Who gets a shot, and where.
Add your group, pick the course and the game. Strokes Given works out everyone's shots hole by hole, shows the maths, and keeps the score as you play.
No account and no sign-up. Your players, scores and notes stay on your phone.
Sam plays off 4.2. Jordan plays off 15.1. How many shots?
A singles match off the white tees: rating 70.6, slope 125, par 72. This is the sum the app does for you, using the same handicap index you have in the Golf Australia app.
Sam 4.2 × 125 ÷ 113 + (70.6 − 72) = 3.25 → 3
Jordan 15.1 × 125 ÷ 113 + (70.6 − 72) = 15.30 → 15
Full course handicap, 100%. The higher player gets the difference.
12 to Jordan, one on each hole with a stroke index of 1 to 12.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| Index | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 13 | |
| Sam 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jordan 15 | 6 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| Index | 8 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | |
| Sam 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jordan 15 | 6 |
Dots mark Jordan's shots. Strokes Given doesn't work out your handicap index. You type it in from the Golf Australia app, and it flags any index you haven't updated in over a month.
Every game has its own allowance. It knows them all.
Pick the game and the playing handicaps follow. Then make the teams: pick your own, let it make fair teams from everyone's handicaps, or leave it to a tee flip.
- 95%Stableford
Individual points. Two points for a net par.
- 95%Net stroke
Every shot counts, handicap off the gross.
- 85%4BBB Stableford
Pairs. The better points on each hole count.
- ÷ 42-person Ambrose
Best shot each time. Team handicap is the combined handicap divided by 4.
- ÷ 84-person Ambrose
Best shot each time. Combined handicap divided by 8.
- 100%Singles match
One against one. The higher player gets the difference.
- 90%Fourball match
Two against two, best ball. Everyone plays off the lowest of the four.
- 50%Foursomes match
Two against two, alternate shot. Half of each side's combined handicap.
The hole, and how far to the green.
Pick your course from more than 1,400 Australian courses. Where a course is mapped on OpenStreetMap, you get each hole drawn out with the distance to the middle, front and back of the green, from where you're standing. Tap the green to mark today's pin.
Score each hole as you go. The points, the match and the leaderboard update for every player in your group, with your swing thought for the day and your notes for that hole on the same screen.
Two teams. One cup. All weekend.
Set up the trip once: everyone who's coming, split into two teams, fairly or by random draw, in your own team names and colours. Each session can be any game, and every result rolls into one cup score.
Pairings by closest handicaps, the fairest matches, or a random draw. If the numbers are odd, it tells you who's without a game before you tee off.
Your own game, between rounds.
- Yardage book. Carry and total for every club, in metres or yards.
- Swing thoughts. From you, your coach or your mates. Pin one for today.
- Course notes. Your line off each tee and how the greens break.
- Practice. Your drills, and how often you actually get to them.
- My rounds. Your best rounds, your scores over time and your index.
Coming soon to the App Store.
Strokes Given is being tested on the course now. Want to hear when it's out? Email welcome@myspencer.ai.