Course search
Ghost Card includes 7,008 US disc golf courses from the PDGA course directory. Search by name or city. Each course has at least one layout with hole count and total par.
If par data is wrong, you can fix it — see Community Par Corrections.
Ghost opponents
134 real PDGA-rated pros across MPO and FPO. Ghost scores are simulated using each pro's rating against the course SSA (Scratch Scoring Average).
Ghost pros throw every hole. Their scores appear on the live leaderboard as cream-colored rows. They never slow down. They never explain their disc choice.
Field presets
Instead of selecting individual ghosts, Ghost Card uses field presets — curated groups of ghost pros at different difficulty levels. Choose a preset and a full field loads automatically.
Field difficulty
Difficulty works like video-game difficulty. The ghost roster never changes — the same 134 pros line up either way. What changes is how locked in they are. Pick ROOKIE and they show up hungover. Pick GHOST KING and Gannon's on a heater and McBeth's putting from 60.
Five tiers, easiest to hardest:
- Rookie — pros play ~150 rating points below their listed number. Wide variance, blown holes, real shot at the podium.
- Amateur — pros play ~80 below their rating. Tournament-ready field, but you can still hang.
- Advanced — pros at their rated level. Honest competition.
- Pro Tour — pros play ~50 above their rating. Tour-stop energy. They came to work.
- Ghost King — pros play ~100 above their rating, locked in, almost never blowing up holes. You probably won't win. That's the point.
Full details: Field Difficulty Explained →
Division
Choose MPO (Mixed Pro Open) or FPO (Female Pro Open). This determines which ghost pros populate your leaderboard.
Adding real players
Add up to 3 other players to the card by name. The host keeps the phone — all scores are entered on the same device. Real players and ghost pros appear side by side on the leaderboard.
Friends on your list appear as quick-add chips during setup — one tap to add them.
Saved Groups
Your crew isn't going anywhere. Save them once, summon them every time.
Saved Groups let you name a regular group of 2–4 players and load the whole card with one tap. They live in the PLAYERS section of setup, above the name entry fields, and appear for all multiplayer formats. No account required — groups are stored locally on the device.
Saving a group
Once you have 2 or more player names entered, a faint + SAVE THIS GROUP button appears below the fields. Tap it, name the group, and confirm. It saves immediately.
Loading a group
Saved groups appear as chips at the top of the PLAYERS section. Tap a chip to instantly fill all player slots with that group's names.
Deleting a group
Tap the X on any group chip to remove it. No confirmation step. It's gone.
Saved Groups work with plain names — they don't require players to have Ghost Card accounts.
Format
Stroke Play — each player scores individually on the host's phone. Lowest total wins.
Best Disc / Scramble — team plays best shot. Host keeps one score per hole. Scramble requires 2+ players.
Personal best ghost
Your personal best ghost (gold row) appears automatically on the leaderboard whenever you've played the course before. Real hole-by-hole scores from your best prior round. Beat it and Round Complete celebrates with a full comparison — holes won, holes lost, strokes gained. No toggle. No setup. That ghost is always there, waiting.
Custom cards
Course not in the database? Tap Create Custom Card. Name the card, set hole count, assign par for each hole manually. Custom cards support all the same features — ghost pros, leaderboard, bag tags.