Leagues

Modified on Wed, 6 Aug at 6:44 AM

Leagues are here! Now you can organize and manage a full season of tournaments—single-day, multi-day, or a mix of both—with cumulative standings, customizable scoring, and more.

What Are Leagues?

At their core, Leagues allow you to group multiple golf tournaments into one cohesive season-long structure. Whether you’re running a summer series, a club championship, or a season-long competition, Leagues make it easy to:

Create a central website where players can view schedules, leaderboards, and announcements
Build and manage a roster of participants across all events
Build a schedule of events
Track standings across the season

Golfers can keep score in real time using the free Golf Pad app.

With Leagues, everything is interconnected and customizable—giving you full control over the format, scoring, and visibility of your golf season.

Flexible League Structure: Build It Your Way

Leagues are designed to accommodate a wide variety of event formats and competition styles. You can include:

Single-day events
Multi-day events
A mix of both

Each event in your League can be assigned a different weight in the standings. Want your season finale to be worth double points? Or perhaps give more value to a major championship-style tournament? League organizers can customize point values or payout weighting for each event individually.

Two Powerful Scoring Options

Leagues offer two distinct methods for calculating season standings, so you can tailor your scoring system to best match the nature of your competition.

1. Points-Based Scoring

This method assigns points to players or teams based on their finishing position in each event. Features include:

Custom point values for each finishing position
Ability to assign different point scales to different tournaments
(Coming soon) The option to drop a player’s lowest scores from the final standings

2. Payout-Based Scoring

Gross/net winnings or payout totals are used to rank players across the season.

Key features:

Perfect for skins leagues, match play ladders, and cash game formats
Supports varying prize pools for different events
Automatically updates season-long earnings after each tournament

What’s Included with Every League

When you create a League in Golf Pad Events, you gain access to a suite of integrated features that make managing your season easier than ever:

Customizable League Website
Personalize your League page with a name, logo, banner image, and important info. This becomes the go-to hub for your players to check schedules, scores, and updates.
Roster Management
Add or import players into your League. Golfers can participate in all events or just select tournaments - your choice.
Schedule View
Display a full list of upcoming and completed events with direct links to each tournament’s details and leaderboards.
Live Standings
Whether you’re using points or payouts, standings are automatically updated after each tournament - keeping everyone informed and engaged.

Who Can Use Leagues?

Full League functionality is available to Golf Pad Events Pro users. With Events Pro, you’ll unlock:

Full support for multi-day tournaments
Ability to host larger field sizes
Event duplication tools for faster scheduling
And more time-saving features for organizers

However, live scoring through Golf Pad remains free for all players, so anyone participating in your League can use the mobile app to track scores in real time.

Looking to upgrade? Learn more about the Golf Pad Events Pro features!

Getting Started with Leagues

Creating your first League is quick and intuitive. Here’s how to begin:

Log in to your Golf Pad Events account
From your dashboard, select "Add a New League"
Follow the prompts to:
- Name your League
- Set up registration
- Choose your preferred standings method
- Design your League website

Once setup is complete, simply share your League page with your players, begin registering golfers, and start adding tournaments to your schedule.

Moving Existing Events into a League

You can seamlessly move past or upcoming events into a new or existing League.

To do this:

First, create your League
Then, go to the Event settings page for the desired tournament
Select “Move to League”

This transfers the event into your League’s schedule and standings system. All players from the event will be added to the League roster automatically. Just be sure to edit any scoring or payout rules to ensure the event contributes accurately to the overall League totals.

Need Help?

If you have questions or run into any challenges, our Support Team is here to help. You can also explore detailed guides and tutorials in our Help Center to walk you through every step.

Golf Pad Leagues open the door to a whole new level of organized, season-long play. With built-in flexibility, professional-grade tools, and a user-friendly design, it’s never been easier to run a League your players will love.

Ready to get started? Log in to Golf Pad Events and create your first League today.