Mobilewalla: Top apps for the golf enthusiast
A fair percentage of the sports-loving public is addicted to golf. The following golf apps vary from lighthearted games to serious, lifelike simulations.
Apple apps
Mini Golf MatchUp (Free)* This game operates rather like a pinball machine: Drag and release your ball to fling it down increasingly difficult mini-golf courses. ( Score: 99/100)
Super Stickman Golf 2 (Free)* This Stickman really knows how to read a green. Play 30 courses and compete with friends in turn-by-turn competition. (Score: 99/100)
Mini Golf Stars: Tournament Golf Game (Free) This game puts the spotlight on a series of nearly impossible putting holes. Play solo or against friends. (Score: 98/100)
Flappy Golf (Free)* Flappy Golf is not a game for golf purists; it’s a very challenging obstacle course or platformer where you try against all odds to flap the ball into the hole. (Score: 97/100)
Flick Golf! Free (Free)* You use a touch-based flick motion to send the ball soaring onto lavish greens. Beautiful graphics are the hallmark of this app. (Score: 92/100)
Android apps
Let’s Golf! 3 (Free: five holes a day free)* This golf tournament features worldwide competition and crazy course locations, like the Great Wall of China. (Score: 98/100)
Golf Star (Free)* If you are a serious golfer, you will like this app, which takes the game seriously and focuses on realistic course obstacles. (Score: 91/100)
King of the Course Golf (Free)* This golf game gives the player the chance to virtually play some of the greatest PGA courses and be challenged to make bonus trick shots. (Score: 91/100)
WGT Golf Mobile (Free)* This golf-simulation game features some of the world’s best courses, meticulously re-created; courses include St. Andrews and Pebble Beach. (Score: 90/100)
The Masters Golf Tournament (Free)* This is the official app of the Masters Tournament, which takes place each year in Augusta, Ga. (Score: 87/100)
*Available on Apple and Android.
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published April 17, 2015 at 11:54 AM with the headline "Mobilewalla: Top apps for the golf enthusiast."