That’s right, Golf Trac for iPhone is now in active development. I thought it might be fun to outline a few of the features I’m considering for the first version.

Firstly, it will be of no use to you without a Golf Trac account. In fact, here’s the first screen you’ll see:

So, if you don’t plan on signing up for Golf Trac, feel free to stop reading—you’ll just get excited for no reason at all.

It makes sense for a lot of web applications to have a mobile counterpart, and Golf Trac is no different. Here are a few of the things that make up my vision for Golf Trac on the iPhone:

  • Dashboard: this will highlight some of general stats one would care about, like your handicap index, average score, average putts, and maybe FIR/GIR.
  • Stats: this will be an exhaustive breakdown of your game, giving you access to stats you didn’t even know were being recorded.
  • Rounds: this is where things start to get juicy. Here, you’ll be able to record new rounds as you’re playing a round of golf, and when finished, it will be as simple as a “Push to Golf Trac” button. You’ll also be able to get access to the rounds you’ve already posted.
  • Courses: at first, this might seem like an odd section. But! Golf Trac already has over 15,000 courses in the system, and the courses have phone numbers. This means you’ll instantly have a contact list for all of your courses (to be clear, the courses section will only load courses you play), making it a breeze to call and schedule a tee time! This is a problem I’ve been suffering from for years. As a bonus, all of the courses have latitude and longitude values, so it’s possible to view a map of all of the courses you play. We’ll see.
  • Friends: golf by itself is fun, but even more so with friends. This feature would let you view a stream of what your friends are up to, when they played, where they played, what their scores were, and so on.

That should give you some insight into what the mobile Golf Trac might look like. Of course, these things are subject to change, but all of my current sketches are based around these concepts. Follow me on dribbble to get more sneak peeks along the way. Also, feel free to get in touch with me if you have suggestions or ideas.

Oh, and my aggressive launch date is the end of March 2011. Wish me luck!