Sankara Labs
Case study / Mobile (iOS / Android)

Daily DogFights

Golf Companion — Live Scoring, Betting & Group Rounds

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Mobile (iOS / Android)
Role · Full-Stack / Mobile Engineer
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Overview

Daily DogFights is a golf companion app that makes competitive rounds more social and organized — handling live scorecards, group game creation, betting formats like skins and wolf, and automatic payout calculations so nobody argues over who owes what.

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FIG · 01Daily DogFights — live scorecard
FIG · 02Daily DogFights — game lobby & invite
FIG · 03Daily DogFights — payout summary
Responsibilities

Key responsibilities.

  • Built real-time scorecard engine with per-player, per-hole tracking across a group
  • Implemented betting format logic (skins, wolf, side bets) with automatic payout resolution
  • Developed GPS-powered course discovery and handicap integration for fair scoring
  • Designed invite and game-management flows so players can join a round in seconds
Challenges & solutions

What we had to solve.

Golf scoring is group-dependent by nature — every player's card is tied to everyone else's round. We built a real-time sync layer so scores propagate across all devices instantly, while the betting engine resolves multi-format payouts behind the scenes. Players get a clean 'who owes who' screen at the end; the math is invisible.

Impact & outcomes

What shipped.

Live on the App Store with active golfers tracking rounds and settling bets
Replaced manual scorecards and end-of-round payout disputes with automated resolution
Brought structure to informal betting formats that previously ran on paper and group chats
Validated ability to ship real-time, multi-user mobile experiences end-to-end
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