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The trip · $99 · paid once

Run the trip.
Live Links Golf does the money.

The golf trip app for whoever runs it. Twelve guys, four rounds, six games a day. Scores from the cart, a live board on every phone, every dollar settled to the cent. Nobody argues on Sunday night.

Set up your trip in your browser

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Players never pay. Works in any phone's browser — apps coming soon.

You're the one holding everybody's twenty dollars.

Somebody books the tee times, sets the games and does the math on Sunday. Today that's a spreadsheet, a group text and a folded scorecard.

  • Set the games once. Every round inherits them.
  • Scores come in from the carts, not from you.
  • The money list writes itself — and it balances.
The organiser at the first tee on a misty morning, phone in one hand and coffee in the other, carts and the rest of the group behind him.

Set it up at the kitchen table. Or on the first tee.

Pick the courses, paste in the names, choose the games.

  • Nearly forty games — skins, teams, closest to the pin, low net — each with its own pot.
  • Groups drawn from a hat, set by hand, or paired so everyone plays with everyone.
  • Only you sign up. Players get a scoring link by text.
  • Late arrival? One tap puts them on the roster.

Score from the cart.

One tap per score, saved as you go.

  • One scorer per group, on any phone. No app, no login.
  • One bar of signal is plenty. Scores save on the phone and send when they can.
  • Every phone updates before the group reaches the next tee.
  • Day two picks up where day one left off — same roster, same games.

One link. Everybody watching the same numbers.

One web address. No account, no install.

  • Live positions and skins as they're won
  • The running money
  • A written recap of the day, posted by the organizer in one tap

Send it to the family back home and the friend who couldn't make it.

Settle the whole trip from one list.

Every dollar in shows up as a dollar out, on one list for the whole trip.

  • Scored off the card: skins, teams, the two-on-two match, low net, Stableford, Quota, Nassau and its presses, Sixes, Vegas, and Wolf once the scorer taps the Wolf's call on the tee.
  • Somebody names the winner: closest to the pin and longest drive (the group's scorer, on the hole), Bingo Bango Bongo, Snake and the rest of the library. Live Links Golf does the money.
Ties split to the cent Unwon money can carry to tomorrow One list for the whole trip

Strokes off the right tee, for every player.

Real World Handicap System math, built in.

  • Differentials, caps, course and playing handicaps — all calculated.
  • Strokes off each player's own tee, whites against blues, on every course.
  • Every round counts. Players with an account keep their index and a free career page.

Before, during and after the trip.

The scoring is the part everybody sees. These are the parts the organizer used to do on a spreadsheet.

Before

Trip infoThe house, the door code, who's in which room, when dinner is. One page everyone on the trip reads, started from an outline or last year's.
CalendarEach player's rounds, tee time and group in Apple or Google Calendar, kept up to date when the groups change.
Tee timesSet the first tee and the gap. Every group gets its time, however the groups were made.
PairingsPair every round at once so everybody plays with everybody. Sixteen players over five rounds meet each other exactly once.
Dues"Deposit, $250 each, to Rick", ticked off as it comes in. Whoever hasn't paid owes it on the settle-up.

During

The cupA Ryder Cup format: Red against Blue, captains, and a session a round of fourball, foursomes, shamble, scramble or singles. A live cup board with projected points; the holder keeps it on a tie.
36-hole daysDay 2 · AM and Day 2 · PM, each with its own format, results and money.
Best roundsCount each player's best three of four, or make the last day count double. The board strikes what doesn't count.
Shared costsThe house, the carts, Friday's dinner. Whoever paid adds it, split evenly or by amount.
The group chatPaste the board's link and the preview shows the top three, or the cup score in the teams' colours.

After

Settle upOne "who pays whom" for the bets, the house and the dinners, in the fewest payments.
Pay linksTap a line and Venmo, Cash App or PayPal opens with the amount filled in. Mark it paid. The money never passes through Live Links Golf.
AwardsLow round, most birdies, most skins and the biggest number on one hole, worked out from the cards. Plus the ones you hand out: "Worst shot".
HistoryChampions and cup holders by year, and head-to-head records across every trip. Clone it for next year and the cup goes with the winners.

The small things that end the argument.

Nobody picks a golf app for these. Everybody notices when they're missing.

Win oddsA live win percentage beside every name, updated with each score.
The recapA written story of the day. Heat dial from 1 (clean) to 10 (merciless).
Match playSplit a foursome into sides and follow the match live — 3 up thru 4, 3&2.
Bad signal?A dead zone on the 14th costs nothing. Scores send when they can.
The join codeSix characters at livelinks.golf/join. Players pick their own name.
CoursesAbout 30,000 to search, or add your own.

What organizers ask first.

Does everybody on the trip need to download an app or sign up?

No. Only the organizer signs up. Each group's scorer gets a scoring link by text and scores in any phone's browser, with no app and no login. The live board is one link anyone can open. iPhone and Android apps are coming soon.

Can it run a Ryder Cup format for our trip?

Yes. Turn on the cup and the trip plays two teams with captains for the whole event. Each round is a session of fourball, foursomes, shamble, scramble or singles, worth half a point to three points a match, and the cup board shows the points live. When the teams don't come out even, the extra player sits out a match or the lone player takes on both in singles.

How do handicaps work on a trip?

Each player plays off their own index, with strokes worked out by World Handicap System math off whichever tee they play. By default each player keeps the number they started the trip on, all the way through, and the organizer can change one by hand.

Does Live Links Golf hold the money?

No. It works out who pays whom, across the bets and the shared costs, in the fewest payments. Each line opens Venmo, Cash App or PayPal with the amount filled in, or shows a Zelle email or number to copy, and the payer, the payee or the organizer can mark it paid.

What if there's no signal on the course?

Scores save on the phone and send when there's a bar of signal again. A dead zone on the 14th costs nothing.

What does a golf trip cost to run on it?

The trip is $99 once for up to eight rounds, about $8 a head for twelve players. Nothing renews, and players never pay.

It runs the Wednesday league and the member-guest, too. And just today.

Same scoring, same games, same money list. What changes is how long it remembers.

The season The league, or the regulars who play every week. A formal league or a loose weekly game: week-by-week standings, flights, partnerships, and a kitty that keeps what nobody won until somebody does. Learn about the golf league app →
Today A foursome, nine holes, a skins pot. One round, any games, any number of players, settled in the parking lot. Free, and only the organizer signs up. Learn about the free golf skins app →
The tournament The member-guest, the charity scramble, the invitational. Sign-up with a waitlist, flights, a TV board for the clubhouse and sponsors on their holes. One event, the whole field. Learn about golf tournament software →

Four shapes of golf. Pick the one that's yours.

Per event, paid once. Nothing renews. Players never pay.

One round
Today
Free only the organizer signs in

Saturday morning skins, nine after work, a scramble at the outing. One round, settled the same day.

  • Any course, any of the games, any number of players
  • Scoring links by text — nobody downloads anything
  • A live board anyone can open, and every game settled to the cent

Nothing carries between rounds. Not a trial — use it every day.

Start a round
Up to eight rounds
The trip
$99 one time, per trip

A long weekend or a week away. Rounds that remember each other, and one money list at the end.

  • The same roster and games, round after round
  • Running standings, and skins money that can carry to the next round
  • Every round recorded toward each player's handicap index
  • Everything Today does, every day of the trip
$99 for the trip — about $8 a head.

Up to eight rounds, no deadline. Becomes a season? Pay the $100 difference.

Set up your trip
Up to a year
The season
$199 one time, per season

The Wednesday league, the club championship, the every-other-Saturday game that never really ends.

  • A schedule, with week-by-week standings and season money
  • Flights, two-player partnerships, a cut and an entry-fee purse
  • A kitty that holds what nobody won until somebody does
  • Everything The trip does, for as many weeks as the season runs
$199 for the season — about $5 a head across forty players.

Up to twelve months from the first round. Handicaps carry into next year.

Set up your season
One event, the whole field
The tournament
$249 one time, per event

The member-guest, the charity scramble, the invitational. Sign-up to the last putt on one board.

  • Sign-up with a waitlist, and entry fees tracked at the desk
  • Flights and divisions, a cut, a purse and playoffs
  • A TV board for the clubhouse, sponsors on their holes, and a print kit
  • Everything Today does, for every group in the field
$249 for the tournament — about $2.50 a head across a hundred players.

One event over consecutive days. A club championship inside a league is part of The season.

Set up your tournament
Players never pay — and every player gets a free career page. Start with The trip. Upgrade for the $100 difference — never charged twice.