SimCap Blog
Notes from the fairway.
Building in public, product updates, and the case for a real simulator golf handicap.
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Running a Multi-Week League at Your Facility, Using SimCap Seasons
A simulator facility's first league plan, a qualifying round, a new course every week, cash payouts, and how to build it on SimCap's Seasons feature.
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SimCap vs. GHIN: Which Handicap Do You Actually Need?
GHIN is the official number, but most simulator golf doesn't actually qualify for it. Here's the real difference, what each one costs, and how to figure out which one (or both) you need.
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Simulator Golf Handicap Apps: An Updated Comparison
The simulator golf handicap space got more crowded this summer. Here's an honest update on what's new — Golf Genius, Evenplay, Lies Golf — and where SimCap fits against all of it.
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What's new on SimCap this fall
9-hole rounds and tournaments, fairer scoring, Seasons, and a much bigger course library — a recap of everything shipped before the winter indoor season kicks off.
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New to SimCap? Here's how to play
Formats, scoring, and what your handicap index actually means — a plain-language guide for anyone just getting started tracking their sim golf handicap.
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How to Run a Season in SimCap
A season links a group's tournaments into one points race — place-based scoring across events, with standings that update as each tournament finishes.
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How to Run a Tournament in SimCap
Tournaments live inside a group. Creator or Admin launches one of four formats — stroke play, match play, scramble, or best ball — picks who's playing, and players apply rounds as they log them.
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People keep finding this on their own
I've sent a lot of cold DMs to get SimCap in front of simulator facilities. Some of the best momentum has come from the opposite direction — people finding it themselves and offering to help before I ever asked.
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How to Log a Round
Open Log a round, set platform, course, tee, score, and conditions — or scan a GSPro scorecard — then save and watch your index update.
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How to Invite Friends and Start a Group
Groups are where SimCap gets social — create a crew on the Social tab, invite by email, and you've got ranks, chat, and tournaments in one place.
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Getting Started with SimCap
New to SimCap? Here's the short path from download to your first index — sign up, pick a course, log a round, and watch the number show up.
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We built this because a facility asked for it
A facility needed their members to log rounds on GSPro courses SimCap didn't have yet. We built the full GSPro library with honest slope labels — "Slope by GSPro" or "Estimated" — so handicaps stay real without dressing up guesses as facts.
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Two Ways to Build in This Space
Had a conversation with another team building something adjacent to SimCap. Their bet is to stay invisible inside partner venues. Mine has been the opposite from day one.
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The Best Handicap App for Simulator Golf
If you play simulator golf and want a real way to track your handicap, here's the honest breakdown of GHIN, TheGrint, Golf Handicapp, and SimCap — including where SimCap fits and where it doesn't.
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I Don't Fully Know Why People Don't Post Their Scores
GSPro already has a handicap. People still don't reliably post scores to their phone. I'm not sure I fully understand why — and I think the real unlock may be social, not just mobile.
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SimCap Got Me Hired. Now It Becomes a Full-Time Side Hustle
I'm starting a full-time product role soon. SimCap becomes a full-time side hustle — nights and weekends — with the next big push being automatic score sync from the sim.
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Scan In. Play. Your Scores Just Show Up.
Right now, using SimCap still means typing in your scores after a round. We're building scan-in so you walk up to the bay, scan a QR code, and everything loads automatically.
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I Built an App With No Coding Experience
I have never written a line of code by hand. Everything in SimCap exists because I described it to Cursor in plain English. Here's what building a real app actually looks like when you cannot code.
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Why I'm Building SimCap for When the Weather Turns
Simulator golf is a cold weather sport. SimCap is small in July by design — the real growth moment is when winter drives golfers indoors across the US.
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Why I Upgraded SimCap's Mulligan System
SimCap's mulligan system used to be on or off. That's not accurate enough — so I replaced it with a four-tier model that tracks none, one, two, or three-plus mulligans.
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Why I Built SimCap
Real golf has GHIN. Simulator golf had nothing. I built SimCap to give sim players a portable handicap, real competition, and a reason to keep coming back.
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