Help guide

Run a private golf match-play league from setup to finals.

This guide covers the current OPOTB workflow: league creation, invites, open fixtures, handicap confirmation, live scoring, side pots, photos, comments, notifications, and admin controls.

Create a league

Use Create your league, sign in, then choose the league name, slug, season, entry fee, and matches-per-pair quota.
The creator becomes league admin and can manage players, side pots, payments, course defaults, and match issues.
The Summer Cup can stay in the app as the first live/demo league while new leagues are created alongside it.

Add players and accounts

Admins add player slots with display name, email, initials, colour, and Handicap Index.
Each player can receive a secure claim link. The player opens it, confirms their details, and sets an email/password login.
League roles are admin or player. Admins can edit league setup; players can manage their own matches and profile.

Arrange matches

Open leagues let players create fixtures by choosing an eligible opponent.
Eligibility respects the league quota, such as two matches per pair, so the table stays fair.
New matches start scheduled, then move to live, submitted, and confirmed as the players complete the workflow.

Tee off with course data

The player starting a match chooses the golf club, course, and tee. A default club can prefill the search.
Before tee-off, both players' Handicap Index values are shown for confirmation.
The app snapshots Handicap Index, course handicap, playing handicap, shots received, par, rating, slope, and stroke allocation for that match.

Score the match

Official match play scoring is simple: choose home player, away player, or halved for each hole.
The live screen shows the current hole, par, stroke index, yardage, and who receives shots.
Gross scores are optional. If entered with scorecard data, OPOTB can suggest the net winner and preview a score differential.

Submit and confirm

Either participant can score and submit a result.
Both participants confirm the submitted result before it locks into the table.
Admins can reopen, override, or repair a match if the group spots an issue.

Tables, finals, and head-to-heads

Confirmed results drive the league table: win is 3 points, draw is 1 point, loss is 0 points.
Tie-breakers are points, wins, hole difference, head-to-head, then player name.
Finals and Ryder-style projections stay provisional until enough regular-season matches are confirmed.

Pot and side pots

Entry payments are manual admin toggles. OPOTB does not collect money or connect to Stripe in this version.
Side pots can track entrants, buy-ins, paid status, and winners.
Automatic side pots can calculate biggest win, best comeback, most photos, and wooden spoon; manual side pots use admin-selected winners.

Photos, comments, and notifications

Players can upload match photos to the league gallery and attach captions or hole numbers.
The banter board lets participants add match comments.
Notifications are in-app only for major events such as invites, match starts, result confirmations, photos, comments, payments, and admin updates.

Admin controls

Admins can add players, manage invite links, update league defaults, create side pots, toggle payments, and resolve match issues.
The player switcher is demo-only. In Supabase mode, role and access come from the signed-in account and league membership.
Service-role secrets stay on the server. Browser code only uses the publishable Supabase key.

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