Nova Scotia golf courses, and how golfers book them.

The rest of the picture

• 26 are 9-hole courses, and 22 of those (85%) take tee times by phone only.
• 33 list no website at all, and 6 use a Facebook page as their website.
• The median peak green fee we have is C$79, from 57 courses that list one.
• 7 changed booking company between 2022 and 2023.
• The metro areas with the most: Halifax (68).

What it means for a course here

If you are one of the 29 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. 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 Nova Scotia?

Our 2022–23 dataset lists 68 public golf courses in Nova Scotia, 26 of them 9-hole courses.

How many Nova Scotia golf courses take tee times online?

39 of 68. The other 29 (43%) list no online booking and take tee times by phone or walk-up.

What tee-time software do Nova Scotia golf courses use?

Among courses that book online, the most common are Lightspeed Golf (21), Tee On (11), GolfNow (4).

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Most companies do not publish a price; our comparison page gathers what they do publish.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.

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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.