Renzo Blumenthal

trying to improve my golf game and my app :-)

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

$100 giveaway for the first golfer who completes this challenge:

I’m looking for real feedback on a golf practice app I’ve been building called Every Shot Counts.

The idea is simple:
track range sessions + miss tendencies in a lightweight way without needing a launch monitor or expensive hardware.

To win the $100:
- complete 5 range sessions in the app
- post/share the stats card from each session
- include 1 swing video per session

Mostly selfish honestly — I want to learn how golfers actually use this during real practice and what patterns/insights are useful over time.

Would especially love someone who practices consistently and enjoys improving their game.

[Paolo Ardoino 🤖 @paoloardoino]

Centralized big-tech AI is starting a warpath against open-source AI models.
The excuse: safety.
The reality: extinction of their business model, already heavily underwater with gazillion dolllars capex.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

Why call it the Men’s National Team?

There’s no rule excluding women.

It’s just the national team: the best players in the country, regardless of sex.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

RIP IT AND FLIP IT! A WORLDY FROM JEDI!

#USMNT x @VW

[MILO @Nero]

Ah so just like being an American

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

Unable to defeat the warlord on the battlefield, they captured his son, turned him into a ladyboy, and paraded him in a female minstrel show.

This was a humiliation ritual practiced by a degenerate tribe that viewed dishonor and degradation as substitutes for honor in battle.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

@julian_liniger @relai_app I am in

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

building software is hard, but distribution is often harder. Entrepreneurship is mostly repeated experiments, rejection and trying to find distribution before running out of motivation.

Built Every Shot Counts, a lightweight golf range tracking app focused on intentional practice without launch monitors. Users manually log shots and miss tendencies during range sessions to get stats and AI insights (e.g. hidden miss patterns). The core idea was that manual entry slows practice down and prevents mindlessly smashing balls.

Tried multiple marketing approaches:

X posts and boosted posts
Google Ads focused on golf improvement / AI insights / intentional practice
Reworked landing page multiple times based on CTR and conversion data
Added “save to home screen” because users often discover the app at home but use it at the range
Reached out directly to ~30 driving ranges / golf clubs proposing QR codes at range bays as a win-win (clubs improve experience and potentially sell more buckets, app gets traffic)

Results were weak so far: clicks but almost no conversions, no replies from the clubs.

Conclusion: building software is hard, but distribution is often harder. Entrepreneurship is mostly repeated experiments, rejection and trying to find distribution before running out of motivation.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

Started reaching out to 5 golf clubs with an idea:

Put QR codes at the driving range boxes linking to my range drill app so golfers can track sessions and practice with purpose instead of mindlessly smashing balls.

The pitch is basically a free range upgrade:
stats, drills, AI insights ,no launch monitor needed.

So basically win-win:
range sells more buckets, I get more traffic.

No feedback yet.

Will report back.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

Interesting realization while trying to grow Every Shot Counts:

Boosting posts on X didn’t work that well for me.

Not because the product is bad necessarily, but because golf is too niche and X targeting is mostly region-based. Most people seeing the ads simply don’t care about golf practice.

So now I’m trying two things instead:

1. Google Ads for people actively searching golf improvement/practice stuff.

2. Contacting driving ranges directly and asking them to hang up QR codes for the app.

Honestly the second one might be the best shot.

A golfer standing on the range thinking:
“today I actually want to practice with purpose”
is probably the perfect user.

Feels way more natural than trying to interrupt random people scrolling timelines.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

I just got the very first sign up on an app I created :-) feels good

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

How the F*** can I get 82k views and only 2 likes? X must be broken or smthng

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

$100 giveaway for the first golfer who completes this challenge:

I’m looking for real feedback on a golf practice app I’ve been building called Every Shot Counts.

The idea is simple:
track range sessions + miss tendencies in a lightweight way without needing a launch monitor or expensive hardware.

To win the $100:
- complete 5 range sessions in the app
- post/share the stats card from each session
- include 1 swing video per session

Mostly selfish honestly — I want to learn how golfers actually use this during real practice and what patterns/insights are useful over time.

Would especially love someone who practices consistently and enjoys improving their game.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

$100 giveaway for the first golfer who completes this challenge:

I’m looking for real feedback on a golf practice app I’ve been building called Every Shot Counts.

The idea is simple:
track range sessions + miss tendencies in a lightweight way without needing a launch monitor or expensive hardware.

To win the $100:
- complete 5 range sessions in the app
- post/share the stats card from each session
- include 1 swing video per session

Mostly selfish honestly — I want to learn how golfers actually use this during real practice and what patterns/insights are useful over time.

Would especially love someone who practices consistently and enjoys improving their game.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

@mcfemike2 Nobody completed the challenge yet.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

$100 giveaway for the first golfer who completes this challenge:

I’m looking for real feedback on a golf practice app I’ve been building called Every Shot Counts.

The idea is simple:
track range sessions + miss tendencies in a lightweight way without needing a launch monitor or expensive hardware.

To win the $100:
- complete 5 range sessions in the app
- post/share the stats card from each session
- include 1 swing video per session

Mostly selfish honestly — I want to learn how golfers actually use this during real practice and what patterns/insights are useful over time.

Would especially love someone who practices consistently and enjoys improving their game.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

@DivotDoctrine Honestly the interesting part is usually not even the clean swing itself but the miss tendencies over a full session. I’ve been building a small tool around that lately. Feel free to DM me if that kind of practice tracking interests you.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

Yeah I actually agree with that.

A couple swing videos probably tell you more about mechanics than endless launch monitor numbers.

But do you film every single shot?

For me that becomes too much friction. I still think there’s value in tracking every shot in some lightweight way, because the moment nothing is “at stake” I start slipping into mindless range mode.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

I realized most of my golf range sessions were basically:

buy balls
smash driver
leave
repeat

without actually knowing if I was improving.

So I built a tiny app to track:
- good shots
- playable misses
- bad misses
- miss tendencies per club

No launch monitor or complicated setup.

Just trying to make practice more intentional.

Would genuinely love feedback from golfers who practice regularly.

Link in comments.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

@kelster2308 For now manual.

Sounds tedious initially, but it actually forces a small reset between balls instead of just rapid firing at the range.

If people like it I might add some auto tracker, but for now i like the light weight.

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

Yeah exactly, it’s mainly for driving range sessions.

A lot of ranges already have super advanced tracking systems, but I personally found many of them a bit overwhelming for regular practice.

I don’t really need spin rate, launch angle, club path etc. yet.

I mostly just want to know:
•what clubs are reliable
•where my misses go
•whether I’m actually improving over time

[Renzo Blumenthal @renzoblumenthal]

You enter it manually after each shot.

Sounds tedious initially, but it actually forces a small reset between balls instead of just rapid firing at the range.

I’ve found it makes practice feel a bit more like playing on the course where every shot has a consequence and a short reflection after it.