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
Tournament Setup
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
Registration & Ticketing
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
Scoring & Leaderboards
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
Teams & Pairings
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
Payments & Financials
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
Communication
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
Tournament Page
Sponsors

Showcase your sponsors

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

Ready to get started?

Create your first tournament today — it's completely free. No credit card required.