Georgia
Macon & Middle Georgia Golf Courses & Tee Times
Middle Georgia golf has a New Deal course in Macon and a PGA Tour past in Columbus and Pine Mountain. Macon's Bowden course went up on Miller Field, an empty airfield in east Macon, with WPA labor. It opened in September 1940. In 1961 it became the first public facility in Macon to integrate. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The Southern Open was a PGA Tour stop at Green Island Country Club in Columbus from 1970 to 1990. Johnny Miller won his first tour event there in 1971. From 1991 to 2002 the tournament moved to the Mountain View Course at Callaway Gardens.
Good weekend tee times in Macon & Middle Georgia go fast, and the ones that come back later (cancellations, groups that shrink) aren't announced. Yoink watches the tee sheets at 19 public courses here, from Macon, Pine Mountain, Forsyth, Fort Benning and Gray, and tells you the moment a time you want opens up.
The longest layout here is Harbor Club on Lake Oconee at 7,014 yards.
Who runs public golf in Macon & Middle Georgia
Columbus Consolidated Government runs three courses: Bull Creek in Midland, with 36 holes on East and West courses, plus Godwin Creek and the nine-hole Oxbow Creek. In Macon, Bowden is the historic public course, designed in 1938 by local pro Dick Cotton. Its layout has changed little since 1940. In 2022 it hosted a free PGA Junior League camp for Macon-Bibb elementary and middle school kids. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain is resort golf. The Lake View Course opened with the gardens on May 21, 1952, and Herschend Family Entertainment agreed to buy the resort side, golf included, in 2022.
Public courses worth knowing in Macon & Middle Georgia
- Bowden Golf Club: WPA-built public course on a former Macon airfield, opened 1940. First public facility in Macon to integrate (1961). National Register of Historic Places, 2015.
- Mountain View Golf Course At Callaway Gardens: Designed in 1965. Hosted the PGA Tour Buick Challenge from 1991 to 2002.
- Lake View Golf Course At Callaway Gardens: Opened May 21, 1952, the same day Callaway Gardens opened.
- Bull Creek Golf Course - East: Half of the 36-hole Bull Creek complex run by Columbus Consolidated Government.
- Oxbow Creek Golf Course: City-run nine-hole course in Columbus with practice areas, a quick-round option.
19 courses in Macon & Middle Georgia
Dublin
Eatonton
Forsyth
Fort Benning
Fort Valley
Hawkinsville
Macon
Pine Mountain
Lake View Golf Course At Callaway Gardens
Opened the same day as the gardens in 1952. Water on nine holes, a six-hole run around Mountain Creek Lake, and an island tee on the par-3 10th.
Mountain View Golf Course At Callaway Gardens
A PGA Tour stop from 1991 to 2002: Davis Love III, David Duval and David Toms all won the Buick Challenge on this tree-lined parkland course.
Tennille
Warner Robins
Other
Bull Creek Golf Course - East
Joe Lee and Ward Northrup's par 72 at Columbus's city-run 36: lakes, creeks and woods with no houses anywhere, and a host of the Southeastern Amateur.
Bull Creek Golf Course - West
Par 72 and 7,000 yards from the back tees: Bull Creek Golf Course - West is a championship-length 18 in Georgia.
Harbor Club on Lake Oconee
One hole moves 64 feet from tee to green. Water borders nine of the eighteen.
Oakview Golf & Country Club
Oakview Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole regulation course in Georgia, playing to par 72 across 6,722 yards.
Pine Oaks Golf Course
Water borders six of the eighteen, and one hole moves 36 feet from tee to green.
Why tee times in Macon & Middle Georgia are hard to get
In Macon & Middle Georgia, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.
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 Macon & Middle Georgia
Yoink
Every course in Macon & Middle Georgia on one watchlist: all 19 of them
Yoink checks all 19 courses in Macon & Middle Georgia 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.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- 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.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Macon has 2 courses on Yoink and Pine Mountain has 2.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Macon & Middle Georgia: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Macon & Middle Georgia?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
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 weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Macon & Middle Georgia?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Macon & Middle Georgia?
Demand is highest in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
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- Augusta · 11 courses
- Jacksonville · 9 courses
- Knoxville & Chattanooga · 2 courses
- Destin & the Panhandle · 1 courses
- Northwest Arkansas · 1 courses
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Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
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Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- maconbibb.us · official
- maconbibb.us · official
- columbusga.gov · official
- columbusga.gov · official
- columbusga.gov · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
Tee times in Macon & Middle Georgia, without the refreshing
Watch as many courses as you like. When a time opens that fits your day, window and group, Yoink tells you first.