18BIRDIES BLOG

18Birdies just hit 10 million users, and we’re celebrating the golfers who helped us get here. To say thanks, we’re launching 10 weeks of dream-course sweepstakes, with a new featured course revealed every Thursday. Log a qualified round in 18Birdies each week for a chance to win!

Connect your 18Birdies and Strava accounts to automatically share completed golf rounds, celebrate your golf journey, and keep your active life all in one place. Whether you walk 18, ride nine, or replay a favorite round from your history, Strava integration makes it easier to share the golf moments that matter.

Save your best swing with Apple Watch and compare every future swing against it using real-time feedback from 18Birdies. Using Apple Watch motion sensors, Swing Signature captures the tempo, rhythm, speed, and backswing arc behind the swings you trust most. Whether you're on the range, warming up before a round, or working through a swing change, Swing Signature helps turn feel into something repeatable.

Memorial Day kicks off golf trip season, and every committed golfer knows the feeling. The swing that felt bulletproof at home suddenly falls apart on the first tee of an unfamiliar course. This piece breaks down the three forces that quietly wreck your game on the road, plus the tools that help you actually play well wherever the trip takes you.

Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship with iron covers, a 2019 driver, and no club sponsorship. His Strokes Gained data reveals why real golf improvement often comes from understanding your game better, not constantly buying new equipment.

Compare Scramble, Best Ball, and Alternate Shot to find the right golf format for your group. Whether you are planning a casual buddies trip, a competitive money game, or your own Ryder Cup-style weekend, this guide breaks down how each format works, when to use it, and how to run it in 18Birdies.

Team Mode brings Scramble, Best Ball, and Alternate Shot together in one place inside 18Birdies. Whether it’s a casual buddy round or a pressure-packed match with friends, Team Mode makes it easy to set up teams, keep score, and share the round with your group. The best golf stories usually happen when the whole team is invested in every shot.

Your first round back tells you exactly where your game is. Use this checklist to make sure the answer is somewhere you like. From shaking off the rust before the season starts to dialing in your warmup on the day, every step here is designed to get you playing your best golf faster. Make this season count.

18Birdies now supports Japan Double Greens, giving golfers accurate GPS distances, shot tracking, and green-specific data on Japan’s unique double green golf courses. Play every round with the correct green, accurate yardages, and more confidence on the course.

From the windswept bluffs of Lake Michigan to the red canyon fairways of St. George, Utah, this guide breaks down the five best summer golf destinations in the United States that every golfer needs to play before they die. Powered by data from over 150 million rounds logged on 18Birdies, each destination includes course-by-course scoring averages, hardest and easiest holes, and GPS hole previews straight from the app.

Golf is more fun with more people. Public Tournaments and Leagues open up competition to the entire 18Birdies community. Join a tournament, find a league, and tee it up with golfers everywhere who are just as serious about their game as you are.

Hitting ball after ball without knowing what's going wrong is just practice in circles. Instant Swing Playback gives you real-time video replay the second you swing so you always know exactly what happened and why.

Golfers across the 18Birdies community were more active than ever this year. In total, players tracked 31M+ rounds, showing the true dedication our members have for the game. Those rounds weren’t just limited to familiar fairways – golfers explored 46K unique courses across the globe, demonstrating the reach and diversity of our growing community.

Golf is a game we all love, but let's be honest—it can feel like a grind sometimes. Every shot matters, and one bad swing can throw off your whole round. You want to play your best, but sometimes the pressure to perform makes it tough to relax and just enjoy the game. We get it. That's exactly why we built Scramble Mode in 18Birdies. It's a new scoring mode that puts the focus back on fun, teamwork, and great golf with friends.

With the 18Birdies app, you can track every shot, uncover trends in your performance, and turn those insights into a practice routine that actually lowers your scores. This guide will show you how to use your own stats to build a simple, effective, data-driven putting plan tailored to your game.