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We offer two products depending on whether you are managing a golf league (League Manager) or are running tournaments and/or tracking handicaps (Club Manager).

League Manager

League Manager

If you want the easiest, most flexible golf league system available, this is it! We have been delivering superior quality golf software since 1988. That's 30+ years of service to golf groups. Your golf league is important to us!

League Manager is designed to streamline your golf league management and administration. Golf league secretaries around the world are using League Manager in every continent but Antarctica, and we're still looking for the group who wants to play there.

League Manager supports any type or size league. Nine or eighteen hole leagues, individual or team leagues, any number of divisions and flights, any number of players per team. It pairs your golfers, builds the season schedule, updates handicaps, quotas, points, standings, league results, and statistics. League Manager is extremely flexible. The website / app shows all your league's information, so league members can view league information at any time from any place.

Maintain league information

  • Complete golfer/team information (name, flight, scores, points, email, phone, address, etc.)
  • A league can have up to 9 divisions. A must for big leagues. Divisions can be "football" type divisions (inter-divisional play) or "baseball" type divisions (no inter-divisional play).
  • Allows play from any number of courses and tees! Your league can play on any number of courses/tees in each event.
  • A league can have any number of substitutes. Plus additional "ghost" substitutes can be used to handle any situation. League Manager is so flexible a golfer from one team can even substitute for a golfer on another team.
  • Mixed (men/ladies) leagues are supported. League Manager automatically takes into account the difference in tees for handicap strokes.
  • Option to track putts, greens, fairways, earnings, prize money, or ANY information your league needs to track.

Handicaps

  • Set up your own handicapping system (any formula is possible). No need to change how your league handicaps golfers. League Manager is flexible enough to calculate handicaps the way your league does now.
  • Updates handicaps automatically.
  • Option to "LOCK" a handicap. If for some reason you want a golfer to have a different handicap than the updated would give him/her, you can type in any handicap and LOCK it for that event.
  • Option to round or truncate handicaps. Example: (7.90 rounds to 8), (7.90 truncates to 7)
  • Setup your own hole reduction system to calculate Adjusted Gross Scores. Set a maximum score allowed on par 3s, 4s and 5s. Or you can any equitable stroke control you wish. Or use no stroke control.

Quotas

  • League Manager also supports quota point, target, or point handicap leagues.
  • Set up your own quota system (any formula is possible)! League Manager is flexible enough to calculate quotas the way your league does now.
  • Set any number of points for double eagle, eagle, birdie, par, bogey, 2bogey, 3bogey, etc. You can even set negative points.
  • Quotas can be calculated to whole and decimal numbers.
  • Calculate quotas using golfer's "Points in previous rounds" or adjust quotas based on golfer's most recent "Plus/Minus" results. Any setup is possible.
  • Option to "LOCK" a quota. If for some reason you want a golfer to have a different quota than the auto calculation would give him/her, you can type in any quota and LOCK it for that event.
  • Award "Merit" points any way you wish, both player and team merit points are possible.

Points

  • Set up your own system for calculating points. League Manager automatically awards points -- Hole-by-hole, Medal, Match, Best Ball, Stableford, Cross Match, Aggregate, Show up, etc. Any formula and combination of these is possible!
  • Calculates total points, bogeys, pars, birdies, eagles, putts, low net, low gross, high points, best hole, skins, ringers, etc.
  • Tracks totals, averages, lows and highs on any statistic you wish to track.
  • Calculates total team points for the season. Breaks down regular, substitute, team, adjusted, and dropped points.
  • Allows you to drop high or low score(s).
  • Golfers may play: player versus player, team versus team, against the field, against the course, or any combination of these.
  • Any points a substitute wins can be awarded to the sub him/herself, or the golfer he/she is subbing for.
  • Option to override points. If you have a special circumstance where you need to alter the amount of points a golfer or team receives for a certain event, you can override the points awarded at any time.

Pairings

  • Automatically builds the season schedule. Pairs teams and golfers for each event. Option to customize league schedule. Options to manually pair teams and golfers. Also handles position nights, tournaments, rainouts, etc.
  • The schedule sets the courses to be played for the entire season automatically. Option to manually set courses.
  • Optional tee times or shot-gun start. Scheduling assures each team has a different tee-time or start hole each event. Option to display tee times/start holes on scorecards and other relevant reports.
  • Course rotation option. For leagues that play front/back each week, scheduling gives best front/back rotation possible.
  • Cross pairing option. League Manager can automatically pair golfers across flights. For example, many leagues play A vs. A, B vs. B, etc. when two teams are matched to play. The second time the two teams are matched, League Manager can automatically pair the golfers A vs. B, B vs. A, etc.
  • Pair opposing teams as twosomes, foursomes, sixsomes, or even eightsomes.
  • Automatically flights players by handicaps or points won.
  • League Manager allows for any number of split seasons (1st half winner, 2nd half winner, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th quarter winner, etc.)

Reports & Results

Reports and results are automatically posted to your league website. You can also print to paper if you wish. Many types of Roster reports, Individual reports, Team reports, and Statistic reports.

  • Live Leaderboards - Golfers can view live leaderboards while they play on any phone, mobile device, or computer. Leaderboard automatically updates current results for gross, net, and points.
  • Score Cards - Creates a scorecard for each team or match. Shows course, team, and golfer information. Handicap and strokes are marked on each hole. Cards can be customized to show anything.
  • Team Pairings - Matches competing teams and golfers.
  • Event & Season Results - Team/golfer's scores, points, handicap, standings, and many more stats.
  • Golfer's Rank/Honors - Best scores, points, pars, birdies, putts, etc. - for event, season, or average.
  • Skins Report - Skins and deuces using gross or net scores. Individual and team skins available.
  • Ringer Report - Takes the best score on each hole for the season and builds a golfer's best possible round. Golfers love this report, it makes them look like a pro. Both gross or net.
  • Course Results - Interesting statistics about each course your league plays.
  • Player Roster - League directory, checklist, directory with addresses.
  • League Schedule - Team/golfer pairings for the season.
  • Any results report can be flighted!
  • Reports can be customized to show only the information you need. The layout of each report is controlled by you -- Margins, page length, page width, report header, report title, and more. Reports can be printed in any size font or style.
  • Export into HTML file format. HTML is the universal format for viewing on the web, importing into Excel, or transferring reports and data from one program to another.

Player Access

Golfers (players) can access league information at any time from any where. You can control what information golfers see. If configured, golfers can do the following:

  • View information you place on the league website.
  • View their information.
  • Sign up for skins competitions.
  • Make substitutions.
  • View and print out their score card.
  • Post scores for themselves, or any number of golfers in their playing group.
  • Post fairways, greens, and putts.
  • See live leaderboards while they play from any computer or mobile device (phone, ipad, tablet, etc).
  • Update personal information online.
  • View other golfer's contact information.
Club Manager

Club Manager

Club Manager is a bundle of three separate, but related products — Tournament Manager, Handicap System, and Website Builder. We believe this collection of tools is the best way to run your golf organization.

Tournament Information

  • Complete player information (name, addresses, phone numbers, email, birthday, etc). Plus customizable fields for each golfer. Use customized fields to track anything you wish.
  • Individual and/or team tournaments.
  • Any number of golfers per team.
  • Up to 26 flights.
  • Any number of golfers in a roster.
  • Option for multiple rosters. Special "Guest Roster" for non members.
  • Run multi-round tournaments. Up to 5-rounds.
  • Play any number of courses.
  • Any number of tees can be played simultaneously.
  • Shotgun or regular start tee times.
  • Option to track putts, fairways, greens, earnings, points, etc.
  • Allows for multiple sorts on any item.
  • View or edit past tournaments at any time.
  • Add, update, or delete golfers at any time.
  • Quickly select/change golfers in a tournament.
  • Mass email your golfers. Email one, many, or all your golfers.

Build Teams

The heart of Tournament Manager is its ability to build teams manually or automatically, with any number of golfers per team - 2-somes, 3-somes, 4-somes, 5-somes, 6-somes, 7-somes, and 8-somes.

We have many pairing options! Tournament Manager can consider one, many, or all of the following parameters when building x-somes: Handicaps, Flights, Groups, Gender, Cart/Walk, and/or Preferred tee time. Select the appropriate pairing options and watch Tournament Manager go. For example, you could make Tournament Manager build simple foursomes requiring an A,B,C,D golfer in each foursome, or build a complex 2 men, 2 women in each foursome, each from a different club (group), respecting walk/ride, considering each golfer's preferred tee time, trying to balance each foursome A,B,C,D - while trying to maintain equal team handicaps. It would take days to do manually. Tournament Manager does it in a matter of seconds. It even has an option to automatically avoid pairing husbands and wives together.

We support up to 9 grouping fields available. Use the group field to make Tournament Manager handle complex pairings. Example: Assume you're running a tournament with 100 golfers. 25 are professionals and the other 75 amateurs. You want to calculate 25 equal foursomes with one professional per foursome and the remaining three amateurs. Place all professionals in group 1, and all amateurs in group 2. Then mark "Balance Groups" and calculate pairings. This golf tournament software will assure that one professional appears in each foursome, while maintaining any other options you set.

Some of the pairing calculation modes that we support include:

  • Equal X-somes - Calculates x-somes with total group handicaps as close as possible for each x-some.
  • Balanced X-somes - Calculates x-somes with a balanced number of flights in each x-some. For example, a balanced foursome would produce an A,B,C,D in each foursome, while trying to maintain equal team handicaps.
  • Flighted X-somes - Calculates x-somes with the same flight in each x-some. For example, a flighted foursome would try to produce an A,A,A,A in each foursome while trying to maintain equal teams. The next set of foursomes would be B,B,B,B, etc.
  • Mixed Flighted X-somes - Calculates x-somes with the mixed flights in each x-some. For example, a mixed foursome would try to produce an A,A,C,C in each foursome and B,B,D,D in each foursome. Or A,A,B,B and C,C,D,D, etc.
  • Random Pairings - Calculates completely random x-somes, without regard for any criteria (handicaps, flights, gender, carts, etc.) See our free golf pairings generator.

In addition we support powerful manual pairing options. This allows you to lock any number of golfers on the same team. You can manually build some teams (or parts of teams) and let Tournament Manager automatically pair the rest.

Tournament Formats

  • Net or gross tournaments
  • Stroke Play (best 18 holes, best front, best back, etc).
  • Match Play (against par).
  • Scrambles, individual, flighted, mixed tournaments.
  • Points (Par-Bogey, Stableford, Custom). Set points to any values you choose.
  • Stableford Tournaments (Any point setup allowed).
  • Quota Point Tournaments.
  • Aggregate of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Best ball.
  • Combination Gross and Net Ball.
  • Best Ball Mix.

Calculations

  • Calculate flights automatically. Or set flights manually. Up to 26 flights. Flight by any item you track, including handicap, scores, points, golfer's age, etc.
  • Automatically assigns tee times and start holes. Shot gun or regular start.
  • Option to adjust handicaps for play from different tees.
  • Tournament handicaps calculated automatically. Handicap allowances can be adjusted by any amount.
  • Calculate pars, birdies, eagles, skins, deuces, etc.
  • Team and/or Individual Standings.
  • Customize standing reports to show practically any type of standings you can imagine.
  • Break ties using last 9,6,3,1 hole(s) method, by handicap hole, sequential holes, and/or fractional handicaps.
  • Callaway-style handicapping. Handicap off one round using Scheid, Peoria, or System 36 handicapping.

Leaderboards

Display live leaderboards on any computer or mobile device. View at the clubhouse and on the course.

  • Automatically updates current standings. (Results for gross, net, points, and quota points)
  • Multi-round leaderboards (1,2,3,4, or 5 rounds).
  • Team scramble. Gross scramble results, where a team records scores for one ball.
  • Team scramble (net). Net scramble (team handicap applied) results, where a team records scores for one ball.

Reports & Results

  • Registration sheets, Sign Up sheets, Roster/Directory reports, Team pairing sheets, etc.
  • Score Cards. Many options allow you to customize the information you want to appear on each card. You can even record net, points, putts, fairways, and greens on printed scorecard.
  • Cart Signs. Signs can be customized with logos and graphics.
  • Individual results. Track individual standings, including pars, birdies, eagles, etc. Individual standings may be flighted by any results.
  • Selected holes: Odd holes, even holes, blind holes, par 3s, 4s, 5s, etc... Select any combination of holes to use for results.
  • Drop worst hole(s): Drop any number of worst holes for each player and total the remaining holes.
  • Win by gross or net: Results where a player wins either gross or net only once. Automatically selects 1st place gross, 1st place net, 2nd place gross, 2nd place net, etc... a golfer can only win a position once.
  • Eclectic: Use the player's best score on each hole (over multiple rounds) to calculate the total results.
  • Tiebreak audit: Show details of how individual gross and net tiebreaks (Last 9,6,3,1 hole(s) method, Handicap hole, 18 to 1, and 1 to 18) are calculated.
  • Skins and deuces. (Gross and Net) Plus option to show team skins on any of the team results reports.
  • Team results. Dozens of reports allow you to summarize tournament results. Hole-by-hole or totals. Team standings may be flighted.

We also support a nearly unlimited number of "custom" team tournament results. Customize team results to show any type of standings you can imagine. Preloaded samples includes:

  • Best ball Waltz - Team score is based on 1 net best ball on hole 1, 2 net best balls on hole 2, 3 best balls on hole 3, 1 net best ball on hole 4, etc.
  • AC Net Best Ball and BD Net Best Ball - Team score is the total of player 1 and 3's net best ball and player 2 and 4's net best ball.
  • Colored Ball - Team score is based on colored ball and 1 net best ball of other three players. Each player alternates playing the colored ball on each hole. Player 1 plays colored ball first, player 2 plays colored ball on next hole, etc.
  • In the Square - Team score is based on player in the 'squares' ball and 1 net best ball of other three players. Player 1 is in the square for first 2 holes, player 2 for next 2 hole, player 3 for next 2 holes, etc. For holes 9 and 18 no player is in the square and a simple 2 net best ball is done.
  • Low Net and High Net Ball - Team score is based on low net ball and high net ball on each hole.
  • Best ball Mix - Team score is based on 1 net best ball from holes 1 to 9, 2 net best ball for holes 10 to 17, and 3 best net balls for hole 18. Best can also be based on odd or even holes.
  • Pro-ball and Amateurs Best Ball - Team score is based on the pro's score (player 1 on the team) and the 1 gross best ball of the 3 amateurs.

Reports can be customized to extract only the information you need. Reports can be sorted in any order. Select golfers to print by any criteria. The layout of each report is controlled by you -- Margins, page length, page width, report header, report title, report date, spacing, etc. Reports can be printed in any size, font, or style. Print reports in portrait or landscape mode. Reports can also be exported to PDF, HTML, or CSV formats.

Other Features

  • Your club logo can appear on web reports and printed reports.
  • Scorecards can have a background image and logo.
  • New cart sign report...with background image and logo.
  • You can now add documents, photos, and links to your group's website.
  • They can be either private (login required) or public (anyone can view).
  • Allows for multiple administrators.
  • An easy to use "Import Wizard" lets you import golfers from other software/services.
  • Selectable views lets you show different items in any order you wish on the main screen.
  • Data stored on the internet and automatically protected from loss.
  • Option to export scores for import into other 3rd party handicap software or services.