# Bad Golf App: Scorecard & GPS — Live Scoring, Games & Leagues > Golf scoring, GPS, and automatic side bet tallying for groups. (iPhone/iPad app by Simplistic Fishing LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bad-golf-app-scorecard-and-gps/id6779399027 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Simplistic Fishing LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1739790734) - Category: Sports - Price: Free - Rating: 5.00/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 42 MB - Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2026-07-05 - Data updated: 2026-10-24 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bad-golf-app-scorecard-and-gps/id6779399027/reviews.md ## What is Bad Golf App? Bad Golf is the free golf app for your regular group — one shared live scorecard, a GPS rangefinder with satellite maps, real handicaps, and every side game you already play, scored automatically in units so nobody is doing napkin math at the 19th hole. ONE LIVE SCORECARD Start a round, send the invite by text, and everyone scores on their own phone while the card stays in sync across the group. Friends at home can follow hole by hole. Finished rounds save to everyone's history automatically. GPS ON EVERY HOLE Front, middle and back yardages to the green on a satellite view, plus lay-up and carry numbers on holes that have them mapped. More than 11,000 U.S. courses come with their scorecard, tee ratings and slope. Missing your home course? Add it and map the greens yourself in minutes. 40+ GAMES, SCORED FOR YOU Skins with carry-overs, Nassau with the Huckle press, Wolf, Vegas, Banker, Hammer, Stableford, Quota, Match Play, Team Match Play, Best Ball, Combo Score, Ryder Cup, Scramble, Split Sixes, Niners, Bingo Bango Bongo, Umbrella and Pot of Gold — plus greenies, sandies, barkies, Rolos, Snake, chip-ins, closest to the pin, long putt, long drive and birdie bump. Pick your games at setup and Bad Golf keeps every tally, applies handicaps, and shows the Unit Totals card when the round ends. Bad Golf just keeps score. A REAL HANDICAP Post your rounds and get a Handicap Index calculated with World Handicap System math — score differentials, best-of-20, net double bogey caps — applied per tee and per hole by stroke index, so a 5 and a 20 can play a fair match. LEAGUES THAT RUN THEMSELVES Create a season, invite the field, and Bad Golf builds the weekly matchups, flights, league handicaps, standings, prize pools and playoffs. Absences and subs handled. Commissioners get their Thursdays back. TOURNAMENTS & EVENTS Buddies trips, member-guests, charity scrambles: multi-day events with groups, pairings, tee times, field-wide side games and a live event leaderboard on every phone. KNOW YOUR GAME Fairways, greens in regulation, putts, sand saves, scoring mix and round-by-round trends, tracked from the scores you are already entering. Earn 75 badges for the great shots and the bad ones — yes, there is one for the snowman. APPLE WATCH Yardages and score entry on your wrist. BUILT FOR THE GROUP, NOT THE GRINDERS Bad Golf is not a tour-pro training tool. It is for the Saturday crew that plays the same games every week and wants the score kept straight, beyond argument. Free. No subscription, no ads. Bad Golf, Better Times. ## Key features - Live scoring for multiple players - GPS rangefinder with satellite maps - Automatic side bet calculation - Handicap and stats tracking - Tournament management - Friend invites and round joining ## Is Bad Golf App safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Bad Golf App. ## Is Bad Golf App legit? Bad Golf App: Scorecard & GPS has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bad Golf App is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Recent user reviews (3 of 3) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bad-golf-app-scorecard-and-gps/id6779399027/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Big d1€k energy! *2026-09-28* It can track your game and it tracks your games. It does all the math so you can focus on your golf or your trash talk or dance moves. It’s just fun and it works. ### 5/5 — Great app for Golf *2026-09-24* This is by far the best Golf app I’ve used. Super easy to use and super easy to track all the betting games. Distances with GPS has been very accurate compared with a range finder. ### 5/5 — Perfect for gamblers *2026-08-30* this has every imaginable game you can think of. It makes things super easy to keep track of, and it even sends out what you owe and your Venmo link after the round. ## Frequently asked questions about Bad Golf App ### Does Bad Golf have ads? No, Bad Golf is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted golfing experience. ### What golf games can Bad Golf track? Bad Golf automatically tallies various games including Skins, Nassau, Vegas, Scramble, Best Ball, Quota, and Match Play, with options for carryovers. ### Can I use Bad Golf offline? The description does not specify offline functionality. However, GPS features typically require a data connection for satellite maps. ### How does Bad Golf handle handicaps? Bad Golf automatically calculates your handicap index based on your rounds played and provides insights into trends over time. ### What devices is Bad Golf compatible with? Bad Golf is available on Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and iPod. ### Is Bad Golf suitable for young children? Bad Golf has an age rating of 4+, making it appropriate for younger players and families. ### How often is Bad Golf updated? The latest version, 2023.11.519, was released on November 519th, 2023, indicating regular updates for the app. ### Can I run tournaments with Bad Golf? Yes, you can set up multi-round events, assign carts and teams, and track a live event leaderboard for your own tournaments. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2026.11.1940 — 2026-10-23 SMARTER "YOU'RE AT THE COURSE" CARD • Have a round scheduled at the course within 3 hours? The card now shows your tee time with a Start my round button that opens that exact round, so there's no more mixing it up with a brand-new round. • Already playing a round at that course? The prompt stays out of your way. • Finished your round and going out for another 18? The prompt comes back. MATCH PLAY SCORECARD IN THE FINAL RECAP • The end-of-round text now includes a full match play scorecard: every player's strokes on each hole, a dot where a handicap stroke was given, and a Won row showing who took each hole. • Holes played after the match was decided still show and count in totals, shaded and labeled "After match." • A clear result line, like "Tyler def. Mike, 4&3." FIXES • Greenie winners on par 3s now register on the first tap. Names respond the moment you lift your finger, even if the screen refreshes mid-tap. ### 2026.11.1938 — 2026-10-20 MAP VIEW • Tap Map / Sat on the GPS screen to switch from satellite to a clean, yardage-book style hole map. It's available on courses that have the hole shapes, with more added every night. • Bunkers and tree lines have bold outlines so they stand out at a glance. • New "Color-blind friendly" setting in your profile: green slope shows orange for up, blue for down and light gray for level, and Map view becomes your default. TOURNAMENTS • Split 6's is now available as a group's own game for any group of 3. • Event results now include a Quota standings table for the whole field, with points, quota and units for every player. • The Final standings card you send after an event now lists Quota and Stableford, names each group's own games, and shows the points behind each one. • Skins carry-overs at the end of a round now count in the event totals, matching what your group's board shows. • Saving the day's games can no longer change a group's own games by mistake. FIXES • On Course Preview, the close button no longer covers the Arcs button. • Other small fixes and polish. ### 2026.11.1927 — 2026-10-18 Tournament leaderboards are easier to read, and a finished event always shows up in your rounds. LEADERBOARDS Whole-field standings now show every player’s full name. Swipe sideways to see Net to par, Gross to par, Net, Gross and Thru. The field is ranked by net to par no matter what hole each group is on, so the app and the TV board agree. The TV board header sits below the clock, and gross strokes now show next to net. TOURNAMENTS A finished tournament always appears on Home, in Completed Tournament Rounds and in your Tournaments list for everyone in the field. On the tournament checklist, “+ Add player” opens instantly, and Save Day takes you back to the checklist. ON THE COURSE Picking the Closest to the Pin, Long Putt or Long Drive winner takes the first tap, even while someone else in your group is saving a score. FRIENDS Searching for a player works the moment you open the tab, and Enter runs the search. If the list is slow to load you get a Retry button instead of a spinner. FIXES Other small fixes and polish. ### 2026.11.1920 — 2026-10-16 Course Preview is front and center, and green maps now cover 10,700+ courses in all 50 states. COURSE PREVIEW At the course? A card on Home shows the course you’re at, or a couple nearby, with Preview and Start round right there. It hides once you’ve played there today. Every course page now has big Preview course and Start round buttons. Watch a hole-by-hole flyover, see each hole’s par and yardage from your tees, and check the greens before you tee off. Start round from a preview drops you into setup with the course picked and you already added. Preview a course straight from round setup, or from any tee time. Not signed in yet? Browse and preview every course before you create an account. TEE TIMES About 1–2 hours before a tee time you’re on, Bad Golf sends a reminder. Tap it to preview the course. Don’t want it? Turn it off in Settings → Notifications → “Course preview before my tee time.” Opening and accepting a tee time is much faster. GREEN MAPS Green outlines and slope colors now on 10,700+ courses across all 50 states. Clubs with several courses (like Medinah No. 1, 2 and 3) let you pick the course when you preview. FIXES Faster start-up and event loading. Other small fixes and polish. ### 2026.11.1912 — 2026-10-15 Bad Golf on your Apple Watch, green maps on 1,700+ more courses, and a smoother Banker game. APPLE WATCH - Score the whole group from your wrist: strokes, putts, fairway hit or missed left/right, and penalties. Greens in regulation fill in on their own. - New satellite hole map, turned tee-to-green like the phone. Tap anywhere to aim and see the distance to that spot and from there to the pin, with a club suggestion. - Green view with slope colors and today's pin. Move the pin from the watch. - Distance arcs, an estimated drive, and shot tracking that saves to My shots. - See where your group is on the hole. - Live game standings and leaderboard, finish the round from your wrist, and a round summary when you're done. - A tap on your wrist when you win a skin or a greenie, and when the final card comes in. NEW - Green maps with slope colors on 1,700+ more courses across Florida, Michigan and Southern California. - Pick your starting hole in any game. Play all 18 from there, in order. - Tournament days now offer every holes option: Front 9, Back 9, start on the back, a nine played twice, or a picked starting hole. - Organizers can move players in or out of the side games after an event has started. TOURNAMENTS - Quicker setup: the course search opens on its own, and "Select the players" goes straight to the player picker. - No more "About how many players?" question. The event goes by the players you add. - If your group finishes first, your event results show "Pending" until the last group is in. FIXES - Banker: every phone in the group now shows the same board. Values, presses, press-backs and blind presses, plus any undo, reach everyone right away. - Changing a player's handicap mid-round now carries into every game, including Skins. - Event leaderboard links open straight to the leaderboard on an iPhone with Bad Golf installed. - Other small fixes and polish. ## Apps similar to Bad Golf App | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [The Fairway Report](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-fairway-report/id6810896304) | — | Free | Sports | | [ForeFun: Golf Ball Tracer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forefun-golf-ball-tracer/id1036172221) | 4.7 (252) | Free | Sports | | [Daily DogFights Golf](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-dogfights-golf/id6446768224) | 4.4 (27) | Free | Sports | | [WhyGolf: Golf GPS & Scorecard](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whygolf-golf-gps-and-scorecard/id6474037999) | 4.7 (1,623) | Free | Sports | | [Scratch AI - Play Better Golf](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scratch-ai-play-better-golf/id6752448360) | 4.8 (1,816) | Free | Sports | | [Golf GPS Range Finder: ForeFun](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-gps-range-finder-forefun/id601375319) | 4.7 (33,738) | Free | Sports | ## More apps by Simplistic Fishing LLC - [Simplistic Fishing](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simplistic-fishing/id6482354024) All apps by Simplistic Fishing LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1739790734 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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