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Golf 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.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: AllowedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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SportDex Score

#169 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
12

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
40

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
23

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
Contact sales
Free access
Not disclosed
Sports
1 (Golf)
Live data
No
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
10 repos

Best for

Golf course finder and rangefinder apps that need scorecards, tees, slope and ratings for 40,000+ courses via API or CSV.

Course finder appsScorecard and handicap toolsCourse GPS features

Not ideal for

Tournament scoring or live golf data; it holds course data only, with no resale or sharing with third parties.

Limitations to check

  • − Course data only, no tournament scoring
  • − Redistribution not allowed
  • − Pricing and free trial only on request

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

Golf API at a glance

What is Golf API best for?
Golf course finder and rangefinder apps that need scorecards, tees, slope and ratings for 40,000+ courses via API or CSV. Not ideal for: Tournament scoring or live golf data; it holds course data only, with no resale or sharing with third parties.
How much does Golf API cost?
Golf API has no public price list: pricing is quoted by sales on request.
Does Golf API have a free tier?
Golf API does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.golfapi.io.
What does Golf API cover?
Golf API is a sports data api. Its sports: Golf; data: Team stats.
Does Golf API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Golf API delivers data by REST, CSV download, so you poll for updates.
Can I use Golf API data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of Golf API — commercial use: allowed; redistribution: not allowed.
What do developers say about Golf API?
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.
What are the alternatives to Golf API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Data Golf, SportsDataIO, BALLDONTLIE, Goalserve, BirdieAPI.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
Contact for pricingContact sales—Pricing and free trial available on requestsource

Course data only (no tournament scoring). JSON and api_key auth assumed, not stated on crawled pages.

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
Golf
Data types
Team stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
No
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Not disclosed
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Allowedsource
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Not disclosed
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
RESTCSV download
Formats
JSON, CSV
Authentication
api key
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
Not disclosed
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Golf API

Goal: build a feature on Golf API data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.golfapi.io
- Docs: https://www.golfapi.io/docs/
- Sports: Golf
- Data: Team stats
- Protocols: REST, CSV download; formats: json, csv
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: Course data only (no tournament scoring). JSON and api_key auth assumed, not stated on crawled pages.

## Verify before writing code
- live update frequency
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
Not disclosed
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionalternatives

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.

Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

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Evidence & transparency

Official sources

Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know