Golf round stats
Where the strokes actually go.
Opportunity score
5,346 / 10k
Worth a weekend. Demand is real, execution decides it.
Rank
#77
Gap
A
Demand
34
3,890 contestable searches a month across 25 related keywords, after removing 20 searches for named brands.
Momentum
49
Last three months ran down 1.3% against the three before, seasonality smoothed out.
Competition gap
65
15 real products rank on page one for this, ad competition 0.15.
Crowd
n/a
Only 4 rankings so far, not counted until 5.
Willingness to pay
65
Advertisers pay $3.72 a click for this search — some money moves here.
What this score is based on
evidence checked 9/27/2026
- Search demand verified against Google Ads data
- 12 months of search history
- 25 related keywords clustered
- No firsthand pain signals collected yet
- 15 competitors analyzed from page-one results
- 4 crowd rankings from builders
Search demand comes from Google Ads data via DataForSEO and refreshes daily. Competitors come from a live scan of page-one results. Crowd input comes from builders ranking ideas 1-2-3 on the market.
Keyword cluster
25 keywords · 3,910 searches a month combined
Demand counts the whole cluster: 3,910 searches a month across every relevant way people look for this problem. The intent label on each keyword tells you how close that searcher is to wanting software.
| Keyword | Intent | Searches | CPC | Ad comp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 590 | $4.86 | 0.14 |
| scorecard app golf | wants a tool | 590 | $5.36 | 0.44 |
| app scorecard golf | wants a tool | 590 | $5.36 | 0.44 |
| scorecard app | wants a tool | 320 | $14.83 | 0.03 |
| best golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 210 | $8.28 | 0.42 |
| best golf app scorecard | wants a tool | 210 | $8.28 | 0.42 |
| best golf scorecard apps | wants a tool | 210 | $8.28 | 0.42 |
| free golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 170 | $4.34 | 0.61 |
| mini golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 170 | $4.25 | 0.13 |
| disc golf score keeper | unclear | 90 | $0.71 | 1.00 |
| disc golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 90 | $3.47 | 0.12 |
| disk golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 90 | $3.47 | 0.12 |
| frisbee golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 90 | $3.47 | 0.12 |
| best free golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 70 | $4.05 | 0.47 |
| golf gps and scorecard app | wants a tool | 70 | $2.32 | 0.03 |
| live golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 70 | $3.60 | 0.60 |
| myscorecard golf | unclear | 70 | $2.46 | 0.02 |
| golf score card app | wants a tool | 40 | $4.66 | 0.61 |
| digital golf scorecard app | wants a tool | 40 | $1.26 | 0.12 |
| golf score keeper app | wants a tool | 30 | $4.56 | 0.63 |
| mini golf score app | wants a tool | 30 | $8.79 | 0.06 |
| best golf scorecard app for iphone | wants a specific brand | 20 | $7.50 | 0.43 |
| digital golf score card | unclear | 20 | $2.00 | 0.71 |
| mscorecard golf scorecard | unclear | 20 | - | 0.00 |
| golf course scorecard app | wants a tool | 10 | $7.76 | 0.49 |
CPC is what an advertiser pays Google for one click on that phrase — a rough price tag on how valuable the visitor is. Ad comp. runs 0 to 1 and is how full the ad auction is: near 1 means advertisers are fighting over it (money is there, but ranking is hard), near 0 means almost nobody bids.
Who has the problem
The golfer knows their total score but lacks specific data on where strokes were lost or gained. Current tools are not providing 'where the strokes actually go' beyond the aggregate score.
- Who experiences it
- A golfer finishing a round on the course.
- When it happens
- After hitting the last putt on the 18th green, they need to log their scores and understand their performance.
- How often
- After each golf round, which shows seasonality with 880 monthly searches in peak months.
- What they do today
- They are using a 'golf scorecard app' (590/mo) or 'digital golf scorecard app' (40/mo), but this tool primarily tracks the overall score.
Read off 25 search phrases, 10/1/2026.
Why now
Not a spike — a steady, repeating problem people search every month.
Demand is steady year over year
635 a month twelve months ago → 635 now for "golf scorecard app".
Flat over the last quarter
Last three months of searches against the three before them.
Peaks in May
Demand swings 126% across the year, so ship roughly two months before May.
Advertisers pay $3.72 a click here
Buying this intent instead of ranking for it would run roughly $4,364 a month — money is already chasing these searches.
10 real products on page one
Alongside 5 articles and reference pages, which is room a focused tool can take.
Search data
verified · dataforseo:us · refreshed 9/27/2026
- Lead keyword
- golf scorecard app
- Cluster volume
- 3,910 / mo
- across 25 related keywords; lead phrase is 590 / mo
- CPC
- $3.72
- what an advertiser pays for one click here
- Ad competition
- 0.15
- 0-1 scale: barely any advertisers bidding
Opportunity score 5,346 = 40% contestable search demand (3,890 a month across 25 keywords, after removing 20 brand searches) + 25% how open the competition still is (15 products on page one) + 15% momentum (last three months vs the three before, capped so one bucketed month can't swing it) + 10% willingness to pay ($3.72 a click) + 10% crowd rankings (Elo 1501, 4 head-to-heads, weighted by how many votes exist). Anything we can't measure is dropped and the rest re-weighted, so a blank signal never counts as an average one. Search data refreshes daily from Google Ads via DataForSEO.
Monthly searches for "golf scorecard app"
4 votes · demand from dataforseo:us, updated 9/27/2026
Peak 776 · latest 635 · low 344 searches a month
Google reports monthly volume in fixed buckets (…27,100 · 33,100 · 40,500 · 49,500), so steady months land on the exact same number. Weekly data isn't published.
This chart tracks the single lead phrase. The demand score uses the whole cluster of 25 related phrases (3,910 searches a month), listed below.
Revenue potential
estimate, not a promise
Priced and converted as a prosumer subscription — the funnel below changes with that model, because a freemium consumer app and a B2B tool convert nothing alike.
MRR by month 12
$136 – $830
6–40 paying users · +1–4 new a month at 5% churn
Year-one run rate
$1,635 – $9,965
the month-12 number annualised — you earn less than this during the ramp
Price
$21/mo
same price as the business model below
24-month projection
log scale
Month 24 · hover to scrub
The two solid lines are the range above: a slow build and good execution on a slice of this demand. The dashed line is the breakout — you become the default answer for this problem, take roughly a quarter of the intent, convert far better because people arrive already sold, and churn halves. That's the outcome worth chasing, and it's about $15,826 a month by month 24 (1,877 paying users). Most ideas land on the bottom line; the point of the chart is that the ceiling isn't the estimate.
How we got there
- 3,910 cluster searches a month, 1.6x for app stores and word of mouth.
- You reach 0.9-5.7% of that, scaled by ad competition 0.15.
- 10% of visitors sign up, 12% of those pay. Trial-led: people arrive already shopping, so trial-to-paid runs high.
- That wins 1-4 new subscribers a month. Stack 12 months of that against 5% monthly churn and you're holding 6-40 paying users by month 12.
- Price $21/mo, taken from the business model below.
Who already builds this
10 real products · 5 articles, explainers and store pages · scanned daily on Google for "golf scorecard app"
10 real products own this search. Everything else on page one is a roundup, review post or explainer, listed separately below.
Ranks #4 on Google for "golf scorecard app".
18birdies.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
Ranks #5 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
mscorecard.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #9Bluegolf
Ranks #9 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
bluegolf.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #10Golfgamebook
Ranks #10 on Google for "golf scorecard app".
golfgamebook.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #11Usga
Ranks #11 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
usga.org · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #12Golfplaythru
Ranks #12 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
golfplaythru.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #13Golfpadgps
Ranks #13 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
golfpadgps.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #14Miclub
Ranks #14 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
miclub.com.au · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #18Squabbitgolf
Ranks #18 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
squabbitgolf.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #19Golfstatus
Ranks #19 on Google for "scorecard app golf".
golfstatus.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
Also ranking, but not products (5)
Roundups, review posts, explainers and store pages. They compete for the search, not for the job — they don't count against the competition gap.
- #5UnclassifiedTheGrint - Handicap & Scorecardthegrint.com
- #9ArticleBest Golf Apps 2026: GPS, Stats, Practice & Shot Trackinggolfinsideruk.com
- #14ArticleSwingU: Best Golf GPS App For iOS + Apple Watch and Androidswingu.com
- #16Article7 Best Golf Stat Tracking Apps to Analyze Your Gamewickedsmartgolf.com
- #17ArticleThe Best Golf Apps of 2026: Take your game digitaltodays-golfer.com
Likely business model
willingness to pay 51/100
Prosumer subscription
People are actively shopping for a tool here, so charge from day one.
Price to test · from ad click value
$8–$34/mo
No competitor pricing page was readable, so this band comes from what a click on this intent costs advertisers ($3.72) — a starting price to test, not a proven one.
What to charge for
Trial then subscribe. This crowd is already comparing paid tools, so ask for the card early rather than running a wide free tier.
What this data can't tell you
- · Nobody's published price backs this band yet — treat the number as a test, and put a price up in week one to find out.
Willingness-to-pay evidence
- Advertisers pay $3.72 a click for this intent — real money already chases it.
- 84% of the 25-keyword cluster is commercial-intent wording (best, app, pricing, alternative).
- Ad competition 0.15 — few advertisers fighting for it.