VPAR live scoring

[Canfordhacker]

Been looking at the VPAR phone app, which does all the usual GPS, aerial view, stats keeping and scoring (and quite well too IMO). But I'm interested in people's views/experiences of the live scoring function which would allow multiple groups to see in real time how everybody else is doing. Good thing/waste of time/distraction?

What do you think, and if you've used it is it straightforward for the luddites amongst my golfing fraternity.

 

[duncan mackie]

Don't know the specific app but with regard to live scoring....there are those who love it and those who simply don't want to know. I'm in the latter - I have enough problems not getting ahead of myself with my score alone (to the detriment of my play) and the last thing I need is more information!

 

[User 99]

I played in a comp on Sunday that must have been using something similar cause when I got home and looked at the scores, I could see someone on hole 14 for example and all their previous hole scores where there also, I thought it was fantastic, would save the pain of entering the scores after the round.

 

[DeanoMK]

I've used it a few times with my mates and it's good fun being able to see everything happening in real time.

The best time I've used it though was in a competition on The Old Course, in a field of 68ish people, I was in charge of inputting the scores and it was fantastic to see how everything was progressing and it gives me an opportunity to drop a pic in 😉

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Used it in captains day last year. Was fun as a one off but wouldn't use it long term

 

[Grant85]

You imagine this will become more prevalent and eventually the standard way of keeping score.

 

[duncan mackie]

You imagine this will become more prevalent and eventually the standard way of keeping score.

Then again this isn't keeping score; it's a parallel world.
The scores entered, and shown, aren't real.

 

[GG26]

Used it once on a Society day with around 25 players and thought that it worked very well.

 

[DeanoMK]

Then again this isn't keeping score; it's a parallel world.
The scores entered, and shown, aren't real.

How aren't they real?

 

[duncan mackie]

How aren't they real?

Because, as an example, if someone accidentally enters an 8 on a hole through the system, but returns their card with a 3 for the hole, their score for the round will be corrected by 5 strokes.

 

[DeanoMK]

Because, as an example, if someone accidentally enters an 8 on a hole through the system, but returns their card with a 3 for the hole, their score for the round will be corrected by 5 strokes.

But you can edit scores on the VPAR app, even once you've completed the round.

 

[Canfordhacker]

I tend to agree with the mixed feelings, time and place view. Fun round where there are more than 4 of you is good, club medal with 80 people not so sure. But I do think it will become more prevalent and start to overtake the pencil and scorecard in time.

 

[Orikoru]

I've had the VPAR app for ages but never used it for anything other than my own score. I presumably everybody playing, or at least one per group, would need to have the app installed? And you all login to the same game or something?

 

[Foxholer]

I used it a couple of times entering scores for a group at the ProAm at Wentworth - different scoring methods each year.

Good for the players to see how other groups were doing, though a bit meaningless once the group was significantly down the rankings.

 

[duncan mackie]

But you can edit scores on the VPAR app, even once you've completed the round.

Now you have answered your own question.

If a score can be edited it isn't real ie it's only an indicative score that may, or may not, be the final score.