The Web 2.0 award winning site that I chose to explore is Oobgolf.
I'm a recreational golfer, so this caught my eye when I clicked on the link for "sport."
The site has a nice look to it, and has many feature stories about golf (PGA Tour news, tips from the pros, etc.) on the home page. These are OK, but other features are more important too me.
For example, it's an excellent resource for finding courses to play and information about them. Since it is a Web 2.0 site, social information sharing is an important aspect. Users rate and comment on courses all around the country, with inside information and tips not normally found on course websites (if one even exists). Like sites rating hotels, customer reviews are a better source of information for current course conditions than an old color photo used on their promotional materials.
Oobgolf also has technical analysis that will help you (maybe) improve your game. By entering your score, stroke by stroke, you can analyze putts per round, driving accuracy, greens in regulation made, etc., allowing you to see where your problem areas are (the game of golf itself) and how to fix them (good luck with that). And again, because the information is collected and disseminated socially, you can get hole by hole information for each course in their database. For example, I can see that hole #15 at Hyde Park Golf Club is by far the hardest on the course, averaging 5.8 strokes, or, almost 2 over par (it's a long par 4). Having played there, I suspected this, but it's interesting to see it laid out graphically.
You can also figure out your USGA handicap by entering your scores each time as well.
Between the statistical analysis and course finder/information gadget, Oobgolf is an interesting site for any golfer to help improve their game.
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