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Your handicap, kept properly.

Post your rounds, get a handicap worked out the World Handicap System way, find your way round the course with live yardages, and see exactly where your shots are going.

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The Lowdown Golf dashboard on a phone: a Handicap Index of 23.6, down 0.5 in 90 days, rounds, holes, best and average differentials, and the index over time.

Every round you play says something about your game. Lowdown Golf keeps the card, works out your handicap and shows you exactly where the shots are going.

Everything a scorecard can tell you, and then some

Lowdown Golf is built around the round you actually played: every hole, every putt, every tee shot. Here's what it does with it.

A caddie in your pocket

Press Play on the first tee and the hole map turns to face the green. Lowdown Golf knows where you're standing and keeps up as you walk.

  • Front, centre and back yardages to every green, updating as you move.
  • Carry and front distances to bunkers and water, so you know what's in play.
  • Live wind on every hole, and whether it's helping or into you.
  • Club suggestions from your own bag, using the distances you really hit.
  • Moves to the next hole on its own when you walk onto the next tee.
  • Tap anywhere to measure a layup, and the screen stays on while you play.
The Play screen on the first at Morley Hayes: a target dragged 257 yards up the fairway, driver suggested at a 95% swing, 109 yards left with a pitching wedge, front, centre and back yardages and the carries over the water.

Your handicap, worked out the WHS way

Lowdown Golf uses the World Handicap System method, so your number tracks what your club would give you. It isn't an official index: that still comes from your club and national golf body.

  • Best 8 of your last 20 score differentials, with the WHS table for golfers who have fewer than 20 rounds.
  • Net double bogey applied hole by hole with the index you had on the day, so editing an old round recalculates correctly.
  • Nine-hole rounds use the front or back nine ratings when the course has them.
  • Plan your next round: your course handicap for any tee, the score that holds your index and the score that hits your target.
  • What drops off next: see which score leaves your 20-round window and whether it was counting.
  • Target tracking with a projection from your last six months.
Front nineWhite tees · CR 70.1 · Slope 126
Hole123456789Out
Par44354435436
SI7315111917135
Score 542 6974 45542

97 Hole 5 is capped at net double bogey for the handicap, with your shot on stroke index 1 counted.

Differential11.8
Stableford19 pts
Counts?Yes, 4th best

Stats that tell you what to practise

Mark each tee shot and count your putts as you go. Lowdown Golf does the rest, then ranks what to work on by the shots it's costing you.

  • Fairways and miss direction: does it go left, right, or get topped? It even names a hook or a slice from your hand.
  • Greens in regulation worked out from your score and putts, plus three-putts, scrambling and sand saves.
  • Par 3, 4 and 5 scoring, your hardest holes, front versus back nine, and your best and worst five-round stretches.
  • Tips drawn from your own rounds, biggest saving first, with the numbers behind them.
  • Your year in golf: a wrapped-style review of the season and a page of personal records.
Putting~1.4 shots / round

Too many three-putts

One green in eight ends in three putts, against one in twenty for a 10 handicap.

Spend ten minutes on lag putts from 30 feet before each round. Aim to leave every one inside a tap-in circle.

Tee shots, last 10 rounds

Fairway46%
Right31%
Left15%
Mishit8%

Play together, even on different phones

Start a round with friends and everyone scores on their own phone. Scores sync live, and keep going without signal until you're back in range.

  • Five games: Stableford, net strokeplay, skins, match play and Nassau, with the standard handicap allowances.
  • A live group leaderboard while you play, and a results page after.
  • A season table with points for every group game, head-to-head records and a handicap leaderboard with 30-day movement.
  • Most improved and best round of the month, plus an activity feed of everyone's rounds.
  • Private by default: only accepted friends can see your rounds.
Saturday fourballLive, thru 14
  1. 1SSam32
  2. 2YYou30
  3. 3JJo27
  4. 4AAlex24

Stableford, 95% allowance

The whole bag

Every feature in Lowdown Golf today, grouped by what you'd use it for.

Handicap

Handicap index, WHS method
Best 8 of your last 20, and the WHS table for fewer rounds. Unofficial: your club issues the official one.
Net double bogey
Applied per hole with the index you had on the day.
Nine-hole rounds
Front and back nine ratings when the course has them.
Plan your next round
Course handicap, the score to hold your index, and "what if I shoot X".
Next to drop off
The score leaving your window and whether it counts.
Target tracking
Set a target index and see the trend towards it.

On the course

Hole maps
Turned tee to green, with your position as you walk.
Live yardages
Front, centre and back of the green, plus carries to hazards.
Rangefinder
Tap any point to measure from you and on to the green.
Wind and weather
Live wind on each hole, and a week's forecast with the best time to play.
Club suggestions
From your bag and the distances you really hit.
Auto-advance
Moves to the next hole when you reach its tee.
Report a wrong hole
Flag a misplaced green and it's checked and fixed.

Scoring

Hole-by-hole scorecards
Or just post a total. Type P for a pick-up.
Tee shots and putts
Fairway, left, right or mishit, and putts per hole.
Penalties and bunkers
Recorded per hole for scrambling and sand saves.
Stableford
Points on every carded round at the 95% allowance.
Scorecard photos
Snap the signed card and keep it with the round.
Works without signal
Rounds wait on your phone and post themselves later.

Stats and improvement

Full stats
Fairways, greens, putting, par 3/4/5 scoring and hardest holes.
Tips
Practice advice from your rounds, biggest saving first.
Records
Your best rounds, streaks and personal bests.
Season wrapped
Your year in golf in one scroll.
Achievements
81 badges, from breaking 100 to a hole in one.
My bag
Your clubs and brands, with distances learned from your shots.

Friends and games

Group rounds
Everyone scores on their own phone, synced live.
Five formats
Stableford, net strokeplay, skins, match play and Nassau.
Season table
3, 2 and 1 points for every finished group game.
Head to head
Your record against each friend.
Majors
Four majors a season among friends, with leaderboards and champions.
Feed and notifications
See rounds as they're posted, then react and comment.

Courses and your data

Course directory
Search thousands of courses for tees, ratings and pars.
Home course
Always first in the list when you start a round.
CSV import and export
Bring your history in, take it with you any time.
Phone app
Coming soon to iPhone and Android, opening offline with your last data.
Light and dark themes
Follows your phone, or pick one.
Private and secure
Only friends you accept see your golf.

Free for everyone, for now.

Only the Free plan is on offer today, and nothing is charged. Pro features are on the way; when they arrive, Free keeps everything it has now.

Free

£0for ever

Everything you need to keep your handicap and play with friends.

  • Handicap index, worked out the WHS way (unofficial)
  • Unlimited rounds and scorecards
  • Course directory and home course
  • Hole maps with front, centre and back yardages
  • Friends, feed and group rounds
  • Core stats and achievements
  • CSV import and export
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Coming soon

Pro

Soonpricing to be announced

For golfers who want to know where every shot goes.

  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Hazard carries, rangefinder and layup planner
  • Live wind and club suggestions from your bag
  • Tee shot, putting, greens and scrambling stats
  • Tips ranked by the shots they save
  • All five group games with live leaderboards
  • Season table, majors and head to head
  • Records, season wrapped and scorecard photos
  • No gear suggestions

Nothing is charged today. Pro will be optional, and the Free plan stays free.

The app is coming soon

Lowdown Golf is on its way to the App Store and Google Play. If you already have an account, log in on the web and keep posting your rounds; everything will be there when the app lands.

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iPhone

Coming soon to the App Store.

Android

Coming soon to Google Play.

Questions

Is my handicap official?

No. Lowdown Golf works it out with the World Handicap System method, so it should track your club's number closely, but it isn't an official Handicap Index. Only your club and national golf body issue that, so keep posting your qualifying scores with them.

Does it work without signal?

Yes. Lowdown Golf opens offline with your last data, and scores you enter without signal wait on your phone and post themselves when you're back in range.

Who can see my rounds?

Only you and the friends you accept. Courses are shared so everyone benefits from the yardages and ratings, but your rounds and stats are yours.

What happens to my data if I leave?

Export your whole history as a CSV at any time. The same file imports back in without duplicates.

Will I have to pay?

Not now. Everything is free during early access. When Pro launches, keeping a handicap, posting rounds and playing with friends stay free.