I’m a huge fan of the Palm pdas. I’ve owned one for at least ten years now, and can’t figure out what I’d do without it.

Dose-A-Day Golf is a “tear off calendar” for your Palm or Windows PDA. Like the desktop version, it gives you daily tips, tricks, jokes and stories from Gary McCord. But unlike the desktop version, it doesn’t leave you with all of those little square pieces of paper. Even better: you can save your favorites for later viewing.

I’m hoping Santa brings me one for Christmas.

In addition to being a golf nut, I’m also a Palm Pilot geek. (You can tell how long I’ve had one by the fact that I can’t stop calling it a “Palm Pilot”, instead of just “Palm”.)

I take my Palm everywhere with me—even on the course. I actually feel naked without it.

So when I found out that Golf Digest had put its entire Places To Play book done up as a Palm OS database, I was totally geeked out.

Here’s what they say:

# Looking for a place to golf? Golf Digest’s entire database of the best U.S public courses is now at your fingertips with Golf Digest Mobile’s Places to Play application. Quickly search our database of more than 6,500 U.S courses by zip code or city plus read player comments, find out green fees, book tee times and more. The fastest and easiest way to find new courses to play, whether at home or when traveling! A subscription to Golf Digest Magazine is included with this service. Large database of golf courses: Provide access to the entire database of 6,500 US public golf courses.
# Proximity search: Allow users to search by zip code or city within a defined distance.
# Star rating: Display the expert’s rating of a course. The users can perform search based on the star rating.
# Detailed search results: Include information on green fees, yardages, slopes, and players’ comments.
# Tee time: Allow the users to book tee time right from the application (where applicable)
# Magazine subscription: Bundle with a subscription of the Golf Digest magazine for as long as the user uses the mobile application.
# Intuitive UI: Allow the users to quickly search for a golf course and access all information on the course.
# Course of the week: Feature a photo and detailed description of a new course every week.

I’ve been playing video golf since I discoered it on my roommate’s Apple II back in college. Its a lot of fun—especially in those winter months, when its the only golf you can get. Here’s a preview of Electronic Arts’ newest game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006.

Golf S is a free java application that helps you keep track of your golfing rounds.

From the developer: “If you like to save your golf rounds to look at them later, maybe this is a program for you. You can not only look at your score cards, you can also see some average datas like putts per green. GolfS is written in java and is released under the GNU GPL, which makes it free to use and change. If you like GolfS, please send a postcard to the programmer.”