Boise Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Boise

Boise Parks and Recreation operates Warm Springs and Quail Hollow. Quail Hollow opened in 1982 as Shamana, a Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge design; it is a par 70 of 6,325 yards from the back tees. In Nampa, the parks department runs Centennial, a par 72 of about 6,700 yards, and Ridgecrest, which has an 18 plus an executive nine. Warm Springs posts 2026 walking rates of $47 for 18 on weekdays and $14 for juniors 17 and under.

Public courses worth knowing in Boise

• Quail Hollow Golf Course: City of Boise course in the foothills, opened in 1982 as Shamana and designed by Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge.
• Warm Springs Golf Course: City-run 18 on the banks of the Boise River, 3 miles from downtown, in one of Boise's oldest neighborhoods.
• BanBury Golf Course: John Harbottle III design in Eagle that follows the South Channel of the Boise River.
• Scotch Pines Golf Club: Public 18 in Payette that opened in 1962 and has hosted statewide events; open all year.
• Ridgecrest Golf Club: Nampa municipal facility with 27 holes: a links-style 18 and a nine-hole executive course.

Booking tee times in Boise: the local rules

Booking rules differ by course. Quail Hollow takes tee times seven days out by phone. Warm Springs books by phone, and groups over 20 can reserve six months ahead. Nampa's Centennial takes calls up to seven days in advance. Warm Springs' 2026 regular season runs March 1 to October 31, and Centennial is usually playable all year.

Why tee times in Boise are hard to get

The season in Boise runs roughly from spring to late fall. The first warm weekends in spring and the cool, dry weekends of fall are the hardest to book.

Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.

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 Boise

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. Eagle has 2 courses on Yoink and Mountain Home has 1.

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