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Side Game is a golf trip app built specifically for groups of friends playing multi-day trips. It delivers live hole-by-hole scoring, calculates handicaps automatically, and delivers live leaderboards updated after every hole. It replaces the spreadsheet the organizer normally maintains and supports five formats — Stroke Play, Skins, Best Ball, Ryder Cup, and Stableford — across more than 30,000 courses with auto-populated scorecards.

Side Game supports five competition formats out of the box: Stroke Play, Skins, Best Ball, Ryder Cup, and Stableford. Each format is scored live with automatic handicaps, so a group can run multiple games concurrently across a multi-day trip.

Yes. Side Game is designed around multi-day trips. Scores are entered hole by hole on the phone, leaderboards update live for every format being played, and push notifications fire when positions change. A separate spectator dashboard, also known as TV mode, can be cast in the clubhouse so the group at the bar can follow the rest of the field in real time.

Side Game supports two handicap modes per trip: each player's official handicap index, or custom handicaps assigned by the trip admin from the admin console. In both modes the math is automatic — the app stores the value per player and applies the correct strokes per hole based on the course and tees being played. On top of that, the admin can set a custom handicap allowance percentage per format, so net scores in Stroke Play, Best Ball, Stableford, and match play come out correct without manual adjustment.

Side Game has more than 30,000 golf courses available worldwide. Each course comes with an auto-populated scorecard — pars, yardages, and stroke indexes for every tee — so the organizer never has to type a course in by hand. Pick the course, pick the tees, and the app handles the rest.

Free with every feature and all five formats for trips of up to two rounds. For longer trips, the trip admin pays a single group fee — no subscription, no per-player charge. Even if you split that fee across the group, it never works out to more than $12 per person, and the bigger the group, the less per head.

No — only the trip admin pays a single group fee. The rest of the players pay nothing and don't need a paid account, unlike apps that make every member subscribe.

Yes. Each trip can choose between using each player's official handicap index or custom handicaps assigned by the group, set by the trip admin from the admin console. Use the official index when the group wants the standard number, or assign custom handicaps when the official index doesn't reflect how a player actually plays. Side Game applies the correct strokes per hole automatically in both modes, and the per-format handicap allowance still stacks on top.

Yes. Side Game lets the trip admin set a custom handicap allowance per format from the admin console. The organizer can run, for example, 100% allowance in Best Ball, 90% in Stroke Play, and 95% in Stableford on the same trip. The allowance is applied automatically to net scores in every supported format — Stroke Play, Skins, Best Ball, Ryder Cup, and Stableford.

Yes. Side Game runs full Ryder Cup team match play between two teams across multiple sessions and days. It supports Singles, Best Ball, and High/Low matches, with live team standings, individual records tracked as wins, losses, and halves (W/L/H), and a PGA-style match summary that breaks the result down hole by hole. Captains can set lineups for each session and the app handles the math automatically.

Side Game is currently available on iOS through the App Store. An Android version is on the roadmap and will be announced on this site when it ships.