Golf courses by state
Alaska Golf Courses & Tee Times
Alaska golf runs on a short clock. The Alaska Golf Association says the season is packed into about five months, and in July the daylight runs past 11 p.m., so tee sheets fill from sunrise. The AGA was founded in 1959, the year of statehood. It is the USGA's allied association here and handles handicaps, course rating and state championships. The game came north early through the military. Fairbanks Golf & Country Club dates to 1946, and Alaska's first 18 was Moose Run's Hill Course, built by the Army Corps of Engineers at Elmendorf in 1952.
Tee times in Alaska are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 6 public golf courses here. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Alaska golf markets
Who runs public golf in Alaska
In Anchorage, the city's own course is Russian Jack Springs, a nine-hole par 31 run by Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Recreation. It's open early May to early October, seven days a week, weather permitting. There are no tee times; you just show up. The green fee was $10 and a season pass $175 on the undated page read in 2026. The main public 18 in town is Anchorage Golf Course, a Bill Newcomb design from 1987 on the South Anchorage hillside. The AGA gives free membership to juniors 18 and under, which includes an official Handicap Index.
Public courses worth knowing in Alaska
- Palmer Municipal GC, AK: William Overdorf course from 1990 near Pioneer Peak and Knik Glacier. It hosts the AGA State Amateur and USGA qualifiers.
- Anchorage Golf Course: Bill Newcomb design from 1987, 6,600 yards of rolling, tree-lined fairways on the hillside above the city. On clear days you can see Denali.
- Moose Run Golf Course (Creek): Robin Nelson and Neil Haworth course on JBER from 2000. The AGA lists it with Alaska's highest rating and slope (78.0/142) and a 640-yard 11th.
- Settlers Bay Golf Course: Ted Locke design from 1978 on Knik Arm in Wasilla; the AGA's Spring Jackpot and State Match Play are held here.
- Chena Bend Golf Course: Opened in 1962 at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks.
- Birch Ridge Golf Course: Nine holes near the Kenai River in Soldotna, open since 1973.
Booking tee times in Alaska: the local rules
Rules vary by course. Russian Jack Springs doesn't reserve tee times; it's first come, first served. Anchorage Golf Course says summer play can start as early as 5 a.m. and run past midnight, so late tee times are a real option. Check each course's opening date. The municipal nine runs only from early May to early October.
Yoink
The window opens once. Cancellations happen all week.
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 6 courses in Alaska and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
Towns with the most courses
- Soldotna · 2
- Kenai · 1
- Palmer · 1
- Wasilla · 1
Getting a tee time in Alaska
The season in Alaska is short, running roughly from late spring into fall, so every good weekend in that window is contested. The first warm Saturdays of the year are the hardest tee times to get.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
Booked-up doesn't mean gone. Plans change: groups cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline (often 24 to 48 hours out), players drop when the forecast turns, and a group that shrinks leaves an open spot. Those times quietly come back on the booking page, usually for minutes, not hours.
Yoink
Watch all 6 courses in Alaska. Hear the moment one opens.
Yoink checks all 6 courses in Alaska every few minutes, so every open time is in one place and you're the first to know when one that fits your day, window and group appears, cancellations included.
Tee times in Alaska: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Alaska?
Pick your courses in Yoink (6 in Alaska), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in Alaska?
Demand peaks from late spring through early fall. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- akgolf.org · association
- akgolf.org · association
- akgolf.org · association
- anchoragegolfcourse.com · official
- anchoragegolfcourse.com · official
- muni.org · government
- akgolf.org · association
- akgolf.org · association
- akgolf.org · association
The best tee times in Alaska open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.