Golf course software in Illinois
Illinois golf courses, and how golfers book them.
There are 433 public golf courses in Illinois in the data we work from. 129 of them — 30% — 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.
- 433public courses
- 30%take tee times by phone only
- 139are 9-hole courses
- $42median 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 433 public courses in Illinois took a tee time.
The rest of the picture
- 139 are 9-hole courses, and 80 of those (58%) take tee times by phone only.
- 135 list no website at all, and 35 use a Facebook page as their website.
- 187 are run by a city, county or state.
- The median peak green fee we have is $42, from 419 courses that list one.
- 43 changed booking company between 2022 and 2023.
- 6 are rural, away from any metro area.
- The metro areas with the most: Chicago (208), Saint Louis (48), Rockford (30), Springfield (IL) (29), Peoria (28).
What it means for a course here
Most courses here already take tee times online, which is what golfers in Illinois 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 Illinois?
Our 2022–23 dataset lists 433 public golf courses in Illinois, 139 of them 9-hole courses.
How many Illinois golf courses take tee times online?
304 of 433. The other 129 (30%) list no online booking and take tee times by phone or walk-up.
What tee-time software do Illinois golf courses use?
Among courses that book online, the most common are GolfNow (169), foreUP (34), Lightspeed Golf (27).
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Most companies do not publish a price; our comparison page gathers what they do publish.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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