Eighteen holes, in foil.

A four-card pack at the pro shop. One hole on each card, from the course you came to play. After the round, the shop puts your score on the back.

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A sealed Score Cards foil pack

01 The pack

Hold it a second.

The pack sits in your hand. Nobody opens it yet. Four cards in there, and one of them might be the one.

The foil pack turned to show its edge

02 The parking lot

Same foil, older hands.

Torn open in the parking lot. The foil sounds the way it did when you were ten.

Cards sliding out of the torn pack

03 The first tee

Got it. Need it.

Four holes from the course you are about to play. Doubles change hands on the first tee.

Four Lac La Belle hole cards fanned out

04 Holo

This year’s holo.

Pull it and the group hears about it for eighteen holes. Not every pack has one.

Move your pointer to catch the foil.Tilt your phone to catch the foil.

The hole 16 holo card catching light

On the course

Four friends on a first tee by the water at golden hour
First tee. The doubles are already traded.

The hole in your hand.

Clip the card to your bag and tee off. At some point today you’ll be standing on it.

Tee to green on the hole in your hand. Nobody needs to know about the second shot.

A golfer swinging on a misty fairway
Then you play it.

05 The back

The number stays.

After the round, the pro shop puts your score on the card for good. The app keeps the rest: the photos, who you played with, the note about 14.

The score side of the hole 16 card with a 4 marked

06 On the bag

On the bag.

The card goes in its clear case and clips to the bag. The course on the front, your round on the back.

The card in its clear case, clipped to a golf bag

07 Kept

Nobody throws this one away.

It rides on the bag until you come back to finish the set. Then it goes on the shelf with the others.

Cased Lac La Belle cards standing on a wooden shelf

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Put your eighteen holes in the pro shop.

Packs in the shop. The score on the card. The rest in the app.

  1. i.

    Packs at the counter

    Four-card foil packs of your course. One card for every hole, and a holo that isn’t in every pack.

  2. ii.

    The score goes on the card

    After the round, the shop puts the player’s score on the back. A score station is optional.

  3. iii.

    The app keeps the round

    Score, partners, photos and a note, kept with the card.

Friends raising a toast in the clubhouse after the round
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