GameBook today announced that Finland won the GameBook Cup, the largest nation-to-nation (Sweden v Finland) open golf tournament in the world made possible by innovative GameBook technology bringing golf to the digital age. The countries competed head-to-head in seven different categories, of which Finland won 4, Sweden won 2, and one was tied.  The total number of rounds played and counted for the final result was approximately 3000.   –  We’re pleased that so many golfers showed up and played for their country. GameBook wants to offer golfers something new, innovative and fun in golf! says GameBook co-founder and CEO Kalle Väinölä.

Finland won the categories for the country that makes more birdies, eagles, fairway hits, and net results below 70.  The countries were tied in the category for the country that hits more greens. Sweden won the categories for the country that makes fewer putts and that makes less triple bogies (or worse).  – We included several categories that are based on individual statistics. I believe golfers can learn more about their own game once they start following their individual statistics. GameBook makes it easy to follow your stats and compare them to your friends’ stats, continues Väinölä.

–  I feel good that my home country Finland won, but in all fairness to the Swedes, the results show that Swedes are better putters than Finns, says co-founder Mikko Manerus. Anyone in Sweden and Finland could participate in the GameBook Cup by playing one or more rounds of golf on any golf course.  – All that you had to do is to play golf and keep score with the GameBook iPhone app or enter the individual score manually after the round in the GameBook online Clubhouse profile, explains Manerus.

Att vara med i GameBook Cup är enkelt! Spela en rond var som helst i världen med GameBook för iPhone och du är automatiskt med i laget. Alternativt kan du också manuellt mata in ditt resultat i GameBook Clubhouse. Kom dock ihåg att endast ronder för registrerade spelare i Clubhouse räknas, för att representera Sverige skall du registrera dig med en postadress i Sverige.

GameBook Cup avgörs i sju kategorier, de land som vinner flest kategorier vinner GameBook Cup! Kategorierna presenteras i filmerna nedan.

1.     Det land som gör flest birdies
2.     Det land som gör flest eagles
3.     Det land som gör minst antal trippelbogeys eller sämre
4.     Det land som har flest greenträffar
5.     Det land som har minst puttar
6.     Det land som har flest fairway träffar
7.     Det land som har flest ronder under 70 netto

Resultaten beräknas i förhållande till hur många ronder som ett land har spelats så man har inte fördel av att ett land spelar fler ronder än det andra.

Spela väl och Heja Sverige. Lycka till!

GameBook Cupiin osallistuminen on yksinkertaista: pelaa kierros missäpäin maailmaa tahansa käyttäen GameBook iPhone -applikaatiota ja olet automaattisesti mukana joukkueessamme. Voit myös vaihtoehtoisesti syöttää pelaamasi kierroksen GameBook Clubhousessa. Muista kuitenkin, että vain rekisteröintyneiden pelaajien kierrokset lasketaan. Varmista myös, että valitset maaksesi Suomen rekisteröinnin yhteydessä!

GameBook Cupissa kilpaillaan seitsemässä kategoriassa. Maa, joka voittaa näistä useamman, vie mestaruuden kotiin. Kategoriat on paljastettu alla olevissa videoissa. Ne ovat:

1. Maa, joka tekee enemmän birkkuja
2. Maa, joka tekee enemmän eaglejä
3. Maa, joka tekee vähemmän triplabogey tai huonompia tuloksia
4. Maa, joka tekee enemmän greeniosumia
5. Maa, joka tekee vähemmän putteja
6. Maa, joka tekee enemmän väyläosumia
7. Maa, joka tekee enemmän alle netto 70 lyönnin tuloksia

Tulokset lasketaan kaikissa kategorioissa suhteessa pelattuihin kierroksiin, joten enemmän pelaava maa ei ole etulyöntiasemassa.

Tsemppiä kisaviikonloppuun!

GameBook® is the next generation golf app for iPhone, combining fun and passion for the game with social media. The app connects to our online social network for golf lovers, the Clubhouse. We made it fun for you to keep score with a live leaderboard and to connect with your golfing friends anywhere in the world. Follow and comment on your friends’ games real-time, share photos, and much more! Stats and built-in game formats included. Download it on your iPhone, Android app is on the way.

The GameBook application is currently available on the iPhone and can be downloaded for free in Sweden and Finland from the Apple AppStore. Using the GameBook smartphone application and Clubhouse requires a free registration. A separate entry form is not necessary. No purchase is necessary to enter. Each eligible round must have an individual score, that is, you may play any game format available in the smartphone application or on the Clubhouse that records an individual score.

In order to be eligible, the player’s registration with the GameBook smartphone application or Clubhouse must be made under his or her permanent residence in Finland or Sweden. This means that a player who permanently resides in Finland or Sweden can participate in the GameBook Cup even if he/she plays the round in some other country. If a player’s registration is to an address in Sweden, his or her round(s) will be counted for the Swedish total score. Similarly, If a player’s registration is to an address in Finland, his or her round(s) will be counted for the Finnish total score.

Helpful Hint: If you have registered and logged on to the GameBook smartphone application and wish to add a player to your round, the additional player is eligible for the GameBook Cup only if he or she is also a registered Clubhouse user and you add them to your game from the Clubhouse data base. Therefore, if you wish to add a player to your round, click “Add player” first and you’ll get a list of “Recent players”.  If the new player is on this list AND the new player has a “Nickname”, add the player.  If you don’t find the new player in your “Recent players” list or if the player does not have a “Nickname” on such list, click on ”Search players”.  If you still don’t find him or her and he/she wants to participate in the GameBook Cup, he/she must register at the GameBook Clubhouse and enter their score manually after the game.

2.         Winning categories

Sweden and Finland will compete in seven different categories.  The country that wins more categories will win the 2011 GameBook Cup.  In the unlikely event that the results are tied, the country that makes the most holes-in-one wins.

The first of the seven categories is “the country that makes more birdies”.  Birdies will be counted in proportion to the number of players in each country.

Other categories will be revealed in the weeks leading up to the GameBook Cup in these Rules and/or on the GameBook Cup web site at www.gamebookcup.com.

3. The administrator is not responsible for any technical problems that the player may encounter in trying to participate in the GameBook Cup, such as incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human or other error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data or voice transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone or mobile network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or Website, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost or misdirected e-mail. If for any reason the GameBook Cup is not capable of being executed as planned, the administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the GameBook Cup in whole or in part.

4. The administrator is not obligated to give any further information about the GameBook Cup, these Rules or the results. The decision of the administrator in matters concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules is final and binding on all entrants. Any individual who attempts or otherwise encourages, directly or indirectly, the entry of multiple or false contact information under multiple identities, or uses any device or artifice to enter or encourage, directly or indirectly, multiple or false entries, as determined by the administrator, will be disqualified.  The administrator reserves the right to disqualify any participant who is ineligible or has violated any Rule.

5. By registering your GameBook smartphone application or at the GameBook Clubhouse, you will be subject to the GameBook Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

The administrator is: GameBook Oy, Lars Sonckin kaari 14, 02600 Espoo, Finland.

GameBook® is the registered trademark of GameBook Oy.

Dated: June 30, 2011

Johan Edfors’ Team Sweden won GameBook Cup’s kick-off game on Monday at the Hill’s Golf Club in Göteborg by a wide margin.  A big Thank You to Hill’s Golf Club and all players in Team Sweden and Team Finland for a great game!

Remember to participate in the GameBook Cup – the finnkampen in golf – on August 27.-28.2011. It is open to all!!

Poised to win today’s kick-off game of the GameBook Cup, Team Finland started bright and early Monday morning at the Helsinki airport
ready to challenge Team Sweden.

From left: Mikko Rantanen, Teemu Tyry, Olli Lehtonen, Elias Pietilä, Mikko Ilonen, Sami Lepistö, Jussi Markkanen and Petteri Linnavalli.