Format guides and app help. Everything you need to run a great tournament.
A complete playbook for organizing the match play golf trip your crew has been talking about for years.
Read guide →A clear breakdown of how match play golf works, from basic hole wins to dormie, closure, and running a full tournament.
Read guide →A straightforward breakdown for golf trip and event organizers who just want to run a great round.
Read guide →Sign up for a free account, then hit "New Tournament" from your dashboard. Name your two teams, pick a format, and add your players. The whole setup takes about 5 minutes. Once created, you get a shareable link immediately.
Only the organizer needs an account. Players and scorers just open the link you send them. No sign up, no app download, no passwords.
From your tournament setup page, add players one by one and assign them to Team A or Team B. For formats like Best Ball or Scramble, you can set up custom matches from the setup screen.
Four Ball (2-Man Best Ball), Scramble (2-Man), Alternate Shot, and Singles. You can mix formats across rounds in a multi-round tournament.
Yes. Two-round tournaments are always free. If your event runs 3+ rounds, the $40 unlock covers every round for that tournament. One payment, no per-round fees.
A couple of taps per hole for each player, the same way you would fill in a paper card. The app applies handicap strokes where the stroke index says to, decides who won the hole, and updates the match status and the leaderboard live for everyone watching.
Match play is hole-by-hole competition. Each hole is worth one point. You either win it, lose it, or halve it with a half-point each. The team with the most points at the end wins the match.
Every hole won by any match in any round adds to your team's running total. Whoever reaches the "Race To" target first, or has the most points when all matches close, wins the tournament.
Dormie means one team leads by exactly as many holes as are remaining. The trailing team cannot win outright. The best they can do is tie. LeaderboardLive shows this status automatically on the scoring screen.
Yes. Anyone with a scoring link can open the match again, fix the hole, and the board recalculates. Nothing is locked until the tournament is officially closed.
Everything up to 2 rounds. Create a tournament, add players, run up to 2 full rounds, score live. All free, forever. No trial period, no credit card needed.
Unlimited rounds for that tournament. Whether it's 3 rounds or 10, one payment covers the whole event. No subscription, no per-round fees.
Per tournament. One time. Most groups run 2-round trips and never pay anything.
Live updates need a connection on both the scorer's phone and yours. If the scorer is in a dead zone, their scores are queued on their phone and sent the moment signal returns, so the board catches up then. On your end, try refreshing the page. It reconnects to the live feed automatically.
Anyone with that match's scoring link can fix it at any time. Tap Edit Scores next to the match, go to the hole, and fix it. The board recalculates and the change broadcasts live immediately.
The organizer set an access code on the tournament. Ask them for it. If you're the organizer and forgot it, check your account dashboard where you can view or reset it.
Still stuck? support@leaderboardlive.io