Ontario golf courses, and how golfers book them.

The rest of the picture

• 207 are 9-hole courses, and 129 of those (62%) take tee times by phone only.
• 332 list no website at all, and 18 use a Facebook page as their website.
• 24 are run by a city, county or state.
• The median peak green fee we have is C$63, from 585 courses that list one.
• 54 changed booking company between 2022 and 2023.
• 22 are rural, away from any metro area.
• The metro areas with the most: Barrie (93), Ottawa (71), London (ON) (63), Toronto (45), Sudbury (43).

What it means for a course here

Most courses here already take tee times online, which is what golfers in Ontario 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. 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 Ontario?

Our 2022–23 dataset lists 637 public golf courses in Ontario, 207 of them 9-hole courses.

How many Ontario golf courses take tee times online?

442 of 637. The other 195 (31%) list no online booking and take tee times by phone or walk-up.

What tee-time software do Ontario golf courses use?

Among courses that book online, the most common are Tee On (211), Lightspeed Golf (121), GolfNow (66).

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Most companies do not publish a price; our comparison page gathers what they do publish.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

• Every province and state

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.