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How to set up ScoreboardLive for a tournament
How to set up ScoreboardLive for a tournament

Find out how you choose ScoreboardLive as the live scoring option for a tournament you're hosting.

Updated over 2 months ago

Download the ScoreboardLive app from the App Store or Google Play and get players to do the same.


1. Log in to the Scoreboard Coach Portal, via the Scoreboard website homepage or via coach.scoreboard.clippd.com

2. Click Tournaments, then +Create and select Tournament

3. On the Teams page. Use the Search bar at the top to add appropriate teams. You can remove a team using the Remove button to the right. If you need to add a B team in addition to the Varsity team click the Team + button. You can also add individuals not competing for the Varsity or B team

The pencil icon button next to each team allows you to add players for each team. The up and down arrows to the right of each player’s name allows you to create the line-up order for each team. If you need to remove a player from the line-up unclick the pink dot to the right of the player’s name

4. In Course Setup, select the golf course and use the Select A Tee dropdown. Select the tee or the closest yardage to the one being played (you can make edits to the course set-up once the tee has been selected). If you can’t find your course, click Email Support at the bottom of the screen. Once you have selected your tees, click Add Course

5. Now you have the option to edit the yardages if required. Click Edit and you can make the changes to hole yardages, pars and time par for each hole. Click Save to save any edits and name the tees after your tournament. If you have not made any changes, click Back

6. The next step is to set your Tee Groups. Click View Groups. You will then be able to Manage Your Tee Sheet. You have the option to:

  • Create New Tee Sheet: Start fresh and build a new Tee Sheet tailored to your current needs and tournament preferences.

  • Copy Previous Tee Sheet: Quickly replicate a Tee Sheet from a previous round with all players and tee positions intact.

  • Create Tee Sheet Template: Automatically generate a Tee Sheet with team and player positions based on their scores or seeding order. You can manually edit team and player positions once the information has been auto-populated


7. If you choose Create New Tee Sheet you will need to enter Group Size (please note: you must select the LARGEST group size in your event) and Start Type. Then complete the remaining Round Details

8. Select the Teams and Players for each group. You can either add players manually or auto-populate by Score or Seed

9. To remove a player from a group, click the x button next to their name. Once you begin to select players, you will only be able to select subsequent players who have not been assigned to another tee time/group

10. Click Save and the Request Successful message will appear in green at the bottom left of the screen

11. You will then automatically be returned to the Tee Groups page where you can View Groups to check that everything is correct

12. Once your tournament is set up, click the Live Scoring tab. Select ScoreboardLive and make your payment

13. Select Scoring Setup. Below are your scoring options:

  • Paperless Official Scoring: Every player logs in to the ScoreboardLive app and marks another player’s score as well as their own - Each team has a unique login code found on the Live Scoring tab during tournament creation

  • Player Walking Scoring: One player scores for the whole group - Each team has a unique login code found on the Live Scoring tab during tournament creation

  • Volunteer Walking Scoring: One volunteer scores per group - All volunteers have same login code found on the Live Scoring tab during tournament creation

  • Greenside Scoring: One volunteer per hole/group of holes - All volunteers have same login code found on the Live Scoring tab during tournament creation


14. Once the the tournament has been created, you will see a unique code generated for each team in the event. Make sure you send this to the participating teams ahead of the event

15. If you make any changes to a tournament after play has started, make sure you click Sync Changes on the Live Scoring tab in the Coach Portal


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