GolfSoftware.com vs HardFore

The Golf Software app serves as your golfers’ companion golf apps to League Manager (golf league), Tournament Manager (golf tournament software), and Handicap System (golf handicap) for groups, clubs and golf courses by GolfSoftware.com. In addition, the Golf Software app provides live golf leaderboard capability during golf league and golf tournament play. League Manager: Our cloud-based League Manager provides an administrator’s console for managing a league and a dedicated league website for players. League Manager enables league secretaries and league golfers to save time and effort running and participating in a golf league and increases the enjoyment factor for all. What does League Manager do for you and your golf group? ► simplifies your league management tasks ► allows you to set up your league with minimal effort ► reduces your time spent on league management to a minimum ► lowers the hurdle for your group to recruit subsequent league secretaries ► provides your league information automatically to players via a dedicated website ► enables online score input by your players, designated league officials or one league secretary ► equips your group with the capacity for online league membership registration ► provides an option for online collection of league dues Easy pre-season setup puts you on near auto-pilot for rest of season ► create a new season’s league by importing your players, scores, point and handicap settings from last season, or create new season’s league from scratch ► select your league’s results report(s) which will automatically appear on your league website once scores are posted and an event finalized ► select your league’s course(s) from a course database or manually input course(s) ► set your league schedule ► add multiple league secretaries (administrators) to take over when you’re absent, or to share duties Simple, 3 recurring event-related steps ► Pre-event – manage pairings and substitutes; print scorecards and pairings sheet; etc. ► Play – input scores during or after play ► Post-event – close and finalize event to trigger automatic reports on league website Tournament Manager: With Tournament Manager your group can run any kind of golf tournament: ► Individual, team or both types of competition ► Scrambles ► Best ball ► Eclectic ► Stableford ► Gross and net ► and many more… Features for Tournament Manager include… ► Select courses from 20,000+ course database ► Send your members to included tournament website ► Provide online registration / sign up ► Build randomized pairings automatically (foursomes, threesomes, etc.) ► Automatically flight players ► Set tee times for regular start or start hole for shotgun ► Print scorecards ► Post scores in a variety of ways including by golfers on smartphones ► Watch competition progress on live leaderboard from any device ► Select a results report appropriate to your play format ► Determine and post results to your group’s Tournament Manager website ► Include any tournament on season leaderboard for cumulative statistics ► Manage tournaments from any device connected to Internet ► Integrates with Handicap System Handicap System: Handicap System includes three golf handicap modes: USGA, RCGA and Custom. The program stores and computes handicaps on whatever schedule you would like or that is stipulated by the handicap type. ► Post scores by administrator or player ► Transfer scores from Tournament Manager ► Create roster(s) of players ► Select a handicap mode for each roster ► Auto schedule handicap update (“revision”) ► View exactly how a player’s handicap is calculated ► Assign multiple administrators ► Auto post reports to your group’s included handicap/tournament mobile friendly website ► Most improved golfer report ► Integrates with Tournament Manager

HardFore is the easiest way to run golf with your group — a Saturday game, a member-guest, or a weekend trip — with live scoring anyone can follow. Free to play. Free to host. Light mode is new. Pick it in Settings when you want the card readable in the sun. SCORE LIVE • Hole-by-hole scoring for the foursome • Match cards and leaderboards that update as each group plays • A link friends and family can follow without an account RUN THE EVENT • Stroke play, Stableford, match play, best ball, scramble, shamble • Course handicap from the index and the tee, strokes on the right holes • Tee times, pairings, and every round of a trip in one place THE TRIP • One roster for the week, and a board that carries across the rounds • A different format each day • A recap when the last card is in — the cup, the days, who’s ahead SIDE GAMES, TALLIED HardFore keeps the card. It never holds or moves money. Players settle up among themselves. • Skins, Nassau, Banker, Wolf, 9-Point, Hammer • A running tally of who’s up • Anything else goes on a manual card STATS AND THE COURSE • Strokes gained for driving, approach, around the green, and putting • Fairways, greens, scrambling, and a stats history you can download • GPS with wind and slope • Thousands of courses built in, or photograph a scorecard to add one