Coming Soon to a Golf Course Near You: The iStimp App for the iPhone
A Video Review from the Experts at PACE Turf
SETUP: A golfer approaches his first green of the day. He whips out an iPhone and launches his new iStimp application to determine the green speed. The players one hole behind cluster at the tee box. They see the golfer get on his knees, prop a golf ball on the phone, tip the ball off the phone, measure the distance it rolls, and repeat the actions three more times. The players behind begin to yell as the delay in their play continues.
REVIEW: In a new video from PACE Turf, Dr. Larry Stowell reviews the iStimp application, made by iGolfApps, and the interesting problems it could pose for golfers and golf course superintendents.
“Just imagine the pace of play when golfers start stimping every green with the iStimp,” says Dr. Stowell, director of PACE Turf. “Based upon my evaluation, it takes approximately two minutes to obtain a single reading and the iStimp instructions recommend four readings. That’s eight minutes total.”
The video, “The iStimp: For Better or Worse,” is available free of charge on YouTube and is the latest in a series of educational videos that PACE Turf offers at no charge to the turf management community. The videos offer clear, concise and science-based explanations of topics that affect golf course turf.
The PACE Turf video is suitable for viewing at greens committee meetings, in club houses or other areas frequented by golf patrons. The video can also be placed on superintendent association websites or golf course websites by clicking on the “embed” button that appears underneath the video on YouTube. PACE Turf’s other golfer education and superintendent education videos can be viewed on the PACE Turf YouTube Channel or http://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf.
PACE Turf is a membership organization that provides breaking research news, information and expert advice on its website www.paceturf.org. The mission of PACE Turf is to generate and share independent and objective agronomic information for turf professionals, so they may develop management programs that are effective, practical and scientifically sound.
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