The preferred method of installing the desktop software - League Manager, Tournament Manager, or Handicap System - is log into your account at GolfSoftware.com and download. That way you will be assured of installing the correct version for your golf group. The download steps are slightly different depending on the browser you use (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.). We will cover the aforementioned three browsers. Your steps in short:


  1. Log in to your GolfSoftware.com account
  2. Download your software
  3. Install your software
  4. Register your software


Log in to your GolfSoftware.com account


When you purchased your software, you were provided with a customer number and a password. You would have received this information by email. You will need these two items to log in to your account. If you cannot find these, please call or email help@GolfSoftware.com.


  1. Go to GolfSoftware.com
  2. Click on the yellow "Administrators" button at top right of web page
  3. Enter your customer number in the top box (it will be a 4 or 5 digit number - no letters)
  4. Enter your password in the bottom box
  5. Hit the Enter key or click "Sign in" button
  6. Click on the "Desktop Software" tab


You will now be in your account and it will look something like this:



You will see the desktop software program(s) for which you have a license when you click on the "Desktop Software" tab. You see three programs in the sample picture below:



Highlight and copy the registration code while you are in your account. Copy is Ctrl-C on your keyboard (hold Ctrl key and press the "C" key). You will not see anything "happen" when you copy; the registration code is placed - behind the scenes - in your computer's memory temporarily. You will later "paste" your registration code to register your software.



Download your software



Using Internet Explorer:


  1. Starting on the "Desktop Software" tab, click on the link, "Click me to install or reinstall software"
  2. On the next page - title at the top will be one of these: League Manager Order, Tournament Manager Order or Handicap System order depending on which software license you have - click on the download link that you find towards the top of the web page
  3. Click on "Run"



  4. You may be asked to "Allow" access. If that is the case, allow the process to continue.

  5. At this point, you should be presented with a screen that says "Welcome to the [program name] Installation Wizard"

  6. Proceed to "Install your program" section below


Using Firefox:


  1. Starting on the "Desktop Software" tab, click on the link, "Click me to install or reinstall software"
  2. On the next page - title at the top will be one of these: League Manager Order, Tournament Manager Order or Handicap System order depending on which software license you have - click on the download link that you find towards the top of the web page
  3. Click the "Save" and you will see a little green downward-pointing arrow when the download finishes in the upper-right corner of the Firefox window (near the red "X"). See below:



  4. Click on the green arrow to find your downloaded file (should be top of list). Alternatively you can press Ctrl-J on your keyboard to bring up the "Download" folder to find your downloaded program.

  5. Double click on the downloaded program.

  6. You may receive the following message. If you do, click on the "Run" button.



  7. Go to the "Install your software" section below.


Using Google Chrome:


  1. Starting on the "Desktop Software" tab, click on the link, "Click me to install or reinstall software"
  2. On the next page - title at the top will be one of these: League Manager Order, Tournament Manager Order or Handicap System order depending on which software license you have - click on the download link that you find towards the top of the web page
  3. You will see a blue downward-pointing arrow at the lower-left corner of the Chrome window. See below:



  4. Click on the button at the lower-left (depending on the program you downloaded, you will see lm.exe, tm.exe or hs.exe) which will look something like this:

  5. You may receive the following message. If you do, click on the "Run" button.



  6. Go to "Install your software" section below.


Install your software


  1. You should at this point be at the "Welcome" screen



  2. Click the "Next" button in the "Welcome" screen

  3. Decide where to install your program. We recommend the default location of "C:\Golf Management" which this screen defaults to. Click the "Next" button.



  4. You will then see the following screen while the program is being installed:



  5. When the screen shown under Step 4 disappears, your program has installed. Proceed to "Register" your software below.



Register your software


You can run your software in "trial mode" for up to 30 days. You do not lose your data when the trial mode expires. You can register your program at any time, but we recommend you do so as soon as you install it as the registration code enables some of the services available through the software such as off-site backup and emailing your players.


  1. Double-click on your program icon on your desktop (start-up screen). It should look like one of these:



  2. When you first open your program, you should see a screen similar to the one shown below. Click on the "Register Program" button.



  3. Type or paste your registration code into box shown below. Paste is Ctrl-V on your keyboard (hold Ctrl key and press the "V" key)



  4. Click the OK button shown above and you should see the following confirmation message:



  5. If you do not see the above confirmation, but instead hear your computer beep and the message shown below. Click the "Yes" button and try again. If you are typing the registration code into the box, you may have typed it incorrectly. Check to make sure that your Num Lock key is on (light is lit up).



  6. Your program should now be registered.