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Guide to using the GSK

To Create a Player: Press the PLAYERS button. In the Players menu press the edit button in the navigation bar, then press the + button in the navigation bar and follow the prompts. (Gender is needed to determine maximum handicap). When you are finished creating players press the done button in the navigation bar

To Create a Course: Press the COURSES button. In the Courses menu press the edit button in the navigation bar, then press the + button in the navigation bar and follow the prompts. You will be prompted to set up your course, this must be done before you can play a round.

To Set Up a Course: Select YES in the Set Up Course prompt. (If you selected no the first time just press the course name you want to set up in the Courses menu). Here you will be prompted to select the amount of “Tee Sets” you will be using. A tee set is the color you will be teeing off from in the Tee Box. Most courses will have at least three “Tee Sets” to choose from. The “Tee Set” will determine the difficulty of the course for use in conjunction with determining your handicap. If your whole group will be using the same “Tee Set” you only need to set up one “Tee Set”. Once you have determined the number of “Tee Sets” you will be using, you will be prompted to enter the color for each “Tee Set”. After filling in the color for the “Tee Sets” you will be using you MUST enter the Course Rating and Slope Rating for each “Tee Set”. This information can usually be found on the scorecard provided by your golf course, and will also be available at the club house. At this point you can choose to fill out the Par and Handicap Rating for each hole, This can also be done on the fly during your first game(You will be prompted after each hole to enter that holes Par and Handicap rating if you choose not to fill it out here). This information only needs to be entered once and will be stored for future rounds at this course. You can return to this menu at any time by entering the Courses menu and pressing the name of the course you wish to edit, then pressing the Edit button in the navigation bar. You can add new “Tee Sets” if you choose, by pressing the + button above the “Tee Set” selector.

Playing a Round: While playing a round you can add notes for the hole you are on by clicking the blank space below the player names. The notes will be saved and displayed during future rounds. You can click on any players name to view a full round scorecard for that player. After all players have finished the hole, press the Next Hole button in the navigation bar. This takes you to the Score Input screen. Enter Par and Handicap Rating if needed then select a score for each player. The menu defaults the players scores to Par. Press the players name and use the wheel on the right to change each players score. At the top of the scree press the Change button under par or HDCP Rating to change either number.Continue until the last hole is scored and you will be prompted to view the players scorecards or end the game.

Viewing Player Stats: In the Players menu press the name of a player who’s stats you want to view. This takes you to the Player Stats menu. you can scroll the table up and down to view player lifetime stats. Press the CRS button to see the stats for the player for each course and old games. Press Last Rounds Played.. to view your last 20 games.

Viewing Previous Games: While viewing your previous games use the selector on the right to switch between your last 20 games. Press PAR to show handicap ratings, press HDCP switch back to pars. press Score to switch between scratch games and handicap adjusted games

To Start a Game: At least one player and one course are needed to start a game. If a course and player have been created the start game button becomes usable. Click the start game button and select which course and players you want to use, as well as the length of the game. After the players and course are selected press the Play! button in the navigation bar. If your course is not set up you will receive an alert saying your course is not set up and you will be redirected to the course setup menu.

A note on course stats

Pars do indeed save, but currently the game needs to be completed for the course/player data to be saved. Sorry for any confusion

DGSK update on the way

First of all – thanks go out to all of those that bought our DGSK app. Second, we are aware of its shortcomings and have an update under review right now fixing most of those issues. Third, we’re still learning the ins and outs of the iOS, and your patience is greatly appreciated. We are trying to give the best user experience possible, but unfortunately we are still figuring out how.

- the score input page no longer locks the user in until all scores are set

- stats for all players are properly being saved/loaded

- active game is saved if the app gets closed, can resume at next launch

- added a notes box for in-game note taking

Hopefully the update will come out before the season ends, but its in Apple’s hands at this point.

It happened though, and hard. Currently engaged in head-battle against XCode and Objective C so getting back to it.

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