Free printable golf scorecard

Build a blank golf scorecard, then print it or save it as a PDF. Choose 9 or 18 holes, name up to six players, set par and stroke index, and press print. It is free, there is no signup, and nothing is watermarked.

Everything happens in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored.

To save a PDF: press Print, then change the destination from your printer to Save as PDF. On an iPhone, tap the share icon in the print preview and choose Save to Files.

Golf scorecard
BIG FAIRWAYS
Date ____________
Tees ____________
Marker ____________________  Player ____________________ bigfairways.com - free scorecard app that settles the side bets

How to make a printable golf scorecard

1. Pick 9 or 18

Nine holes prints an OUT total on its own. Eighteen gives you OUT, IN and TOTAL.

2. Add the names

Up to six players. Any row you leave blank prints as an empty line to write on.

3. Set par and index

Type the course's real numbers in, or leave the standard par-72 defaults alone.

4. Print or save

Press print. Pick your printer, or choose Save as PDF to keep a copy.

What the rows on a golf scorecard mean

Par is the score a scratch golfer is expected to take on the hole. Add the pars together and you get the par for the course, usually 70 to 72.

Stroke index ranks the holes from 1 to 18 by difficulty, where 1 is the hardest. It decides which holes a player takes their handicap strokes on. A player with a course handicap of 6 receives a shot on the six holes indexed 1 to 6, so their net score on those holes is one less than they actually took.

OUT is the total for holes 1 to 9, IN is holes 10 to 18, and TOTAL is the two added together. In a Nassau these are the three bets: the front, the back and the whole eighteen.

Marker is the person who keeps your card in a competition, and Player is you. Both sign it at the end. In a friendly round nobody bothers, but the boxes are there.

Questions

Is this really free?

Yes. No signup, no watermark, nothing to buy, no limit on how many you make. Other sites charge a few dollars per scorecard design. We would rather you tried the app.

How do I save it as a PDF?

Press Print, then in the print dialog change the destination from your printer to Save as PDF. On an iPhone, tap the share icon in the print preview and choose Save to Files. The card is laid out for landscape and fits A4 and US Letter.

Can I make a 9 hole scorecard?

Yes - choose 9 holes (front) for holes 1 to 9, or 9 holes (back) for 10 to 18. The card redraws straight away with a single OUT or IN total.

Does anything I type get saved or sent anywhere?

No. The card is drawn in your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and there is no account.

Can I use it for a society day or a scramble?

Yes. Six player columns covers a fivesome or sixsome, and the extra blank rows are useful for a team total or a running side bet.

Do I still need a paper card if I use an app?

Plenty of people like one in the back pocket, and it is handy for an outing where not everyone has a phone. The difference is the maths: a paper card records what happened, but you still have to work out the skins, the presses and who owes who at the bar. Big Fairways does that part for you while you play.

Or let the card do the maths

A printed scorecard records the score. It will not tell you who won the skins, whether the press is still alive, or what everyone owes at the end.

Big Fairways scores the round on your phone, runs Skins, Vegas, Wolf, Nassau, Banker, Junk, Match Play and Midnight at the same time, and finishes with a SettleUp tally - one line per player saying exactly who pays who. It runs in any phone browser, so there is nothing for your group to download. It is free.

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