Reads from the Clubhouse

Stories, lessons, and behind-the-scenes from building HoleRecord — for golfers who want to get better, not just track scores.

Behind the Build

We Graded Ourselves Before We Asked You To

July 3, 2026 · 6 min read

In a couple of days, HoleRecord goes up on the App Store, and I'm going to ask you to do something that requires a little faith: walk off a green, tap a gold…

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Practical Lesson

Practical Lesson: Learning to Keep Composure

July 3, 2026 · 7 min read

There's a specific kind of quiet that follows a two-footer lipping out. Everybody goes quiet. You go quiet. And for the next three holes, some part of your brain is…

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Behind the Build

WITB — What's In The Backend

July 3, 2026 · 6 min read

Every golfer knows WITB. What's In The Bag. It's the little ritual we do with each other and with the pros: the 14 clubs, the shaft flex, the grind on the wedges,…

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Getting Better

Your Scorecard Is Already Trying to Tell You Something

July 3, 2026 · 5 min read

There's a moment I love, and it happens in the parking lot after almost every round. You're loading clubs into the trunk, and somebody says, "You know what killed…

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Product

Talk It or Tap It: Why HoleRecord Does Both

July 3, 2026 · 6 min read

There's a line in our onboarding that's easy to miss. Right after the big animation where a voice note fills in a whole scorecard — score, putts, fairway, green,…

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Product

Dark or Light Mode Isn't a Vanity Toggle. It's a Golf Feature.

July 3, 2026 · 5 min read

There's a moment on the first tee that I've had a hundred times. It's 1 p.m. in July, the sun is directly overhead, and I pull out my phone to start a round. The…

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Product

Who HoleRecord Is For

July 3, 2026 · 5 min read

I get asked a version of the same question all the time: "So it's like Golfshot, right? Or Arccos?" And I always hesitate, because the honest answer is no — not…

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Behind the Build

Teaching a Robot to Speak Golf: How We Measure and Improve HoleRecord's Voice AI

July 1, 2026 · 6 min read

HoleRecord's whole premise is that you walk off a green, tap the gold record button, and just say what happened — "pushed my drive right, punched out with an…

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The Story

The Round I Lost

July 1, 2026 · 6 min read

I lost a round of golf once. Not the match — the round itself.

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