A category-by-category guide to golf tournament and live scoring software — what each type is actually built for, what it costs, and how to pick without a six-month trial.
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Choosing software
Honest comparisons, pricing and buyer's checklists for clubs and societies shopping for tournament software.
Golf Genius is built for clubs with professional staff. If your competitions are run by a volunteer, here is how to think about the alternatives — and when you should stay put.
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Consumer live scoring apps are excellent for a group of four. Here is where they break down for a society, league or club — and what to look for in a replacement.
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Nobody in this category publishes pricing, which makes budgeting guesswork. Here is how the pricing models actually work, what drives the number up, and what a society or league should expect to pay.
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Twenty specific questions to ask a live golf scoring vendor — the ones that separate software that has met a real golf day from software that has only met a demo.
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The spreadsheet is not free — it is paid for in one volunteer’s evenings. Here is the honest accounting, and the migration path if you decide to stop.
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Free scoring apps are excellent up to a point. This is a precise map of that point, so you can tell whether you are past it or just being sold to.
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Every course has dead spots, and the way an app handles them decides whether a group keeps scoring or reverts to paper. What correct offline behaviour looks like.
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