18BIRDIES BLOG

We know that hitting a certain score can be a challenge. That's why we've made it easier for you to set those goals and track your progress with Scoring Goals. Just set a Scoring Goal and 18Birdies will provide you with a full stat breakdown of what it takes to reach your Scoring Goal. We'll automatically suggest Targets for birdies, pars, greens in regulation, and fairways hit for you to reach based on other players who have achieved your Scoring Goal.

We're happy to introduce an update to 18Birdies, the #1 rated golf GPS and scorecard app! With app version 13.15, 18Birdies has amazing new features that will help you reflect on your golf highlights from 2022 and set scoring goals to continue improving in 2023. The End Of Year Summary lets you view your performance from the past year, such as your best scores, courses, and more. With Scoring Goals, you can set a goal and 18Birdies will automatically set Targets for each round of golf you play.

Golf tournament event organizers are constantly on the lookout for an easy-to-use and efficient way to manage their tournaments. With recent advances in technology, the 18Birdies mobile app, available for free on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, has developed the powerful and user-friendly tournament management tool for organizers.

We have a brand new way to get the most accurate representation of the distance you hit each club in your bag. It’s called True Distance and it even factors in on-course conditions like wind, slope, temperature, rain & more. True Distance can also intelligently determine which shots are the best…

Your next tournament outing just got easier. Disable skins carryover is back along with the introduction of more player management tools. We're committed to improving your ability to manage group outings with ease. Our latest release was focused on improving your tournament experience.  Ready to manage your next tournament?

Let’s talk about course management. You’ve probably heard the term before but what does it mean? Course management in a nutshell is about giving yourself the best chance to shoot low scores while not overthinking on the course. And the best place to get started is before a round. That’s why at…

We've received great feedback, and we've used it to improve tournaments. A fully revamped version of the 18Birdies tournament feature has been released. This update includes a bunch of cool new features and some major improvements as a result of feedback from 18Birdies golfers.

In our latest release, we've made a few updates to improve the overall experience,including your distance from the tee box and the GPS screen. We've also made it easier to track one shot to the next, and a way to make suqick edits to narrow in your shot distance accuracy.

With 18Birdies, you can plan and manage your in-person or virtual golf tournaments and golf outings with friends. Create any style of tournament you want, including stroke play, stableford, scramble, and best ball, & invite your friends to join you. When friends or tournament participants enter their score for each hole, anyone in the tournament can instantly see who is leading, and how they’re performing vs others.

As a golfer we’ve run into this so many times, you get up to your ball and it’s 120 yards out from the flag so you grab your wedge and put a great swing on the ball only to come up 15 yards short!  How could this well struck shot come up so far short and lose you strokes in the process?

18Birdies, the top-rated golf GPS and scorecard app, is the first to update courses worldwide to get you the most accurate, up-to-date course maps. Get GPS distances right on your wrist with the Apple Watch as well as on your phone with our free Apple and Android apps.

We’re kicking off the new year with a fresh update that is going to make the best free golf app even better. We’re excited to share the recent improvements with you, and then it’s your turn to jump back in the app and invite your friends!

Sync your 18Birdies account with your Apple Watch app to score your round, log stats and get distances directly from your Apple Watch!

18Birdies is the best free golf handicap calculator available for golfers and all of their golf buddies who want a free golf handicap. On average, a golfer who tracks their golf handicap using the 18Birdies Handicap plays four strokes better than golfers who don’t.

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