Clubs and Competitions
Clubs and competitions give managers a way to organize events beyond weekly league play. A club groups related competitions together, and a competition is a standalone event with its own rounds, participants, scoring, and leaderboard.
Organize competitions into groups by venue, event series, or player group.
Multi-round events with their own participants, scoring formats, and leaderboard.
Team-based format with singles, fourballs, and foursomes match types.
Clubs
A club is an optional organizational layer. You can create multiple clubs to represent different groups, venues, or event series. The Clubs page describes them as groups of leagues that share standings.
Creating a Club
Competitions
A competition is a multi-round event tied to a manager account. Each competition has its own participants, rounds, scoring formats, and leaderboard.
Competition Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| League | A recurring series of rounds played over a season |
| Tournament | A multi-round event with cumulative scoring and optional cuts |
| Outing | A single-day event such as a charity outing or company scramble |
Creating a Competition
Rounds
Each competition contains one or more rounds. A round represents a single day of play.
Adding a Round
Participants
Players are added to a competition as participants, from the Participants tab: click Add Participants and tick golfers from the leagues you manage (you can add a whole league at a time). In the Add Participants window, pick a Role and Status for the golfers you are adding (the default is an active Player). Each participant has a role and status.
Participant Roles
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Player | Actively competing and submitting scores |
| Spectator | Can view results but does not compete |
| Admin | Can manage competition settings alongside the owner |
Participant Status
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Active | Currently enrolled in the competition |
| Waitlist | On the waitlist, not yet competing |
Round Formats
A format is chosen each time you enter a score: the Enter Score window has a Scoring Format drop-down (Stroke Play, Stableford, Scramble, Best Ball, Alternate Shot, Match Play). This determines how that score is calculated.
Standard stroke play — lowest net score wins.
Points-based scoring — higher is better.
Team format — best individual score on each hole.
Team format — all players play from the best shot.
Team format — players alternate shots on each hole.
Scoring
Scores are submitted per participant, per round. Open the Enter scores tab, open a round, and click a golfer's name. Choose 9 or 18 holes, type the gross score for each hole, and save. RoundBoss calculates net totals, stableford points, and other metrics using the scoring engine.
- Scores can be updated until the round is locked
- The scoring engine uses course par data when a course is assigned to the round
Competition Leaderboard
Each competition has its own standings, on the Standings tab, that aggregate scores across all rounds.
How Ranking Works
- Players with more rounds played rank first, so a golfer who skipped a round never leads on a smaller total
- Among golfers with the same number of rounds, the lowest cumulative net score ranks first (a Stableford competition ranks by the highest Stableford points instead)
- Ties are broken by lowest cumulative gross score, and exact ties share a rank
- Golfers with no scores yet are listed without a rank
- A golfer with no league handicap or GHIN index is flagged "No handicap" and ranks on their gross score
- The standings update automatically when scores are submitted
- Managers can click Recalculate to rebuild the standings from scratch
Leaderboard Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Rank | Position, using the rules above |
| Player | Participant’s name |
| Gross | Sum of gross scores across all rounds |
| Net | Sum of net scores across all rounds |
| Stableford | Sum of stableford points (if applicable) |
| Rnds | Number of rounds with submitted scores |
Ryder Cup / Team Competitions
Competitions also support a team-based format modeled after the Ryder Cup. Set it up on the Teams tab. Two teams compete across multiple rounds with different match types.
Match Types
| Match Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Singles | One-on-one matches between players from opposing teams |
| Fourballs | Two-player teams, each plays their own ball, best score counts |
| Foursomes | Two-player teams alternate shots on each hole |
Each team has a name, optional color, and a roster of participants. Team captains can be designated. Results are tracked per match with points awarded to the winning team (1 point for a win, 0.5 for a halve).
Troubleshooting
"Club not found" — You can only manage clubs you created. Verify you are logged into the correct manager account.
"Round is locked" — Scores cannot be edited for locked rounds. Open the Rounds tab, click Unlock on that round and confirm, then enter or edit the score.