Golf tournament & charity fundraiser software
Host a golf tournament people can actually find
Give your outing a branded registration site, online payments, real sponsor management, and live scoring — then list it free in the tournament catalog golfers already search by ZIP code. Most platforms run your event. We also help fill it.
Listing your tournament is free. Golf Sync XP is $395 an event, any number of tournaments. No Golf Sync fee on registrations, ever. Sponsors who pay by card or bank add 1.5%, unless your event raises money for a charity we've verified.
The part other platforms can't do
Your tournament shouldn't depend on your email list alone.
Tournament software helps you run an event. It does nothing to help golfers discover it. Golf Sync also runs a public catalog of upcoming tournaments that players browse by state, city, and ZIP — so your event is visible to people already looking for something to play in, not just the people you can reach yourself.
Listing is free, whether or not you run your event on Golf Sync XP.
See who's searching in your stateEverything the day actually requires
Built from running real charity events — registration through the Monday-morning sponsor recap.
A branded event website
Your logo, colors, tagline, hero photo, and benefit story on a public URL — the page your registrants and sponsors share, not a generic SaaS form. Set your tax EIN, contact email, and refund policy so they render upfront.
Registration and payments
Take card payments through Stripe, plus check, ACH, invoice, and in-person. Funds go straight to your own Stripe account. Reconcile payments, mark comps, and export everything to CSV for your books.
Sponsors, handled properly
Tiered sponsor cards with a past-sponsor wall, applications into your admin queue, one-click PDF invoices with billing entity and EIN, per-hole logo recognition on player scorecards, and an automated post-event recap PDF for renewals.
Pairings and the tee sheet
Generate the whole tee sheet in one click. Sponsor foursomes stay together, self-grouped parties stay intact, solos fill by handicap, and a shotgun lays out across 18 holes. Print-friendly view for the starter.
Live scoring on tournament day
Scramble, alternate-shot, best ball, and 4-3-2 all score from players' phones to a live leaderboard, with accurate WHS net handicap scoring so a handicapped flight doesn't spark a protest at awards.
Email and volunteers
Email registrants, sponsors, or donors from the console with merge fields and open tracking, CAN-SPAM compliant. Post volunteer shifts that people claim from a public page without an account — replaces SignUpGenius.
What it costs
“Free” platforms aren't free. Your golfers pay for them.
Most golf fundraising platforms cost the organizer nothing because they recover it at checkout instead — a processing fee added to each registration and sponsorship, or a “tip” prompt shown to your donors while they're paying. It works, and it's legal, and it means the people supporting your cause are quietly funding a software company on top of their gift.
Golf Sync XP charges you $395 for the event, up front, and adds nothing to registrations or donations: no platform fee, no service fee, no tip prompt. Sponsors who pay by card or bank add 1.5% on top of the tier price, unless your event raises money for a charity we've verified.
You set your own player registration prices and keep that revenue. Standard Stripe card-processing fees still apply, as they do anywhere you take a card, and you decide who covers them.
Self Service
You run it. Full access to the tool — formats, handicaps, pairings, scoring and standings.
$395 per event — any number of tournaments, any field size.
Golf Sync VIP
We run it for youWe design the competition, build it in Golf Sync, produce your event materials and run it with you on the day.
$250 for each tournament, on top of the $395 platform fee.*
*Event materials and on-site presence, if you want them, are quoted for your event: $250 to $750 each, depending on its size and specifications. On-site includes travel. Charges from our premium vendor relationships are separate.
Built for the people who run these
Nothing here is specific to a golf club. If you're raising money with a scramble, this is for you.
Hosting a golf tournament — FAQ
What software do I need to host a charity golf tournament?
At minimum you need a way to take registrations and payments, organize the field into pairings, and recognize your sponsors. Golf Sync gives your event its own branded registration website, takes card payments online, builds the tee sheet automatically, generates per-sponsor PDF invoices, and runs live scoring on tournament day.
How much does it cost to host a golf tournament on Golf Sync?
Golf Sync XP runs your whole golf event (sign-ups and payments, sponsors, live scoring on every phone and the clubhouse TV, results and sponsor recaps) for one flat $395, or we run it for you. The $395 covers an event, any number of tournaments, whatever the size of the field. If we run it for you (Golf Sync VIP), add $250 for each tournament. You set your own registration prices and keep that revenue. Golf Sync XP adds no fee to registrations or donations, and takes no cut of them. Sponsors who pay by card or bank pay a 1.5% Golf Sync fee on top of the tier price, so it never comes out of what they give you. If your event raises money for a 501(c)(3) charity we've verified, sponsors pay no Golf Sync fee either.
Why isn't Golf Sync free like some other golf tournament platforms?
Because you pay for it, not your golfers. Platforms that are free to the organizer typically recover their cost at checkout: a processing or platform fee added to each registration and sponsorship, or an optional 'tip' prompt shown to donors as they pay. Golf Sync XP charges you $395 for the event up front instead, and adds nothing to registrations or donations. The one Golf Sync fee at checkout is 1.5% on a sponsorship paid by card or bank, added on top of the tier price, and an event raising money for a charity we've verified doesn't have it. Standard Stripe card-processing fees still apply, as they would on any platform.
Are there any fees added at checkout for players or sponsors?
For players, no: Golf Sync adds no fee to a registration or a donation, and there's no tip prompt. For sponsors, it depends on the event. If it raises money for a 501(c)(3) charity we've verified, sponsors pay no Golf Sync fee. Otherwise a 1.5% Golf Sync fee is added to a sponsorship paid by card or bank, on top of the tier price, and the checkout says so beside the Pay button. Stripe's card-processing fee is separate: it goes to Stripe, not to us, and you decide who covers it. Funds settle directly into your own Stripe account.
Can players register and pay online?
Yes. Your public event page takes card payments through Stripe, plus check, ACH, invoice, and in-person options, so players and corporate sponsors can each use the path their accounting team prefers. Funds flow directly to your own Stripe account — we never hold your money.
Does it handle sponsors?
Sponsorship is the part most tools do worst, so it's the part we built out most. You define tiers with prices, included player tickets, and benefit bullets; sponsors apply right from your event page; you generate per-sponsor PDF invoices with billing entity and EIN in one click; sponsor logos appear on players' scorecards at their assigned hole; and after the event each sponsor gets a designed recap PDF showing where their logo ran, with measured impressions — the renewal-pitch artifact you'd otherwise build by hand.
Will anyone find my tournament?
This is where Golf Sync differs from tournament software generally. We also run a public tournament catalog that golfers browse by state, city, and ZIP code. Listing your event there is free — so your tournament is discoverable by players already searching for events near them, not just by the people already on your email list.
Can I use it for a school, church, or Rotary club fundraiser?
Yes. Golf Sync XP runs charity and foundation events, and nothing about it is specific to a golf club — schools, churches, service clubs, youth sports programs, and corporate outings all run the same way. Your event page carries your logo, colors, benefit story, and tax EIN.
What happens on tournament day?
You open scoring with one tap when the field is ready. Players score from their phones on shared team cards for scramble and alternate-shot, or their own cards for best ball, and the leaderboard updates live for spectators. You can run check-in from an iPad at the registration table, add walk-ups by name in seconds, and print a paper tee sheet for the starter.
Ready to plan this year's event?
Walk through a real Golf Sync XP event, live leaderboard and all, then tell us about yours.