Follow the round as it happens.

Before the first tee

1. Set up the course and round while connected. A new scorecard can include up to eight golfers, including the host.
2. Use + Friend for golfers with WORM accounts who should participate in the shared card. Use + Guest for golfers without accounts. A guest name alone does not grant editing access.
3. Have linked golfers open the shared card in WORM while they still have reception. Agree who will enter scores so two people do not unknowingly change the same hole.
4. Create a viewing link with the round’s sharing control, check whether it includes money information, and send it to the intended viewers.

Who can score, and who can watch?

Example: one foursome, two guests

For a hypothetical Saturday round, the host adds one account-linked friend and two guests. That makes four golfers on the scorecard. The host and linked friend can score in WORM; the two guests can follow the same card in their browsers.

A friend watching from home can open the viewing link too. Watching does not add that person to the playing roster or give them permission to change scores. The eight-golfer limit applies to the scorecard roster.

When reception drops or a score looks wrong

On supported WORM builds, the host and linked golfers can keep changes on their own device during a connection loss. A browser viewer needs a connection to receive updates. A score saved on one phone may not have reached the shared card yet.

Check the card after the last putt

The host cannot confirm changes that are still only on another disconnected phone. Check together before finishing so an offline scorer is not left with unsent entries.

For a competition played under the Rules of Golf, follow the organizer’s scorecard procedure. Rule 3.3b explains the marker’s and player’s responsibilities to check and certify hole scores and return the card. WORM’s in-app review does not by itself establish that your event’s requirements have been met.

1. Compare each golfer’s hole-by-hole actual scores, including any penalty strokes, before finishing. Keep optional WORM adjustments separate from the actual score.
2. Ask every linked scorer to reconnect and check their pending saves or conflicting entries. After everyone’s scores are saved, the host completes the shared round and checks that completion is confirmed.
3. Each linked golfer reviews and approves their own finished scorecard for their history. Viewing the card in a browser does not approve it or establish that the viewer played.

Read The R&A’s Rule 3.3b on scoring in stroke play

Played as a guest? Keep your result

If a completed, eligible scorecard offers Save my round, use it to request the guest result you actually played. Opening the viewing link or installing WORM alone does not add the round to History. These steps require a compatible WORM build.

1. Keep the original viewing link. If you need to install the iPhone beta, return to that link after installation and choose Save my round to open WORM.
2. Sign in or create and verify your account if needed. Check the course and scorer, then select the guest name you played under and choose Request my scorecard. The scorer sees your account name and handle.
3. Ask the scorer to check Notifications or the finished round’s Share → Guest requests and confirm the correct player. A request is not yet a saved result.
4. Once confirmed, choose Review my scores, or open History → Scorecards to review. Check your hole scores and approve the card to add your result to History.

Need help with your guest scorecard?

Guest result not in History? Check the stage

Worked example: in the hypothetical Saturday foursome above, one guest installs WORM that evening. They return to the original link, request their guest name, wait for scorer confirmation and approve their own card. The friend who only watched from home must not claim a player’s result.

Saving a guest result does not grant live editing access, rewrite the original playing roster or create retroactive Group challenge credit.

Control what the link reveals

Anyone who has a working round link can see the information it permits. The scorer chooses whether money information is included when creating each link. Changing a later link does not change earlier links.

Turn off links stops the round’s existing browser viewing links once the change is confirmed online; it does not remove account-linked players from the round. Viewing links expire after 30 days. A round link does not open other rounds, account backups or the Group’s history.

Put a finished round in context

A live shared card follows one round. Group tournament standings use eligible completed, approved entries, and Group results have their own member access rules. Sharing the card does not enter it into a tournament.

For a recurring crew, use a Group to keep standings and records across outings. Adding a Group to the round does not fill its playing roster; add the golfers separately.

See how Group leaderboards work

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