Now available on the App Store
Know Your Short Game. Challenge Your Mates.
Nine stations. Par 18. One challenge that turns practice into competition.
Sharpen your short game, track your performance, challenge friends in match play and build your head-to-head rivalry over time.
7 days free, then A$9.99/year in Australia. Pricing details
- iPhone
- Australia, Canada & USA
- About 25 minutes a round
What you get
Practise on your own. Compete with your mates.
Short-game training that holds up week to week, and a reason to get your mates out there with you. All of it is in PAR-18 today.
Challenge your friends
Add friends with their PAR-18 Golf ID and put your short game up against theirs.
Multiplayer match play
Play the same nine stations together, with friends and guests in one game. Two-player games score match play alongside strokes.
Head-to-head records
Every eligible completed game between two PAR-18 friends adds to your running head-to-head record.
The nine-station challenge
10m to 80m plus a bunker shot, every station a par 2. The same test every time, solo or with friends.
Ratings and insights
Your PAR-18 rating, consistency and up & down, with proximity to pin and scoring by distance.
Round history
Every completed round is saved with a hole-by-hole breakdown, so you can see how your game is developing.
Friends & match play
Practice is better with something on the line.
PAR-18 gives you and your mates the same nine stations and the same par 18, so there’s no arguing about the course. Play together, settle it in match play and keep the score between you, round after round.
- 1Add your friendsEvery player has a Golf ID. Share yours, or enter a mate's to send a Friend request.
- 2Play a round togetherStart a multiplayer game with registered friends and guests. The host records everyone's scores as you go.
- 3Settle it in match playTwo-player games show match-play scoring alongside the normal stroke score.
- 4Keep the rivalry goingCompleted games between two registered friends build your head-to-head history, so every round counts.
How it works
A round takes about 25 minutes
- 1Start a roundOpen Play and start a solo round, or a multiplayer game with friends. The nine stations are always the same, so every round is directly comparable.
- 2Play the stations10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m, 60m, 70m, 80m and a bunker shot. Play them in any order the app allows and tap the tile to score.
- 3Record the resultChoose a score for the station, then add putts taken and how far you left the ball from the pin.
- 4Finish the roundYou get total strokes, differential to par 18, up & down percentage and a round ability score for that session.
- 5Watch it developYour PAR-18 rating updates, the round joins your history, and Insights start showing where the strokes are going.
Scoring a station
Each station is par 2. Your score is how many shots it took to hole out, capped at a pick up.
- 1Hole Out
- 2Par
- 3Bogey
- 4Double
- 5Triple
- 6Pick Up
Your rating
One number for your short game
Every completed round produces a round ability score. Those rounds build your PAR-18 rating, shown alongside consistency and your up & down percentage.
- Provisional first
- Until you have five completed rounds, your rating is provisional — it is still finding your level and can move sharply.
- Then established
- With enough rounds behind it, the rating settles and starts responding to genuine changes in form rather than a single good day.
- Not a handicap
- The PAR-18 rating measures short-game performance in the PAR-18 format. It is not affiliated with, or equivalent to, any official handicap system.
Inside the app
Where your rounds turn into answers
Coming next
The competition is just getting started.
Friends and match play are only the first step. PAR-18 league events and organised competitions are on the way, bringing the nine-station challenge to a wider field of players.
We’ll share the details when they’re ready. In the meantime, the best preparation is the same as always: get out there and play.
Download PAR-18 and start building your playing record today.
Free trial & membership
7 days free. Just A$9.99/year after your trial.
Try everything in PAR-18 for a week. If it’s for you, one annual subscription keeps your rounds, rating and rivalries going all year.
- Solo PAR-18 rounds
- Friends, multiplayer and match play
- Head-to-head records
- PAR-18 rating, insights and round history
Annual membership
A$9.99/year
after a 7-day free trial
Start your free trialA$9.99 is the Australian price. In Canada and the USA, your local price is shown on the App Store before you subscribe.
Subscription terms
- The free trial is available to eligible new subscribers, as determined by Apple. If you don’t cancel before the trial ends, the annual subscription starts and payment is charged to your Apple account.
- The subscription renews automatically each year unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Manage or cancel any time in Profile → Privacy → Manage Subscription in PAR-18, or through your Apple account subscription settings. Deleting your PAR-18 account does not cancel your Apple subscription.
Your mates are waiting. Tee it up.
Download PAR-18 on iPhone, play your first nine stations and send your first challenge today.
7 days free, then A$9.99/year in Australia. Available in Australia, Canada and the USA.
Questions? Visit support or email support@par18.com.au.