Photographing your scorecard
Set up your own shorthand once, then let StatCaddy read your card the way you actually mark it.
Every golfer marks a card differently. Rather than make you learn a system, StatCaddy learns yours: you tell it what your symbols mean once, and from then on it reads your cards your way.
Set up your shorthand
Go to your Profile and find the scorecard shorthand settings. For each stat, enter the mark you use. For example:
| Stat | A common mark |
|---|---|
| Fairway hit | F or a tick |
| Up-and-down | UD |
| Penalty off the tee | T |
| Penalty in play | P |
Use whatever you already scribble. The point is not to change your habits — it’s that your existing habits become data.
Taking the photo
- Tap +, then Snap your card.
- Photograph the card, or pick a photo from your camera roll.
- Wait a moment while it’s read.
- Check the review screen and correct anything it got wrong.
- Save.
Getting a good read
The reading is done by AI vision, and it’s good, but it’s reading handwriting on a small grid. A few things help:
- Flat and square. Lay the card down rather than holding it, and shoot straight on rather than at an angle.
- Even light. Avoid a hard shadow across the card — including your own.
- The whole card in frame, including the header with the course name and date.
- Firm pencil. Very faint marks are as hard for the app as they are for you.
Always check the review screen
The review screen is not a formality. It exists because a misread digit becomes a wrong stat, and a wrong stat becomes a wrong conclusion about your game — and if you have a coach, a wrong conclusion on their side too.
Scan the scores column first; that’s what everything else is derived from.
If it can’t read your card
Nothing is lost. Switch to hole by hole or quick totals and enter it directly — it takes a couple of minutes. Cards that came out badly are usually badly lit or shot at an angle, so it’s often worth retaking the photo before giving up on it.