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Getting started & your account
Sign in, invite links, onboarding, your profile, and deleting your account.
11 articlesRounds: plan, invite, score
Start a round, pick a course and tees, invite your crew, keep score live, publish results.
26 articlesThe Games
Every format Ringer runs today, how each is scored, and how the money splits.
15 articlesHandicaps
Your index, the Course and Playing Handicap chain, stroke dots, and the freeze at start.
8 articlesMoney & settle-up
Buy-ins, pot splits, who owes whom, Venmo links, and publishing final results.
9 articlesClubs & Leagues
Seasons, weekly signups, groups, printable cards, the Scoring Center, and standings.
16 articlesCrews
A standing roster of your regulars that seeds any round.
3 articlesImprove, Courses & My Bag
Current Form, Quick Stats, the round debrief, and course pages.
2 articlesNotifications & texts
What Ringer sends, when, and how to change it.
3 articlesThe iOS app & the web app
Same Ringer on both. Installing to your phone and fixing a stale build.
3 articlesTroubleshooting
The message on your screen, what it means, and what to do.
20 articlesFrequently asked questions
The short answers, grouped.
Glossary
Ringer's words, in Ringer's spelling.
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- Start a round in under a minuteOpen Create, tap Play golf, pick a course, say when, add your crew, check tees, choose a game and tap Start round
- The scorekeeper link: score for your group with no accountThe Commissioner shares one link per group so the scorekeeper can keep the card in a browser without signing in
- Which games can I play in Ringer?Eight money games are ready today, from Pot (Stroke) to Team Best-Ball, and six more formats are coming soon
- Who owes whom: the netted settle-upRinger adds up every game and contest into one net per player, then lists the fewest payments that square the group
- How Ringer calculates your Course and Playing HandicapIndex × Slope ÷ 113 + (Rating − Par), carried unrounded through the game's allowance and off-the-low, then rounded once
- "Scoring opens at your tee time": the lock and going earlyScores can be entered from 15 minutes before your group's tee time. Off early? Tap "We're going early" to unlock your group
- Sign up for a week: in, out, waitlistRequest a spot from the round or answer the Round Call, then you're confirmed, waitlisted or declined once the commissioner sets the field
- Delete your accountProfile → Settings → Account → Delete account removes your profile, the games you host and your golf history, and it cannot be undone