Help
Fastest help: email help@theclub.locker. A real person reads it, usually the same day.
Step by step
Join a pool
- Open the invite link your commissioner sent, or tap "Join a pool" and enter the code. It works before or after you sign in.
- Sign in with your email. We send a six digit code instead of a password, so check your inbox and type the six digits.
- You land in the pool. If an event is already open, the home screen shows a "Make your picks" button.
On an iPhone, being a member happens in the app. Opening theclub.locker in Safari shows the landing page and points you to TestFlight.
Make your picks Everyone, every event
- Tap Events and choose the tournament marked Open or Unlocked, or use the button on Home.
- The field is split into tiers. Your pool decides how many golfers come from each; the tracker at the bottom shows the slots you still owe.
- Tap a golfer to add them, tap again to drop them. Tap a name anywhere in the app to open their card first if you want the numbers.
- Set the tiebreaker: your guess at the winner's final score to par, using the minus and plus buttons.
- Submit. You can change anything until picks lock.
Your roster saves as you build it, so leaving the screen loses nothing. It is not entered until you submit, and a half-finished roster counts as not picked.
Set up a new pool Commissioners
- Create the pool and name it. You are the commissioner.
- Open Commissioner Tools and work down the setup checklist.
- On Tiers, choose how many tiers and how many golfers come from each, then set what a missed cut costs.
- Still on Tiers, choose what to build the tiers from, Generate, then Publish. Members cannot pick until you publish.
- On People, share the invite link and choose whether the pool is invite-only, open by link, or public.
- On Money, set a buy-in if you are playing for something. Skip it entirely if you are not.
Build and publish tiers Commissioners
- Commissioner Tools, then Tiers. Pick the event from the dropdown at the top; everything below applies to that event.
- Choose what to build from. DataGolf rank and world ranking work every week; betting favourites and course fit are specific to the event and appear once that week's data has synced.
- Generate. Tiers are built from the actual field for that tournament, split evenly, strongest first.
- Move anyone you disagree with using the arrows on their row.
- Publish. That opens picks and tells your members.
Unpublish if you need to redo it, which closes picks while you work. Lock is permanent: nobody, including you, can change tiers afterwards.
Run the money Commissioners
- Commissioner Tools, then Money, and pick the event.
- Turn money on for that event, then set the buy-in and the payout split.
- As people pay you, confirm them in the buy-in list. Members can mark that they have sent it, which appears as a claim for you to confirm.
- Once the event finishes, settle to split the pot by finish.
- Everyone is told exactly what they owe or are owed, and can mark it once the money lands.
The Club never touches money. It is a ledger for what you settle between yourselves however you already do.
See results and history
- During play, Live shows your team, the pool standings, and the tournament leaderboard.
- When an event ends, open it from Events under Results: the winning golfer, your pool's podium, the payouts, and every team.
- Tap anyone in the standings for their profile: season record, form, the golfers they keep picking, and how you match up.
A finished event is frozen the first time somebody opens the app afterwards, so past results never move if the pool later changes its settings.
Questions
Picks and scoring
When exactly do picks lock?
By default at the first tee time of round one. Your commissioner can move it earlier, usually the night before, and the picks screen shows the deadline. It can never be later than the first tee time.
I missed the deadline. Can I still get in?
Only your commissioner can reopen picks, either for the whole pool or just for you. There is a button for it on their Picks tab.
How is my team scored?
Every golfer's score to par is added up and your pool counts the best few of them, however many it has set. Lowest total wins.
What happens if my golfer misses the cut?
They keep the score they made over the first two rounds and take a penalty for each round they did not play. Your pool sets that penalty; the default is plus eight a round, so a cut costs plus sixteen. A withdrawal with no score at all forfeits all four rounds.
What if I do not fill my whole roster?
Each empty slot scores as if a golfer missed all four rounds, so a partial team cannot beat a full one.
Two of us tied. Who wins?
Whoever guessed closest to the winner's actual score to par. If that is still level, the earlier submission wins.
Can I see what everyone else picked?
Not before picks lock, deliberately. Once the deadline passes, every team is visible from the standings.
Live scoring
How often do scores update?
Roughly every two minutes during play, pushed to you without needing a refresh. You can also pull down on the leaderboard to force it.
A score looks wrong.
Scores follow the official feed, which sometimes lags a hole or two behind television. It catches up on its own. If it is still wrong an hour later, tell your commissioner.
Why does my golfer show a worse score than the real leaderboard?
They almost certainly missed the cut, so the penalty is baked into the number. Open your team to see the raw score and the penalty separately.
Money
Does The Club take payments?
No. No money moves through the app at any point. It records who owes what and who has paid; you settle between yourselves however you already do.
I paid but I still show as unpaid.
Mark that you have sent it from the money section. Your commissioner sees the claim and confirms it, and that is what moves you to paid.
Is this gambling?
No. The Club is a recreational, skill-based app and is not a sportsbook or a daily fantasy operator. The money features are recordkeeping only. Anything members arrange privately is their own responsibility, including whether it is legal where they live.
Account and pools
I never got my sign-in code.
Check spam first. The code is six digits and expires after a few minutes, so request a fresh one rather than reusing an old email. During the beta, sign-in works only for invited members; if your address is not recognised, ask whoever invited you which address they used.
Can I be in more than one pool?
Yes, as many as you like. Switch between them from the pool name at the top. Each pool keeps its own picks, standings, money and notifications, and the switcher marks the pools that need you.
Can I change my display name or photo?
Yes, on your Account page. It updates everywhere, in every pool.
Why do notifications only show one pool?
They are scoped to the pool you are looking at, so you are not reading another league's business. The pool switcher puts a dot on any other pool that wants your attention.
How do I leave or delete everything?
Leaving a pool is on the pool page. Deleting your account is at the bottom of your Account page and takes effect immediately. If you run a pool that still has members, hand it to someone else first so their history survives. Details in our privacy policy.
Found a bug?
Beta testers: shake your phone in TestFlight, or screenshot the problem and email it over. Include what you tapped and what you expected, and we will get it fixed.