Samsung and Golf GameBook First to Bring Digital Signature to Golf Scoring

Samsung and Golf GameBook First to Bring Digital Signature to Golf Scoring PR Newswire HELSINKI, November 21, 2012 HELSINKI, November 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Images for editorial use: http://www.golfgamebook.com/press In close collaboration with Samsung, the Finland-based Golf GameBook has developed the world's first digital golf scorecard enabling official signing. The Golf GameBook app utilizes the new functionalities of the S Pen, which is the main reason why it was selected to the small group of Samsung S Suggest™ smartphone applications. http://www.golfgamebook.com/press http://www.golfgamebook.com/press The Samsung S Suggest tool detects the end-user's interests and makes recommendations for suitable applications. GolfGameBook app was one of the selected applications and according to Samsung Nordic it has significant global potential. For example, the U.S. golf market is huge - 27M golfers playing 470M rounds per year and the direct revenues are as high as 70 billion dollars annually. S-Pen enables digital golf scorecard signing Golf GameBook and Samsung have together developed a new, revolutionary feature - digital golf scorecard signing. It is based on the Galaxy Note II's S Pen technology. An electronic scorecard can now be signed in the same manner as the traditional paper scorecard, which can make it compatible with the official rules of golf. This is something unforeseen within the game of golf and opens many new possibilities.