We have added a top mapper bonus challenge. The member with the highest reward points total for the month will receive a $100 USD gift certificate. See reward program for complete details.

Enter Putts feature is now available through the Play-by-Play interface. Once you are on the green, enter putts is made available in the menu. You can quickly enter just the number of putts, or opt to input putt type in second step. Putts entered using this method are excluded from mapping and distance calculation.

Landmarks has now been added as an on course feature. You can now get distances to an unlimited number of landmarks for a hole. Landmarks come in 3 flavors:

• Single Point - displays 1 distance, use for small landmarks such as pot bunker, tree, yardage markers
• Reach/Carry - displayes 2 distances, reach (how far to get there) and carry (how far to get past), use for large bunkers, water hazards etc
• Area - displays 5 distances, left and right reach and carry plus center. Use for landmarks which cross fairway diagonally (good to know difference between left/right), or target areas etc.

You can also add "advice", which do not display a distance. Landmarks can be previewed on the course page, see in action.

Round display has now been updated to include a Play-by-Play tracker showing strokes overlayed on a map. Clicking the hole links centers the map on the selected hole and shows the Play-by-Play strokes for that hole. So now if you play a round using the Play-by-Play mode, and either use real-time scoring (posts stroke by stroke to server) or post/finish the round at the end you will be able to see your round plotted onn a map.

Manual Scoring adds the ability to input scores/statistics manually (i.e. not Play-by-Play), you can input Score, Putts, GiR, Fairways Hit, Scrambling, and Sand Saves. You can either enter the stats using quick keys (displayed next to stat on screen) or by scrolling to the field and typing directly into the field. The scores/stats can be posted to the server at the end of the round.
Shot Type tracking adds the ability to get distances broken down by type to the existing club distance tracking feature. This optional feature can be enabled using the preferences menu option in the mobile caddying application. Once you turn it on you will be able to select shot type for each stroke. When viewing your club distances online each club will display its long and average distance hit for each shot type.

TeeDroid releases the first beta of it's mobile golf caddying application. The first release is for 8000 series Blackberry phones. Anyone interested can signup for a spot to be a beta tester (spots are limited). Not only does it include distances to the front, middle and back of the green, but it also includes real time scoring, hole advice and more. The website was also updated and features were added, coordinate upload and preview etc.

TeeDroid Caddy is featured in the AndroidGuys Developer Spotlight Series. Head over there and read the full story. Many thanks to the AndroidGuys for taking the time to do the interview.

We have put up a page with the How To play a round of golf with TeeDroid Caddy. The instructions are taken from the Quick Start guide, with a couple of improvements. Take a look and see how easy it is to use the TeeDroid Caddy during a round of golf. Special care was taken to make the process as simple as possible to make sure that scoring with the TeeDroid Caddy would not be a distraction during the golf round.

TeeDroid has added a feedback feature to the web site. We encourage all visitors to leave us feedback. Please make sure to select the type of feedback you are leaving; general comments, feature suggestions, problems encountered, questions, and other. You are of course more than welcome to request more types. The comments are private and are sent directly to the TeeDroid team. If you would like a response you can provide an email address (optional). We will attempt to respond to all feedback left time permitting.

The TeeDroid golfers website preview is now available to the public. Currently the mobile application is in a limited alpha test phase. However, visitors to the website can get information regarding the upcoming release, features of the TeeDroid Caddy mobile golf applications, and preview features.