Abstract: The system for creating a custom golf scorecard comprises a computer interface for receiving a user selection of one of a predetermined plurality of scorecard designs and user input textual data. The design selection, the textual data and a file name to identify the user together form a preliminary digital scorecard specification. The system includes a memory or storage device having a set of image placeholders and associated representative images which can be assigned to certain panels of the user's custom designed golf scorecard. Exemplary representative images include a digital image of a selected portion of a generic golf course, a generic graphical logo, a generic photograph, or a generic computer generated map of a golf course. A complete digital scorecard specification is generated via a computer which integrates together image placeholders and associated representative images selected from the storage device, the design selected by the user, and the textual data input by the user.