Software that calculates and tracks handicaps for groups

mikeintopeka

I have a group of 16 friends that play together once a week and the guys are interested in some side games. I'm thinking of having a weekly token entry fee to create a pot to be split for low scratch, low net, and net skins. Most of the guys do not maintain handicaps through GHIN so I'm looking for something to maintain their unofficial handicap for our purposes only.

I initially looked for a free excel spreadsheet template but I'm not finding anything for a group. There are quite a few that do track your personal handicap, are spreadsheet templates, and many have been available for years and haven't been updated for the new World Handicap calculations.

There is free software that calculates individual handicaps that are spreadsheet-based called fairwayfiles.com but it involves setting up an individual file online for each player and then having to log in to enter subsequent scores. The 'manager' then receives an email with the players' updates after new scores are posted and the adjusted handicap. Royal pain.

Golferscap.com looked promising until I learned it only tracks a max of 8 golfers.

One that looks like it would work and very reasonable in cost for the annual updates is wegolf.club. Has anyone been in a group that uses this software?

Do you have any other recommendations I can peruse?

DonM

TheGrint.com could do it. Might cost you $20. Or more?

DonM

Let me expand on my answer. I signed up for Thegrint.com. I wanted to get a quick start on gathering stats, so popped for the pro plan, $40 per year. It was a splurge but I like it. The basic tracking service is free. They only show a handicap range for you, like 7-9. But before I paid, I was able to my actual number, 7.9, somewhere in the stats. So you could try it for free and see.

For $20 you get a real handicap, as I understand it. I thought you could include friends, but after looking, I see you can invite them, and they'd have to sign up with logins and all that. So probably not what you are looking for.

mikeintopeka

DonM - no, not exactly. I found one that was similar to what you described but was too much time entering data (I did a free trial and quit after entering my own info.) I think I found one that is going to work and I'll test drive it Sunday. I need something for our next gathering Monday morning. If it works, I'll write a review and maybe someone else can use it to for their group(s).

Thanks Don!

DonM

Please do review it. I was told to look into 18 Birdies, but haven't gotten around to it.

mikeintopeka

DonM Please do review it. I was told to look into 18 Birdies, but haven't gotten around to it.

I found a winner! I did pull the trigger on Wegolf.club last year for $9.99 annually for unlimited number of golfers. It calculates individual handicaps for each player on BOTH USGA's Ghin and World Handicap System.

There is one slight hassle; one of the old farts plays the red (ladies) tees, 2 of us still play the member's tees, and the balance plays the senior tees. So, you must set up a course for each course you play and the corresponding tee boxes with the rating/slope. So, each Monday we use 3 "courses" for data entry even though we are playing together but using different tees. To enter scores, I have to pull up each course and then enter the individual scores for anyone on those sets of tees that day. Cumbersome but the guys like the printout that generates a scoring record of the date played, the course, and tee box. It's getting easier now that I have 12 weeks of scores entered. And, it carried over the records over the winter ezpz so it took off from where we ended last fall.

You just enter scores for the round and not hole by hole so I'm doing the skins game manually. But that is quick I've done it so many times for different events. I'm also reviewing the cards quickly to see if any of the cards have individual hole scores that jump out at me to adjust for ESC.

There's a free version of the software just by signing up and it keeps an individual handicap for you so that you get a hang for the data entry. There is no way I could replicate what I get for $10/year on any type of spreadsheet that I would have to design.

SVonhof

Funny that they don't allow different tees to be selected. We have a custom made spreadsheet for our tournaments. It's a bee-atch to work with, but it does the job. It gets handicaps directly from GHIN, so it doesn't track things, but it easily allows different tee boxes to be used (same as if you had men and women playing as the ratings are different even from the same tee).