PGA Tour Pro Kevin Streelman’s Unique Golf iPhone App

WalterLis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:31:23 +0000

Scottsdale retiree Larry Slivka and his neighbor, PGA Tour player Kevin Streelman, weren’t sure what would happen when they developed a golf iPhone application that coaches amateur golfers as they encounter tough shots on the course.

But in the two months since the pair released “Golf Like a Tour Pro,” they have sold more than 7,000 copies at $4.99 each. Golfers throughout the United States and in 63 countries from Denmark to Sri Lanka have downloaded the golf iPhone app.

In two touches of the iPhone or iPod Touch screen, a golfer can see how to line up a shot, where to place his or her hands and how to swing the club. The golf iPhone app also offers “Kevin’s Tip,” giving Streelman’s professional insight into making the shot. Golfers can view the video in slow motion, to better grasp the details.

The idea was born because Slivka, who retired from the shoe business and took up golf, searched golf magazines for tips but could never remember them on the course. “It was a little frustrating,” Slivka said. “If I was in a sand trap . . . I didn’t know what to do.”

He wrote up some cheat sheets but found them cumbersome. Then he read a newspaper story about the boom in software applications for iPhones, the Web-enabled cellphone that friends had been buzzing about. It was then that Larry decided a golf iPhone app could have some potential.

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PGA Tour Pro Kevin Streelman’s Unique Golf iPhone App