FAQ
Everything you need to know before you step up.
The basics
A live ledger for your foursome's side action. You still say the bet out loud like you always have.
Then you put it in the app as a sentence, the ledger keeps it, you settle it hole by hole, and the 19th Hole screen nets everyone out at the end.
The app holds the memory, not the money.
No. Zero. SANDBAGR never touches a dollar.
It keeps track of who owes whom, and at the 19th Hole it hands you a pre-filled Venmo request for each pair. You settle with your buddies directly, the way you always have.
We're a scorekeeper. Not a sportsbook, not a bookie, not a payment app.
SANDBAGR is a record-keeping app. It doesn't take bets, set odds, hold money, or pay anyone out.
What you and your friends agree to among yourselves is between you, the same as it was before you had the app, and you're responsible for knowing the rules where you play.
You must be of legal age in your jurisdiction (the app is rated 18+). Please play responsibly.
Nothing. It's free on the App Store.
iPhone only for now (iOS 16.4 or later). Android is on the list. No date yet, and we won't give you one until we can keep it.
Playing a round
It only takes one person to pull the whole group in. Whoever starts the round picks the course and gets a room code and a QR. The rest scan it or type the code and they're in.
From there, one person can put in one bet or a hundred. Everyone who wants a piece of the action needs the app, and everyone sees the same ledger, live, the whole round.
Shot outcomes, hole by hole. Up and down from the bunker. A three-putt blowup. Birdie on the par 5. Fairway off the first tee. "$20 says he doesn't break 90."
The stuff you'd actually say on the tee, written the way you'd say it: "You bet Mike $50 that Mike misses the fairway."
Two ways. If the scorecard can see it, it settles itself. The moment the hole's scores go in, a birdie bet or a double-bogey bet is auto-resolved. No tapping.
If the scorecard can't see it, like an up and down, you tap the bet on the live ledger and mark it won, lost, or void.
Either way, every bet goes on the record, every dollar sits on one shared ledger, and the who-won-the-front argument is dead.
The 19th Hole. The scorecard gets confirmed, the app nets every bet down to one number per pair ("Mike owes you $35"), and you get a one-tap Venmo request for each one.
Money moves on Venmo, between you two, not through us.
You keep the bragging rights. We keep the receipts.
Every score and every bet sits on one ledger the whole group watches in real time, and the scorecard gets confirmed before anything is final.
If your buddy wants to argue with three other phones, let him try.
Groups and what's next
Your regular crew, with a running tab that carries across rounds and a standings board that never resets. One invite code gets the whole group in.
Bet the whole group, not just your foursome.
Pre-round lines, this fall. Before you tee off, the engine sets a line on every player in the group from the course, the tees, and everyone's handicap.
You pick a side. Anyone in the group can take the other. SANDBAGR never holds a position.
Beyond that, we'll show you when it's ready. See the preview.
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