GolfNow Compete Reviews

by Roop Dog

I’ve been using the Golf Now GolfPass app to track my scores for the last year and a half and have loved the gps, the stats and the ease of use. I was surprised yesterday when I couldn’t track my score, I was given the option to download the new app, GolfNow Compete. The interface seems nice and I was looking forward to exploring the changes but at the end of my 9-hole round I was unable to save my scores. I had the option to “resume scoring” to finish entering scores for the entire 18 holes, which I hadn’t played and wasn’t planning to play, or “exit without saving”. I love golf but I don’t have time to play 18 holes every time so a 9-hole round is quite common for me. I guess I’ll have to find a new scoring app. Too bad.

by GuamVice

GolfNowCompete is a big let down. First off, it has no tutorial or a help section and is not intuitive when it comes to the competition options. Worst of all; if you want to compete or keep score for multiple people, the other players have to have accounts and accept invites. You can’t do any manual player and round setup or entry. I tried to play with my older father in law who didn’t want to download GolfNowCompete on his phone, so we just used the good old fashioned paper scorecard instead of GolfNowCompete.
I’d rather use GolfNow apps because the course selection and syncing with bookings is so great, but GolfNowCompete is very underwhelming at this time.

by JBGolf

Loved the old app and it worked great. After an update to the “old” app at the beginning of a round that resulted in nonstop crashes I kept score on paper. Downloaded the new app. Guess what... Can’t input old scores, can’t change scores once there finalized. Everything seems much more restrictive, and although it seems to have worked for others, I lost all my old rounds. Very unfortunate, will be looking for a new app that will just keep score in a simple format.

by LegallyBruin

Played Friday after long lockdown lay-off and discovered that scoring on the golf now app is gone. Forced me to download a new app while I was on the course. The new app took away features my friends and I used on GolfNowCompete . It doesn’t allow adding players to a round and emailing the scorecard after the round (so it’s useless for me and my friends). It took away the ability to track sand shots, and whether you’re left or right on a par 3 or short or long on any hole. Seems odd that a company would de-feature and expect people to stay with it.

by Fretty JayWalker

I used the original GolfNow app to track my progress while I was playing. Now I’m forced to use this one but the GPS doesn’t even work when I try to tap my location. It’s literally just images of the hole with suggested yardage, yet it still asks for my location. Plus the competition I entered in did not update with my score. It feels like a downgrade from the original.

I would like to also add an option to add scorecards that I had to enter manually so I can update my handicap.

by K_money1.0

They took the old version away and gave us this. They took out several of the features that made it a such a great app.

It tracks all of your stats, but you can’t actually look at your totals/averages for that round, only the total average of all your rounds. You should be able to sort scorecards, delete old ones, and view each hole in detail.

The GPS used to have a target box that you could drag to a spot if you are thinking about laying up, now that’s only there if you are like 300+ yards from the hole.

Why remove these features?

The one improvement I did see was that you can now position the pin within the green, which is nice but doesn’t make up for all the missed potential.

by MarkTheManiac

I have used the GolfNow app for years. The split off the play / scorecard feature into GolfNowCompete and added several unwanted features. After using the new app for several rounds I have the following issues:
(1) there is no way within GolfNowCompete or from the golfnow web page to provide feedback.
(2) for each round you get an unsolicited email to review the course. I cannot turn this off within GolfNowCompete or via link in the email message. I consider these messages are spam.
(3) the units choice is yards or meters. Displaying the altitude in yards is not helpful.
(4) I have noticed at least one error in the course layout but because of #1 I can’t report it. For example the Todd Creek course in Colorado has the #10 green marked at the #1 location.
(5) GolfNowCompete uses the gps after completing a round. You have to force quit GolfNowCompete to stop this.
(6) there is no apparent way to export the scorecard data (or any statistics). Email as text would be fine.
(7) the satellite imagery is old in some cases. Again, #1 prevents me from reporting the specific issues.
I would appreciate GolfNowCompete developer fix these issues.

by None123-1

Unfortunately I was forced to change to GolfNowCompete as I started my round, I wish I’d had a notice.
First several rounds were all fine, however the last three rounds GolfNowCompete has not worked properly. GolfNowCompete does not load or it doesn’t provide gps distance or location. No yardages, simply just an image of the hole from back tee to green. It’s basically a scoring app right now, and that’s not what I expected.

by Anniebannanie63849

I used the original Golfnow app for scoring and loved it. I always kept track of everyone’s score. This new app only lets me track my score. I can invite others to the round but I’m unable to just add other golfers and keep track of everyone’s score. Everything else is pretty much the same for me. Not sure why they had to change this :(

Sorry Golfnow but I’ll be looking at other apps.

by Ebellsie

Comparing to old Golfnow app.

The pros: Interface is a little more nifty, seamless getting back to GolfNowCompete from lock screen, includes handicap, maintained all golf history from old app. Also I like that you can change the pin position. It also has an option for auto-scoring. That would be very cool if it worked.

The cons: can’t record 9 holes anymore, the home screen seems to have a glitch - only shows 1 round, no average or best score despite lots of history from old app and 2 rounds with new app. Also my handicap did not change after 2nd round and I am not sure it was impacted by my first round with new app. Also, I cannot figure out how to add golfers to my round like in the old app. And auto scoring doesn’t work. (It’s not that it got it wrong, it just didn’t ever function.) Finally, GolfNowCompete needs to be reloaded between each play and I find I need to access it from the play now feature in the old app or it glitches - won’t open; just closes when I try.

If the glitches get fixed and add back features of play 9 and add golfers this will be 5 stars.

by Jj12335678910

The GolfNow Compete app has some good features including score/stat tracking, accurate distances, and an easy interface. However I don’t want to have to reference my phone each time I want to check a distance or tally my score which is why they desperately need to add Apple Watch functionality. With the watch you’d be able to see the yardage and keep score without having to keep getting your phone out to do so. There are other apps I’ve tried that have this feature but most require a subscription of some kind. Golfnow compete could stand out if It provides a similar product for free.

by PeripheralStrctrs47

Need to bring back more in-depth options for accuracy off the tee, for instance par 3s don’t even give you the option, would be nice to know how many times I go right/left, long/short of the greens as well as on par 4 and 5s. Also is missing the bunker counter that used to go with tracking penalties. GolfNowCompete Should’ve been a replica and transition with improvements from the main app. Not sure why some of those features were removed or limited.
I do, however, like the ability to adjust where the flash is on the green to get exact distance.

by Scca_ziptie

Please add total putts to round review. It tracks the total putts, but only shows your average putts per round. GolfNowCompete used to show them, when you selected “view round history” and then chose a round/card to review. Hopefully this is something that can be added back to GolfNowCompete , and hopefully quickly. PLEASE!

I like the GPS tracking for the course, helpful and relatively accurate. Just a few polishing bits and it should be a great app, deserving of an increase of rating.

by AndyS62

Not sure what all they did, but since the most recent update, it takes longer for GolfNowCompete to locate where I am and give me distance.
Prior to update, as soon as I opened my phone (with app open) it knew where I was and showed immediately the distance to center of the green. Now, the map moves, corrects itself, a circle appears, start to reduce in size and then pinpoints my position. All the while the distance to the whole is changing.
On occasion, after entering my score for the hole , the next hole shows me far away from the tee box. I have to close the screen (not GolfNowCompete ) then reopen the screen, to get the bearings.
Other than that, it’s ok. Distances, when they finally stop changing, seem pretty accurate.

by All Fairways KP

Used a few time now on the course and works very well. Better the a few others I’ve used. Auto score hasn’t really worked for me even though it’s turned on, not sure I’ve figured that out yet. I am just really waiting for Apple Watch support. I hate going to the phone every time. Just a slight inconvenience. With Apple Watch support it would get 5 stars from me.

by Cfleming12

Solid app, love the live scoring feature + GPS & wind direction. Easy to maneuver throughout GolfNowCompete and input scores. GPS is super accurate - double checked with my range finder and was always +/- 1 yard if not spot on. Wish the stats feature was more built out for instance: up & down for par saves when missing a GIR. Also wish you could view your scorecard after you save your round - you can only see your total score to par. Would also like if you could trigger on/off tracking driving distance on par 4’s and par 5’s (would think this is doable since GPS is built into GolfNowCompete ). Would also be awesome to see distance of putts made per hole/round. Good app as is but a lot of room for improvement! Nice job GolfNow!

by Greg Kieninget

Program is great however the gps goes in and out and reboots at times. Not sure what that’s all about, needed to delete GolfNowCompete and reload it today as it had signed me out and wouldn’t recognize my password.
Played golf today and at times the gps background was partial, however, came back after awhile. Not sure if it’s weather or what.
Like the program it usually works. I have had the occasional situation where a random hole is shown out in the ocean!
Greg Kieninger

by Nic Chest

I originally used the regular golfnow app to track my scores and to use as a rangefinder, however it is now a requirement to use this golfnow compete app. I loved it at first-even more than the original-but I was very disappointed to see that it wont allow me to submit scores for when Im not playing 18 holes. This is a terrible feature, and it is very restricting due to the fact that I usually only play 9 holes. Other than this fact It is an amazingly useful app which I use all the time, and if they fix this problem then it will for sure be a 5 star rating from me.

by Shawx10

I loved the original Golf Now app. I told all my friends about it. It’s amazing. A digital way to track everything.

This new app, first of all, you can’t save 9 hole rounds which is completely bogus. That needs to be fixed ASAP. Which definitely should be easy to do.

Second of all, the new GPS is so much better and faster. Absolutely love it. But, we need it on Apple Watch! I’d rather just look at my wrist rather than having to check my phone every shot.

I love GolfNowCompete. It’s truly great. But these small changes need to be made.

by RVHuff01

GolfNowCompete really adds more enjoyment to my round of golf. Having the hole map and accurate yardages lets me do less guessing and more hitting solid missiles at the pins. Now how do we get an app that will read the greens?