iGolf is excited to partner with Renken LLC (You Got A Bird)

Category: Golfers | Game Improvement

SAN DIEGO, CA – January 28, 2026 – iGolf is excited to partner with Renken LLC, the company behind You Got A Bird (YGAB), a golf companion platform that brings scoring, competition, side games, performance tracking, and social engagement together in a single experience. Through the partnership, You Got A Bird will integrate iGolf’s industry-leading golf course mapping and GPS data, providing the course intelligence needed to support a more connected experience as golfers compete, track their rounds, and engage with other players.

You Got A Bird was developed around the social and competitive elements that make a round of golf memorable. The platform combines detailed digital scorekeeping with performance statistics, tournament functionality, gamified challenges, and its Flock social community. Golfers can record strokes, putts, fairways hit, greens in regulation, and penalties, while the platform turns that round data into statistics that can be used to evaluate performance and track progress over time. Live leaderboards and tournament tools extend the experience to organized competition, allowing golfers to create or join events and follow results as they unfold.

A distinctive element of the YGAB experience is its focus on making friendly competition easier to manage. The platform incorporates Birdie Chips, an in-app system designed to automate the calculation and distribution of side-game results, reducing the manual tracking traditionally associated with golf wagers. YGAB also incorporates skill-based Hole-In-One Challenges with entry fees and prize pools, giving golfers additional opportunities for competition throughout their rounds. Between rounds, the Flock social hub allows users to share highlights and achievements and engage with the broader YGAB community.

By pairing these capabilities with iGolf’s database of more than 40,000 mapped golf courses across 177 countries, You Got A Bird gains a comprehensive course-data foundation for its golf experience. Accurate course identification, hole information, and geospatial intelligence provide important context for the scoring and performance data captured through the platform, while iGolf’s global coverage gives YGAB the infrastructure to support golfers across a broad range of courses and markets.

The partnership represents a strong alignment between iGolf’s global course intelligence and YGAB’s vision for a more social and engaging way to experience golf. Renken LLC’s trademark filing for You Got A Bird identifies functionality encompassing golf scores, shots, handicaps, courses played, playing partners, practice time, advanced statistics, golf-related communication, social networking, and game-improvement tools — illustrating the breadth of the experience the company is building around the golfer.

“The competitive and social side of golf is a huge part of what makes the game enjoyable, and You Got A Bird is building an experience around exactly those moments. By combining their scoring, competition, and community features with iGolf’s trusted course intelligence, we can help create a platform where golfers can play, compete, track their performance, and stay connected through one experience. We’re excited to partner with the Renken team as they continue building the YGAB community,” said Ryan Kimberling, Vice President of Sales & Strategy at iGolf.

About iGolf

iGolf is a global golf technology company specializing in golf course mapping, GPS content, geospatial intelligence, and virtual golf solutions. With more than 20 years of mapping expertise, iGolf licenses data for over 40,000 golf courses across 177 countries, powering products from more than 100 partners worldwide. Each year, more than 30 million rounds of golf are played using iGolf-powered GPS and course intelligence. The company’s technology portfolio also supports launch monitors, virtual golf, golf carts, laser rangefinders, mobile applications, and other connected golf experiences.

About You Got A Bird

You Got A Bird (YGAB) is a golf companion platform developed by Renken LLC that combines digital scorekeeping, performance tracking, competition, and social engagement. The platform includes detailed round statistics, Birdie Chips for managing side-game results, tournament functionality with live leaderboards, Hole-In-One Challenges, and the Flock social community for sharing golf highlights and achievements. YGAB is designed to bring the competitive, performance, and community elements of golf together within a connected digital experience.