Golf courses by state
Ohio Golf Courses & Tee Times
Ohio golf has a long public streak. Toledo built Ottawa Park in 1899, which the city calls the second-oldest public course in the country, and in 1922 it hosted the first U.S. Amateur Public Links. The Ohio Golf Association dates to 1904, when the first Ohio Amateur was played at the Cleveland Country Club, and it has been played every year since. Arnold Palmer won it in 1953 and 1954.
Tee times in Ohio are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 275 public golf courses here, grouped into 7 markets: Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo & Northwest Ohio and more. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Ohio golf markets
Cleveland
Arrowhead Golf Club, Avalon Lakes Golf Course, Avalon at Squaw Creek…
Columbus
Bent Tree Golf Club - OH, Blacklick Woods Metro Park, Champions Golf Course…
Cincinnati
Avon Fields Golf Course, Beckett Ridge Golf Club, Beechwood Golf Course…
Toledo & Northwest Ohio
Eagle Rock Golf Club, Heather Downs Country Club, Maumee Bay Golf Course…
Lima & West Central Ohio
Bluffton Golf Club, Delphos Country Club, Hidden Creek Golf Club…
Pittsburgh
The Links at Firestone Farms, Bedford Trails Golf Course, Knoll Run Golf Course
Detroit
Detwiler Park Golf Course, Collins Park Golf Course
More Ohio
Hickory Flats Golf Course, Elks Country Club, Lakeside Golf Course…
Who runs public golf in Ohio
Most public golf in Ohio is run by cities, county park districts and daily-fee owners. Cleveland Metroparks is the biggest system in the north, with nine courses and over 400,000 rounds a year; its Big Met is believed to be the most played course in the state. Five state park lodges have their own courses: Deer Creek, Hueston Woods, Maumee Bay, Punderson and Salt Fork. The OGA, based in Dublin, runs the state amateurs and local qualifying for the U.S. Open, Senior Open and Amateur. Northern Ohio also has NOGA, founded in 1917, whose Youth on Course lets ages 6 to 18 play for $5 or less at participating courses.
Public courses worth knowing in Ohio
- Big Met Golf Course: Cleveland Metroparks course opened in 1926, over six million rounds, believed to be Ohio's most played.
- Fowler's Mill Golf Course: Pete and Roy Dye's 27 holes in Geauga County, built for TRW in 1969-1971; cites Golfweek's 2021 best public course in Ohio.
- Sleepy Hollow Golf Course: Stanley Thompson course from 1924 above the Cuyahoga River Valley, public since 1963, host of USGA qualifiers.
- Highland Park Golf Course: City of Cleveland's 36 holes, where the PGA Tour's Cleveland Open played in 1964 and 1965.
- Ottawa Park Golf Course: Toledo's 1899 municipal course and host of the first U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1922.
- Maumee Bay State Park Golf Course: Arthur Hills's par-72, Scottish-links-style 18 along protected wetlands at a state park lodge.
Booking tee times in Ohio: the local rules
There is no statewide booking system. Each operator sets its own rules. Cleveland Metroparks books online 21 days ahead, 28 with a $35 Bonus Rounds membership (2026). The state park lodge courses each take tee times through their own website or pro shop phone.
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 275 courses in Ohio and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
Towns with the most courses
- Akron · 4
- Springfield · 4
- Kent · 3
- Columbia Station · 3
- Sunbury · 3
- Mount Vernon · 3
- Sandusky · 2
- Bellefontaine · 2
- Marysville · 2
- Chillicothe · 2
- Mansfield · 2
- Groveport · 2
- Ostrander · 2
- Middletown · 2
- Fairfield · 2
- Hamilton · 2
- Lebanon · 2
- Oxford · 2
- Greenville · 2
- Toledo · 2
- Lima · 2
- Willoughby Hills · 1
- Uhrichsville · 1
- Broadview Height · 1
Getting a tee time in Ohio
Golf in Ohio follows the seasons: spring openers and fall weekends are the busiest stretches, and summer mornings fill before afternoons.
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.
Yoink
Every course in Ohio on one watchlist: all 275 of them
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 275 courses in Ohio. 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.
Tee times in Ohio: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Ohio?
Pick your courses in Yoink (275 in Ohio), 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 Ohio?
Demand peaks on spring and fall weekends. 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.
- ohiogolf.org · association
- ohiogolf.org · association
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- noga.org · association
- toledo.oh.gov · government
- greatohiolodges.com · official
- clevelandmetroparks.com · official
- clevelandmetroparks.com · official
- clevelandmetroparks.com · official
- fowlersmillgc.com · official
- clevelandohio.gov · government
- fowlersmillgc.com · official
- clevelandmetroparks.com · official
The best tee times in Ohio open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.