Affiliation: A field in the player roster that identifies a player's affiliation (e.g., home club, home town, college or high school, etc).
Automatic Scheduler: A pairing tool that will use an algorithm to create pairings so that repeats are minimized (everyone plays with everyone else an equal amount of times) while also keeping in mind certain rules (e.g., Pair by ABCD, keep certain players together, etc). Click Here for details.
Blind: This is used when a score is needed for an absent player or uneven teams. For instance, if Carla and Katie are partners in a Four-Ball competition and Carla never shows up, Katie will be outmatched because of her missing partner. You can assign a blind to replace Carla. Randomly select another player in the field to act as a blind and that player's score will be used as Carla's score. Click Here for details.
Blind Draw Teams: Teams that are randomly created for competitions. Click Here for details.
Categories: Used to organize events and leagues in the Customer Center. Click Here for details.
Custom Fields: Information about your players can be uploaded as custom fields. Some examples would be phone number, mailing address, age, shirt size, etc. Custom Field answers can be collected during online event registration. They can also be made visible on reports and used to create Divisions, Flights, Teams, and Pairings.
Customer Center: The "home base" for the Manager where all the events and leagues in the account can be accessed and managed. Master Roster, Directories, and Customer Settings are also managed here. Click Here for details.
Daily Digest: A daily email that a manager can receive that includes updates on various activities within a specific league or event (this is typically used for leagues only). Click Here for details.
Default Settings: Global-level settings that are propagated to all the events and leagues created by the customer. These settings can be found in the Customer Center. Click Here for details.
Default Tees: Tees that are typically played by your players. Using these will expedite the process of setting the course and tee for your players. Click Here for details.
Directory: A listing of events and leagues (with links to their portals) that are made available to your players. These are typically placed on club websites. Click Here for details.
Email Configuration: A tool that allows you to customize automated emails that are sent to your players. Click Here for details.
Entry Number: The number assigned to a player in an event or league. The number is determined by the order in which the player is entered into the event or league. For instance, the first player entered into the event will have an entry number of 1.
Event: Typically consists of less than 6 rounds of golf. The event may have one or more tournament competitions.
Event/League Profile: Settings specific to an event or league. These settings are propagated from the Default Settings in the Customer Center. Click Here for details.
Flash Message: A scrolling message from a Manager that is displayed on top of a portal for players to view.
GGID (Golf Genius ID): A unique number/letter combination that is assigned to a specific leagues/events, round, or foursome. GGIDs can be used to log into the mobile app, a portal, or the Manager Site. Click Here for details.
Groups: A collection of players that are used for a tournament to determine who is competing. Groups are typically created for optional skins tournaments. Click Here for details.
Handicap Analysis: A tool that displays the Course Handicaps (and the step-by-step explanation of the computation) for every player/team. Click Here for details.
Handle: The short form name given to your players which will appear on the tee sheet, leaderboard, and in many other areas. It is often simply a combination of first and last names.
League: Weekly rounds of golf that consist of a group of players that play the same (or different) competition(s) every round.
Linked Tournament: A team tournament where multiple formats are used to aggregate a total team score (e.g. 36-hole tournament where scramble is played in the first 18 and best ball is played in the final 18).
Manager: An individual with admin access to manage and set up events and leagues. Customer Managers have access to all of the events and leagues in the customer account. Event/League Managers are restricted to access to a specific league or event.
Master Roster: The master list of all the players of your association or club.
Multi-Round Series: A collection of rounds within an event or league that is used for various reasons. Click Here for details.
Multi-Round Tournament: This is a tournament that is played over multiple rounds (e.g. Member-Guest Invitational, 36-hole stroke play, etc.)
Page Composer: A tool used to create reports like customized cart signs, bag tags, and locker room cards by setting the paper size and the contents of the report. Click Here for details
Participation Points: Points earned by players in an event or league for participating in a round. These are set in the Event/League Profile.
Photo Stream: A portal page that displays photos. Click Here for details.
Player Separator: The symbol placed in between team players on the leaderboard to create separation. Click Here for details.
Portal: A website for players to go to view information (e.g. pairings, results, standings, photos, etc.). Each event and league is assigned its own portal.
Pre-Play Audit of Round: An audit tool that will run a series of tests to ensure a round is set up correctly. Click Here for details.
Report Center: An organized area to view, edit, create, and print all the available reports. Click Here for details.
Report Composer: A tool that creates tabular reports that include headers, footers, and set columns using data from players, foursomes, and teams. Examples of reports would be alpha lists, tee sheets, and pace of play worksheets. Click Here for details.
Round: Consist of 18-holes of golf or less. Every event has one or more rounds.
Round Profile: Settings specific to a round within an event or league. These settings are propagated from the Event/League Profile. Click Here for details.
Round Signups: Typically used for leagues, this feature allows players to sign up for weekly rounds within the league via email invitation or through the portal. Click Here for details.
Round Status: The current scoring state of the round. The round status can be "Not Started", "In Progress", or "Completed". This allows the leaderboard to go "live" or finalize scoring (break ties and award points).
Single Round Tournament: A single round tournament is a competition within an 18-hole or 9-hole round of golf.
Shotgun Priority: The order in which pairing groups are assigned to "B Holes" in a shotgun start round where there are more pairing groups than holes available on the course. Click Here for details.
Social Round: This is a gathering without any tournament competition. (e.g., dinner, party, meeting) Create a round to collect signups through Round Signups. This is typically used for leagues.
Splash Page: The home page of a portal.
SSO (Single Sign-On): An integration feature used with club websites that automatically logs players into portals when they log into their club website. This creates a more seamless experience for the player. Click Here for details.
Team List: A list of teams that are used for competitions within an event or league. (e.g. Fall Ryder Cup Teams, Member-Member Teams, etc.) Click Here for details.
Tournament: A competition within an event or league played over one or more rounds of golf (e.g., Stroke Play, Match Play, Skins, etc).
Tournament Library: A collection of saved tournaments (and their setup) within an event or league that can be used for other rounds within the event or league. Tournament libraries can also be copied over when cloning an event or league.
User Scored Tournament: Any competition where hole scores are not used to determine the winners. (e.g. Longest Drives, Closest to the Pins, Best Dressed, Putting Contest, etc.) Click Here for details.