Track Shot

What is 18Birdies Track Shot?

Few things are more satisfying than hitting a great golf shot. The 18Birdies Track Shot feature can help you recreate that feeling of a great golf shot, and help you analyze your performance after a round.

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Set up your 18Birdies Golf Bag

To get the most out of 18Birdies Track Shot, you will need to set up your Golf Bag. The 18Birdies Golf Bag will track all of your clubs, distances, and tracked shots.

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Enable Track Shot on the GPS Screen

Track Shot should be enabled and visible on your GPS screen by default. To ensure Track Shot is enabled for your round, please try this...

1. Once you have started a golf round in the 18Birdies app, tap Tools near the bottom left corner of the GPS screen.
2. Tap the pin icon next to the Track Shot feature. The pin icon should be blue.

Note: Track Shot and Strokes Gained cannot be used simultaneously. To use Strokes Gained, disable Track Shot and enable Strokes Gained.

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How to Find Track Shot in a Round

1. Once you have started your round and hit your first shot, press the 'Track Shot' icon at the bottom of the GPS screen. 
   When you're satisfied with your shot details, press "Save This Shot".
2. Tap 'From Current Location' to start tracking from where you are on the course or tap 'From Another Location'.
   If you tap From Another Location, you must confirm the shot's starting point by dragging the blue pin to the correct starting position.
   

   

3. On the screen, you will see a red dot next to a yellow 'Save Shot' button.
   If you tapped 'From Current Location', a starting position pushpin will appear on top of your blue, location dot. If the pushpin's position doesn't match your shot's position, simply tap 'Edit' and then 'Change Start Point'. You can then drag the pushpin to the correct starting position of this shot.
   

   

4. Start moving to your ball's ending location.
   As you move, the number of yards corresponding to 'X yds' will change according to the relative position of the blue, starting position pushpin, and your blue location dot.
5. Once you arrive at your ball's ending location, press the yellow 'Save Shot' button.
   If necessary, tap either the popup or the pencil icon next to the yardage measurement of the shot to adjust your starting or ending position drop pin by dragging it to the correct position.

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Tip: You can tap the yellow pencil icon next to the tracked shot on the GPS to edit any of the shot details. 

PREMIUM TIP: You can view the average tracked shot distance for any given club in your golf bag! To see your tracked average for each club, Launch the 18Birdies App > Tap 'Me' in the bottom right corner > Tap the three dots '...' on the top right-hand corner > Tap 'Shots'. 

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How to edit your Track Shot in a round

To change the Start Point, Club used, Shot Description details, or Delete the shot, simply tap the Edit button next to Save Shot.

Change Start Point

Drag the PIN icon to the correct starting position.

Change Club

Open your 18Birdies Golf Bag and select the club you used to hit the shot.

Change Shot Description

Add Shot Description details, like Solid Shot, Lie and Shot Shape.

Delete The Shot

Cancel a Track Shot in progress, or delete a saved Track Shot. Once a Track Shot has been deleted, the shot is not able to be recovered.

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How to track your putts in 18Birdies

1. Once you have tracked your ball to the green and you are ready to putt, tap the Track Shot button on the GPS screen.
   
2. Scroll down and select your Putter.
   
3. On the Shot Description page, select Green, then tap Continue.
   
4. Putt your golf ball, then adjust the ending pin location to place your ball at the correct spot, either in the hole to finish the hole or somewhere else on the green. When you complete the putt, tap Save Shot.
   
   The 18Birdies app set the front/middle/back locations for the green; the app does not adjust the pin locations daily to reflect the actual pin locations set by the golf course. 
   
5. Repeat this for every putt you take until the hole is finished.

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How to Use Shot Details for Track Shot

1. Once you have started your round and hit your first shot, press the 'Track Shot' icon at the bottom of the GPS screen.
2. Use the scroll wheel to select the club that you used.
3. Tap Add Shot Details.
   
   

   

4. Tap your lie to select where your ball is resting.
5. Tap the starting direction, shape, and height to mark the different parts of the ball flight for your shot.
   
   
6. Tap the + on the location on the club face to mark where the shot was struck.
   
   

   

7. Use the ✔ and ❌ to indicate if the shot felt like it was solid contact. 

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How to Find Track Shot after a Round

Easily view, edit, or delete your tracked shots in the 18Birdies app.

Round Summary

1. Once you've finished a round and you are on the Round Summary screen, tap Shots on the bottom menu bar

• Tap the "..." in the upper right corner to Edit or Delete your shot.
• Tap the Share icon to share your Track Shot in a text message, or to your favorite social platform.
• Tap Next or Last to move to a different Track Shot.

Round History

1. Open the app and tap Me on the bottom menu bar.
2. Tap Rounds (directly below your profile image).
3. Select a round to open the Round Summary, or select a Track Shot directly on the round preview.

Profile Activity

1. Open the app and tap Me on the bottom menu bar.
2. Tap Activity to display your Activity Feed.
3. Select a round to open the Round Summary, or select a Track Shot directly on the round preview.

Profile "More"

1. Open the app and tap Me on the bottom menu bar.
2. Tap the "..." in the upper right corner to open More.
3. Tap Shots.
4. Scroll down to view all of your shots by the club used, or tap Rounds on the top menu bar to view your Track Shots by round.

How to Remove a Tracked Shot from your 18Birdies Profile

Whether you have mistakenly tracked a shot, gotten a new club, and want to clean up your shot history, or if you really want to forget that hook into the woods, tracked shots in 18Birdies are easy to manage and maintain.

Remove a tracked shot

1. Open the phone app and tap 'Me' on the bottom menu bar.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner.
3. Tap 'Shots'.
4. Tap the club used for the shot.
5. Use the 'Next' and 'Last' buttons to select the shot that you would like to delete.
6. Tap the three white dots in the upper right-hand corner.
7. Tap Delete this shot.

Alternatively

1. Open the app and tap your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner.
3. Tap 'Shots'
4. Tap By Round at the top to browse tracked shots by the round/date played.
   Please note that if you have removed the round from your Round History, the shot will not show in the By Round category but will still be available By Club.
   
5. Tap the three white dots in the upper right-hand corner.
6. Tap Delete this shot.

New clubs

If you have recently replaced your persimmon wood with a fancy new driver, there is no need to worry about tracked shots being lumped together and skewing your numbers.

If you remove your old driver from your golf bag in the app, the app will save all of the shots recorded for that club and those recorded shots will be separate from the new driver. 

If you decide to keep those tracked shots with your old driver, after you have recorded shots with the new driver, you will see both clubs on the Shots screen with the shots recorded for each club separated by which club was used for that specific shot.

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