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Written by Hamish Mitchell, Craig Dixon, Catherine Su and 1 other

Accept A Coach Connection Request

If your coach has invited you to connect, you'll need to accept the invitation.

Written by Hamish Mitchell
Updated over a week ago

Can I enter the distance to the hole with decimal values?

Written by Catherine Su
Updated over a week ago

What should I do if I'm unsure of the lie?

Written by Craig Dixon
Updated over a week ago

Trend Lines and Rolling Averages

How we calculate the rolling average on the dashboard graphs

Written by Hamish Mitchell
Updated over a week ago

Short Game Vs. Approach - What's the difference?

Written by Catherine Su
Updated over a week ago

General Information

What Is Circles?

Want to know more about Circles and how it can help you?

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

What Subscription Is Right For Me?

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

What Is Strokes Gained?

Progress to the hole measured in strokes

Written by Craig Dixon
Updated over a week ago

Practice Collection

Record your practice

Written by Craig Dixon
Updated over a week ago

Change Between Metric and Imperial Distance Units

Wanting to change your distance units between meters and yards?

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

Round Entry

Should I adjust for slope, wind or rain?

In our view, there should be no adjustment for elevation change, temperature, wind, rain, air pressure, etc.

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

Do I enter '0' for the last shot

Written by Craig Dixon
Updated over a week ago

Starting Lie Definition

Wondering what 'Starting Lie' to use?

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

What if I lay up on a Par 4 or Par 5?

Laying up? Let's see how that impacts Strokes Gained and your Circles data

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

We are generally only able to play 9 holes per round. Presume that is ok?

Written by Craig Dixon
Updated over a week ago

What is a Recovery lie?

Find out when to enter a shot as a recovery lie.

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

What to do if your ball is on the wrong fairway?

If you hit the wrong fairway accidentally, what do you put your lie as?

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

Analysis

Calculating averages on the Dashboard

The averages in my Round Summary Reports are not the same as the averages shown in the Dashboard. How are they calculated?

Written by Hamish Mitchell
Updated over a week ago

How did Circles develop its PGA benchmarks? Are they static?

Written by Catherine Su
Updated over a week ago

What if we have cored greens?

Your club cored the greens recently? Here is what we think.

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago

Feature Updates

Feature Update: August Release

Custom Date Selector, New Lie Proximities, New Short Game Insights and more!

Written by Will Rowland
Updated over a week ago