Golf league management app: scores, handicaps, money

The season's work happens once, at a keyboard.

Lay out the Wednesdays, set the games, band the flights, pair the teams. Then close the laptop — the season runs on phones.

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Riverbend Wednesday League

Schedule Week 9 of 22 ⌄ Copy last week's games Add a week

WeekCourseStatePot

9 Riverbend · Back nineWed 26 Aug · 5:20pm shotgun Live $480

10 Riverbend · Front nineWed 2 Sep · 5:20pm Scheduled $480

11 Sandhollow DunesWed 9 Sep · two-player teams Scheduled $480

8 Riverbend · Front nineWed 19 Aug · settled Final $480

7 Cedar HollowWed 12 Aug · settled Final $480

22 weeks · 14 to play Kitty holding $185.00

Season standings After week 8

1 D. Whitaker 61 pts $245

2 M. Okafor 58 pts $190

3 R. Delgado 54 pts $165

4 T. Marsh 49 pts $140

5 J. Feeney 47 pts $120

Games every week inherits Skins $180 Teams $120 Par 3 $80 Low net $100

A league runs long. It needs a few things a weekend never does.

Set them once in April. They run themselves until September.

StandingsA board for every week, and one for the year.

FlightsPlayers banded by index, each flight with its own board and money.

TeamsTeams of two, or four a side, that stay together all season, with their own standings.

The kittyHalved skins and unclaimed pots roll into next week instead of vanishing.

SubsThe group’s scorer swaps a sub in from the card on the tee. Nobody has to RSVP.

The championshipEntry fees in, a cut after two rounds, the purse paid out by place.

Sign-upOne link players sign up from, with the entry fee and a field cap. Fees are ticked paid at the desk; no card payments yet.

The paperworkPairing sheet for the wall, backsheet for the treasurer — printed and emailed weekly.

A handicap that keeps up with the season.

World Handicap System math every week, or your league’s own formula. You pick it once in Settings.

Their own index, or a league number. Follow each player’s index, or keep a league handicap on your rules: the WHS table, or the best 4 of the last 5 at 90%, with a limit on how far it moves in a week.
Strokes off each player's own tee, whites against blues.
Nine-hole leagues in nine-hole numbers. A 6 gets six strokes on a nine-hole night, on the six hardest holes it plays.
A deal for one night. “I’ll play one fewer tonight” goes on that round only; the handicap underneath doesn’t move.
A player’s own index is theirs. Once they link their account, only they can change it. You can still give anyone a number for this league alone.
Each player’s page shows the working, week by week, like the spreadsheet it replaces.

Handicaps Riverbend · Week 9

Strokes off each player's own tee

World Handicap System · 8 of 20 differentials counting

PlayerIndexTeeStrokes

K. Lindqvist +1.4 Black −1

D. Whitaker 2.1 Blue 2

T. Marsh 6.4 Blue 7

M. Okafor 8.9 White 8

R. Delgado 11.8 White 11

P. Santoro 18.6 Gold 17

How a number got there Course handicap = index × (slope ÷ 113) + (course rating − par). Playing handicap applies the game's allowance. Caps and the soft/hard limits are applied before any of it. Slope 129 Rating 71.8 Par 72

▦Board ◎Round ☰Season DWYou

The money is done before the beer is.

League scoring and the money, from the same card. Every dollar in shows up as a dollar out — for the week and the season.

Scored off the card: skins, teams, the two-on-two match, low net, Stableford, Quota, Nassau and its presses, Vegas, and Wolf once the scorer taps the Wolf’s call on each tee.
Someone names the winner: closest to the pin and longest drive, tapped in on the hole by the group’s scorer, and any side bet you make up. The money is worked out from there.
Skins stand live. While the round is played, every scorecard shows who holds each hole and how many groups can still tie it.
Ties split to the cent, the way golf splits them.

Money Week 8 · Riverbend

Paid out $440 Staked $480 To the kitty $40

PlayerGamesWon

D. Whitaker Skins $60 · Teams $30 2 $90

M. Okafor Low net $60 · Teams $30 2 $90

J. Feeney Low net $40 · Teams $30 · Skins $20 3 $90

R. Delgado Skins $40 · Par 3 $40 2 $80

3 more P. Santoro $40 · C. Boyd $30 · T. Marsh $20 3 $90

In $480 · out $440 · to the kitty $40 Balances

Skins $20 a hole · 7 won

5 par 4 halved —

Two holes halved — $40 goes to the kitty.

▦Board ◎Round ☰Season DWYou

Head-to-head, the whole field, or both.

Pick how a week earns its points. A week already scored keeps the points it was scored with, so a change in July doesn’t rewrite June.

Ranking the whole field? You choose what the finish pays, how ties break, show-up points, the flights (yours, or each night’s field cut by handicap) and whether points go to the player, the team or both. No teams or pairings needed.

The night’s places stay provisional until the last card is in, and every group’s card shows who leads the field.

Three pointsA v A, B v B and team low net, a point each.

Hole by holeA point for every hole won and one for the match, in each slot.

Match and medalTwo for the match, two for the lower net total, two for team net.

Four a sideA v A through D v D, Foxtail included. A team carries five; the scorer taps who sits out.

Points raceEveryone ranked on net each week, with points down the order.

Stableford or QuotaThe night’s Stableford or Quota points are the season’s points.

BothYour matchups, plus 3-2-1 for the night’s low nets.

Somebody always can’t make it.

Subs are handled on the tee, by whoever is keeping the card, or by you after the round if nobody did. Nobody has to call the commissioner, and nobody has to RSVP.

The scorer swaps the sub in from the card: off the sub list, anyone not playing tonight, or a new name with an index. The holes already entered go with the line, and you get an email.
The sub takes the missing player’s slot in the match, so the matchup settles itself, and what the sub wins counts toward that player’s season points.
What a sub plays off is your call: their full handicap, a share of it from 50% to 100%, or the rulebook’s sliding scale.
No sub? Their partner can play both, if you switch it on: each match off its own strokes, their score counted twice for team low net.
The sub went on the regular’s line? Open the finished round and sub them in afterwards. The match, the standings and the handicaps are worked out again with the sub on the line.
Three on a team, two play. Carry a third player, and the scorer taps who sits out tonight. Each keeps the points they win.
Someone leaves in June? Put a replacement in their seat from a week you pick. The newcomer takes the seat and the season points; the old player keeps their winnings.
Subs’ winnings on one line, if you’d rather the standings and the backsheet didn’t list every sub.

One link for the whole league, all season.

One web address. No account, no install.

This week's positions and the season standings
The money, week by week
A written recap of the night, posted by the commissioner in one tap

Pin it in the group text in April. It's still the right link in September.

Public board · no sign-in

Riverbend Wednesday League

Week 9 · live Pot $480 · thru 6

PosPlayerThruTotal

1 D. Whitaker▲ 1 · birdie on 12 6 −2

2 T. Marsh▼ 1 6 −1

3 R. Delgado▲ 2 6 E

4 M. Okaforlow net tonight 6 +1

5 J. FeeneyGroup 3 4 +2

6 P. SantoroGroup 3 4 +4

Skins so far $60 of $180

D. Whitaker1 hole$20

R. Delgado1 hole$20

T. Marsh1 hole$20

Round recap Posted by the commissioner after the round ›

Halfway through the season is a fine time to switch.

Most of the move is a paste. An evening at the laptop, and next Wednesday runs on phones.

1 Paste the roster One name per line, straight from the sheet or the group text. Put an email after a name and that player is linked to their spot when they sign in.
2 Type in where everyone stands Each player’s current index goes in as you add them. On a league handicap it’s the starting index, and it can count as their first round so one bad night can’t swing it.
3 Paste the schedule One row a week: the date, front or back, and the pairings. Position nights fill in from the standings. You see a preview before anything is written.
4 The weeks already played Type them in from the paper cards and they count toward the standings and handicaps like any other week. Or start the race from tonight: there’s no box for points carried over from the old sheet.

Already played a round on it with the same group? Make it a league from there: that round becomes week 1, and the roster and games come with it.

What commissioners ask before they switch.

Are the handicaps real World Handicap System handicaps?

The calculation is the published World Handicap System one: the best 8 of the last 20 differentials, the soft and hard caps, and strokes off each player’s own tee. Live Links Golf doesn’t post scores to GHIN or look up a GHIN index, so you type each player’s current index in to start. Or run a league handicap on your own formula instead.

What happens when a player can’t make it?

Whoever is keeping the group’s card swaps a sub onto that player’s line on the tee, with no account and no call to you. The sub plays off their full handicap unless your settings say a share of it or the sliding scale. With no sub, their partner can play both, if you switch that on. And if the sub’s holes went under the regular’s name, you can sub them in after the round.

Some of our players don’t carry a smartphone. Does that matter?

One phone per group is enough. One player keeps the card for the group from a texted link or the league’s six-character code, and nobody else has to touch a phone. Paper still works too: print the scorecards with every stroke dotted, and type the cards in afterwards.

Can players see the standings without an account?

Yes. One link shows this week’s board, the season standings and the money, with no sign-in and nothing to install. A player only needs an account to sign themselves up or to keep their handicap history in one place.

What does it cost per player?

Nothing. Players never pay. The commissioner pays $199 once for the season, about $5 a head across forty players. Entry fees for your own pots are tracked as cash at the desk; there are no card payments yet.

We play nine holes. Does that work?

Yes. A nine-hole league can keep its handicaps in nine-hole numbers, so a 6 gets six strokes on the six hardest holes of the nine you play, and the schedule says front or back each week.

What happens at the end of the season, and next year?

Money still in a kitty gets settled: paid to one player, split between everyone who won that game all season, or marked as settled outside. For next year, copy the season: the roster, courses, games, format and handicap rules come across, and each player’s own index goes with them. A season covers up to twelve months from its first round; next year is a new one.

Do players have to RSVP?

No. RSVPs are there for players who use them, but the groups and the card work from whoever turns up on the night. Nothing waits on an answer.

One season, paid once. Next year is a new one.

Per league, up to twelve months. Nothing renews. Players never pay. Not a league? The trip is $99 for up to eight rounds, The tournament is $249 for a member-guest or a charity scramble, and Today is free. A club championship inside your league stays part of The season.

Up to a year