Can I ask...how big would a society need to be for a live leaderboard to be useful?
In reality, I can only answer this question for my society as this is the only one that I have played in, however, in our case we tend to have anything from 12 (extremely hot weather here in summer sees numbers dwindling fast!) to 40 or 3 to 10 groups on the course. We used to do paper cards but having the live score with you added an extra "dimension" to things and, for some at least, an extra layer of "excitement". Knowing that you need a 3 on the tough par 4 18th sometimes leads to those that don't wither under pressure playing some pretty inspired golf! Of course, it can also lead to some doomed attempts to score for those that do wither!
The issue is that no two societies are the same and it's almost impossible to cater for everyone. I would also say some of your requirements are actually just nice-to-haves that many don't want (e.g. on-course scoring and leaderboard). A truly comprehensive product would be too expensive - people will always lean towards the much cheaper compromise solution and adapt to it.
When the Earlier Scottish Golf App - VMS - was in use that had a live leaderboard which I found interesting and useful - much like the tour players have. It’s one of the functions I miss from the DotGolf app SG now use
In reality, I can only answer this question for my society as this is the only one that I have played in, however, in our case we tend to have anything from 12 (extremely hot weather here in summer sees numbers dwindling fast!) to 40 or 3 to 10 groups on the course. We used to do paper cards but having the live score with you added an extra "dimension" to things and, for some at least, an extra layer of "excitement". Knowing that you need a 3 on the tough par 4 18th sometimes leads to those that don't wither under pressure playing some pretty inspired golf! Of course, it can also lead to some doomed attempts to score for those that do wither!
