How to Export Golf Rounds From 18Birdies, Arccos, TheGrint, Garmin

By PingAces Team · November 5, 2026

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Switching golf apps, or just want a backup of every round you've logged? The hard part is rarely the new app. It's getting your history out of the old one. Each of the big score-tracking apps handles this differently, and a few don't offer a spreadsheet export at all. Here's what the apps themselves say you can and can't do today, so you know what to expect before you start.

Before you start: decide what you actually need

Most golfers want one of three things: a simple list of dates, courses and total scores; full hole-by-hole scorecards; or shot-level data like club distances. The further down that list you go, the fewer apps give it to you in a usable file. If you mainly care about your scoring trend, a list of total scores is often enough, and it's the easiest thing to rebuild by hand if an export isn't available.

Our tip: write down the course, tee box, date and total score for your most recent 20 rounds before you switch anything. That small list covers what most handicap-style calculations look at, and it takes about ten minutes.

18Birdies: a JSON download, not a spreadsheet

18Birdies says plainly in its help center that playing data can't be exported to a CSV, Excel or other spreadsheet file. What it does offer is an account data download. Its account deletion article recommends downloading anything you want to keep from the 18Birdies Download Your Account Data page before you delete an account, and it warns that once a deletion is confirmed, the data can't be retrieved.

In a support reply that a golfer shared on Reddit's r/golf, 18Birdies explained that you sign in on that page with the same email or phone number and password you use in the app, and that the file comes in JSON format, so it needs some processing before it's readable. JSON is a structured text format that apps and scripts read easily but people usually don't. The same poster said the download lacked course slope, rating and par, so plan on filling those in from the course itself if you need them.

Download the file first, then decide whether to close your account.
Keep the JSON file somewhere safe, even if your next app can't read it yet.

Arccos: no public export button

Arccos is the trickiest of the group for a do-it-yourself export. Its On-Course Data API documentation says access is restricted to approved clients that Arccos has issued credentials to, so it isn't something an individual golfer can just switch on. The developer of arccos-api, an unofficial open-source tool that can export your own rounds as JSON or CSV, also notes that Arccos doesn't provide a public API and that the project isn't affiliated with the company.

Our take: unofficial tools can work, but they ask for your Arccos login and can break whenever Arccos changes things on its end. If you aren't comfortable with that, the safe route is to copy your recent scores out of the app by hand and contact Arccos support about a copy of your data.

TheGrint: built for importing, with limits

TheGrint leans the other way: it makes it easy to bring scores in. Its member support page describes an import tool where you lay out a spreadsheet with one round per row and paste it into the table on TheGrint's website, making sure each round has the course, tee box and date. The same page says Pro members can email a spreadsheet to TheGrint's team to have scores transcribed for them.

There is a cap. TheGrint's score tracking page lists 20 score imports on a free account and unlimited imports on Pro. If you're moving a long history into TheGrint on a free account, bring over your most recent rounds first.

Garmin: request a full data export

If your rounds live on a Garmin watch or handheld, you can ask Garmin for a copy of everything in your account. Garmin covers this in its support article How Do I Export Data Out of Garmin Connect?. A walkthrough from Golf Shot Analytics describes the steps: open Garmin's data management page, choose Export Your Data, then Request Data Export. Garmin emails a download link, which the site notes can take up to 48 hours. Inside the zip file, golf data sits in a DI_GOLF folder within DI_CONNECT.

That export is complete, but it isn't a tidy spreadsheet. A Garmin representative replying on the Garmin Forums said there was no way to export scorecard numbers as a CSV, so expect to use a tool that can read the files, or copy what you need by hand.

A simple plan that works with any app

Grab the official download first. Use the app's own data page or export request, even if the format is awkward. It's your backup.
Build a short spreadsheet. One round per row with date, course, tee box and total score. Add hole-by-hole scores only if you'll really use them.
Check the new app's import options. Some accept a paste or a file, some connect to your old account, and some take neither.
Don't delete the old account until the new one looks right. As 18Birdies warns, a deleted account can't be brought back.
Keep your official handicap where it is. Moving your stats to a new app doesn't move a Handicap Index you maintain through a golf club or association.

Bringing your rounds to PingAces

If you're moving your golf life to PingAces, see the PingAces features page for the apps you can bring rounds in from and how each one works. Once your history is in, our guide to logging a round on PingAces covers new rounds, and you can put that history to use by challenging a friend to a virtual match. Questions about your data? The PingAces FAQ is the place to start.

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