How To Use Big Team Golf

Clubs

Create a club

From the main screen, tap Create Club. Enter a unique club name, create a passcode to share with players, and set your starting member capacity. You'll be the Super Admin, the club owner.

Join a club

Tap the search icon on the main screen. Type the club name, select it, and enter the passcode.

Add an admin

1. Open the Admin tab.
2. Scroll to Members and tap Expand.
3. Tap a player to make them an admin.

Admins can edit scores, manage the roster, and run teams.

Add members

Share your club name and passcode. Each player creates their own account, searches for the club, and joins with the passcode. The Par Tier starts with a 2-week free trial.

Increase member capacity (admin only)

1. Open the Admin tab.
2. Find your current capacity and tap Upgrade.
3. Add 10 players ($1.99) or 50 players ($4.99).

Players

View a player profile

1. Open the Members tab.
2. Search by name or browse the list.
3. Tap View to see rounds, average score, birdies per round, and current weight.

View the club leaderboard

Open the Leaders tab. It ranks players by weight, average score, or birdies per round.

Edit a score

1. Open the player's profile.
2. Tap the pencil icon next to the score.
3. Change the score and save.

Add a score

1. Open the player's profile.
2. Tap the + button.
3. Enter the score and birdies, then save.

Use this to backfill rounds or to add a score from a different tee.

Running Games

Add players to a game

1. Open the Run Teams tab.
2. Tap each player who is playing, or use search.

Selected players move to the top with a highlight, and the count shows at the top.

Generate teams

With players selected, tap Run Teams. The app balances the teams by weight. Each team shows its total weight and each player's weight.

Change the number of teams

After you run teams, use the team count at the top to add or remove teams. Tap Re-Run to rebalance. Add teams if your course doesn't allow 5-somes.

Move a player

1. Tap the move icon next to the player.
2. Select the new team.

To swap two players, move each one. Tip: move a player with a similar weight to keep the teams balanced.

Order the teams

Reorder the teams to match the tee times, so everyone knows when they play.

Create the match

Scroll down and tap Create Match. Enter a description and a date and time. This posts the teams to all players and saves the game for score entry.

Sign up for a game

1. Open the Games tab and select the game.
2. Tap Sign Up.
3. Check the tee. The app shows the tee you normally play on that course. Pick a different tee if you want, and your weight updates to match. The tee you pick stays as your tee for that course until you change it again.
4. Tap Join skins if you want in on skins.
5. Tap Confirm sign-up.

New to the app? The first sign-up asks for your scoring average and birdie average. The app uses those until your rounds take over.

Enter scores

1. Open the Games tab and select the match.
2. Tap Enter Score next to a player.
3. Enter the score hole by hole, then save.

View round leaders

After the scores are in, open the match leaderboard to see each player's weight for that round.

Settle the game

The app settles the money from the scores. Every team plays every other team, and the app works out each matchup.

1. When you create the game, set the hole value and the dot value. Each bet pays the hole value and each dot pays the dot value. The defaults are $5 a hole and $2 a dot.
2. During the round, open your team's scorecard and tap + in the Dots row on the hole where your team earned one.
3. After every team has finished, open the game, tap the menu (⋮), then tap View Game Calculation.
4. Pick the game your group plays: BigTeamGolf, Get Out, Nassau, By the Hole, or Stroke Play. The Games page explains each one.
5. Pick a team under Perspective. The sheet shows that team's bets, dots, and winnings against each other team, as a total and per player.

The math is per player. Add up the bets and dots a team won, less the ones it lost, at the hole and dot values. Each player on the winning team wins that amount. The app multiplies it by the team size to get the team total, and the other team pays that total, split among its players. The sheet shows both numbers.

If the teams are uneven, choose Straight to settle at the smaller team's size, or Makeup to settle at the larger team's size.