Most golf tracking is a solo activity. You log your round, you see your own trend, you close the app. But golf is rarely a solo sport, and the best part of a round is usually finding out how everyone else did too. Here's how to actually track scores as a group, not just as individuals who happen to play together.

1The group text problem

What most groups do now

Someone finishes their round, texts "shot 84 today," and the group reacts with a thumbs up. It works, sort of, but it's manual, it's easy to forget, and there's no record of it a week later. Nobody's going back through a group chat to see who's actually improving over a season.

Where it falls short: no history, no comparison across rounds, and it depends entirely on someone remembering to send the text in the first place.

2A live friend feed

GolfIQ Friend FeedFree

When your friends log a round in GolfIQ, it shows up in your feed automatically: course, score, and how it compares to par, without anyone having to send a message. You see it whether you played together that day or not, which means you actually know how your regular group is doing even in weeks you didn't play.

Why it works: the update happens as a side effect of logging the round, so it works even with a group that would never remember to text everyone their score.
Friends This Week
JM
Jake M.
2 hours ago
82
Augusta National · 18 holes
TR
Tyler R.
Yesterday
76
Torrey Pines · 18 holes

3Groups for your regular crew

GolfIQ GroupsPro

For a crew that plays together regularly, a Group turns individual rounds into a real, ongoing leaderboard: everyone's scores, ranked, updated automatically as rounds get logged. It's the difference between vaguely knowing your buddy has been playing well and actually seeing where everyone stands.

Why it works: a standing leaderboard gives a casual group an actual reason to keep tracking, especially once someone's chasing the top spot.

Running a full season with your group instead of a one-off leaderboard?

See how solo tracking works first →