Everything You Need to Run Professional Golf Tournaments
From registration to leaderboards, payments to communications — SoftGolf has every tool tournament organizers need. And it's completely free.
Tournament Setup
Create your tournament in minutes
- Guided tournament creation wizard with name, dates, location, and course details
- Google Maps integration for venue location
- Custom tournament URL for sharing and branding
- Multi-round support (up to 10 rounds)
- 9-hole and 18-hole tournament configurations
- Multiple tee configurations with separate ratings and slopes
- Schedule builder for breakfast, tee times, awards ceremony, and more
- FAQ builder for tournament pages
- Co-organizer invitations
- AI Quick-Create — describe your event, we build itComing soon

Registration & Ticketing
Sell tickets and manage registrations effortlessly
- Multiple ticket bundles (Player, Spectator, VIP, Dinner Guest, and more)
- Custom registration questions (text or dropdown)
- Configurable ticket quantities and limits
- Public and private tournament toggle
- Guest checkout — no account required to purchase
- Fee absorption option — organizer covers processing fees or passes to buyer
- Ticket reservation management dashboard
- QR code tickets for event-day check-inComing soon
- In-app ticket purchasing on mobileComing soon

Scoring & Leaderboards
Professional scoring for every format
- 3 scoring methods: Stroke Play, Match Play, Stableford
- 5 handicap calculation methods: USGA, % Course, % Personal, and per-player variants
- Per-hole score entry on mobile or web
- Automatic net score calculation with handicap strokes
- Score caps (configurable max gross and net per hole)
- Real-time live leaderboard with individual and team views
- Classic golf leaderboard layout (POS, PLAYER, GRS, NET, +/-, THRU)
- Per-round and per-tee leaderboard filtering
- TV Display Mode — fullscreen leaderboard for big screens
- Achievement animations for Birdie, Eagle, Albatross, and Hole-in-One
- Offline scoring — works without cell signalComing soon

Teams & Pairings
Organize teams and tee times with drag-and-drop
- Drag-and-drop team builder
- Configurable team sizes and custom team names
- Tee time scheduling with start and end times
- Pairing management per round
- Team scoring: Scramble (shared score) or Best Ball (individual)
- Best-ball highlighting on team scorecards
- Player pairing email notifications

Payments & Financials
Collect payments and track revenue with Stripe
- Stripe Connect integration — organizers get paid directly
- Real-time revenue dashboard
- Revenue breakdown by ticket bundle
- Player growth and revenue graphs
- Financial data export for records
- Refund processing from the dashboard
- Fee transparency — organizer absorb vs. pass-through

Communication
Keep players informed at every step
- 16 automated email types (confirmation, reminders, pairings, refunds, and more)
- Scorecard invitation emails with secure links
- Day-of scorecard reminder emails
- Organizer invitation emails
- Payment and refund notifications
- Push notifications for invites, reminders, and live updatesComing soon

Native Mobile App
The only tournament platform with a real mobile app
- Browse and discover tournaments nearby
- Location-based search with distance filtering
- Enter scores hole-by-hole on your phone
- View live leaderboard in real-time
- Achievement animations for great shots
- iOS design with native tab navigation
- Purchase tickets in-appComing soon
- Offline scoringComing soon
- Push notificationsComing soon
- QR code ticketsComing soon
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Tournament Page
A beautiful public page for every tournament
- Custom tournament URL (softgolf.io/tournaments/your-event)
- Cover photo and photo gallery
- Interactive Google Map
- Schedule timeline
- FAQ section
- Sponsor logos with links
- Ticket purchasing directly on the page
- SEO optimized with Open Graph and event schema for Google
- Add-to-Google-Calendar button
- Organizer profiles

Sponsors
Showcase your sponsors
- Sponsor management with names, logos, and links
- Logo display on public tournament page
- Multiple sponsors per tournament

Ready to get started?
Create your first tournament today — it's completely free. No credit card required.