club, you ll enter the Individual Club Stats Screen. Press the Edit button in the upper right corner, then press the Minus symbol to the left of the shot you wish to remove, and lastly press Delete. (Only available Main Player) 36

37 View Online Performance Becoming a GolfLogix member allows you to sync your rounds to your very own personal website. This will allow you to view your statistics and manage your account from the convenience of your work or home computer. Visit the link below to login and view your online scores and stats: When you login, you will have all the same functions of the previous rounds and cumulative round options. You can view all your stats and even them to a friend. 37

38 View Online Performance (Continued) Manage Account Allows you to change pertinent information regarding your account. Billing Info Allows you to change your billing address and credit card. Change Password Allows you to change your password. Score & Statistics Goes back to your Rounds Played. Transfer Membership Allow you to transfer your membership from one supported phone to another supported phone. You will have a transfer limit of 3 times and only one phone can have membership associated to it. 38

39 Settings: Set Defaults From the Settings tab you can access the applications default options. From here you can set some general options to your user preferences. Distance Unit - This option will allow you to change the measuring system from yards to meters. Auto-Lock The auto-lock feature will allow you to turn ON or OFF the screen auto-lock feature on your iphone. GPS Live on Auto-Lock This feature will keep the GPS signals active when your phone goes into Auto-Lock. This will help ensure the yardages are being recalculated as you move even if the phone locks. Auto-Sync at Startup This feature will automatically sync previous rounds played when the application first opens up. 39

40 Registration Info From the setup tab you can access and edit the registration information you filled out when first registering the application (This only changes the Main Players information). Golfer s Full Name Update your name. Golfer s Phone Update your phone number. Golfer s Handicap Update your Handicap Once you have updated all or any fields, press the blue Update button. 40

41 In My Bag (Only Availabe to Main Player) From the Settings tab you can access the In My Bag option. This option will allow you to customize your club selection list, as well as custom name each club. Remove a Club Press the blue Edit button in the upper right hand corner, once the edit button is pressed you can delete any clubs from the list. Once your clubs are removed, press the Done button to save the list. 41

42 In My Bag (Continued) Add a Club and Custom Name your Clubs Press the blue + button in the upper right hand corner to add new club. To customize the name of an existing club, press on the name of the club. When you add or edit a club press the Save button and your club list will be populated with the changes. 42

43 In My Bag (Continued) Enable/Disable a club To the right of the club name you will see either a check or an X symbol. A check means that the club is enable and will be selectable when you measure a shot. The X means that the club is disabled and will not be selectable. To enable or disable a club, press the check or X and it ll change. Or you can press on the club name to edit it and disable/enable the club; if changes are made, press Save. 43

44 Manage Stats This feature will allow you to turn on/off any of the score keeping options you wish. Keep in mind which stats you do turn off, as some will affect the Scrambling statistic in the scorecard. If you are using the 4 player scorecard feature, you can turn on/off the other players score keeping options as well(only during the Round). Manage Stats in the Settings tab has master control over the Manage Stats in Round Setup. Assigned Putting Lengths To change the putting lengths, select Custom and then press the Edit button to change the length of that specific putting outcome. Once you ve made the change, press Save. 44

45 Support: Golflogix Support Please use the GolfLogix Support to ask us any questions or provide us with feedback. FAQs Our Frequently Asked Questions will address many items that may come up throughout your round. Send to a Friend If you like our application, please send it to a friend! 45

46 Update Scorecard Information GolfLogix has over 25,000 courses mapped and we realize how often courses update or change their layouts. If you ever play a course in which the par/handicap data is wrong you have the ability to update it instantly. A course has to be downloaded to input par/handicap data. Once you have finished your update, press the Submit changes to GolfLogix button so that we can correct our master file for future rounds. When you have updated the information, simply press the play button to see the changes immediately. 46