The wind on every hole, at your feet and where the ball flies.
A forecast gives one wind for a whole town. GolfCore starts from the live forecast and reshapes it across the course with the ground and the trees, so the wind on the map is the wind where you stand and where your ball will fly.
GolfCore starts from the live forecast.
A weather service reports the wind for open ground, one number for miles around. That is where GolfCore starts: the live speed, gusts and direction for the course, kept current while you play.
- Speed and gusts from the live forecast for the course
- Direction where the wind is coming from right now
- Kept current refreshed through the round
The course bends the wind.
Wind speeds up over exposed ground, drops into hollows, turns along slopes and leaves a sheltered stretch behind every tree line. GolfCore builds each course's ground and canopy from aerial surveys and works those effects across the whole property.
- Exposure faster over crests, slower in hollows
- Slope the wind turns as it meets a hillside
- Shelter calmer air downwind of tree lines and buildings
Your ball flies into nearly four times the wind you feel.
Standing in a chute of trees you may feel almost nothing, while the ball, climbing above the canopy, runs into the full wind. Across 200 randomly chosen courses, the modeled wind at a golfer's height is about a quarter of the forecast, while at the height the ball flies it is close to the full forecast.
- At your feet a 20 mph forecast feels like about 5 mph on the typical course
- At ball height the same forecast is about 18 mph above the trees
- On the wrist speed, gusts and direction on the watch
The caddie's read turns the wind into a yardage.
The caddie's read runs the modeled wind through a ball-flight model with the rise or fall to the target, and gives the plays-like yardage as a range for a higher and a lower flight.
- Plays-like yardage from the modeled wind and the rise or fall to the target
- Two flights one for a higher, spinnier shot and one for a lower, flatter one
- Steady to gust each a range, from the steady wind to the gusts
How GolfCore compares with other golf GPS apps.
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Common questions
Is GolfCore's wind just the weather forecast?
No. The forecast is the starting point. GolfCore reshapes it across the course with the ground and the trees, so a sheltered tee and an exposed green on the same hole can show different wind.
Is the wind measured on the course?
No. It is a model built from the live forecast and the course's surveyed ground and trees. It shows how the land changes the wind across the course.
Why two heights?
Because trees and hollows shelter the golfer far more than the ball. Among the trees you may feel little, while a ball climbing above them flies into the full wind. GolfCore models both.
How much less wind does a golfer feel than the ball flies through?
About a quarter as much on the typical course. GolfCore ran its wind model on 200 randomly chosen courses in October 2026, across all 16 wind directions. The median wind at a golfer's height (2 m) was 0.23 times the forecast, and at ball height (30 m) 0.89 times. At 189 of the 200 courses, the golfer felt less than half the wind the ball met. The figures come from the model, run over each course and the ground around it.
Is the wind part of CaddyCore Premium?
Yes. The modeled wind over each hole and the caddie's read that uses it are part of CaddyCore Premium.
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