Journal

Prompts for round reviews, handicap questions, course strategy, practice plans, swing analysis and rules, and how to get answers built on your numbers instead of generic tips.

TV tracers follow the real ball with cameras or radar. Tracer apps find it in your video and fill in the gaps with physics. How each works, and when to trust the line.

Film it so the ball can be found, then either let software trace it or draw it by hand in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve or CapCut.

Both go into your Handicap Index the same way. What differs is the paperwork: pre-registration, a marker, timing and the handicap allowance.

The four-ball betting game with a Lone Wolf decision on every tee. Rotation, scoring, and the variants worth knowing.

Three matches in one round — front 9, back 9, overall. How presses work, and the 1900 Long Island origin story.

Each hole's a skin. Lowest score wins, ties carry over. The classic, plus the net and validation variants.

Best ball, team picks. Where the strict rules live, where casual play diverges, and the WHS allowances for 2, 3, and 4 players.

How the R&A/USGA Stableford points table works, where the WHS handicap allowance fits in, and why a pick-up costs you nothing past zero.

Two numbers on every scorecard, often confused. Course Rating is the scratch player's expected score. Slope Rating is how much harder the course gets for everyone else.

The WHS maximum hole score replaced Equitable Stroke Control in 2020. Par + 2 + strokes received. What it caps, what it doesn't, and why it makes handicaps more honest.

Singles 95%, four-ball 85%, foursomes 50%, scrambles 25-35%. The complete WHS allowance table, with worked examples for the formats club golfers actually play.

Best 8 of your last 20 score differentials, with caveats for newer players. The actual maths, with the formulas the USGA and R&A use.

Bogeys hurt, eagles count for five. The PGA Tour's only points event explained, including the full scoring table and how it changes course management.

Your rounds, your voice notes, your scorecards. Chalk lets you export everything, whenever you want.

Walking is the version of golf that gets all the variables right. A voice scorecard is the only kind that doesn't fight against it.

Most single-digit players don't use shot trackers. The reasons are practical, not Luddite.

Three design decisions that define what a golf app should be. The reasons, in order.

A caddie does six things a yardage app cannot. Voice notes get one of them back.

Where voice input can reduce scorekeeping effort, when manual entry is easier, and why checking the result still matters.

Start a round, hold the mic, check the score and correct a note. Practical voice-scoring examples and connection advice.

A nine-club Sunday bag and a minimalist golf app are the same idea. Less surface, more attention.

Links golf rewards judgement, not yardages. Why a GPS scorecard is the wrong tool for Bandon, Lahinch, or North Berwick.

Five apps before you touch a club. What the traditionalist player actually wants from a golf app.

Most streak counters in golf apps reward the cheapest version of the behaviour they claim to track. The case for the version that doesn't.

Why we built a scorebook with no public feed, no nag notifications, and no ads.