Favorite golf app?

[Placasse61]

I use 18 Birdies to track score fairways greens chips and putts. It is also helpful with distances. I keep my index on Diablo

[AdoraBill_Lefty]

Hole19!!!

Totally free app.  Best GPS, plus course map, greens, all of it!  FREE.  

Every round, my entire Men's league will end up using my app, in addition to our range finders.

[SilverDart7]

I'm a big fan of Golf Shot GPS for scorekeeping and stats - I actually have a rangefinder but don't use it very frequently. I find that I play much better with the context that the GPS app provides me helping me to better avoid bad misses, etc.

For practice, I have a Rapsodo MLM and use their app for shot tracking at the range.

[mackdaddy]

13 hours ago, cnosil said:

DECADE isn't really specific to a course.  As part of the membership you can print yardage books for courses but that is only a small part.   DECADE is about how to play any course and how to remove emotion from your decision making.   They offer a free one month trial you can can sign up with having to specify a payment method.  There are also some videos on YouTube that explain the basics. 

Thanks,  I thought it was primarily about the yardage books showing you the best way to play each hole.  I guess I need to go and try the free trial to get a better understanding.  Maybe You tube first.

[cnosil]

4 minutes ago, Mackey said:

Thanks,  I thought it was primarily about the yardage books showing you the best way to play each hole.  I guess I need to go and try the free trial to get a better understanding.  Maybe You tube first.

Yardage books don’t show you “how to play the hole”; you still have to apply the principles on where you should be targeting.  here are  a couple of videos that will give you some highlights

 

 

 

 

[Shifty]

Garmin Golf App.  

When paired with my s62 garmin watch.  It'll keep a tally of my round, and I can look back at any shot throughout the round.

Also when paired with watch it has the mode that will broadcast to watch  the true front, center, back.  And have the option to see front, center, back, with elevation and wind adjusted distances.

It will then give you the AI caddy, club recommendation based on the real world info, and your carry distances for each club.

The amount of different stats it, keeps is unreal.

 

 

[Saturday Morning Sherpa]

18 hours ago, Dr Strangelove said:

Does it do Auto Advance now?  That's what I hated about 18 Birdies.

It does if you don't keep score and stats (Drive location, putts, sand shots and penalties).  If you do keep score and stats, there is a button to go to the next hole after entering score and stats.

[Ed S]

On 2/27/2023 at 2:39 PM, ArizonaLogan said:

I use Golf Pad with the premium license. My favorite features are listed below.

• GPS distances are very accurate.
• Shot distance tracking.
• Elevation change from tee to green.
• Satellite map with shot overlays.
• 
• Stokes gained.

The only thing that I think could be improved is the "recommend club" and "plays like x number yards" features. But since I don't use those features I still like the app.

I’m also a big fan of Golf Pad and the features you mentioned and shown. I use it in combination with their proprietary club tags and it does provide a lot of useful data for each round and over a period(s) of time in total or course specific. I’m actually surprised there’re no more users because these tags work great - like Arcos but at a fraction of a cost. For example you can buy a set of 15 tags on sale for $80 with a year of subscription to Golf Pad premium service included. Excellent deal. 

[Muckinfiddle]

I use Golfshot. Going on the 10th year. I have the "grandfathered" version and 695 rounds entered. The next level up will keep score of skins, match play or nassau matches. I use it all the time, especially for new courses for fly overs or bunker distances.

[TR1PTIK]

I use 18 Birdies on the course as of now. Was using the GHIN app until the app started crashing all the time when I'd use it for GPS. I might switch to Grint but I'm not sure. 18 Birdies allows me to keep the basic stats I'd normally keep on my scorecard and all the more detailed stats I want are collected on my ShotScope H4.

I recently posted about Upgame Golf after hearing about it from James Wiltshire on his YT channel, but after testing it out I think it's best left for those who play competitively and want an alternative to DECADE.

I also use the PING putting app quite regularly as well as the WellPutt app and Swing Profile App. The PING app is really useful for me right now as I try to compare my HB SOFT Premier putter to the Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K I just bought. I actually went quite nerdy on it and have put together a comprehensive stat sheet to compare for the next few weeks while I decide if I should sell the loser or start a putter collection.

[JeremyD]

I've used 18birdies for a while. I don't use all of the options they offer. Just mainly the GPS. I've tried the GHIN GPS at time, and Grint as well.

[tommyb1683]

On 2/28/2023 at 8:45 AM, cnosil said:

Yardage books don’t show you “how to play the hole”; you still have to apply the principles on where you should be targeting.  here are  a couple of videos that will give you some highlights

 

 

 

Those videos were super informative, I'm really happy I came across your post. I have been trying to work on playing "smarter" golf and this just breaks its down so much better. I am definitely guilty of trying to shape the shot in both directions and it makes sense to just stick to what works best. Having those stats about the tour players is really awesome as well. Thank you for sharing.

[JudgeSmails]

good info in this thread

I want an app just to track my scores and stats.  I don't need the gps and all that.

I just want to be able to put my scores/fairways/greens/etc... in after or during the round.

Which one do you guys suggest, if it's free that's a great bonus.

[BH18]

On 7/13/2023 at 9:41 AM, JudgeSmails said:

good info in this thread

I want an app just to track my scores and stats.  I don't need the gps and all that.

I just want to be able to put my scores/fairways/greens/etc... in after or during the round.

Which one do you guys suggest, if it's free that's a great bonus.

mScorecard is a good one that doesn't get mentioned a lot.

It has the GPS but you don't have to use it.  You can use it to just track your scores and basic stats like fairways, greens, putts, etc.  There are both iOS and Android apps, but if you use the website, it has even more capabilities.

 

[BH18]

Related to golf apps, I have a couple questions about 'strokes gained'.

1. Are there any apps that track strokes gained without costing a fortune?  I'm a cheapskate at heart and I'm not paying $19.99 a month for an app.

2. Do you get benefit out of knowing your stokes gained numbers?  I currently use the Garmin app and it gives you pretty rudimentary strokes gained for driving, approach, and chipping.  But I pretty much already know whether I'm driving it well or not and I know that iron play is my strength and short game is my weakness.  So would I get any benefit out of it?

[Marba]

Came across OneClub Golf...amazing web app if you own a Garmin Golf watch. I'm stocked.

 

https://golfoneclub.com/

 

[Golf Caddie Pro]

On 2/26/2023 at 1:10 PM, acatalano32 said:

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