Golf tournament software and live scoring

A golf event starts with a listing and an entry list. Zeetius Tournaments publishes a page for each competition with its dates, venue, divisions and rules, takes entries and payments online and checks eligibility as golfers register, so the secretary is not chasing entry forms and fees in the week before the event.

Fields are usually divided before the first tee time. Divisions by handicap band, age group or gender are set per event, and each division keeps its own results. Junior championships, seniors' events and open competitions can run on the same day with separate prizes, from a single entry system.

Match play championships use a knockout draw instead of a single field. Zeetius Tournaments generates seeded brackets from qualifying scores or rankings, keeps the bracket current as matches are played and publishes each round, so players know their next opponent and the date by which the match must be played.

• Online entries. Golfers enter and pay against the competition's listing page, with eligibility checked as they register.
• Divisions. Handicap bands, age groups and gender divisions, each with its own results and prizes.
• Match play brackets. Seeded knockout draws for club championships and interclub events, updated round by round.

Golf on Zeetius is scored live on the Zeetius multi-sport scoresheet. Tournament officials and scorers on the course enter scores as holes are completed, and the scoresheet is set up for the event's holes, rounds and format. Players, members, parents and coaches who are not walking with a group follow the competition as it happens at zeetius.com/live/livescore, where golf can be chosen from the sport filter.

When the round is over and the scores are checked, the same scores become the competition's official results by division, so nobody retypes scorecards into a spreadsheet in the clubhouse. Every participant receives a certificate generated in bulk from the results, and prizes for gross, net and Stableford winners in each division are read straight from the same record.

Across a season, results become rankings. Zeetius Federation prepares rank lists from real results by age group and division, which is how a golf federation or club runs an order of merit, a junior ranking or a selection list for county and national squads. Every ranking can be traced back to the events that produced it, from the live score to the final placing.

Golf runs on membership. Zeetius Federation registers players, clubs and officials once and keeps them current through renewals, transfers and seasons, with membership cards and a complete history for every member. Fees are paid online through secure payment gateways and recorded against the member, with renewal reminders sent by email and SMS.

A golf union or federation usually works through regions and clubs. Each tier can have its own access, so a club manages its own members while the federation sees every player and every sanctioned event in one view. Referees and rules officials are accredited, nominated and allocated to events from the same record.

Multi-day championships bring players, caddies, officials and guests to one venue. Zeetius Connect accredits them online before they arrive and manages accommodation, meals and transport, with QR validation for entry and coupons, so the people side of a championship runs alongside the competition itself.