Some titles deserve more than 18 holes. You can now flip your bracket's championship final to a 36-hole match and it plays two times around the course and scores as one continuous match (think "4 & 3" or "2 UP" across all 36). Still all square after 36? Sudden death picks up from hole 37. Players get full handicap on each 18, and it's a single toggle on the final in your bracket edit screen.

Texting in Live Tourney got a major upgrade. Here's what's new when you send texts to your players:

. Every text now shows its true status per recipient - Delivered, Failed, or blocked by a carrier, with the reason. Open any text campaign on your Communications page to see exactly who got the message.

. When a player replies to your text, it appears right on the campaign - no more replies disappearing into the void.

. Write tomorrow's first-tee announcement tonight and pick when it sends. You can cancel or reschedule any time before it goes out.

. Players who reply STOP are tracked and skipped on future sends automatically, keeping you compliant without any effort.

. Every account now includes a monthly allowance of message credits, with a usage meter on your Communications page. One credit covers a standard text (160 characters); longer messages use more, and the composer shows the count as you type. The allowance resets on the 1st of each month.

Skins across every round. Run one skins pool for the whole multi-round event - best score on each hole across all rounds wins, with a TV slide and tab for the aggregate view.

Skins just got a few upgrades:

- Split the purse by nines — run two separate skins games on the front and back, with their own pots and winners

- Custom hole numbers — works correctly on courses that start on the back or use non-standard hole numbering

- Redesigned UI with hole details — see what every player shot on each hole, right inline with the skins results

Tiebreakers are now configurable per event. Three methods to choose from:

- USGA (Last 9, 6, 3, 1) — the standard back-9 countback, then last 6, then last 3, then the 18th hole

- Scorecard Walk-Back — compares hole 18, then 17, then 16, and so on back through the round

- Hardest Handicap Holes — compares holes in order of difficulty, starting with HCP #1 and working up

Set it once on the event from Edit Info — applies to the leaderboard and any linked events.

Pick your own link for any event — Tournaments, Brackets, Round Robins, Ryder Cups, and Multi-Round events all support custom slugs.

Instead of livetourney.com/event/12345, share something like livetourney.com/event/club-championship-2026. Looks cleaner on flyers, emails, and Instagram bios.

Edit the slug from any event's Edit Info screen

Need to set up an entire season at once? The new Bulk Create page lets you create up to 50 events in a single batch with shared settings for course, holes, and registration. Override formats and registration options per event, and get your full schedule built in minutes.

Emails just got a big upgrade. Use the new @PersonalURL variable to send each player a link that auto-fills their name, email, and phone from your roster. It'll also automatically unlock their scorecard for events. We've also added @Month and @Day date variables, an "All Roster" recipient option to message every member at once, and the ability to manage templates directly from automations.

You can now invite team members as Admins or League Admins to help manage your Live Tourney account. Admins get full access, while League Admins can be scoped to specific leagues. Manage roles, revoke access, and collaborate, all from the new Team tab in Settings.

You can now have a playing partner digitally attest and lock a group's scorecard by scanning a QR code after their round. We've also added Verification Scoring (Beta), where a second scorer can independently enter gross scores on the same card — any discrepancies are highlighted in real-time so you can catch mistakes before they hit the leaderboard.