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Cheapest states for golf

Every state ranked by what a round of public golf costs, from several price studies. Built from 3 sources. Last checked October 22, 2026.

How we score · All 50 states

Supreme Golf · GreenFeeTracker · National Golf Foundation

1
Cheaper than most in 3 price studies

Oklahoma

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 1st at Supreme Golf, 1st at GreenFeeTracker and 1st at NGF.
- Supreme Golf1st cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker1st cheapest of 49
- NGF1st cheapest of 9
100/100
2
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Kentucky

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 3rd at Supreme Golf and 3rd at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf3rd cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker3rd cheapest of 49
98/100
3
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Ohio

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 4th at Supreme Golf and 5th at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf4th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker5th cheapest of 49
96/100
4
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Illinois

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 10th at Supreme Golf and 2nd at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf10th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker2nd cheapest of 49
94/100
5
Cheaper than most in 3 price studies

Kansas

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 2nd at Supreme Golf, 6th at GreenFeeTracker and 3rd at NGF.
- Supreme Golf2nd cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker6th cheapest of 49
- NGF3rd cheapest of 9
93/100
6
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Arkansas

Among the cheapest states in every recent price study: 5th at Supreme Golf and 10th at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf5th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker10th cheapest of 49
92/100
7
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Wyoming

Placed 15th at Supreme Golf and 7th at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf15th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker7th cheapest of 49
88/100
8
Cheaper than most in 3 price studies

Iowa

Placed 6th at Supreme Golf, 11th at GreenFeeTracker and 4th at NGF.
- Supreme Golf6th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker11th cheapest of 49
- NGF4th cheapest of 9
86/100
9
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

New York

Placed 24th at Supreme Golf and 4th at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf24th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker4th cheapest of 49
84/100
10
Cheaper than most in 2 price studies

Nebraska

Placed 7th at Supreme Golf and 22nd at GreenFeeTracker.
- Supreme Golf7th cheapest of 50
- GreenFeeTracker22nd cheapest of 49
83/100

All 50 states

#	State	Supreme Golf	GreenFeeTracker	NGF	Score
1	Oklahoma	1 of 50	1 of 49	1 of 9	100
2	Kentucky	3 of 50	3 of 49		98
3	Ohio	4 of 50	5 of 49		96
4	Illinois	10 of 50	2 of 49		94
5	Kansas	2 of 50	6 of 49	3 of 9	93
6	Arkansas	5 of 50	10 of 49		92
7	Wyoming	15 of 50	7 of 49		88
8	Iowa	6 of 50	11 of 49	4 of 9	86
9	New York	24 of 50	4 of 49		84
10	Nebraska	7 of 50	22 of 49		83
11	Pennsylvania	12 of 50	18 of 49		83
12	Missouri	14 of 50	17 of 49		82
13	Connecticut	11 of 50	20 of 49		82
14	Indiana	9 of 50	31 of 49	2 of 9	82
15	Minnesota	8 of 50	24 of 49		81
16	Utah	25 of 50	8 of 49		81
17	North Dakota	28 of 50	9 of 49		78
18	Louisiana	29 of 50	12 of 49		76
19	Alaska	16 of 50	26 of 49		75
20	Rhode Island	21 of 50	25 of 49		73
21	Texas	33 of 50	14 of 49		72
22	Tennessee	31 of 50	19 of 49	5 of 9	70
23	Maine	13 of 50	38 of 49		70
24	Georgia	32 of 50	21 of 49		69
25	New Mexico	19 of 50	34 of 49		68
26	Wisconsin	17 of 50	36 of 49		68
27	Idaho	38 of 50	16 of 49		68
28	Michigan	27 of 50	27 of 49		68
29	Maryland	42 of 50	13 of 49		67
30	South Dakota	20 of 50	37 of 49		66
31	West Virginia	45 of 50	15 of 49		64
32	New Hampshire	22 of 50	39 of 49		63
33	Mississippi	30 of 50	32 of 49	6 of 9	63
34	Vermont	40 of 50	23 of 49		62
35	New Jersey	35 of 50	28 of 49		62
36	Massachusetts	18 of 50	46 of 49		61
37	Montana	23 of 50	42 of 49		61
38	Alabama	36 of 50	30 of 49		60
39	Oregon	26 of 50	40 of 49		60
40	Virginia	39 of 50	29 of 49		59
41	Washington	34 of 50	35 of 49		59
42	North Carolina	37 of 50	33 of 49		58
43	Florida	41 of 50	41 of 49		51
44	California	43 of 50	45 of 49		47
45	Arizona	48 of 50	48 of 49	7 of 9	46
46	Colorado	46 of 50	43 of 49		46
47	Hawaii	50 of 50	44 of 49	8 of 9	45
48	South Carolina	47 of 50	47 of 49		43
49	Nevada	49 of 50	49 of 49	9 of 9	40
50	Delaware	44 of 50			n/a

How we score

We use the price studies from 2024 on: Supreme Golf's average booked tee time in 2024, GreenFeeTracker's 2026 weekday rates and, for the nine states it published, the National Golf Foundation's 2025 averages. They measure different prices, so we rank every state inside each study, from cheapest to most expensive, and average those places. A state needs at least 2 studies to be ranked, since only two recent studies cover every state.

We don't show dollar figures. The studies average every tee time, including twilight, off-peak and city courses, so their numbers run well below what a weekend morning round costs. The order of the states is what they agree on. A state that was cheapest in every study would score 100, and most expensive in every study, 40.

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What we left out

TheGrint's 2021 study and Supreme Golf's 2023 one, which are older than we use.
Blogs that copy these studies and present them as new data.

Sources

Supreme Golf Average 2024 tee time price by state (reported by Today's Golfer) (2024)
GreenFeeTracker Average public green fees by state (2026)
National Golf Foundation Average public fees, nine states (reported by Golf Digest) (2025)

State outlines: US Census Bureau boundaries, via us-atlas.

Oklahoma

Kentucky

Ohio

Illinois

Kansas

Arkansas

Wyoming

Iowa

New York

Nebraska

All 50 states

How we score

What we left out

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