Golf courses by state
Montana Golf Courses & Tee Times
Montana golf started in Butte, the state's biggest city a century ago, and the first State Amateur was played at Butte Country Club in 1917. Early greens were sand, oiled and raked smooth; the first grass green came in 1931 at Missoula Country Club. The state had never hosted a USGA event until the summer of 1994, when it got two: the U.S. Junior Girls at Meadow Lark Country Club in Great Falls and the U.S. Amateur Public Links at Eagle Bend in Bigfork. Helena's Edeann Anderson won six straight state titles starting at 14 and later, as Edeann Ihlanfeldt, the 1982 USGA Senior Women's.
Tee times in Montana are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 28 public golf courses here, grouped into 5 markets: Flathead Valley & Glacier, Bozeman, Big Sky & Helena, Billings & Red Lodge, Missoula & Western Montana and more. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Montana golf markets
Flathead Valley & Glacier
Cabinet View Golf Club, Glacier View Golf Course, Meadow Lake Golf Course…
Bozeman, Big Sky & Helena
Big Sky of Montana Golf Course, Bill Roberts Municipal Golf Course, Cottonwood Hills Golf Course…
Billings & Red Lodge
Eaglerock Golf Course, Lake Hills Golf Course, Pryor Creek Golf Club - Elmer Link…
Missoula & Western Montana
Canyon River Golf Club, Double Arrow Lodge Golf Course, King Ranch Golf Course…
Bismarck & Western North Dakota
Sidney Country Club
Who runs public golf in Montana
Public golf in western Montana leans on local golf associations. The Whitefish Lake Golf Association has run the city's course on a not-for-profit basis since the 1940s, and Buffalo Hill in Kalispell is a nonprofit on city-leased land. The Montana State Golf Association runs the State Amateur, the State Junior (since 1967), the State Mid-Amateur (since 1987) and the Montana Cup between amateurs and pros (since 1991). It gives free memberships to juniors 18 and under linked to an active member, promotes Youth on Course rounds for $5 or less, has funded more than 140 scholarships since 1991, and makes junior program grants to courses, schools and community groups each year (applications due April 1).
Public courses worth knowing in Montana
- Whitefish Lake Golf Club: New Deal-era course that opened in 1936 and doubled as an emergency landing strip; now North and South courses run by a not-for-profit golf association.
- Larchmont Golf Course: Missoula's par-72 everyday 18 and home of the Montana Open each September.
- Polson Bay Golf Course: Open to the public since 1938, with 27 holes on the shore of Flathead Lake.
- Buffalo Hill Golf Club: Kalispell's historic public course, dating itself to 1918, on land leased from the city.
Towns with the most courses
- Libby · 2
- Huntley · 2
- Missoula · 2
- Kalispell · 1
- Eureka · 1
- Columbia Falls · 1
- Polson · 1
- Thompson Falls · 1
- Whitefish · 1
- Bozeman · 1
- Helena · 1
- Livingston · 1
- Ennis · 1
- Billings · 1
- Laurel · 1
- Seeley Lake · 1
- Frenchtown · 1
Getting a tee time in Montana
The season in Montana 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.
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.
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Tee times in Montana: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Montana?
Pick your courses in Yoink (28 in Montana), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in Montana?
Demand peaks from late spring through early fall. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
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 forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- msgagolf.org · association
- msgagolf.org · association
- msgagolf.org · association
- msgagolf.org · association
- msgagolf.org · association
- msgagolf.org · association
- en.wikipedia.org · wikipedia
- larchmontgolfcourse.com · official
- golfwhitefish.com · official
- golfbuffalohill.com · official
- polsonbaygolf.com · official
- golfwhitefish.com · official
The best tee times in Montana open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.