Rounds: plan, invite, score
Start a round, pick a course and tees, invite your crew, keep score live, publish results.
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A round in Ringer is one day of golf on one course. The Commissioner starts it, shares one link, and every group keeps its own card. Results, money and the Recap all come from the strokes entered on that card.
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- "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 groupPlayer · Commissioner
- 9 holes, 18 holes, front or back ninePlay golf creates 18-hole rounds; switch to 9 in Manage, where a 9-hole round on an 18-hole course plays the front ninePlayer · Commissioner
- Add, remove and edit players and guestsOrganizers add players from their crew, past partners or by hand, edit names and handicaps, and remove anyone except the hostCommissioner
- Before you tap Start: readiness and round statusesWhat the Round Hub checklist needs before Start round, what each status means, and how to go back to setupCommissioner · Player
- Choose tees for the round and for each playerSet one tee for everyone with Tee setup, then adjust individuals in their rows; tees drive Course Handicap and are frozen when the round startsPlayer · Commissioner
- Close scoring, then publish final resultsClosing scoring locks the cards and makes results provisional. Publishing freezes an official revision that every view and link usesCommissioner
- Edit or delete an outingChange the name, date, tee time, course, location or notes from the pencil on the hero. Only the host can delete an outing, and deletion is permanentCommissioner
- Find your coursePick from your home course, recent courses or nearby courses, or search by name; a status chip tells you if the scorecard is readyPlayer · Commissioner
- Groups and tee timesRinger drafts groups of up to four at 10-minute intervals; organizers can move players, add or lock groups, change tee times, or auto-assignCommissioner
- Invite your crew with one linkEvery round has one invite link; share it, or send it by email or text from the Round Hub, and players RSVP in, maybe or outPlayer · Commissioner
- Keeping score hole by holeOne hole per screen, a three-choice picker around par, a number pad for the rest, and a footer that tells you when the hole is completePlayer · Commissioner
- My course isn't listed or has no scorecardTap Course not listed? to play on a generic layout, or add the printed scorecard by photo or by hand so Ringer can score the course properlyPlayer · Commissioner
- Reopen a round for a correctionThe Commissioner can reopen a closed or published round with a short reason. Prior revisions and payments are kept, and the next publish is a new revisionCommissioner
- Results, the share card, and the printable cardResults has Summary, Scorecard and Games & money tabs, a share button once results are final, and a traditional printable card
- Round error messages, explainedEvery message you might see while setting up, scoring, closing or sharing a round, what it means, and what to do
- Scoring with a weak signalEvery tap is queued and saved on this device, retried automatically, and synced when the signal returns. Keep the card open until everything shows SavedPlayer · Commissioner
- Share a no-login link to the board and resultsThe invite link doubles as a read-only pass to the board, Big Screen, full card, results and recap. Published results also get a 30-day exact-revision linkCommissioner · Player
- Snap the paper card: photo scorecard importUpload a photo of the paper scorecard, review what Ringer read, fix any blanks, and apply the scores in one goCommissioner · Player
- Solo, one group, or multiple tee times: which to pickPlay golf handles all three; the size of your roster decides whether Ringer sets up a solo card, one group, or several tee timesPlayer · Commissioner
- 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 roundPlayer · Commissioner
- The board: tabs, order, and what viewers seeThe live leaderboard builds one tab per game in a fixed order, refreshes on its own, and hides the money sheets from public viewers
- The Recap: seven voices for the write-upThe Commissioner picks a voice and Ringer writes a 90 to 150 word recap from the real numbers. Run it again to replace itCommissioner · Player
- 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 inCommissioner · Player
- Who can change a score, and fixing one after the factScorekeepers, the Commissioner, and the player themself can edit any time while the round is open. Closed rounds need a reopen firstPlayer · Commissioner
- Who can do what: Commissioner, co-organizers, scorekeepers, playersThe Commissioner runs the round, up to two co-organizers share the same tools, one scorekeeper per group keeps the card, and players score their own
- Who keeps score: assigning a scorekeeperEvery group needs one scorekeeper before the round can start. One group is picked for you, several groups are picked by the CommissionerCommissioner · Player