Mississippi
Mississippi Gulf Coast Golf Courses & Tee Times
Golf on the Mississippi coast goes back to 1902, when Thomas Bendelow laid out hotel courses for the Mexican Gulf and Magnolia hotels. Jack Daray built the Biloxi Golf Club in 1918, and in March 1944 Great Southern in Gulfport held the Gulfport Open, a PGA event Jug McSpaden won by six with Byron Nelson third. Five of today's best-known public-access courses opened between 1986 and 2000: Windance by Mark McCumber, Arnold Palmer's The Bridges, Gil Morgan's The Oaks, Jack Nicklaus's Grand Bear and Davis Love III's Shell Landing. Up the road, Hattiesburg Country Club hosted the PGA Tour's Magnolia Classic from 1968 until the event moved to Madison in 1994.
Good weekend tee times in Mississippi Gulf Coast go fast, and the ones that come back later (cancellations, groups that shrink) aren't announced. Yoink watches the tee sheets at 14 public courses here, from Diamondhead, Columbia, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula and Pass Christian, and tells you the moment a time you want opens up.
The longest layout here is Grand Bear Golf Club at 7,204 yards.
Who runs public golf in Mississippi Gulf Coast
Public golf on the coast means semi-private and casino-owned daily-fee courses. Island View Casino owns Windance, The Bridges belongs to Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast, and Grand Bear is tied to Harrah's. Tom Fazio's Fallen Oak, the Champions Tour stop since 2010, is open only to Beau Rivage hotel guests. Shell Landing and Diamondhead are semi-private and take daily play. Diamondhead has 36 holes, the Cardinal and the Pine. Pass Christian Isles dates to 1952 and Sunkist in Biloxi to 1953.
Public courses worth knowing in Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Grand Bear Golf Club: Jack Nicklaus design from 1999 in the pines of the De Soto National Forest at Saucier, 7,204 yards and par 72.
- Shell Landing Golf Club: Davis Love III design that opened in 2000 in Gautier, running through marsh and pine to 7,024 yards.
- The Bridges Golf Club at Hollywood Casino: Arnold Palmer design from 1996 in Bay St. Louis. Twenty-one wooden bridges, nearly a mile of them, carry you over 17 lakes.
- The Oaks Golf Club: Gil Morgan design from 1998 in Pass Christian, 7,006 yards and par 72. Sells an annual card for cardholder rates.
- Windance Country Club: Mark McCumber design from 1986 in Gulfport, 6,659 yards and par 72, owned by Island View Casino Resort.
- The Club at Diamondhead – Cardinal Course: One of two courses at Diamondhead, a John LaFoy design at 6,730 yards.
Booking tee times in Mississippi Gulf Coast: the local rules
Fallen Oak is the one course you cannot simply book: you have to stay at Beau Rivage to get on. Regulars at The Oaks can buy its annual Oaks Golf Card, which gets cardholder rates on every round.
Yoink
Book on release day, then let Yoink watch the rest
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 14 courses in Mississippi Gulf Coast and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
14 courses in Mississippi Gulf Coast
Columbia
Diamondhead
Hattiesburg
Pascagoula
Pass Christian
Other
Grand Bear Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus, 1999, six miles into the De Soto National Forest: pines and cypress wetlands, no homes or roads in sight and no two holes side by side.
Hickory Hill Country Club
Hickory Hill Country Club is a championship-length 18 in Mississippi, playing to par 72 across 7,003 yards.
Pass Christian Isles Golf Club
Par 72 and 6,456 yards from the back tees: Pass Christian Isles Golf Club is an 18-hole regulation course near Pass Christian, Mississippi.
Sunkist Country Club
Par 72 and 6,329 yards from the back tees: Sunkist Country Club is an 18-hole regulation course in Mississippi.
The Oaks Golf Club
Cut through timber and wetlands in 1998, it hosted Nike Tour and Buy.com Tour events in 1999 and 2000. Katrina took more than 3,000 of its trees in 2005.
Windance Country Club
Mark McCumber's 1986 design, short at 6,659 yards but over rolling ground. It hosted Ben Hogan and Nike tour events; Jim Furyk is among the winners.
Why tee times in Mississippi Gulf Coast are hard to get
Spring and fall are peak season in Mississippi Gulf Coast. In summer the heat pushes everyone toward early morning, so the first few hours of the day fill before anything else.
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 Mississippi Gulf Coast
Yoink
Every course in Mississippi Gulf Coast on one watchlist: all 14 of them
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 14 courses in Mississippi Gulf Coast. 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. Diamondhead has 2 courses on Yoink and Columbia has 1.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Mississippi Gulf Coast: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Mississippi Gulf Coast?
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 Mississippi Gulf Coast?
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 Mississippi Gulf Coast?
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.
More golf in Mississippi
- Jackson & Central Mississippi · 12 courses
- Memphis · 9 courses
- Jackson & West Tennessee · 1 courses
- New Orleans & Baton Rouge · 1 courses
- More Mississippi · 1 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- New Orleans & Baton Rouge, LA · 35 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- biloxihistoricalsociety.org · museum
- linksmagazine.com · media
- southernfairwaysgolf.com · media
- theoaksgolfclub.com · official
- theclubatdiamondhead.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · wikipedia
Tee times in Mississippi Gulf Coast, 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.