At Golfshot, we strive to be the #1 worldwide golf GPS app on the market. With golfers in 78 countries, over 35 Million rounds played, 47,000 courses mapped, and over 11 million shots tracked since 2021, we continue to push the boundaries of technology to truly help you play your best golf.
So what can you expect from Golfshot this year and beyond?
The success of Automatic Shot Tracking for Apple Watch and Android Wear has provided a new, data-driven approach to helping golfers get better. Our goal is to let you use your existing devices to track shots automatically and enjoy detailed analysis with calculations like Strokes Gained. We want the data you collect on the course to tell you where you need to improve and how.
If you know the game of golf, you know there are no quick fixes. It’s time spent on the range, in the practice bunker doing repetition after repetition – grinding! Here at Golfshot, we want to be your partner in that journey of improvement and with you when you stick it within 2 feet or finally break 100, 90, 80, or 70 (to be that good).
In 2023, Golfshot will bridge the gap between on-course performance and practice for game improvement. Through automated data tracking on the course via wearable tech, Golfshot will provide you insights, data, and direction on your game that you can take to the range or to your golf instructor.
Swing ID
The first step in improving your swing is analyzing it. Level up your analysis with Swing ID (Swing Individual Data) on Apple Watch, from Golfshot. With key metrics like Swing Plane, Tempo/Rhythm, Hand Speed, and more, you can hone in on consistent golf shots. With real-time and post-round analysis on every shot, Golfshot members can identify swing issues and make corrections for improved performance.
Optimizing your swing can help you hit the ball longer, straighter or just achieve more consistency on the golf course.
Strokes Gained
It’s not just for the Pros anymore. Strokes Gained provides a more accurate representation of a player’s skill level compared to classic golf stats. Strokes Gained accurately helps identify a player’s biggest opportunities for improvement – giving you an advantage on the field. Golfshot makes Strokes Gained easy by using our proprietary Auto Shot Tracking system to collect data for every shot like geo-location, lie type distance to the hole, and more. This automated solution makes it easier to get your data without tracking it on pen and paper or without additional devices.
At the end of each round, your Strokes Gained Stats will be available for review and analysis. Coming later this year.
Optimizing Course Maps
In partnership with StrackaLine, Golfshot has updated 24,000 golf course maps this year. Golfshot Course Maps are richer and more accurate than ever before. These updates will provide Golfshot Members with a more accurate experience on the course in tracking statistics for their game.
Golfplan 2.0
Golfplan 2.0 takes a new data-driven approach to help you play your best golf. By leveraging Auto Shot Tracking, Strokes Gained, Swing analysis, and upcoming on-range and practice area features, Golfplan will create a personalized practice plan for members that identify their greatest opportunities to lower scores.
Global Golf Data
As one of the only global golf GPS apps, Golfshot is looking to enable golf companies of all sizes to build, promote, and enhance products and services by leveraging our on-course data on over 47,000 golf courses worldwide.
Through Golfshot, golf manufacturers, media, and lifestyle businesses will be able to analyze millions of data points in real time at high local levels using global data. Better decision-making, global market research, and real-time golf trends are all things to come from Golfshot’s accurate and reliable golf data.
When does Swing ID (Swing Individual Data) on Apple Watch, from Golfshot launch? Keep it up!!
Hoping soon! We are still working on a few tweaks and testing, we will announce it when it’s ready!
Waht about Swing ID (Swing Individual Data) on android watch?
That will come eventually, but we do not know when exactly! Our user base is predominantly Apple Watch over Android Wear, so we usually build one then we have to adjust and develop for the other since Apple and Android have different criteria.
Most of us love the idea of golfshot and it’s facility to track shots, and offering data… Is there an opportunity to subscribe for pro subscription so we can fully test before committing with the cost outlay. As shot scope ,Garmin and arccos offer this..
We do offer a free one week trial to Pro with every single free account that is created!
Please don’t forget us vertical swingers! The graphic above looks to be synced to the “modern” golf swing which can be very unfriendly for your back—just ask Tiger Woods.
When will you finally add TOURNAMENT to the type of round?? I’ve been recommending this for the last three years!
There is a huge difference between someone playing a round of golf with their buddies and a round of golf in a tournament. It’s an advantage to see how your stats / scoring differs between both.
Please add this request to an upcoming update.
We do have this on our development docket, it’s a matter of time with our developers and testing!
When will swing analysis be available on android
We do not have a timeline for this yet, but once it’s set with Apple we will have to work on building it for the Android system!
My home course The Great Outdoors RV and Golf Resort, Titusville, FL has used hybrid tees for several years. I now play 9 gold and 9 red tees. Golfshot does not recognize hybrid tees on this course. Can they be added some day?
I will get this to our team and see what we can do about this, thank you!
Scioto country club in Ohio also needs a course update. It was completely renovated
Please rach out to support@golfshot.com and they can get any course added and/or updated!
How about make it comtaribel with sensors like Arccos and Garmin?
We have been asked about Fitbit and Garmin, but our main focus has been iOS, OS Wear, and Tizen. We do hope to expand but for now, we have put the most focus on the larger brands that are most used. As for the Arccos, we will not be compatible with those sensors as they are their own system and we are more focused on building a product that uses you, your equipment, and your wearables. Easy, accessible, low-cost, and technologically sound.
Would be nice to see features like DeWiz or HackMotion. Partnership with Motion2Coach could bring up interesting features.
Keep going
This is something our team has looked into, it is dependent on our team, their schedules, the testing, the development and all the hoops to jump through but if we can get to it, we will let everyone know, thank you!
It would be great to be able to tap a location on the aerial map during a hole to get a distance to a feature ie bunker or water. Thanks
You can! While in the hole overview you can see there is a circle, if you drag that to the bunker, water, etc it will give you the distance to it
Not in the free tier, right? I’ve got a dedicated gps device that does this, and while I love the ability to see data on my watch, not having distance to hazards (without a subscription) may cause me to go back to my old product.
Yes, Real-time distances to hazards, L/R/C to the pin, and more are available in Pro only.
It would be great to have a feature to let you know how far you have hit the ball off the tee.
It should track you from the tee shot to the 2nd hit. I never know until the end how far the drives have gone. Garmin do this on their wearables.
We have auto shot tracking with Apple Watch and working with Android. We also do manual shot tracking with your phone that will track all shots, including your 1st shot off the tee to the next shot and so on.
Is that only with Pro?
My home course in Canmore Alberta (Canmore golf and curling club) plays regular tees (blur / white / red) and blended tees (blue white combination). Nice to have these combinations available to select.
Thanks
Excited to hear about the new features. Was an early adopter and it was tough moving away from this app to one that provided a number of the features you’re rolling out.
Any plans to have shot tracking without the need for an Apple Watch?
We do offer shot tracking via the phone. It is manual however, here are the 3 ways to do it: https://shotzoom.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000944613-How-do-I-track-shots-
Can’t wait for Strokes Gained! Do you have an estimated release?
We do not have that at the moment! It will depend on testing and when we can ensure it’s bug-free and ready to launch!
Great app, really useful and is helping improve my game. on thing I do find frustrating is that it regularly jumps a hole ahead without the score for the previous hole being entered, it is easy to then put the score for the 7th, into the 8th and so on. I’m assuming that very few people would skip holes and therefore it should default to having to enter a score before advancing a hole? It takes time to go back to the right hole and that time should be used instead for getting to the next tee….
Thanks
Please check your settings! You may have auto advance on, this would cause it to jump to the next hole. Make sure that is off, if issues still persist please email support@golfshot.com
Why does your scoring not include a 9W? Will you add it at some point.
I use it often instead of my iron.
Please send an email so support@golfshot.com and they can look to get that added!
why dont any of your australian courses have the correct hole index values? we cant play stableford using your app as the holes are always incorrectly ranked. I play lots of different courses so I dont want to have to update each scorecard everytime I play
Please reach out to our support team so they can help you with this, support@golfshot.com!
Hi, when will it be possible to see a bigger map on the apple watch?
Is there a possibility to add a “button” to track shot distance directly from the apple watch instead of doing it from the iphone?
thanks
Unfortunately the map size is set on the apple watch due to the watch size. As for the shot tracking, if you use the Auto Shot Tracking feature, you will no have to hit track when tracking your ball. Our Auto Shot Tracking manually tracks the shot distance using the watch location and distance to the next swing.
thanks, what about having a dedicated screen then for the map and our current position towards the hole by swapping left or right? otherwise honestly it’s not super useful as is, being too small.
Anything in the works for providing green slopes and heat maps?
We are working on maps and more – stay tuned!
When will you add support for the whi systems in countries outside North America
Our ATP (Average to Par) calculates scores based on WHS. It is not an official handicap though.