Golf tools
Handicap math,done for you.
Two calculators for the numbers golfers ask about most: how many strokes you get today, and what your scores make your handicap.
- How many strokes do I get?Your strokes on any course and tees.
- Golf handicap calculator.Your estimated handicap from 3 to 20 scores.
Golf games
Seven ways to make a round with friends count: the rules, a worked example and a free scorekeeper for each. When you want live scores on everyone's phone, Greens keeps score for the whole group.
- How to play Skins.Win a hole outright. Ties carry over.
- How to play a Nassau.Three bets: front, back and overall.
- How to play Wolf.Pick a partner or go Lone Wolf.
- How to play Nines.Three players, 9 points every hole.
- How to play best ball.Two partners, the better score counts.
- How match play works.Win holes, not strokes.
- Stroke play, explained.Count every stroke. Lowest total wins.
Help
Step-by-step help for the things golfers do most in Greens, with real screens from the app.
- Start your first round.Course, tees, 9 or 18 holes, practice rounds.
- Keep score on iPhone.Score, putts, fairways, bunkers and drops.
- Your scorecard on your wrist.Yards to the hole and scoring from your wrist.
- Your handicap, kept for you.How it updates, its history and the anti handicap.
- Run a live Skins game.Set up, handicaps and live carryovers.
- Yardages on every hole.The green, any target and the map.
- Keep score with no signal.Scores wait on your phone and sync later.
- Post a score after the round.Enter a total from a finished round.
- Greens Pro, explained.Plans, inviting friends and restoring.
- Invite friends to a match.Invites, guests and teams.
- Handicap strokes in a match.How many, which holes and the dots.
Guides
Plain-English guides to handicaps, stats and lower scores, written by the people who build Greens.
- How a handicap is calculated.Differentials, best 8 of 20 and a worked example.
- A handicap without a club.Official vs unofficial, and how to start.
- Track the stats that matter.Putts, fairways, GIR, penalties and blow-ups.
- How to break 100.Bogey golf, fewer penalties and a plan.
- What's a good golf score?Milestones, handicaps and your own normal.
- Why your strokes change by course.Handicap, course handicap and playing handicap.
- Slope and rating, explained.The two numbers on every scorecard.
- Net double bogey, explained.The most a hole counts for your handicap.
- Do 9-hole scores count?How nine-hole rounds count.
- How to break 90.Bogeys, a few pars and no big numbers.
- Greens in regulation, explained.On the green with two putts for par.
- How to stop three-putting.Speed first, then three drills.
- Lost balls and penalty strokes.Lost, out of bounds, water and unplayable.
- Golf scoring terms, explained.Birdie to snowman, gross to net.
See you on
the first tee.
Greens is free to download on iPhone & Apple Watch.