Best Golf APIs in 2026

The golf data APIs developers actually use: who covers it, what it costs to start and what the community says.

How this list is built: Providers that list golf explicitly, then the strongest multi-sport feeds, ordered by the SportDex Score. SportDex Score explained. No provider pays to be here.

Short answer: Data Golf (49/100), BALLDONTLIE (79/100) and BirdieAPI (41/100) lead this list of 15 providers in 2026. Last checked 2026-11-04.

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1. Data Golf
Sports data API
Golf analytics site whose API exposes model predictions, live betting-tool odds, round-level historical scoring and strokes-gained data across 22 tours, plus historical odds and DFS data.
3 discussions44 GitHub reposMostly positive
49Score
What developers say
Golf analytics API used as the data backbone for fantasy golf apps, betting trackers and prediction models, with several unofficial client libraries and about thirty repos. Developers use it for ratings, odds and fallback data; its historical DFS archive is noted as a rare paid dataset. Little direct complaint.
Liked
- + Skill ratings and predictions
- + Widely used in golf projects
Price not publicFull profile Website
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2. BALLDONTLIE
Sports data API
Unified REST API for scores, box scores, stats, odds and player props across 20+ leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, tennis, golf, F1, MMA, esports), plus webhooks and an MCP server.
Free tier2-day trialfrom $9.99/moLive data15 discussions902 GitHub reposMostly positive
79Score
What developers say
Long-popular free NBA stats API, now covering NBA, NFL, MLB and EPL with a free tier and paid keys. Beginners use it for tutorials, React projects and portfolio apps; betting and fantasy builders pair it with odds feeds. Recommended as an alternative to nba_api and API-Sports. Little discussion of reliability or pricing.
Liked
- + Free tier and easy start for learners
- + Simple REST endpoints with decades of NBA history
Watch out
- − Free tier limited to subset of endpoints
- − CORS issues for browser apps
from $9.99/moFull profile Website
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3. BirdieAPI
Sports data API
PGA Tour golf data over REST and MCP: tournaments, leaderboards, scorecards, courses, player stats, head-to-head and winner odds, billed in credits per call.
Free tierfrom $19/mo
41Score
What developers say
A new golf data API with a hosted MCP server, credit-based billing and free Claude skills. All evidence is vendor-driven submissions to MCP directories plus its own repo; no independent user feedback on quality, price or reliability.
from $19/moFull profile Website
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4. The Odds API
Odds API
Bookmaker odds for dozens of sports via a simple JSON API, covering moneyline, spreads, totals, outrights and some player props, plus scores and historical snapshots. Credit-based billing.
Free tierfrom $30/moLive data159 discussions2.4k GitHub reposMostly positive
83Score
What developers say
Widely used for pulling bookmaker odds into fantasy tools, arbitrage scanners and betting models; many GitHub repos and tutorials build on it. Users like the free tier and breadth of markets and books. Complaints: modest refresh rate, historical odds limited to one day per call and gaps in snapshots, no prop results or match outcomes, some books paid-only.
Liked
- + Free tier for quick odds checks
- + Broad sports and bookmaker coverage
Watch out
- − Refresh rate not the best
- − Historical odds fetched one day at a time
from $30/moFull profile Website
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5. SportsDataIO
Sports data API
Commercial sports data provider offering scores, odds, projections, news, historical data, IDs and widgets for 75+ sports and 1,500+ competitions through developer APIs.
Demo accessLive data44 discussions776 GitHub reposMixed
60Score
What developers say
Commercial provider widely used for US sports, especially NFL fantasy tools that pull projections and stats from it. A free trial key makes prototyping easy. Developers on a budget repeatedly call it and Sportradar too expensive, and one user reported inaccurate season stats. Hobbyists look at JsonOdds or MySportsFeeds instead.
Liked
- + Free trial key for prototyping
- + Strong US sports and fantasy projections coverage
Watch out
- − Too expensive for bootstrapped projects
- − Reported inaccurate player season stats
Price not publicFull profile Website
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6. Golf API
Sports data API
Database of 40,000+ golf courses in 160+ countries with scorecards, tees, slope and ratings and GPS coordinates, via REST API or CSV export; redistribution not allowed.
10 GitHub repos
22Score
What developers say
Golf course database API (scorecards, tees, ratings, GPS) used in a handful of small golf apps. One project plans to swap it for golfcourseapi.com, hinting at an alternative, but gives no reason. No user reviews of pricing, coverage or accuracy are available.
Contact salesFull profile Website
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7. Polymarket
Betting exchange
Prediction market exchange whose public Gamma API lists markets and events, including sports, without credentials; separate trading APIs and SDKs exist.
Free tier52 discussions4.5k GitHub reposMostly positive
67Score
What developers say
Widely used as a free, no-key source of prediction-market prices (Gamma and CLOB APIs) for sports arbitrage bots, wallet trackers and odds aggregators, with many GitHub clients and MCP servers. Users note thin or missing historical data and the need to match events across Kalshi and sportsbooks; live-score speed is a concern.
Liked
- + Public market data without credentials
- + Large ecosystem of SDKs and bots
Watch out
- − Historical data hard to find, especially before 2024
- − Manual cross-venue event matching
Free tierFull profile Website
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8. TheRundown
Odds API
Odds, scores, stats and play-by-play API covering North American leagues, soccer, tennis, cricket and more, with data from 25+ sportsbooks and a free tier.
Free tierfrom $49/mo⚡ Streaming12 GitHub repos
53Score
What developers say
Odds and scores API with a free tier, offered directly and via RapidAPI. Very little real discussion: one old Stack Overflow question about a 404 and a few repos, including a sportsbook ingestion service and an odds API benchmark that lists it among rivals. No user opinion on quality or price is available.
from $49/moFull profile Website
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9. TheSportsDB
Sports data API
Crowd-sourced sports database with artwork, teams, players, events and league tables. Free API with tight limits; paid keys add livescores, highlight links and higher rate limits.
Free tierfrom $9/mo5 discussions919 GitHub reposMixed
65Score
What developers say
Crowd-sourced sports database popular for hobby apps, tutorials, student projects and Plex metadata agents, with many wrappers in several languages. Praised as free and good for artwork. The free tier is tight, paid keys are needed for more, and developers report image and RapidAPI access problems and gaps in per-season artwork.
Liked
- + Free tier for hobby use
- + Strong artwork and metadata
Watch out
- − Tight free limits
- − Artwork gaps and access errors reported
from $9/moFull profile Website
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10. Goalserve
Sports data API
XML/JSON sports data feeds: live scores, fixtures, results, stats, injuries, historical data and odds for soccer, US sports and many others, sold as per-feed subscriptions.
from $150/mo⚡ Streaming5 discussionsMixed
45Score
What developers say
Per-feed sports data subscriptions in XML/JSON. Few real opinions: people shopping for sportsbook-grade data call it and similar providers costly, and note it lacks live bet settlement. Older Stack Overflow questions show developers consuming its in-play soccer feed. A handful of small bot and app repos use it.
Liked
- + Broad sports feeds
- + Used for in-play soccer feeds
Watch out
- − Priced high for startups
- − No live bet settlement
from $150/moFull profile Website
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11. OpticOdds
Odds API
Real-time and historical odds from 200+ sportsbooks across many sports, with streaming, odds screen, bet builder and trading tools. Aimed at operators, apps and media; access by license request.
Demo access⚡ Streaming3 discussionsMixed
49Score
What developers say
Enterprise odds feed from 200+ sportsbooks. One long-time client likes the broad book coverage and simple API, while others who looked at it for Pinnacle or arbitrage feeds found it solid but too expensive. Compared with The Odds API and OddsPapi; a betting YouTuber used it to pull historical closing lines.
Liked
- + Data from very many sportsbooks
- + Simple API
Watch out
- − Too expensive for hobbyists and small projects
Contact salesFull profile Website
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12. Rolling Insights DataFeeds
Sports data API
Sports data APIs for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, PGA, Euro soccer and darts, sold per sport in pre-game, post-game and live tiers via REST and GraphQL.
30-day trialfrom $75/moLive data
46Score
What developers say
Sports data feeds with trial keys, a coding-assistant skill and historical NHL data. Evidence is thin: one analyst used its historical NHL data for a win-prediction model, the rest is the vendor's own posts and videos. No user feedback on price, limits or quality.
from $75/moFull profile Website
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13. PropLine
Odds API
Player-prop and game odds from 100+ sportsbooks and exchanges across 73 sports, with graded prop results, line history, cross-book +EV and webhook or websocket alerts. Billed per request, compatible with The Odds API format.
Free tierfrom $9/mo⚡ Streaming20 GitHub repos
59Score
What developers say
Per-request-billed player-prop and odds API that mimics The Odds API format and grades props against box scores. Digest holds only a Show HN post, directory import and the vendor's own SDK, MCP and tool repos. No independent user opinion on accuracy, limits or cost, so little is known.
from $9/moFull profile Website
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14. StatPal
Sports data API
Sports data API for live scores, odds, news and match storylines across 12+ sports and 1,000+ soccer leagues. Two flat monthly plans with a 14-day trial and an OpenAPI schema.
14-day trialfrom $29/moLive data
43Score
What developers say
Sports API with flat monthly plans and a soccer xG feature. One bettor tried it as an xG source claimed to rival Sportmonks. A sports project's issues report endpoints (teams, injuries, rosters) returning 404 and soccer livescores being routed to the wrong API version, suggesting integration pitfalls or version changes. Little else known.
Liked
- + xG data offered
Watch out
- − Some endpoints returned 404 for one integrator
- − Split v1/v2 soccer endpoints confusing
from $29/moFull profile Website
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15. ParlayAPI
Odds API
Real-time odds API covering 30+ sportsbooks and prediction-market exchanges, with player props, line movement, arbitrage, +EV, historical data, SSE and WebSocket streaming; partly compatible with The Odds API request shapes.
Free tierfrom $5/mo⚡ Streaming4 discussions21 GitHub repos
57Score
What developers say
Young odds aggregator pitched as a cheaper drop-in for The Odds API, with a free 1,000-credit tier, prediction-market books and MCP tooling. Nearly everything found is vendor-written posts, directory submissions or the founder's own repos. No independent user feedback on reliability, accuracy or support, so little is actually known.
from $5/moFull profile Website