Logging a round

Three ways to get a round in — photo, hole by hole, or quick totals — and which one to use when.

All three methods produce the same stats. Pick whichever suits the moment; you can use a different one every time.

Snap your scorecard

Mark your card during the round the way you already do, photograph it afterwards, and StatCaddy reads it — course, date, and every hole’s score, putts, fairways, up-and-downs and penalties. You get a review screen to check and correct before anything is saved.

This works because you tell StatCaddy what your own shorthand means. See Photographing your scorecard.

Best when: you already mark your card, and you want full detail without typing.

Hole by hole

Tap through the round one hole at a time, with big controls you can use one-handed. Par 3s skip the fairway question automatically, since there’s no fairway to hit.

You can do this as you play — a hole takes a few seconds — or afterwards from your card.

Best when: you want per-hole detail, or you’re logging live on the course.

Quick totals

Just the round’s totals: score, putts, fairways hit, greens, 3-putts, up-and-downs, penalties. Fill in what you know and leave the rest.

Best when: you’re short on time, or you’re catching up on a round from last week.

What gets worked out for you

You don’t need to record everything by hand. StatCaddy derives what it can:

Practice or competition

Every round can be tagged as practice or competition. For competitions you can also record the event name, your finish position and any winnings.

It’s worth doing. It keeps your serious golf separate from your range-day rounds, so your averages aren’t muddied — and it lets you see how you actually perform when it counts, which is often a different game entirely.