# Caddora Golf

> Caddora Golf is a golf improvement app for iPhone, made in Ireland by Caddora. It reads your scorecards, swing analysis and range sessions together and tells you the one thing to work on next, measured against golfers of your handicap rather than tour players.

Status: private beta, by invitation through Apple's TestFlight, on iPhone 12 or newer. Not yet on the App Store, and there is no Android version.

## What it does

- Rounds: scores and stats from scorecards, entered hole by hole or scanned.
- Swing analysis: a swing recorded on the iPhone is measured and scored on the phone.
- Your game in five categories: driver, tee to green, short game, putting and course management, each compared with golfers of your handicap and sex, with the gap estimated in shots per round so the biggest one comes first.
- Range sessions and club gapping: your real carry distance for each club.

## Price

- A free tier with no time limit; it is not a trial.
- One Premium Pass at €12.99 a month or €89.99 a year. These are launch prices: nothing is charged during the beta, and testers use everything free.

## What leaves the phone

Rounds, scorecards, the bag and range sessions stay on the phone. These can leave it:
- Swing data: One switch under Swing AI, Share swing data, and it starts on. With it on the app sends the measurements taken from your swing — the body positions it tracked, the angles from them, and your handicap, sex and handedness — the recording, and still pictures cut from it at the points of the swing it checks. No name, no email, no location.
- Hole times: Only when a round you timed for pace of play ends, and only with Share swing data on: the hole numbers and the times you reached each tee and green, with the course, your tees, tee time, group size and format. No coordinates, no name, no email.
- Your position, to your club: Only if you switch on Check in with the club before a round. It starts off every time, applies to that round only, and needs you signed in. With it on, the app sends your position about every 30 seconds while the round runs and the phone is inside the course boundary, and nothing once you leave it.
- A scorecard you scan: Only when you scan one, which needs you signed in: the photograph of a scorecard or a course's tee information, with names and signatures cut out or blacked out first. Anthropic reads it and returns the numbers.

Never sent:
- Your rounds and scores
- Your scorecards, bag, club distances and range sessions
- Your position, unless you switch on Check in with the club for that round
- Your name, unless you sign in
- Anything to an advertiser: the beta shows no ads

## Guides

- [Golf handicap calculator](https://caddoragolf.com/golf-handicap-calculator): Your WHS Handicap Index from your scores, and your course and playing handicap for any tees.
- [What to work on in your golf game](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/what-to-work-on-in-your-golf-game): Find the one thing worth practising next, using your own numbers.
- [How to break 100 in golf](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/how-to-break-100-in-golf): Where the big numbers come from, and a plan for the next round.
- [How to break 90 in golf](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/how-to-break-90-in-golf): Bogey golf with a couple of pars: cutting out the doubles.
- [Strokes gained for club golfers](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/strokes-gained-for-club-golfers): Why the tour benchmark is the wrong yardstick, and what to use instead.
- [Short game: up-and-downs and sand saves](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/short-game-up-and-downs-and-sand-saves): What counts, why it costs shots, and a 20-minute routine.
- [How to stop three-putting](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/how-to-stop-three-putting): Distance control on long putts, and a 15-minute practice routine.
- [Golf club gapping](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/golf-club-gapping): Map your real carry distance for every club and spot the gaps.
- [How wind and temperature change golf distance](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/how-wind-and-temperature-change-golf-distance): Work out a plays-like yardage before you choose a club.
- [Loss of posture in the golf swing](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/loss-of-posture-in-the-golf-swing): Spot early extension on video, why it costs shots, and drills to fix it.
- [How to practise at the driving range](https://caddoragolf.com/guides/how-to-practise-at-the-driving-range): A structure for range sessions that shows up on the course.

## Optional

- [Pricing](https://caddoragolf.com/pricing)
- [Press information](https://caddoragolf.com/press)
- [Privacy policy](https://caddoragolf.com/privacy)
- [Caddora, the studio](https://caddora.ie)