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Not good for tracking multi-player rounds

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: June 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If your wanting to track your individual score, then this application is the one; however, if you want to keep multiple players then buy some other application. You have to enter each stroke into this application as opposed to just entering the number of strokes for the hole. Since I have received the application, I have requested two courses that were not downloadable on the web site. It has been over three weeks, and they still haven't published the courses. I did play one course that I could download and the user interface was really good. I really like the distance from the hole, and tracking my shots; however, their are times where I wouldn't like to input all this information for each hole and if I want to keep a whole round of golf, you have to enter every stroke you hit. If you play par or Birdie Golf then that's great, but if your a Par/Bogie/+ player, it kind of gets annoying. If you want a scorecard for other players, this application will keep you busy all through the round entering everyones shots, and not allow for much time to enjoy the game. Plus you usually don't want to track other players stats, just yours, but I would like a calculated scorecard for all players. I wished I would have purchased the other application I reviewed. If they had a demo version of the application, I wouldn't have purchased this one.

Great on a PDA!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: February 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

With my PDA I can download the actual golf course I am playing. Golfwits keeps my stats by simply tapping the screen. If I want to know how far it is to a bunker or water hazard I just tap the "Distance" mode and Golfwits instantly tells me the yardage. Is that great, or what?

Outstanding Product for The People that Need a Pro-Book

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This program is "THE" program for making your own pro-book for any course. ( each hole has it's own page, not just a course map)
If it's not in their data base, make your own.
If the one they have isn't detailed enough, fix it.
Print it out with yardage markers, and your local muni. is as playable as the country club.

BEWARE--COURSE MAPS NOT INCLUDED----VERY DECEITFUL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

...The Golfwits website was recently changed. I purchased July 24, 2003 and the website then lead you to believe if you purchase the PRO package you had unlimited access to course map downloads. Well now you don't. You only get three! If your home course is like mine it has three nine hole courses which are the equivalent of three 18 hole courses. Well I play more golf and at more couses than just my home couorse. And I believe anyone who is looking for this type of software probably does too. So if you don't mind the additional $$ money for the course maps that this software will not work without then go ahead and purchase. It works great! ...

Golfwits - Maps no longer free

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Buyer beware. I purchased this last month and was having fun with it until the folks at Mapwits began charging for course downloads. Reviews I read here indicate that over 4000 course maps are available for free -- not true. I emailed them and received some gobbedlygook about focus group recommendations to charge, etc. Seems like their whole pricing structure is changing.

This company is crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Purchased the software for 129..0 full blown price. The manual is weak, had to spend a lot of time just expermenting, trying to get the software to do what the manual said it should do.

You cannot edit a shot you have to delete then add new...that is an edit.

When you want to set the type of shot: hook, draw, straight, fade, slice. Be careful easy to make wrong selection. Cannot really see how this is going to work on the course.

Could not get the most important part of Mapwits to work

Have spent the last three days E Mailing and calling. Have left a message on every name in company directory, no replies on either E Mail or phone

Try to find the phone # on their web site. Isn't one. Try to find a phone # in directory assistance isn't one.

I finally found one after hours of a google search. 1-360-354-8401. good luck on getting someone to reply

Would not reccommend this software to anyone. Has potential technically but none business wise.

Support non-existent

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This product has potential, but not even the best of breed is worth buying if the support is not there. And that is certainly the case with this company. During my evaluation, I had to send my first email three times, and my second email just never got a reply. Forget it! The product also lacks basic data capture on courses and players too.
If you want the absolute best product for collecting and analysing golfing statistics, and you really don't need the PDA/graphics, then try GStatPro from MagaDraw - excellent design, extremely comprehensive and intuitive, and a mere $25

GolfWits review - OK for one, hard for more...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've tried to use GolfWits a few times and I've found it hard to use when trying to keep scores and statistics for more than me. While the maps are nice, they are somewhat cumbersome to use as you need to click on the exact point where your ball landed. This isn't very accurate on handheld screens as they are relatively small. I would pass on this application for now.

EXPENSIVE,... even the free download is expensive!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I initially wanted to purchase the software for my palm. At $40-50 it's a little more expensive, but the way they analyze seems worth it. Til I saw the real costs, the maps are not free! They costs $10 each, and if not made already, $20 each. One map can cost more than some of the other golf softwares out there. They do have Mapwits software, which with some effort on your part create your own maps, but it's only available when you buy the pro bundle, $90. If creating your own maps is a bit much then the costs can be very high (pda software $50 then adding approximately 12 maps, as much as $90-180 more, totaling over $200). To be fair they do have a lot of maps. They also have a free download version, but you can't test it without buying maps, so "free" is not free! I'm not rich nor lazy, so I'll reconsider them when Mapwits is included with the softwares or available for PC and inexpensive.

Inaccurate Course Descriptions

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a terrific tool but some of the course maps had outdated information. For example, Phantom Horse Golf Course was remodeled 2 years ago but the information in Pro 2.0 still reflects the old layout.

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