Golf course software in Kentucky
Kentucky golf courses, and how golfers book them.
There are 162 public golf courses in Kentucky in the data we work from. 86 of them — 53% — list no online tee-time booking at all. That is well above the 39% across the US and Canada. Here, most golfers still pick up the phone.
- 162public courses
- 53%take tee times by phone only
- 44are 9-hole courses
- $40median 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 162 public courses in Kentucky took a tee time.
The rest of the picture
- 44 are 9-hole courses, and 38 of those (86%) take tee times by phone only.
- 54 list no website at all, and 32 use a Facebook page as their website.
- 58 are run by a city, county or state.
- The median peak green fee we have is $40, from 143 courses that list one.
- 24 changed booking company between 2022 and 2023.
- 36 are rural, away from any metro area.
- The metro areas with the most: Louisville (40), Lexington (36), Bowling Green (15), Evansville (14), Cincinnati (14).
What it means for a course here
If you are one of the 86 courses here taking tee times by phone, you are in good company, and golfers searching on their phones at night are going somewhere else.
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 Kentucky?
Our 2022–23 dataset lists 162 public golf courses in Kentucky, 44 of them 9-hole courses.
How many Kentucky golf courses take tee times online?
76 of 162. The other 86 (53%) list no online booking and take tee times by phone or walk-up.
What tee-time software do Kentucky golf courses use?
Among courses that book online, the most common are GolfNow (20), Pro Shop Tee Times (18), foreUP (9).
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Most companies do not publish a price; our comparison page gathers what they do publish.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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