Golf course software in California
California golf courses, and how golfers book them.
There are 552 public golf courses in California in the data we work from. 101 of them — 18% — list no online tee-time booking at all. That is below the 39% across the US and Canada: most courses here already take tee times online.
- 552public courses
- 18%take tee times by phone only
- 149are 9-hole courses
- $64median peak green fee listed
Where they are
Phone only Books online Not known
Each dot is a course, placed at its town, so courses in the same town sit on top of each other.
What they run
How the 552 public courses in California took a tee time.
The rest of the picture
- 149 are 9-hole courses, and 62 of those (42%) take tee times by phone only.
- 186 list no website at all, and 7 use a Facebook page as their website.
- 181 are run by a city, county or state.
- The median peak green fee we have is $64, from 535 courses that list one.
- 58 changed booking company between 2022 and 2023.
- 21 are rural, away from any metro area.
- The metro areas with the most: Los Angeles (159), San Diego (60), Palm Springs (54), San Francisco (43), Sacramento (40).
What it means for a course here
Most courses here already take tee times online, which is what golfers in California now expect.
The Middle Pin puts online tee times, a register for the pro shop, and memberships with autopay in one place, for $39.99 a month — about 1 round a month at the median green fee here. Card payments cost about 5%; cash costs nothing; month to month.
See how that compares with the other companies, prices and card fees included.
Questions
How many public golf courses are in California?
Our 2022–23 dataset lists 552 public golf courses in California, 149 of them 9-hole courses.
How many California golf courses take tee times online?
451 of 552. The other 101 (18%) list no online booking and take tee times by phone or walk-up.
What tee-time software do California golf courses use?
Among courses that book online, the most common are GolfNow (218), foreUP (53), Lightspeed Golf (36).
How much does golf course software cost?
Most companies do not publish a price; our comparison page gathers what they do publish. The Middle Pin is $39.99 a month, or $99.99 with a website we build and host, plus card fees of about 5%. Cash costs nothing.
Nearby
From a 2022–23 dataset of public golf courses in the US and Canada. It records which company each course used for online tee times; it is a snapshot, not a live count, and a course that has changed since will not show it here. Company names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify them.
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