Memphis Golf Courses & Tee Times in Arkansas

Who runs public golf in Memphis

The City of Memphis runs seven courses under the Memphis Public Links name: Audubon, Pine Hill, Fox Meadows, Galloway, Whitehaven, Riverside and the Overton Park 9. Rates split by weekday and weekend, juniors are 17 and under and seniors 62 and up. Audubon is the top-priced course at $35 on weekdays and $45 Friday through Sunday on the 2026 rate card, and it has a six-hole Little Course where juniors play free. Galloway's Saturday special lets a parent or grandparent play half price after noon with a junior who plays free. Across the state line, Mallard Pointe at Sardis is a Bob Cupp course inside John W. Kyle State Park.

Public courses worth knowing in Memphis

• Mirimichi Golf Course: Par 72 in Millington that runs to 7,479 yards from the back tees, with a 77.0 rating and 147 slope, and five to eight sets of tees on every hole.
• Tunica National Golf and Tennis: Public 18 by Mark McCumber with zoysia fairways and six tee markers, 30 minutes south of Memphis in Tunica.
• Mallard Pointe Golf Course: A 7,004-yard, par-72 Bob Cupp design inside John W. Kyle State Park on Sardis Lake. LINKS put it on its 2025 list of Mississippi courses you can play.
• Kirkwood National Golf Club: Semi-private daily-fee course near Holly Springs, 35 miles southeast of Memphis. Members get a longer booking window than daily-fee players.
• Overton Park 9: City-run par-34 nine in Midtown with a 1926 Tudor clubhouse, built for beginners and short-game practice.

Booking tee times in Memphis: the local rules

Audubon is the one city course you can book a month out: tee times open 30 days ahead online or in the Memphis Public Links app, and anything booked 2 to 30 days out is prepaid and non-refundable unless weather closes the course. Every other city course books 7 days ahead, online, in the app or by phone. From March through November, weekend and holiday mornings take 18-hole bookings only, and one golfer can hold at most four tee times. Kirkwood National gives its members a longer booking window than the public.

Why tee times in Memphis are hard to get

Spring and fall are peak season in Memphis. In summer the heat pushes everyone toward early morning, so the first few hours of the day fill before anything else.

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.

When tee time cancellations happen

A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.

How to get a tee time in Memphis

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Marion has 2 courses on Yoink and West Memphis has 1.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked