How the app works

Here's exactly what Shankdt does.

Golf admin steals your time — the calls, the WhatsApps, the arguments. Shankdt gives it back: see the tee times and rates at any of 200+ SA courses, book at two clubs and join the waitlist everywhere else, see the open fourballs near your handicap, and prove your best shots. This page walks the whole app, screen by screen.

Where your time goes

The old way vs. the Shankdt way

Phone the pro shop. Engaged. Phone again. Leave a message.

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Every course in one place — book at two clubs, see the tee sheet and join the waitlist everywhere else.

WhatsApp fourteen people to find a fourth. Two reply. One cancels.

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See the open fourballs at your handicap today; joining one opens with booking.

“That was 250 easy.” It was 180 into the wind.

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Hang time marked frame by frame, plus ballistics. The number is the number.

A paper entry sheet on a corkboard somewhere.

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Enter club comps from your phone when your club runs one.

The app, tab by tab

Every tab, laid bare.

Explore tab

Find the course. Every course.

Finding a tee time: ~20 seconds.

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Search 200+ courses by name, town or province — or filter: 18/9 holes, price band, top-rated.
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Open any course: photo gallery, golfer reviews with real photos, facilities, green fees and cart prices.
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Pick your date from the strip and see the tee sheet — morning and afternoon, slot by slot.

Booking flow

Bookings are open at two clubs.

Today: book at two clubs; everywhere else, browse the sheet and join the waitlist.

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Every tee time shows its whole price — the club's rate with Shankdt's booking service included, in rand, with nothing added afterwards.
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At our pilot clubs in the Free State the Book button is live: tap a time, choose players and send the request — we confirm it with the pro shop, and you pay at the club. Nothing is charged in the app.
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Every other club has no Book button yet: where it would be, the button takes you to the waitlist — one list, read by the founders. Booking there stays closed until the club has confirmed its rates and tee sheet with us; you get one email when it opens.

Clubhouse tab

The Clubhouse — never play alone.

Finding a fourth: the open games are on the sheet today; joining one opens with booking.

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Playing solo or as a pair? Open fourballs will match you by handicap once booking opens — games within ±5 of your number float to the top with an “in your band” badge. Until then they're on the sheet to look at.
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Add your mates to your Crew: their rounds, comps and traced shots get their own filter, and inviting a friend to Shankdt is one tap.
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A living feed of what SA golf is doing — give kudos, follow the Big Stage pro events, report anything that doesn't belong.

Shot tracer

The shot tracer — proof, not stories.

Settling “how far was that?”: instantly, with numbers.

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Film your shot (or pick a clip). Step frame-by-frame to mark impact and landing — that's your exact hang time, not a guess.
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Tap the flight you saw and Shankdt draws the emerald tracer over your own footage, then runs a full ballistic model: carry, apex and hang time — ball speed, launch and descent on Pro.
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Coast or Highveld matters — the model adds the altitude carry you really get. Watch the live replay, pick a card style, share to WhatsApp or Instagram in one tap, or post it straight to the Clubhouse feed.

Events, My bookings & Profile

Comps, bookings and your game.

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Enter club comps and golf days from the Events tab — your spot is reserved in the app, and the entry fee is settled at the event.
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Follow the Big Stage: the Nedbank, the Dunhill, LIV at Steyn City.
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Your Profile holds your details, handicap (±5 matching), your Crew and your Pro membership — set it once, every booking prefills.

Works with your golf life

Fits the tools you already use.

Shankdt doesn't ask you to leave anything behind — bring your handicap, log scores from any app, and share wherever your mates are.

Your handicap

GolfRSA & HNA

Link your GolfRSA/HNA membership and we verify it by hand — the badge follows your name once we've checked it. Affiliated visitor rates are shown where a club publishes them; you claim them at the pro shop. Your number also drives fourball matching within ±5. Shankdt is not affiliated with GolfRSA or the HNA.

Scorecards

18Birdies, Golfshot & paper

Scored your round in any app — or on the back of the card? Log it in Shankdt in seconds and keep your whole golf story in one place.

Share your shots

WhatsApp & Instagram

Trace your best swing and send the card straight to WhatsApp or Instagram in a tap — or post it to the Clubhouse feed.

Fill the fourball

Short a fourth? One message to the group.

Golf's oldest headache — chasing a fourth over fourteen WhatsApps — solved in a single message. Pick the course, the day and the tee time, say how many spots are open, and Shankdt writes the message. Drop it in the group chat and the first mate to tap is in.

One tap

Straight to WhatsApp

Opens WhatsApp with the message already written. Works on your phone and on WhatsApp Web — no app to install for the mate you are inviting.

No sign-up

Your mates just tap

The person filling the spot does not need an account to see the round. The friction sits with nobody.

Four languages

English, Afrikaans, isiZulu & isiXhosa

Browse in any of the four. The invite message itself goes out in English or Afrikaans for now — isiZulu and isiXhosa join once each language’s native-speaker review signs it off.

Build the invite →

Shankdt Pro

When you want the full lab.

Free gets you 10 traces a month at 720p. Pro removes the ceiling: unlimited traces at 1080p and the highest quality your phone records. It adds ball speed, launch and descent, your per-club “My Bag” distances, and personal calibration from your rangefinder. Pro members also pay less on every round — their own share of Shankdt’s booking service is waived. Founding members lock launch pricing.

See pricing & founding membership

Join the waitlist.

Bookings are open at two clubs in the Free State — you pay at the club. For every other club the waitlist is one list, read by the founders: leave your email and you’ll get one email when booking opens there.

Join the waitlist Partner your club