GHIN

Name: GHIN
Rating: 4.8 (20472 reviews)
Author: United States Golf Association

Sports

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

20K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Sports
Developer

United States Golf Association
Language

EN
English
Size

373
MB

This is the official mobile app of the Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN), a service offered by the USGA to golf associations worldwide. Key features include: • Score Posting (Total Score, Hole-by-Hole Score and Hole-by-Hole Score with Stats) • Stat Tracking (Number of Putts, Approach Shot Accuracy and Driving Accuracy) • Course Maps & GPS • Enhanced GPS Features (Putt Break Map, Approach Shot Heat Map, Shot Tracking) • Games & Group Score Keeping • Apple Watch integration • Golfer Lookup • Handicap Calculator Terms of Service - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy - https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/Handicap-ghin/ghin-privacy-policy.html

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

20K Ratings

Better system
11/19/2021

ninvfvbkibvg
I have a soft cap on my handicap. I believe it is a result of one great round I played at my home course in August. That dropped my index way down. It’s a little disappointing that my index is being constricted because of that. You know it is possible to have one good day on the links in an entire year. Especially if you were a very good golfer at one point in your life. It’s still in there. I just can’t get it to come out nearly as often as I would like. Quite honestly, it’s embarrassing ring the index I am. But it’s what I am. I’m getting older. Can’t hit it as far or as straight. My body doesn’t always cooperate. Can’t practice as much as I would like because of my back. Wish the system could take everything into consideration.
Better system
11/19/2021

ninvfvbkibvg

I have a soft cap on my handicap. I believe it is a result of one great round I played at my home course in August. That dropped my index way down. It’s a little disappointing that my index is being constricted because of that. You know it is possible to have one good day on the links in an entire year. Especially if you were a very good golfer at one point in your life. It’s still in there. I just can’t get it to come out nearly as often as I would like. Quite honestly, it’s embarrassing ring the index I am. But it’s what I am. I’m getting older. Can’t hit it as far or as straight. My body doesn’t always cooperate. Can’t practice as much as I would like because of my back. Wish the system could take everything into consideration.
Phone App Great - Watch, not so much
07/07/2023

Kuhrhfhurdhi
The app for the phone is amazing. I love that it keeps handicap, has enhanced GPS, has heat and putt maps, stat tracking, handicap calculator, etc…. One major flaw is that with the Apple Watch, the GPS still uses yardage from your phone. So, sorry for you if it’s cart path only. Sorry if your partner drops you and takes the cart. The watch app is also constantly closing on your wrist, so, reopening and having to allow it to calibrate again is annoying. GHIN needs to take a note from Hole19 and GolfShot and allow the watch app to utilize the watch GPS on GPS mode only, this way, your watch shows accurate yardage. I find that the biggest difference is the other apps allow Apple Watch with GPS to use the watches GPS and stay open for the full round (phone or not) by utilizing the health app. I use the phone for approaches and around the greens (mainly when we are driving to an approach shot and/or parking to walk to putt and wanting to see the green slopes), then I leave my phone in the cart and I use GolfShot for my watch GPS.
Phone App Great - Watch, not so much
07/07/2023

Kuhrhfhurdhi

The app for the phone is amazing. I love that it keeps handicap, has enhanced GPS, has heat and putt maps, stat tracking, handicap calculator, etc…. One major flaw is that with the Apple Watch, the GPS still uses yardage from your phone. So, sorry for you if it’s cart path only. Sorry if your partner drops you and takes the cart. The watch app is also constantly closing on your wrist, so, reopening and having to allow it to calibrate again is annoying. GHIN needs to take a note from Hole19 and GolfShot and allow the watch app to utilize the watch GPS on GPS mode only, this way, your watch shows accurate yardage. I find that the biggest difference is the other apps allow Apple Watch with GPS to use the watches GPS and stay open for the full round (phone or not) by utilizing the health app. I use the phone for approaches and around the greens (mainly when we are driving to an approach shot and/or parking to walk to putt and wanting to see the green slopes), then I leave my phone in the cart and I use GolfShot for my watch GPS.
Great Potential. Support is non existent
12/30/2023

RCPanek
I have been using the app for several years. I use it essentially as an electronic scorecard with the added bonus of automatically submitting for my handicap. It is helpful for match situations with built-in net scoring and even has flexible percentages of net strokes. It is also decent at keeping track of statistics, though there are other apps which are more powerful and offer more granularity, like club and putt distances. The thing that is annoying is that my course, which is a top course in the state, does not have the green heat maps. I know they exist because other apps offer them. I have emailed the developer on several occasions and only get the message "you have already submitted this request," with no path forward. Additionally, the app occasionally has a bug which does not allow proper score input, and reverts to the keyboard instead of the numerical pad input which gives an error in advancing to the next hole. Lastly, the Apple Watch integration has promise, but crashes too many times to be useful.
Great Potential. Support is non existent
12/30/2023

RCPanek

I have been using the app for several years. I use it essentially as an electronic scorecard with the added bonus of automatically submitting for my handicap. It is helpful for match situations with built-in net scoring and even has flexible percentages of net strokes. It is also decent at keeping track of statistics, though there are other apps which are more powerful and offer more granularity, like club and putt distances. The thing that is annoying is that my course, which is a top course in the state, does not have the green heat maps. I know they exist because other apps offer them. I have emailed the developer on several occasions and only get the message "you have already submitted this request," with no path forward. Additionally, the app occasionally has a bug which does not allow proper score input, and reverts to the keyboard instead of the numerical pad input which gives an error in advancing to the next hole. Lastly, the Apple Watch integration has promise, but crashes too many times to be useful.
Poorly designed, poorly supported, such a great start, but bad
05/09/2023

TeufelHunden91
OkI love the app for the ease of scoring and the GPS function, when it works. So much to possibly like, but…..There is no way to use the score/scorecard function without using GPS…. But why wouldn’t you want that??Because, the GPS is so poorly designed my fully charged phone usually doesn’t make it through 18 holes without running the battery down (iPhone 12 pro with battery effiecency of 88%)AND….My local private club, a Pete dye course, has the wrong gps course attached, so the GPS is worthless. I have submitted two feedback forms to the app, with no response and no change. Nothing like being on the 4th hole (par 5) of a championship course and it saying you are 2357 yards away from the 5th hole of the non rated executive course.But, they have the scorecard correct. Just asleep at the wheel…Then, my son and I started to play 18 on Sunday evening but decided to stop at 9 holes instead. Well, when scoring for multiple people there is no way to end the round early and post only the 9 holes…. Again, do the developers or employees not use the app??Every time you boot the app and try and play it tries to get you to pay $40 a year for more features, but the basics don’t even work.Don’t get me wrong, I really like some aspects, but I assumed with the USGA name in this that the basics would work and they would have some basic supports.
Poorly designed, poorly supported, such a great start, but bad
05/09/2023

TeufelHunden91

OkI love the app for the ease of scoring and the GPS function, when it works. So much to possibly like, but…..There is no way to use the score/scorecard function without using GPS…. But why wouldn’t you want that??Because, the GPS is so poorly designed my fully charged phone usually doesn’t make it through 18 holes without running the battery down (iPhone 12 pro with battery effiecency of 88%)AND….My local private club, a Pete dye course, has the wrong gps course attached, so the GPS is worthless. I have submitted two feedback forms to the app, with no response and no change. Nothing like being on the 4th hole (par 5) of a championship course and it saying you are 2357 yards away from the 5th hole of the non rated executive course.But, they have the scorecard correct. Just asleep at the wheel…Then, my son and I started to play 18 on Sunday evening but decided to stop at 9 holes instead. Well, when scoring for multiple people there is no way to end the round early and post only the 9 holes…. Again, do the developers or employees not use the app??Every time you boot the app and try and play it tries to get you to pay $40 a year for more features, but the basics don’t even work.Don’t get me wrong, I really like some aspects, but I assumed with the USGA name in this that the basics would work and they would have some basic supports.

This release includes several improvements to the Enhanced GPS experience, including easier discovery, better user education, and a smoother GPS trial process.

Version 5.6.17

Oct 27

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