Idaho
Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho Golf Courses & Tee Times
North Idaho golf runs from the Palouse at Moscow up through Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls to Sandpoint, Priest Lake and Bonners Ferry. The best-known hole is the floating green at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, a 2,300-ton island set on the lake in 1990. For handicaps and amateur golf, the region falls under WA Golf, which serves Washington and northern Idaho.
Can't get a tee time in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho? Yoink watches 10 public courses, from Post Falls, Hayden Lake, Coeur d' Alene, Bonners Ferry and Priest Lake. Pick your courses, set the day and time you want, and get a notification when a tee time opens, cancellations included.
The longest layout here is The Idaho Club at 7,089 yards.
Who runs public golf in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho
There is no big city or county golf system here. The Coeur d'Alene Golf Club, public since 1957 and the first public course in Kootenai County, is owned by a nonprofit and run by a membership of county residents. In Moscow, the University of Idaho owns an 18-hole public course on campus; its first nine opened in 1937 and all 18 in August 1970. Avondale, by Hayden Lake, dates to 1969 and takes public play.
Public courses worth knowing in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho
- Coeur d'Alene Golf Club: Kootenai County's first public course, open since 1957 and owned by a nonprofit; 6,309 yards, par 71.
- Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course: Scott Miller design opened in 1991 on an old sawmill site, known for its floating green on the 14th.
- Vandal Golf Course - Vandal Golf Course: University of Idaho's public course in Moscow: Frank James nine from 1937, Bob Baldock nine added for 1970; home of the Vandal teams.
- Avondale Golf Club: Club dating to 1969 on Hayden Lake that also offers public play.
Booking tee times in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho: the local rules
Most courses here are daily-fee or semi-private, so tee-time rules are set course by course. The season is short: the University of Idaho course is open March through October.
Yoink
Know the rules. Let Yoink do the waiting.
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 10 courses in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
10 courses in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho
Blanchard
Bonners Ferry
Priest Lake
Rathdrum
Why tee times in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho are hard to get
The season in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho 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.
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 Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho
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Every course in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho on one watchlist: all 10 of them
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 10 courses in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, 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. Post Falls has 2 courses on Yoink and Hayden Lake has 1.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho?
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 Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho?
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 Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho?
Demand is highest from late spring through early fall. 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.
More golf in Idaho
- Boise · 12 courses
- Idaho Falls & Eastern Idaho · 11 courses
- Spokane & Eastern Washington · 1 courses
- Star Valley & Southwest Wyoming · 1 courses
- More Idaho · 10 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- Spokane & Eastern Washington, WA · 9 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- thepnga.org · association
- wagolf.org · association
- visitnorthidaho.com · media
- cdagolfclub.com · official
- coeurdalene.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
Tee times in Coeur d'Alene & North Idaho, without the refreshing
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