Josh Cassin
Golf reviewer · +3.7 handicap index
Articles reviewed by Josh Cassin
Golf swing tempo: what the 3:1 ratio really means
The 3:1 tempo ratio is an average observed on tour, not a rule. What it measures, why the ratio matters more than the speed, and why we are not publishing tempo by handicap.
2026-09-18Golf weather and wind: how to read a forecast before you play
Four numbers decide how a course will play, and only one of them is the temperature. How to read a forecast, how much wind actually costs you, and where the app stops being right.
2026-09-16Learning the Rules of Golf and etiquette with your phone
The rules beginners get wrong, with the exact rule number for each, the etiquette nobody writes down, and how to settle a ruling on the course in twenty seconds.
2026-09-16What is a good golf score, by handicap and by age
Your handicap is not your average score, and the gap between them is where most disappointment lives. What the numbers actually predict, and what age changes.
2026-09-15Indoor golf and simulators: what transfers to the course
A simulator measures your ball flight precisely and removes almost everything else that makes golf hard. What carries over, what does not, and how to practise so it does.
2026-09-14Strokes gained, explained for amateur golfers
It answers a question fairways and greens cannot: where your strokes actually go. What it measures, what it needs, and where it stops being worth the effort.
2026-09-14Golf glossary: 52 terms that actually come up
The vocabulary a golfer meets in their first three years, defined without circularity. Not every word in golf — the ones that change what you do next.
2026-09-11How to break 100, 90 and 80: the arithmetic and the statistic that decides each
Each threshold falls to a different thing, and none of them requires a good hole. What the numbers actually demand, and the one statistic that moves each barrier.
2026-09-11Golf apps that build training plans from your scorecard data
A plan built from your rounds beats a plan built from your handicap, and the difference is testable in one question. How the mechanism works, and where it stops.
2026-09-09Are virtual golf coaching programmes worth it for amateurs?
Three different products get sold under the same name, and only one of them fails predictably. How to tell which you are buying, and the four checks that decide whether it works.
2026-09-09The best app for organising a golf group, society or tournament
Organising golf fails on three things, and none of them is the software. What each app solves, what stays your problem, and the formats that keep a mixed-ability group coming back.
2026-09-08Best tools to practise golf at home
What actually transfers from a living room to the course, what does not, and the small number of tools worth owning. Most of it costs less than a lesson.
2026-09-08Golf apps with short-game drills, compared
Around 60% of your shots happen inside 100 metres, and almost no golf app treats that seriously. The ones that do, what each covers, and how to tell a scored drill from a video.
2026-09-07Golf apps with a social feed, photo sharing and achievements
Golf's social features fail more often than they work, and always for the same reason. What makes a feed worth opening, and which apps have enough users near you to matter.
2026-09-07Free golf apps to track your scorecard and handicap
Several apps do this for nothing, and they differ entirely in what sits behind the paywall. What free actually covers, and the one question to ask before two seasons of cards go in.
2026-09-04Golf apps that give personalised swing feedback
Most feedback described as personalised is a template with your name on it. Four tests that tell the difference, and what genuinely individual feedback needs to know about you.
2026-09-03AI golf coach vs PGA lessons: an honest comparison
One sees your swing every day for nothing. The other understands why it happens. What each is genuinely better at, and what a sensible golfer does about it.
2026-09-02Best golf apps for swing consistency, compared
Consistency is a measurement problem before it is a technique problem. Which apps actually measure repeatability, what each is good for, and the number of swings before any of it means anything.
2026-09-02How to fix a slice at home using AI swing analysis
The three causes a phone camera can actually identify, how to film so the report is usable, and four drills matched to what's really happening — not to what a slice usually means.
2026-08-25How to track fairways, greens in regulation and putts per round
The five stats that actually predict your score, three ways to record them from a scrap of paper to full GPS tracking, and published benchmarks by handicap to check yours against.
2026-08-24Can a golf training app actually lower your handicap? What the research shows
One peer-reviewed study on app use and scoring, why it doesn't prove what marketing claims it proves, and why our own usage data isn't big enough yet to add a second one.
2026-08-21How beginners can use AI to improve at golf faster
What AI is genuinely useful for in your first year, a week-by-week 90-day plan, and when to stop trusting an app and book a lesson with a human instead.
2026-08-20How accurate is AI golf swing analysis, really?
What a phone-based AI analysis measures reliably, what it estimates, and what it simply cannot see. An honest look at the error margins, and how to film so the numbers mean something.
2026-08-10How to find golf partners near you (and actually get a game)
Six ways golfers find playing partners, what each one really costs in time and awkwardness, and how to write a profile that gets replies rather than silence.
2026-08-10AI golf swing analysis: how it actually works
Pose detection, the eight swing phases, what gets measured and which faults get flagged. The mechanics of turning a phone video into a diagnosis — and how to film so it works.
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