01GPS finds the course
Open the app when you arrive. Your position recognizes the golf course automatically — nothing to search for.
For golfersGolf without queues.
Golf without queues.
Without you noticing it.
No account. No scorecard. Pick your tee time, hit start, and put the phone in your pocket — you'll get a friendly nudge if the pace slips.
Not a scorecard. Not booking. Just pace tracking.
Three taps before your first shot. After that, the app is invisible.
Sound familiar?
You know the feeling
You're standing on the tee, waiting. The flight ahead is in sight, but it isn't moving. The round that was supposed to stay under five hours is creeping toward five and a half. No one says anything — because no one knows you've lost your position.
Why it happens
- No one knows you've lost position — there's no feedback loop.
- The club only spots the bottleneck once there's a queue on the tee.
Simple tips that help
- Keep pace with the flight ahead, not the flight behind.
- Ready golf: hit when you're ready, not in strict turn order.
- Drop your bag on the way to the next tee.
- Search for a lost ball for max three minutes — wave others through if there's a queue.
GolfAppen handles that last piece automatically: a friendly nudge when your position slips, with nothing for you to do along the way.
Live on the course
See the queue before you're stuck in it
Open the app any time during the round. You'll see the flow on the holes ahead of you, and roughly how much extra time the queue is costing. If you're keeping good pace yourselves, you'll be told that too — the queue gets placed where it actually is.
Hole
12 / 18
Flow ahead of you
ca. 8 min extra
Queue on hole 12 – you're keeping good pace yourselves.
See where the queue is
The dots show hole by hole. Red sits where the queue actually is — not with you.
Hole
12 / 18
Flow ahead of you
ca. 8 min extra
Queue on hole 12 – you're keeping good pace yourselves.
+6 min
+4 min
+2 min
on pace
on pace
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Tap for details
Minutes per hole ahead of you, so you know when it clears up.
Hole
12 / 18
Flow ahead of you
Clear course ahead all the way in.
Clear course
All green: no queue ahead, and the app confirms you're in good shape.
- Hole by hole
- Approx. wait time ahead
- Always a positive tone – never nagging
- No login for players
Together on the course
Flow is a team sport
A flight that holds its position frees up time for everyone behind. The more players who have the app open, the better picture both players and the club get — and the sooner waiting on the tee disappears.
One flight notices it – ten flights change the day
When more players have the app open, everyone can see where things stand. That lets the queue resolve before it builds up.
Just the pace, not you
We don't see who you are, only that someone passed the tee and green. No names, no scorecards.
Share with your flight and the club
Pass the app on to whoever you're playing with, and tip off the club. It's the easiest favor you can do for golf.
We don't fix queues by playing faster. We fix them by playing at the same time.
How it works
Here's how a round gets started.
01
02Pick your tee time
Today's tee times show up around the time you're there. Tap yours, then allow GPS and notifications.
03Start the round — and forget the app
Every tee and green is registered automatically. The round ends by itself after the last hole.
For the playerRead more for players
You're here to play golf — not operate an app.
All you do is tap start. Everything else happens in the background while you play.
What you get
- Short, friendly nudges: "Good flow" or "3 min behind pace"
- Just a handful of messages per round
- Works in your pocket — no screen time
- The round ends automatically after the last green
What you skip
- Sign-up and login
- Scorecards and handicap
- Stats and profiles
- Menus and settings
After the round
Share the round – and show how long it took
When the round is done the app builds a finished image: the course, the time you took, and how much you saved against the club's target time. One tap to share – and ready-made text you can paste straight in.
- 1Play the round as usual
- 2Get the card automatically after the last hole
- 3Share to Instagram, Facebook or Story
- Image sized for Instagram, Facebook and Story
- Ready-made caption you can copy
- No account, no score – just your time
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Ready-made caption Copy
Bjaavann Golf Club in 4h 12m – 18 min under the course target time. Pace kept, no rushing. golfappen.no
Geofence
Invisible zones do the work
The club sets up one zone on the tee and one on the green for each hole. Everything else happens in the background — no buttons, no interruptions to the game.
Tee zone
When the flight enters the zone at the tee box, the clock for that hole starts. Fully automatic.
Green zone
As soon as you reach the green, the hole closes out. The system now knows how long the hole took.
Anonymous
No names, no profile, no score. Just an anonymous device ID and timestamps on the course.
For the clubRead more for clubs
Full overview without chasing flights
The club dashboard shows the course in real time. Staff see where the queue actually starts, and can act where it makes a difference — instead of driving around guessing.
Hole 5
Bottleneck
Hole 9
Slightly slow
Hole 14
Good flow
Live status
See where flights are right now, hole by hole.
Bottlenecks
The holes that create queues, with actual times — not guesswork.
AI insights
Short recommendations on tee intervals and effective measures.
The math
What is eight minutes worth?
A slightly faster round sounds small. Multiplied across a busy day, it adds up to hours of course capacity.
What is one saved minute worth at your club?
Drag the slider. Everything else is calculated for you.
1 min · a little8 min · realistic20 min · a lot
8minutes saved per flight/round
How often do you start a new flight?
Per day
18.7hours
freed course time, summed across all flights
Flights per hour: 6.0 → 6.3
With 8 minutes saved per flight/round, each hole is about 0.4 min faster — the interval can safely drop to about 9.6 min.
approx. 3.3
extra flights per day
approx. 502
extra flights per season
That gives about €78,574 in potential extra revenue per season. The calculation assumes 4 players per flight × greenfee. For clubs with mostly members, the gain is instead better flow and fewer queues.
With 140 flights per day, 4 players per flight, €39 per player, 12 opening hours and 150 playing days per season.
The numbers are yours, not ours — we don't promise any minutes, we show what the minutes are worth. A flight playing 18 holes should keep the round under five hours (300 minutes).
Shorter tee intervals
Once pace is stable, the interval can be tightened safely — you'll see the effect in the numbers before you change the booking.
More start times that sell
Time saved in the morning becomes open slots in the afternoon, the part of the day that often sits empty.
Less chasing
Staff no longer have to guess. They see which hole is actually creating the queue, and go straight there.
What it's worth
Pace is the easiest way to give members a better experience.
Faster rounds
Friendly nudges along the way mean the flight corrects its own pace — before the queue builds up.
Happier members
No scolding, no marshal having to chase anyone down. Just a round that flows the way it should.
Data instead of guessing
The club sees actual time per hole and can adjust tee intervals on a real basis.
Quick answer
The most important facts about GolfAppen, briefly explained.
What is GolfAppen?
GolfAppen is a Norwegian system for automatic pace-of-play measurement on golf courses. GPS registers when an anonymous flight passes the tee and the green, so the golf club can see the flow on the course in real time and analyze where delays occur.
What is GolfAppen used for?
Golf clubs use GolfAppen to measure actual playing time per hole, detect queues and bottlenecks, follow flights on the course, and get data for better tee intervals and other measures.
Does the golfer have to register a score?
No. GolfAppen is not a score, handicap or booking app. The player starts the round, puts the phone in their pocket, and GPS measurement happens automatically in the background.
Are the players anonymous?
Yes. GolfAppen does not need a name, score or handicap to measure pace of play. Only an anonymous device ID and the times the flight passes the tee and the green are stored.
Read more about pace of play
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Try it yourself
See what it looks like on the course
Switch between the screens, drag through the holes and change pace and flow. No app to download, no round to start.
20:035G
Oslo Golfklubb
11 / 18
Hole
Nice flow – you're in good shape.
Frequently asked questions
What players and clubs ask most often.
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