Golf courses by state
Wisconsin Golf Courses & Tee Times
Wisconsin golf goes back at least to 1901, when nine clubs formed the Wisconsin State Golf Association and Hamilton Vose won its first state amateur at Sinnissippi Golf Club. The modern story is big public venues. Pete and Alice Dye's Whistling Straits, on Lake Michigan, hosted PGA Championships in 2004, 2010 and 2015 and the Ryder Cup in 2021, which the U.S. won 19-9. Erin Hills, opened in 2006, held the 2011 U.S. Amateur, Brooks Koepka's 2017 U.S. Open and the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.
Tee times in Wisconsin are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 237 public golf courses here, grouped into 9 markets: Milwaukee, Madison & the Dells, Eau Claire & La Crosse, Wisconsin Northwoods and more. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Wisconsin golf markets
Milwaukee
Fire Ridge Golf Club, Geneva National Golf - Palmer Course, Geneva National Golf - Player Course…
Madison & the Dells
12North at Trappers Turn, Bridges Golf Course, Coachman's Golf Resort…
Eau Claire & La Crosse
Cumberland Golf Course, Drugan's Castle Mound Country Club, Forest Hills Golf Course…
Wisconsin Northwoods
Eagle River Golf Course, Hayward Golf Course, Madeline Island Golf Club…
Fox Valley & Central Wisconsin
Bullseye Golf Club, Lake Arrowhead - Lakes, Oshkosh Country Club…
Green Bay & Door County
Alpine Resort And Golf Course, Brown County Golf Course, Crystal Springs Golf Course…
Minneapolis–St Paul
Ellsworth Country Club, New Richmond Golf Club, New Richmond Golf Club- The Links Course…
Chicago
Washington Park Municipal Golf Course, Bristol Oaks Golf Club and Banquet Center, Ives Grove Golf Links…
Quad Cities
Wee-Ma-Tuk Hills Golf Club
Who runs public golf in Wisconsin
In the two biggest metros, local government runs public golf. Milwaukee County Parks runs 13 courses, and its Players Discount Program card is open to any Wisconsin resident at the same price. The City of Madison runs four courses and opens tee times 14 days ahead. The WSGA handles handicapping and course rating, runs tournaments for men, women and juniors, and offers Youth on Course for young players.
Public courses worth knowing in Wisconsin
- Whistling Straits: Pete and Alice Dye course owned by Kohler, open to the public. PGA Championships in 2004, 2010 and 2015, the 2007 U.S. Senior Open and the Ryder Cup in 2021.
- Erin Hills: Public course opened in 2006 by Hurdzan, Fry and Whitten. 2011 U.S. Amateur, 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka, 2025 U.S. Women's Open.
- Sand Valley: Resort on 12,000 acres of Central Sands dunes near Nekoosa, with courses by Coore & Crenshaw, David McLay Kidd, Tom Doak and Jim Craig, opened 2017 to 2026.
- Brown Deer Park Golf Course: Milwaukee County course that hosted the Greater Milwaukee Open from 1994 to 2009, where Tiger Woods made his pro debut in 1996.
- University Ridge Golf Course: Robert Trent Jones Jr. design from 1991, home of the Wisconsin Badgers, host of the American Family Championship on the PGA TOUR Champions from 2016 to 2023.
- The Golf Courses of Lawsonia - Links: Langford and Moreau Links course at Green Lake.
Towns with the most courses
- Madison · 6
- Lake Geneva · 5
- Eau Claire · 5
- Wisconsin Dells · 4
- Janesville · 3
- Chippewa Falls · 3
- Somerset · 3
- Bristol · 2
- Oconomowoc · 2
- Elkhorn · 2
- Mequon · 2
- Pewaukee · 2
- Edgerton · 2
- Baraboo · 2
- Cottage Grove · 2
- Onalaska · 2
- Ladysmith · 2
- Prairie du Chien · 2
- Hayward · 2
- Rhinelander · 2
- Clintonville · 2
- Fond du Lac · 2
- Wautoma · 2
- Neenah · 2
Getting a tee time in Wisconsin
Golfers in Wisconsin get maybe six months of good weather, and they all want the same weekend mornings. Demand bunches up from May to September.
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
All 237 courses in Wisconsin, watched for you around the clock
Yoink watches all 237 courses in Wisconsin for you. The open tee times sit in one place instead of a dozen booking pages, and your phone buzzes the moment one fits your day, time window and group, cancellations included.
Tee times in Wisconsin: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Wisconsin?
Pick your courses in Yoink (237 in Wisconsin), 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 Wisconsin?
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.
- wsga.org · association
- wsga.org · association
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- erinhills.com · official
- sandvalley.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- mke.golf · official
- cityofmadison.com · official
- universityridge.com · official
- lawsonia.com · official
The best tee times in Wisconsin open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.