USGA Updates GHIN App With New Stats Tools, Local Challenges
By Staff Writer
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The USGA has rolled out an updated version of its GHIN handicap app, adding a redesigned stats section and a new local-competition feature called GHIN Challenges.
What's new in the GHIN app?
The update includes a revamped interface, faster score posting, improved course graphics, expanded GPS mapping and year-round performance tracking. A new stats section, modeled on the USGA's annual GHIN Rewind recap, gives golfers season-long data on scoring trends, birdies, three-putts, Handicap Index progress and hole-by-hole results, along with putting and dispersion statistics.
What is GHIN Challenges?
GHIN Challenges, built in partnership with the USGA's network of Allied Golf Associations, lets golfers compete on local leaderboards using their Handicap Index and net scores. The USGA says more than 750 challenges are already running with roughly 30,000 golfers participating.
The update turns the GHIN app from a scorekeeping tool into a season-long stats tracker with built-in local competition.
Frequently asked questions
What does the new GHIN app stats section show?
It shows scoring trends, birdies, three-putts, Handicap Index progress, hole-by-hole performance and putting and dispersion data.
How do GHIN Challenges work?
Golfers join local leaderboards run through Allied Golf Associations and compete using their Handicap Index and net scores.
How many golfers are using GHIN Challenges?
The USGA reports more than 750 active challenges with about 30,000 participating golfers.
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