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Golf League Software vs Golf League Tracker
Golf League Tracker is an affordable, full-featured league tool with apps. Its limit is 100 players and 30 rounds a season. Here’s how we compare.
By the Golf League Software team · Updated
Side by side
| Golf League Software | Golf League Tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Not published yet; free during early access for the 2027 season | $119 per league per season (down to $89 each for 10+ leagues) |
| Free trial | Free during early access | Free 4-round trial |
| Platforms | iPhone app (in testing), plus a ChatGPT and Claude connector; no Android app yet | Web, plus iOS and Android apps |
| Scoring | Hole by hole on phones, in each group’s own playing order (shotgun starts included) | Optional live scoring and leaderboard through the mobile website |
| Formats | Individual stroke play, net or gross, 9 or 18 holes | Stroke play, match play, Stableford, best ball; individual or 2-player teams |
| Flights | Yes: by handicap rank, equal flights, by hand, with tees per flight | Divisions (league groups) |
| Skins | No | Gross and net skins |
| Schedule | No schedule builder; nights are added one at a time | Full league schedule in one click |
| Email to golfers | No league email; golfers see results and standings in the app | Email to regular and sub players |
| Dues and payments | No | Tracks dues payments (no online collection stated) |
| Public league website | Standings and results pages per league (public, link-only or private), plus a standings widget for your own site | Not stated |
| Handicaps | Uses your club’s handicaps; shows a league estimate alongside (not official) | Automatic league handicaps; no official handicap claim |
| Player limit | None during early access | 30 rounds and 100 players a season; $99 add-on doubles both |
| Getting your data out | No self-serve export yet; ask us and we send your league’s data | Most reports export to Excel (report menu → Export) |
Where Golf League Tracker is ahead
- Formats: we only do individual stroke play (net or gross). No match play, Stableford, teams or skins yet.
- Admin extras: no schedule builder, league email or dues collection.
- Platforms: the iPhone app is still in testing; there is no Android app, and on the web, admins only manage their league’s public page so far.
- Track record: our first league starts on it in 2027.
Where we’re ahead
- Scoring that follows the group. Each group enters holes in the order it plays them, shotgun starts included, and two people can score the same group: the latest entry for a hole wins.
- History that never moves. Every round keeps the handicap, flight and tee it was played with, and every season keeps its own rules.
- ChatGPT and Claude. Golfers, scorers and admins can check standings or enter scores by asking (how it works).
- Private by default. Contact details are admin-only, and any public page shows “First L.” names.
- Free during early access for the 2027 season.
Pick Golf League Tracker if…
you have under 100 golfers, want match play, teams, skins, schedules and email in one tool, and a flat $119 a season suits you.
Pick Golf League Software if…
you have a bigger league (we were built with a 120-golfer one), you play individual net stroke play with flights, and you want phone scoring that follows each group’s order.