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Ask us anything — a person answers. Step-by-step guides follow as each part of the app settles.

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Write to support@fairwaysocial.au with your question and your club's name. Support lists what to send, and what never to send, such as an organiser PIN.

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Guides on the way

Coming soon, as each part of the app stops moving. Until then, ask us about any of these.

Getting started

The first hour: from an empty club to a round on the calendar.

  • Setting your club up for the first time
  • Adding the course you play
  • Importing your member list
  • Sending the club link to your members
  • Understanding the setup checklist

Running a round

Everything between opening RSVPs and finalising the result.

  • Creating a round and opening RSVPs
  • RSVP deadlines, player caps and the waitlist
  • Drawing and hand-arranging the tee sheet
  • Scoring hole by hole on the day
  • Entering a card after the round
  • Confirming a group's card
  • Scorer codes: letting someone else enter scores
  • Scoring with no phone signal
  • Finalising a round, and reopening one

Competitions and seasons

The season-long championship, and the rules behind it.

  • Setting your season points ladder
  • Best-N rounds and percentage-based seasons
  • Majors and points multipliers
  • Running grades
  • Running more than one competition at once
  • Starting the next season

Team fixtures

The days that are not another singles comp.

  • Choosing a team format
  • Drawing and editing sides
  • Best ball and 4BBB
  • Scramble and Ambrose
  • Match play
  • Running a Ryder Cup day

Handicaps

How the numbers are worked out, and when to override them.

  • How handicaps are calculated
  • Handicap allowances by format
  • Hand-setting a member's handicap
  • Why imported history does not affect handicaps

Members and access

Who can see what, and who can change what.

  • The member share link
  • The organiser PIN
  • Adding co-organisers
  • The Player Passport
  • Rotating a link, PIN or scorer code

Your club's data

Getting history in, and getting everything back out.

  • Importing past results
  • Exporting your club
  • The activity log
  • Correcting a finalised round