Pin Vision has joined forces with HowDidiDo.com and intelligentgolf to bring digital scoring together with GPS, course mapping and pace-of-play tools in a single member-app experience.
Announced on July 13, the integration is designed to let golfers manage competition or general-play rounds without moving between separate apps. It will also give clubs a connected set of course-management and communication tools.
Live Yardages Alongside Digital Scoring
Golfers using the HowDidiDo and intelligentgolf apps will be able to enter scores while viewing GPS distances based on the latest pin positions supplied by their club.
Greenkeeping staff can update the hole location whenever a flag is moved. Pin Vision then uses that position to calculate the displayed distance to the flag. The accuracy of the yardage depends on the club keeping its pin information current.
Players will also have access to hazard distances, digital scorecards, live pace-of-play information and course updates. Club notifications can appear through the same platform, allowing staff to send operational information to golfers during a round.
HowDidiDo’s Google Play listing says its member app connects more than one million golfers across over 2,000 clubs in the UK and Ireland. The announcement does not say whether the new functions will be available to every user or club immediately.
Clubs Gain Pin and Pace Management Tools
For greenkeeping teams, the system provides a way to record daily flag locations in real time. Managers can then review pin-placement history and heatmaps, helping them see how different parts of each green have been used.
Club staff can also monitor pace of play, view information about course activity and communicate directly with players. Combining those functions with the existing scoring system is intended to reduce the number of separate platforms that clubs must operate.
Luigi Goria, co-founder and COO of Pin Vision, said: “From the beginning, our ambition has been to develop technology that genuinely improves the golfing experience for players while giving clubs practical tools to manage their courses more effectively. This partnership with HowDidiDo and intelligentgolf allows us to place those capabilities into the hands of an even larger golfing audience.”
Rollout Details Remain Unconfirmed
ClearCourse Sports & Leisure owns HowDidiDo and intelligentgolf. Its managing director, Vanessa Machin, said: “For us, this is about giving clubs one less thing to manage and members a better experience on the course.”
Machin said Pin Vision’s GPS and pace-of-play data would be built into the scoring experience members already use, so golfers would not need another app and club staff would not need another system.
The announcement does not provide an implementation timetable, a list of participating clubs or pricing for the integration. Separate access terms have also not been confirmed.
Related: Pin Vision Launches Pace of Play Feature to Help Clubs and Golfers Tackle Slow Rounds
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Simon Bale is the publisher of Golf Today. A low single-figure handicap golfer, he was previously a major shareholder and course reviewer for Top100GolfCourses.com for over a decade, starting in 2010. Through this role, he developed extensive knowledge of golf course design and architecture while playing more than 300 courses worldwide.