About
The Starter is a golf trip planning app built for groups. We handle the logistics so you can focus on the golf — tee time coordination, cost splitting, handicap-adjusted betting formats, live scoring, and payout calculations, all in one place.
It started with a simple problem: planning a golf trip for 8+ guys is a mess. Spreadsheets for expenses, group texts for tee times, someone always forgetting their score from Saturday's round. We built The Starter to replace all of that with a single link you send to your crew.
Built for golf trips of 4 to 20 players. No spreadsheets. No group text chaos.
Tee Times
Schedule rounds, assign foursomes, and send confirmations to everyone
Scorecards
Enter scores hole-by-hole and watch the leaderboard update in real time
Expenses
Split green fees, lodging, and dinners. Everyone sees exactly what they owe
Itineraries
Day-by-day schedule from arrival dinner to Sunday checkout
Side Bets
Nassau, skins, match play — track betting formats and calculate payouts
Group Coordination
RSVP tracking, handicap collection, rental coordination
The Starter is part of the GroupTrip family of products — a suite of tools for planning group travel. GroupTrip handles general group trips; The Starter is the golf-specific product.
thestarter.app — Golf trips, handled.