Why We Built This
Most golf apps give you a distance to the pin. That's not course management. Real course management means knowing which club minimizes your expected strokes when you factor in the bunker short-left, the water long-right, and the trees blocking a recovery if you miss the fairway. It means understanding your risk profile — not just where you're aiming, but what happens when you miss.
Yards Golf Book is based and developed in Vancouver, BC. We built it around a strokes gained model that simulates your full shot dispersion against every hazard on the hole — trees, water, bunkers, OB — and finds the club and target that give you the lowest expected score. Plan your round at home, download the yardage book, and play phone-free.
Your Stats, Your Strategy
A 5-handicap and a 25-handicap should play the same hole completely differently. Yards Golf Book uses your handicap and club distances to generate personalized strategy for every hole — not generic advice, advice for your game.
Our dispersion simulation models where your shots land based on how far you hit each club, then checks every landing spot against the course — fairway, bunker, water, trees, OB — to find the club and target with the lowest expected score. Strokes gained analysis shows where you're losing and gaining strokes relative to your handicap.
Play Phone-Free
Golf is one of the last places you can truly disconnect. Four hours outdoors, no screens, no notifications — just you, the course, and the people you're playing with. We don't want to ruin that.
Yards Golf Book is designed to be used before your round, not during it. Study the course at home. Build your strategy the night before. Know your game plan walking to the first tee.
Download or print your yardage book and leave your phone in the bag. Every hole, every distance, every note — right there on paper, just like the pros carry.
No app notifications pulling you out of the moment. No squinting at a screen in bright sunlight. Just golf.
The course should be a place for focus, fresh air, and the quiet satisfaction of executing a plan you built with care.
What's Inside
Scorecards & Predicted Scores
Complete scorecard data with multiple tees, ratings, and slopes. Plus predicted score distributions for each tee based on simulated rounds at your handicap.
Digital Yardage Books
Hole-by-hole diagrams with shot dispersion, key distances, green maps, and club recommendations. Download as PDF.
Strokes Gained Heat Maps
Full-course heat maps showing strokes gained at every position. See exactly where the best miss is on every hole.
Shot Dispersion & Strategy
1,000-shot simulation for every club, factoring in trees, water, bunkers, and OB. Personalized hole strategy with club recommendations and risk analysis tailored to your game.
Track Your Game
Set up your player profile with your handicap index, club distances, and playing style. Track score differentials round by round and monitor your handicap trend over time.
Yardage Books
Download personalized yardage books as PDF for any course. Hole diagrams, club recommendations, key distances, and strategy notes — take it to the course on your phone or print it at home.