How to Log a Round on PingAces: A Step-by-Step Guide

By PingAces Team · October 24, 2026

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A round you do not record is a round you cannot learn from. PingAces is built so that logging a round takes a few minutes after you walk off the 18th green, and the stats, course pages and feed update from there. This is a step-by-step guide, based on how the app works today as described on our own FAQ and member features pages.

Step 1: open the Log tab and pick your course

According to the PingAces FAQ, you open the Log tab, choose a course from the course database, or add a new one. Every course gets its own page in PingAces, which shows your personal bests, community averages from logged rounds and your full history there, as described on the features page.

Tip: if you cannot find your course, add it. Course pages get more useful for everyone as more golfers log rounds there.

Step 2: choose 9 or 18 holes

The FAQ explains that you select 9 or 18 holes. Pick what you actually played. A quick nine after work is a real round, and the member features page says scorecards cover 9 or 18 holes.

Step 3: enter your score hole by hole

PingAces tracks your score to par as you go and saves a full digital scorecard, per the FAQ. The features page describes hole-by-hole digital scorecards with live score-to-par.

A few habits make the data better:

Enter scores right after each hole or at the turn, while you remember them.
Use the score you would write on an official card, not a mulligan-friendly number.
Choose the tees you actually played. Course Rating and Slope Rating are set for each set of tees, as the USGA explains in its Rules of Handicapping definitions. We cover what those numbers mean in our own explainer.

Step 4: fix mistakes any time

Made a typo? The FAQ says you can open any scorecard from your rounds history, edit hole-by-hole scores or delete the round entirely, and your stats and course records update automatically.

What you get back

Once you have logged a few rounds, the stats dashboard shows scoring average, best round, scoring trends over time and hole outcomes like birdies, pars and bogeys, according to the FAQ. The features page describes it as round-by-round trends so you can watch your game move in the right direction. Course pages add your bests and the community averages at every course you have played.

You also get the social side. The feed shows posts from the golfers you follow, and you can share rounds and photos with your crew, as the features page describes. You can follow people by looking them up in Search, opening their profile and tapping Follow, according to the FAQ.

Playing nine holes? Log it

You do not need a full 18 for a round to count. The FAQ says you can select 9 or 18 holes when you log, and the features page confirms scorecards cover either length. Logging short rounds keeps your history honest and shows up in your course pages and stats like any other round.

Use your course pages after the round

Once a round is saved, open that course’s page. The FAQ says course pages add your personal bests and community averages at every course you have played. That makes it easy to see whether the day was a one-off or part of a trend, and how your scoring compares with other PingAces members who have logged rounds there.

Find your playing partners

The social side works best when your regular group is on the app. The FAQ explains how to use Search to look up golfers by username, open a profile and tap Follow, after which their posts appear in your feed. The features page adds that you can like and comment on rounds, so a good score gets a reaction right away.

Control the noise

PingAces sends a realtime notification when someone follows you or likes or comments on your posts, according to the FAQ. You can toggle each notification type on or off from the Activity page, per that FAQ, so you can keep the alerts you want and mute the rest.

Why post your score the same day

The USGA, which publishes the Rules of Handicapping, has a video on its Handicap Index calculation page titled “Post Your Score The Day You Play (Why It Matters).” Our own advice is simpler: log it while it is fresh. The scorecard will be accurate, and your feed will show your round while your friends are still talking about it.

A simple routine for every round

Before the round: check your tees and the course in PingAces.
During the round: jot down scores, or enter them at the turn.
After the round: log it, check the totals, and post a photo if you want.
Once a month: look at your stats dashboard and pick one thing to work on.

Get started

PingAces is free for golfers, according to the FAQ. You can create your profile, see everything the app does on the member features page, or read the full FAQ. Questions? Use the contact page.

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