Scoring Features and Enhancements

Enjoy a faster and simpler option to post your hole-by-hole score after a round.

The improved display presents both the player’s gross score and the adjusted score for handicapping purposes. When entering your round score hole by hole, the app calculates and displays the adjusted score for each hole.

Enhancement to make the delete option more accessible within the hole-by-hole GPS display.

Golf Year Recap

Celebrate your season with #MyGolfYear! At the end of the year, Golf Canada members can access a snapshot of their golf season highlights—including rounds played, handicap, favourite courses and health data—directly on the app.

Handicap Allowance

Like the function in Score Centre, this feature automatically calculates a player’s Playing Handicap according to the Rules of Handicapping, ensuring fairness across various formats of play.

Membership Enhancements

Ensure that membership status and handicap are instantly refreshed and displayed upon renewal.

Track Health Information and Gain Insights

During and after your rounds, access detailed health-related data showing the positive physical benefits your game had on your well-being. Health statistics include number of steps, distance walked, calories burned and elevation gained. Those with an Apple Watch can also track heart rate and stand time. Easily view your health statistics over different periods – the last 7 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, year to date or lifetime – all from your profile. Other users cannot view your health statistics, ensuring your personal information remains private and secure.

How to access – iOS (devices with iOS 8 and newer operating systems):

1. Update the Golf Canada App in the App Store

2. You will be prompted to allow statistics to be tracked after completing a round in the Golf Canada App

Android (devices with 14 and newer operating systems):

1. Update the Golf Canada App in the Google Play Store

2. Download a health data app from the Google Play Store (ie. Google Fit, Samsung Health) if not already downloaded

3. You will be prompted to allow statistics to be tracked after completing a round in the Golf Canada App

Android (devices with 13 and older operating systems):

1. Update the Golf Canada App in the Google Play Store

2. Download a health data app from the Google Play Store (ie. Google Fit, Samsung Health) if not already downloaded

3. Download Health Connect from the Google Play Store

4. Grant the Golf Canada App and health data app permission to access data in the Health Connect app

5. You will be prompted to allow statistics to be tracked after completing a round in the Golf Canada App

Access Add Friends / Friends System

Find and request to add your golfing buddies as Friends in the Golf Canada App so they can see, like and comment on your golf scores, photos and videos.

“News Feed” of Your Friends’ Scores, Status Updates, Photos and Videos

The home screen of the Golf Canada App has been revamped as a Facebook-like feed of your friends’ golf scores, status updates, and the likes and comments they leave or receive.

Attach Photos & Videos to Your Scores

You can now upload / attach one or more photos or videos you take out on the course to the golf scores you post to the Golf Canada App so your Friends and view, like and comment upon them.

Post a Non-Score Status Update (+ Photos, Videos)

If you’re not interested in tracking your score on a particular outing, you can post a Status Update and let your friends see where you’re playing today and attach up to 10 photos or videos.

Get Notified About New Likes, Comments, & Your Friends’ Scores and Outings

You can now choose whether or not to receive an e-mail or push notification if someone leaves you a like or comment, if your friends post a new Score or Status Update, or if you receive a new Friend request.

Set a Profile Photo

Now that we’ve gone social, you can edit your own profile and upload a profile photo to represent you in the Golf Canada App.

If you’re not already on the home screen, tap Home in the bottom button bar of the Golf Canada App. Next, in the top-left corner of the screen, look for the icon of two people / heads with a + icon on top. Tap this button and you’ll get access to a search bar, some suggestions for people you may know, and an option to connect to your phonebook and quickly add people you know who are Golf Canada members.

Tap Profile in the bottom button bar of the Golf Canada App. Next, tap the red Edit My Profile button. Finally, tap the Add Profile Photo button to take a photo or select one from your phone’s photo gallery. Hit Save to apply the change and set your new photo.

Either on the Home screen, or by tapping the Profile button in the bottom button bar of the Golf Canada App, and find the Score you’d like to attach the photo(s) or video(s) to. (If you’ve gone through the Profile area to find the score, tap Edit Score.) Find the Add Media section, and select and upload the photos and videos you’d like to add.

All notifications you receive via e-mail will have a link to manage your communication preferences in the footer. Tap or click that link and you may choose to disable any or all notifications from the Golf Canada App.

All comments, photos, videos and Status Updates have a “Report” feature available. Look for and tap the icon of three dots in the top-right corner. For comments you receive on your Scores or Status Updates, we’ll automatically hide it and report it to Golf Canada staff. For comments, photos or videos by others, we’ll report it for Golf Canada staff to investigate.

Sorry; at this time this functionality is limited to the Golf Canada App.

For all matters concerning the app, please contact Golf Canada Golf Services at:

Phone: 905.849.9700 ext. 399
Toll-Free: 1.800.263.0009 ext. 399
Email: members@golfcanada.ca