Golf tournament software
Golf tournament software for private clubs, scored live
The member-guest, the club championship, the Wednesday league and the season-long match play — set up in the console, entered from the member app, and scored hole by hole on every player's phone, signal or not. Handicaps come from the USGA, and the leaderboard is right before the group reaches the next tee.
Formats
Every format the golf committee runs
Dozens of formats ship ready to use, each with its handicap allowances and a worked example scorecard, so the committee can see exactly how a game scores before it publishes the event.
Stroke and Stableford
Gross and net stroke play, Stableford and modified Stableford, par and bogey, quota and max score — for the club championship or the Saturday game.
Four-ball and best ball
Four-ball stroke play and Stableford, best one, two or three of four, aggregates and team averages, with allowances applied per format.
Scrambles and shambles
Two-, three- and four-person scrambles, shambles and brambles, with the team allowances the committee sets.
Match play
Singles, four-ball and foursomes match play, greensomes and Chapman — hole by hole, with the match status on every card.
Side games
Nassau, Vegas, sixes, nines and hole points with carries, built into the same card. Side bets stay between the players.
Club-built games
Build the club's own game from the same parts, with the rules written out in plain English before anyone tees off.
Member guest tournament software
The member-guest, flighted round robin and all
The member-guest is the most complicated weekend on the golf calendar, and the one that usually lives in a spreadsheet only one person understands. In Bubs it is an event: teams flighted by handicap, a round robin in each flight with points for every match, and a shootout between the flight winners.
When a team withdraws on Saturday morning, the committee records the forfeit or a substitute without redrawing the schedule. Ties are broken by the countback the committee chose, and any ruling is kept on the record. For format ideas and scoring detail, read member-guest tournament formats and round robin member-guest scoring.
- Flights set by hand or by handicap
- Round robin, bracket and shootout stages in one event
- Lineups, byes, forfeits and substitutes without redrawing the schedule
- Tiebreaks by countback, and committee decisions on the record
- Scorecards with stroke dots, cart signs and starting-hole sheets
Live scoring
Live scoring that doesn't need a signal
Every player in the group can keep the card on their own phone. Scores save the moment they're entered and sync when the phone finds a signal — the back nine's dead zone included.
Standings are calculated on the phone as well, so the match status on the 14th tee is right even with no bars. The official score is the one both sides agree on: if two cards disagree, the difference shows at once and has to be settled before anyone signs.
Signed cards are frozen as the official result. Flight standings update in the member app, the console and on the clubhouse TV, and a player's own match sits on the Lock Screen of their iPhone while they play.
Golf league software and the season
Brackets, leagues and everything between events
Club golf isn't only big weekends. The season-long match play, the weekly leagues and the Saturday game run on the same scoring and the same member records.
Match play brackets
Season-long brackets for the club's match play championships — net or gross, seeded by the committee. Both sides report the result, and the committee settles any disagreement.
Leagues and seasons
Weekly leagues feed a season: points, attendance, best-N weeks and dropped weeks, with the standings in the app after every round.
Pairings and tee-sheet blocks
The event blocks its own times on the tee sheet under its own name. Pairings are drawn by flight, by handicap or at random, and published to players.
Leaderboards everywhere
Live standings in the console, flight standings in the member app, and a board on the clubhouse TV that updates as scores go in.
The print pack
Scorecards with stroke dots for every player, cart signs and the starting-hole sheet for a shotgun, printed from the event.
Last year, copied
Run the member-guest again from last year's setup. A publish checklist catches what changed before the field sees it.
Running a league for the first time? Read our guide to golf league management for clubs or how to run a club championship.
Registration
Members enter from the app, and the field fills itself
Members enter with their partner or guest, answer the event's questions and charge the entry fee to their account. Saved guest profiles mean the guest's details are already there from last year.
When the field is full, members join the waitlist and are told the moment a place opens. Oversubscribed events can be drawn by lottery. The withdrawal deadline — and what missing it costs — is shown before anyone enters, and staff see who still owes a guest fee.
- Pricing by member category
- Waitlists and lottery draws
- Calendar downloads and reminders
- Tee-sheet blocks placed by the event
Handicaps
Playing handicaps from the source
Every Handicap Index® and course handicap comes from the USGA for the tees each player plays. The committee sets the allowance for the format and the strokes fall on the card.
Official USGA partner
Handicap Index®, Course Rating™ and Slope Rating® come straight from the USGA — nobody types them in. Bubs keeps the card; the player posts the score to the USGA.
FAQ
Tournament and scoring questions
What is golf tournament software?
Golf tournament software runs a club's competitions from registration to results: the field, flights, pairings and tee times, scoring in the chosen format with the right handicap allowances, leaderboards and the final standings. At a private club it also has to handle multi-day member-guests, season-long match play and weekly leagues.
Can Bubs run a flighted round robin member-guest?
Yes. Teams are flighted by hand or by handicap and play every other team in their flight, with points per match, a live flight table and a shootout between flight winners. Lineups, byes, forfeits and substitutes are handled without redrawing the schedule.
Does live scoring work without cell signal?
Yes. Scores are saved on each player's phone the moment they're entered and sync when the phone finds a signal. Standings are calculated on the phone as well, so the match status is right on the 14th tee even where there are no bars.
Who enters the scores?
Every player in the group can keep the card. The official score is the one the sides agree on; a disagreement shows immediately and has to be settled before the card is signed.
Does Bubs handle side games and bets?
Bubs scores the side games — Nassau, Vegas, hole points with carries and more — on the same card as the event. It never holds or settles money between players; entry fees the club collects go to the member account.
How are handicaps handled in tournaments?
Bubs is an official USGA partner. Each player's Handicap Index® and course handicap come from the USGA for the tees they play, and the committee's allowances — 95% for individual stroke play, 85% for four-ball, and so on — produce the playing handicaps.
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