Getting Started
Head to your profile settings and update your player card, available days, time blocks, and preferred formats. Changes take effect for the next weekly draw.
Match play — You compete hole by hole. Win more holes than your opponent and close out the match. Results are shown as “3&2” (3 up with 2 to play).
Stroke play — Lowest net score (gross strokes minus handicap) wins. Every stroke counts.
Best ball — Teams of two. Each hole, the better net score from your team counts. Lowest team total wins.
Your Profile
Open your profile, scroll to your player card, which is your digital ID as a Dormie golfer. Make sure to tap the theme you want and grab the Apple Wallet pass at the bottom!
On your profile page, tap Add to Wallet below your player card. The pass includes your Elo, handicap, and a QR code others can scan to easily find you on Dormie.
In your profile, you can enter your GHIN number (7–8 digits) to sync your official handicap automatically. If you don't have a GHIN number, you can enter your handicap manually. Either way, you can update it anytime.
No problem. You can enter an estimated handicap manually during onboarding or in your profile. You can also play casual matches, which don't require a handicap at all. If you get a GHIN number later, just add it and Dormie will sync automatically.
Matches & Results
Each week, opt in by Sunday. On Monday, Dormie draws matches based on your availability, format preferences, and rating. You'll get a notification with your opponent — accept or decline within the deadline. If your opponent declines, we'll try to re-pair you.
Dormie uses a combination of golf attributes (like your rating, handicap, and format preferences) and non-golf attributes (like your availability and location) to pair you with someone you'd have a great round with. The goal is to facilitate thoughtful casual or competitive, well-matched rounds — not random pairings.
Competitive match results need to be confirmed by your opponent before they're finalized and reflected on the leaderboard. Once you log a result, your opponent has 48 hours to confirm or dispute it. If they don't respond within 48 hours, the result is automatically finalized. Casual matches are reflected immediately.
If your opponent disputes the result you logged, the match is voided — no Elo change, no leaderboard impact. You can coordinate directly and one of you can log a corrected result.
Competitive matches affect your Elo rating and leaderboard position. They require your opponent to confirm the result before it's finalized.
Casual matches are just for fun — no Elo rating on leaderboard impact, no confirmation needed, finalized immediately.
Every player starts at 1500 Elo. When you win a competitive match, you gain points; when you lose, you lose points. The amount depends on your opponent's rating (beating a higher-rated player earns more) and the margin of victory. Ratings are tracked separately for each format you play.
Your Overall rating on the leaderboard combines your most recent result from each format you've played. So if your last Match Play result was −16 and your last Stroke Play result was +20, your Overall change shows roughly +4.
The format tabs (Match Play, Stroke Play, Best Ball) each show your rating and last change for that specific format only.
Biggest Mover on the home page works differently again — it sums all your Elo changes from the past 7 days. A player with several wins in one week will show a larger number than any single result on the leaderboard.
Email & Notifications
A few things to check:
- Look in your spam or junk folder — emails come from matches@playdormie.com
- Add matches@playdormie.com to your contacts or safe senders list
- Make sure you haven't opted out of email notifications in your profile
If you use Slack, notifications go there first. Email is the backup channel.
In your profile settings, toggle off email notifications. You'll still receive notifications via Slack if connected.