This app would be wonderful except that it NEEDS on course shot tracking.
To expect a high or even mid handicapper to remember every shot of the round that was just played is a bit much to ask for. If you figure playing bogey golf, with two putts on every green, that’s still 54 shots that have to be RECALLED and tracked after the round. In my humble opinion, that is unrealistic.
I understand wanting to keep the app interface as uncluttered as possible. I don’t know how difficult it would be to make on course shot tracking an option that can be turned on or off. For most of us hackers, it ABSOLUTELY is needed.
Great app that allows you to plan ahead. Extremely useful to prepare for tournaments on courses you have never played before - much more user friendly and efficient than the good old Google Earth method.
I don’t do data entry while playing. Looks like it would be a bit tedious. I have Arccos for shot tracking during rounds and then it is quite easy to review and enter shots on this app. I wish both would have a data interface.
This feels like a new app and has a lot of potential. On my wishlist: display and / or factor in elevation changes; ability to save a “strategy” with notes, compatibility with shot tracking systems, target hcp carrying over different devices, web browser app.
Really cool to see visualization of your own shot patterns (imported from launch monitor) onto a course map.
The best feature for this app is to help golfers figure out the stroke gain and risk/reward percentage and I wanted to try it at my home course. I think what it basically does is to give you stroke gain based on your distance much more than the location of where your ball is. I pointed the direction of my target of a serve to be in the woods where you get blocked by the trees and it still gives me a stroke gain of half a shot. If my ball is in those trees chances of making par is cut Dien at least half and you look at almost a stroke or half a stroke penalty. Anyway it's not that accurate. I'm going to cancel it
Developer Response
Hi There -
Thanks for your feedback. I want to offer a few thoughts on this:
First - Fairway, Rough, Green, Bunker, and Water hazards are automatically detected. However, recovery shots (like being blocked by the trees) need to be drawn in by the user. You can do this by tapping the "Shot Pattern" button and then the pencil icon. By drawing in the recovery lie type you can get the level of accuracy you're looking for.
Also - I want to highlight a couple of key features that it sounds like you're not taking advantage of as part of your subscription that are hard to find in other apps.
1) The Strokes Gained Predictor tool is a one-of-a kind tool that plots your entire shot history with a club on any hole and then analyzes the resulting lie of all your shots and shows you a predicted strokes gained on average across all shots. It's a tremendous strategy tool that can't be found in any other program. To get shot data into the tool, you can upload data from a launch monitor, or (see below)
2) Shot by Shot strokes gained data via the Round Entry mode. Our new stat-keeping feature provides shot-by-shot strokes gained and advanced stats. When you enter your data through this mode, it also tracks your dispersion from your intended target. While some other platforms track your dispersion, none of them know where you aimed, which makes system detailed and accurate.
Once again, thank you for the feedback. I hope this helps you understand the value provided by the subscription so that you can make the best decisions for your game.First use today didn’t work for four holes finally linked and not user friendly, follow up attempted to use again to no avail absolute trash. Would be great to have strokes gained loss at a touch.
Developer Response
Sorry to hear about your experience. Would love for you to email our support team to hear more about what you mean that it didn’t link at first. We’ve never heard of this issue before and want to make sure it’s addressed immediately.First use today didn’t work for four holes finally linked and not user friendly
Developer Response
Sorry to hear about your experience. Would love for you to email our support team to hear more about what you mean that it didn’t link at first. We’ve never heard of this issue before and want to make sure it’s addressed immediately.Move over Arccos — this is the best shot tracking app out there for people that want to track what’s most important, and don’t need all the fluff cluttering the other shot tracking options.
I personally hate having to track stats on course, and Shot Pattern makes post round data entry a breeze.
All important data is recorded (SG, Tiger 5) and more. I could see this being the best option out there until real time shot recording becomes truly effortless and accurate.
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words!I want to like this app. However they encourage you to enter the info after your round which is not bad because I hate looking at my phone on the course. The round preview feature is great if you play new courses frequently. But the round entry takes way to long…you mark the hole, you mark the tee, you mark your target, you mark where your ball went, etc. The app isn’t there yet.
Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback. The round entry process is one of the more detailed ones you’ll find. Marking the target allows us to provide players with their “true” dispersion from their target, but it does add to the time it takes. We’ll look to keep improving our round entry mode based on the feedback we receive. Thanks for your help!Amazing golf app for course strategy and stat tracking!
Developer Response
Thank you, Dan!Hello,
I tried this on behalf of a recommendation from a relative. I can’t get any info other than one distance. Every fancy feature costs money that I don’t have. You can give it a try, but extra features cost a lot of money!
Developer Response
Hi There -
Yes. We have several features that are part of our premium plan. However, our free plan provides hole by hole GPS maps for 39,000+ courses worldwide and is the only app that provides a measured dispersion visual to help guide you to smart decisions on tee and approach shots. Please reach out to support@shotpattern.app and we’ll take care of you.
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