Practice

Scored practice games, logging a session, and why practice is kept separate from your on-course stats.

Practice is what happens between rounds, and it’s usually invisible. StatCaddy tracks it so that “I’ve been working on my chipping” becomes something you can actually check.

Scored games

A practice game is a repeatable challenge with a score. The classic example: drop a ball in a random spot around the green, try to get up and down, repeat ten times, score out of ten.

Because it’s the same test every time, the score means something. Six out of ten in April and nine out of ten in July is real evidence — in a way that “I’ve been practising a lot” is not.

StatCaddy ships with built-in games, and you can create your own. If you have a coach, they can write games for you too.

Playing a game

1. Go to Practice.
2. Pick a game.
3. Score it as you go — one tap per attempt.
4. Save when you’re done.

Your history for that game builds up, so you can see the line move.

Logging a session

Not all practice is a scored game. You can also log a session in general terms — what you worked on, how long, and how it felt. It’s a lighter record, but it’s what makes the difference between “did I actually practise this month?” and knowing.

Why practice stats stay separate

Practice numbers never touch your handicap, your benchmark, or your on-course rates. They’re a different universe on purpose.

Getting eight out of ten in a chipping game is not the same as getting up and down eight times out of ten on the course, under pressure, from lies you didn’t choose. Mixing them would flatter your short-game numbers and quietly ruin the thing that makes your on-course stats worth reading.

Practice from your coach

A coach can prescribe a game — usually the one that targets whatever their read on your game says is costing you most. It appears in your Practice list, and when you play it, they see the result.

That closes the loop: they diagnose, you practise, and both of you can see whether it worked.