How to track rounds, read your summary, and install the app on your phone.
New rounds default to Performance Tracking at a 10 handicap benchmark. You can switch to Basic Tracking anytime before starting.
RoundWise offers two tracking modes. Both use the same navigation and save your round locally. Performance Tracking adds observations during the round and unlocks coaching analysis afterward.
Fast scorekeeping with traditional golf statistics — score, putts, GIR, and penalties. Best when you want familiar percentages without extra on-course taps.
After the round, open your Round Summary for score and traditional stats.
Track additional observations (tee result, green shot, around green, first putt distance, and more) to unlock Performance Analysis and coaching takeaways after the round. Still records score, putts, and penalties.
Hole flow follows your shot sequence: tee → approach → green → scoring fields → optional notes. Clubs are optional in both modes.
Analysis is rules-based — helpful for practice focus, not official strokes gained.
Par
Hole par (3, 4, or 5). Auto-filled when you start a round with a course and tee (scorecard loaded). Use Start Without Course to set par manually on each hole.
GIR (Green in Regulation)
Did you reach the green in par minus 2 strokes?
Putts
Number of putts on the green for this hole.
Penalties
Penalty strokes counted on this hole (OB, water, lost ball, etc.).
Penalty off the tee?
Of your penalty strokes, how many happened off the tee? Used in summary penalty breakdowns.
Score
Your total score on the hole. Starts at 0 until you set it.
Additional Notes
Optional free-text notes for the hole (expand to edit).
Playable Approach
After your tee shot, did you have a normal look at the green — not a punch-out, forced layup, or recovery because of trouble?
Avoided Short Side
When you missed the green, did you avoid leaving yourself on the short side of the pin? Only shown when GIR is No.
Tee Result
Where your tee shot left you: Clean Look, Awkward but Playable, Punch-Out / Layup, or Lost / OB / Water.
Club used off the tee
Optional. Which club you hit from the tee.
Approach Distance
Yardage bucket for your approach shot: <50, 50–100, 100–150, 150–200, or 200+ yards.
Club used for approach
Optional. Which club you used for the approach.
Lie Around Green
When GIR is No — where the ball ended up around the green: Fairway / Fringe, Rough, Bunker, or Recovery.
First Putt Distance
Length of your first putt (yard buckets at entry): Inside 1 yd, 1–2 yd, 3–5 yd, 6–10 yd, 11–15 yd, or 15+ yd.
On Round Analysis (Performance Tracking rounds only), the app compares your score to an expected score for the selected handicap benchmark. Positive gap means strokes above expectation; negative means strokes saved vs expectation.
Pick scratch (0), 5, 10, 15, or 20 when you start a Performance Tracking round. This sets the default comparison level. On Round Analysis, you can switch benchmarks to see how estimates change — that choice is not saved to your round.
Higher-skilled benchmarks scale up positive (lost) strokes; 15 and 20 handicaps also soften saved-stroke values. Same raw round, different expectations.
High — most scored holes have tee result, approach distance, first putt distance, and lie (when GIR was missed). Breakdowns are more reliable.
Medium — some performance observations filled across the round. Totals may under-count holes with missing data.
Low — many holes missing context. Totals rely on penalties, putts-only fallbacks, or empty categories. Top takeaways may note lower confidence.
The summary may show up to three Top Takeaways (biggest category contributors) and one Practice Recommendation. Expand "How this was estimated" for per-hole detail and scaling notes.
Total score, total par, score to par, and averages by par type. For 18-hole rounds, front 9 and back 9 subtotals appear when applicable.
Shown when you picked a target at round start. Compares your score to the per-hole target baseline.
Delta: E = even with target · +N = N over · −N = N under
Total putts and putts per hole for scored active holes.
Playable Approach
Holes where you had a normal approach opportunity (Basic Tracking rounds; also computed for Performance Tracking when recorded).
GIR
Overall and by par 3 / 4 / 5.
Adjusted GIR
GIR percentage counting only holes with a playable approach. Par 3 adjusted GIR matches regular Par 3 GIR.
Avoided Short Side
When you missed the green, how often you avoided the short side.
Penalties
Total penalty strokes, plus how many were off the tee.
Appears only for Performance Tracking rounds on Round Analysis. Shows benchmark picker, confidence, phase breakdown, insights, and expandable methodology detail.
Use Edit Round to return to hole entry, Export JSON on a single round, or Finish Round to mark complete. For all rounds at once, use Export RoundWise Backup below. Long-term trends for completed rounds are on the Statistics page from home.
RoundWise currently stores rounds locally on your device (browser storage). They are not synced to the cloud.
We recommend exporting a backup occasionally — before major app updates, when switching phones, or if you might clear browser data.
Downloads every locally stored round as one JSON file (roundwise-backup-YYYY-MM-DD.json). Restore/import is not available yet — keep this file somewhere safe.
RoundWise is a Progressive Web App. After a new version is deployed, your installed app may temporarily show an older cached version.
If the latest version doesn't appear:
Installed PWAs cache files for offline use. A refresh after reopening usually picks up the newest build. Your rounds stay on this device unless you clear site data.
RoundWise is a Progressive Web App (PWA). Install it on your home screen for full-screen use and offline access after the first load.
Launch from the home screen icon for the best experience. iOS may show a brief install tip when you first visit.
Exact wording varies by Android version and browser. If no prompt appears, use Chrome menu → Install app or Add to Home screen.
Installed rounds stay on this device in local storage until you clear browser data or finish/export them.