30 Best Golf Apps of 2016

Post by Golf Journalist, Josh Carr

With technology advancing day by day, it is incredible just what your smart phone or tablet can do. More to the point, these advances in technology can help you improve your golf game and lower your handicap. If you’re struggling to perform on the course, you can always download a golf game to your phone, which you may have more success at. So, here are 35 apps you should think about downloading in 2016.

SwingPlane

This advanced video golf swing analysis programme allows you to capture your swing on your mobile or tablet and then analyse it using a range of editing tools. You can even send your swing, at a small cost, to your choice of professional who in turn will send a custom lesson back.

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Super Stickman Golf 2

The geniuses at Noodlecake Studios have outdone themselves with the release of Super Stickman Golf 2. As if the first version wasn’t already addictive enough, Super Stickman Golf 2 will have you fixed to your mobile or tablet for hours tackling this addictive game.

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R&A Rules of Golf

Although not the most exciting app on the market, this app can come in handy during those tricky situations on the course. The quick guide feature of the app allows you to determine what to do in some of the most common situations you find yourself in on the course. A must have app to save any confusion about the rules on the course.

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Golfshake

The free Golfshake app allows you track your scores as well as your playing partners. You can then view your stats from the round and any round previous as the app works in harmony with the tracker available at golfshake.com. With scorecards, course information and contact details available from over 27,000 golf course, the Golfshake app is a must have.

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Caddio

Caddio is the only app of its kind as it uses crowdsourcing in order to enhance the experience of golfers all over the world. The app allows golfers around the world to post tips on certain holes on any golf course. A simple but effective way to get the most from your round.

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Swing Profile Golf

The Swing Profile app is everything you would want from a video capture app. The smart swing detection technology captures only your swing and allows you analyse your swing using the editing tools. You can even compare your swing to various tour players with the app matching up the key positions in the swing. 

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PGA Tour Mobile

The PGA Tour Mobile app is perfect for tracking scores and stats throughout tournaments on the PGA Tour. You can find out everything from the average score on a certain score to how many putts your favourite golfer took during their round. There’s even video highlights uploaded daily.

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WGT: World Golf Tour

The WGT: World Golf Tour app is the most realistic golf game on the market and lets you play as your own character some of the best golf courses in the world. This virtual golf game offers patented photo-realistic geo-referencing technology in order to provide the best graphics and also lets you compete online against anyone in the world.

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TeeOffTimes

The free app from TeeOffTimes.co.uk offers you tee times at over 1,500 golf courses in the UK and Ireland. Available for both iPhone and Android, you can easily search and purchase tee times while on the go. If you’re new to the area you can even search for local golf courses.

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iSwing

Via the iSwing app you can capture your swing on your iPhone or iPad and analyse it using the handing editing suite. The app also lets you playback your swing at 30 frames per second for ultimate analysis. If you upgrade to the £3.99 version of the app you can even compare your swing to Masters champion Adam Scott.]

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1-Putt Lite

The 1-Putt Lite app will have you holing more putts in no time. The total attempts, successful putts and missed putts are tracked continuously in order to determine what part of your putting game needs improving. Average 90’s golfers make only 50% of putts from 5ft but this app can change that stat for the better.

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Edufii

Edufii is a quick and easy way to contact your coach if you’re having problems with your swing. All you have to do is film your swing via the app, export it and email it to your coach. They can then send the video back with tips at different parts of the video.

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Flick Golf Extreme

Flick Golf Extreme is a simple but addictive game created by the whizzes at FullFat. The basic goal of the game is to flick the ball across various landscapes and score a perfect hole in one on each hole.

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Golf Channel App

The Golf Channel has several apps. The Golf Channel app offers insight into the tour along with stats and highlights from PGA Tour events whereas the Golf Channel Academy gives you chance to learn from the pros to improve your golf game.

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European Tour App

If you’re an avid follower of the European Tour then the European Tour app is an essential app for you. The app shows you stats from the course such as how hard a hole is playing and how your favourite players are getting on. Video highlights are also available through the app.

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V1 Golf

V1 Golf has become the preferred golf swing analysis system of America’s top 100 coaches through its partnership with the PGA of America, PGA.com and Golf Digest. The video capture app comes with a full suite of editing tools for maximum depth in analysis. You can even compare your swing to the pros.

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Swingbot

Swingbot’s easy three step method will have you lowering your scores and your handicap in no time. First of all, record your golf swing on your phone or tablet then upload it within in the app. Within 24-hours you receive analysis of your swing and tips on how to improve. Simple.

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Sonocaddie 2

The Sonocaddie 2 app is another golf GPS app available for both iPhone and Android. You can alternate between the colour course layout or the actual aerial view when determining a yardage. The colour course layout helps in determining exact distance to bunkers and rough as they are more defined in this mode.

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Golf Gamebook

The Golf Gamebook app is the fun way to track your scores during a round. You can enjoy a pro-style live scoring experience in which a leaderboard is developed between your friends playing on the same day. You can even trash talk them during the mini-tournament.

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The Masters Golf Tournament

Arguably everyone’s favourite major, the developers of this handy tool have created an app just as aesthetically pleasing as the course. You can keep up to date with the latest action through live leaderboards and video highlights every time the golfing calendar reaches the Masters.

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Swing Aid

Swing Aid allows you to record, analyse and share your golf swing among your friends and even get advice from fellow golfers. On top of this you can also look through tutorials from the top pros who will take you through their swing step by step.

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Fun Putt Mini Golf

The Fun Putt Mini Golf app is a very basic game but will offer hours of fun. If it is a retro mini golf game you are looking for then this game by Seltice Systems LLC is the one for you.

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Golf Star

Featuring realistic graphics, golfing techniques mastered by the pros, and a simulation powered by real physics-based gameplay Golf Star is one of the most realise golf games going. Whether you’re working your way through the career mode or challenging your friends one on one, you’ll always be having fun.

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Zepp Golf

Zepp Golf is quickly become a great investment for amateur golfers, especially those at the elite end. By attaching a small device to your glove your swing is measured and you are given a golf swing score that appears on your phone. From there you can track, analyze and improve.

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iPING Putter App

This app will definitely help you improve the consistency of your stroke by giving you a putting handicap. A cradle that attaches your iPhone model to the shaft of the putter must be purchased as well. Pros can benefit from this app as it has a putter-fitting feature.

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Mini Golf Stars!

This retro golf game offers hours of fun. Make your way through classic course obstacles such as windmills and loop-the-loops and score lower than your friends to win. This app is perfect for distracting the kids for a good hour or two.

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Flappy Golf

The creators of Super Stickman golf, Noodlecake, stripped down the game in order to create Flappy Golf. The mix of Flappy Bird and Super Stickman Golf amazingly offers hours of fun and is actually quite addictive.

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Golf Putt Pro

Similar to paper toss, the creators at Neonplay have come up with a simple but fun game that can have you fixed for hours. Simply read the break of the putt and see how many times you can hole out in a row.

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Hudl Technique Golf

Hudl Technique Golf is a free video capture app and offers everything you need from slow motion replays and the ability to draw lines and circles on your video. Used by Mark Immelman and Edoardo Molinari, this app will definitely help you improve your swing in no time.

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King of the Course Golf

The King of the Course Golf app is rated highly at 4.5 stars on the app star and is everything you would expect from an arcade style golf app. Play through fast-paced golf challenges on the most spectacular PGA Tour courses in the world such as TPC Sawgrass and Pinehurst No. 2. This app is a fresh new taste on mobile golf.

Have we missed any great golf apps?

Please comment below and let us know if there is an app that you would have included in our list.