Plan Round is the shot planner inside the Upgame app. It puts a golfer’s own shot data and the day’s course conditions on the hole in front of them — before the round and during it.
Two modes: Forecast, for planning before the round, and On Course, with live GPS-assisted readings.
A hole’s yardage ignores today’s wind and altitude, and how this golfer actually hits each club.
Designed five flows — Course View, Shot Pattern, Past Shots, Field Shots and Course Conditions — and every condition control.
Launched as “The New Plan Round Experience”, available on Basic and Pro.
How might we show golfers how a hole will actually play for them — today — at a glance?
Plans only help if they use the golfer’s own pattern — past and field shots — not tour averages.
Show a single Plays-Like distance that accounts for every active condition, with the detail one tap away.
Let golfers override any value when the tee feels different — and always offer a way back to live data.
Goals — pick targets and clubs hole by hole; see how the forecast changes distances
Pain points — weather and yardages live in different places; averages don’t reflect their own game
Goals — a quick, trustworthy live number; adjust when the feel differs from the data
Pain points — no time for dense screens between shots; readings don’t always match the tee
Averages don’t reflect a golfer’s own game.
Shot Pattern overlays the golfer’s dispersion on the aerial view; moving the target shows landing zones on the arc (25, 45, 65+). Map My Bag keeps every club’s carry one tap away.
Plans use the golfer’s own data, on the hole they’re about to play.
Wind, gusts and altitude change the number, but none of it was in one place.
Active conditions roll into one adjusted distance next to the actual yardage. The wind icon opens the conditions sheet, with a date and hour picker for the forecast.
One number to decide with, and the detail when it’s wanted.
On-course readings don’t always match the feel on the tee.
Any condition can be edited, with default, active and edited states. A filter toggles factors, and a reset-to-live icon appears once a value changes.
Golfers stay in control without losing the live data.
Final designs — Course View, Course Conditions, Shot Pattern, Past Shots and Field Shots
The input states mattered as much as the headline screens. A golfer has to see at a glance whether a number is live or theirs.
A carousel introduced the feature one capability per slide: now live, wind compass, shot patterns.
Default, active and edited states told golfers whether a number was live or theirs.
Turning golf data into reports coaches and golfers can act on.