Memphis Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Memphis

The City of Memphis runs seven courses under the Memphis Public Links name: Audubon, Pine Hill, Fox Meadows, Galloway, Whitehaven, Riverside and the Overton Park 9. Rates split by weekday and weekend, juniors are 17 and under and seniors 62 and up. Audubon is the top-priced course at $35 on weekdays and $45 Friday through Sunday on the 2026 rate card, and it has a six-hole Little Course where juniors play free. Galloway's Saturday special lets a parent or grandparent play half price after noon with a junior who plays free. Across the state line, Mallard Pointe at Sardis is a Bob Cupp course inside John W. Kyle State Park.

Public courses worth knowing in Memphis

• Mirimichi Golf Course: Par 72 in Millington that runs to 7,479 yards from the back tees, with a 77.0 rating and 147 slope, and five to eight sets of tees on every hole.
• Tunica National Golf and Tennis: Public 18 by Mark McCumber with zoysia fairways and six tee markers, 30 minutes south of Memphis in Tunica.
• Mallard Pointe Golf Course: A 7,004-yard, par-72 Bob Cupp design inside John W. Kyle State Park on Sardis Lake. LINKS put it on its 2025 list of Mississippi courses you can play.
• Kirkwood National Golf Club: Semi-private daily-fee course near Holly Springs, 35 miles southeast of Memphis. Members get a longer booking window than daily-fee players.
• Overton Park 9: City-run par-34 nine in Midtown with a 1926 Tudor clubhouse, built for beginners and short-game practice.

Booking tee times in Memphis: the local rules

Audubon is the one city course you can book a month out: tee times open 30 days ahead online or in the Memphis Public Links app, and anything booked 2 to 30 days out is prepaid and non-refundable unless weather closes the course. Every other city course books 7 days ahead, online, in the app or by phone. From March through November, weekend and holiday mornings take 18-hole bookings only, and one golfer can hold at most four tee times. Kirkwood National gives its members a longer booking window than the public.

Why tee times in Memphis are hard to get

In Memphis, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.

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

Booked-up doesn't mean gone. Plans change: groups cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline (often 24 to 48 hours out), players drop when the forecast turns, and a group that shrinks leaves an open spot. Those times quietly come back on the booking page, usually for minutes, not hours.

How to get a tee time in Memphis

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. Millington has 2 courses on Yoink and Oakland has 1.

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