Half the industry hides its pricing behind demo calls. Here are the real 2026 numbers — free to $2,700 a year — and what you actually get at each tier.
Golf tournament software pricing splits into four tiers: free player apps, affordable organizer subscriptions, per-event pricing, and enterprise annual contracts. Every number below comes from public materials as of July 2026 — where a vendor hides pricing, we say so.
| Product | Published price | Pricing model |
|---|---|---|
| Duck Hook Golf (player app) | Free | Free forever, no ads |
| Squabbit | Free | Free |
| Duck Hook Pro by Duck Hook Golf | $299/year | Annual subscription |
| Golf Genius | Not published (~$1,000+/yr) | Annual contract, quote-based |
| Live Tourney | $2,700/year | Single annual plan |
| Event Caddy | Per event (hundreds per tournament) | Per-event tiers |
| GolfStatus | Not published | Event/nonprofit packages |
Sources: each vendor's public pricing page or marketing materials, July 2026. Live Tourney markets its $2,700 plan as “37% less than Golf Genius.” All trademarks belong to their owners.
You're not paying for scoring — every product on this list scores a golf tournament. The four-figure tiers price in enterprise sales teams, account managers, association-grade administration, and the fact that their buyers historically had no alternatives. The math changed when purpose-built tools got cheap: the median golf course runs weekly leagues, a member/guest, and a handful of outings — workloads that don't need an enterprise platform.
Duck Hook Pro at $299/year covers recurring leagues with auto-scheduling, Ryder Cup events with custom points, member/guest invitationals with auto-flighting and one-click tee sheets, self-registration QR codes, AI scorecard reading, TV leaderboards, multi-course events, and GHIN handicap sync — with the player app free for every golfer, including live leaderboards and Venmo settle-up.
What the $2,700 tier genuinely adds: Live Tourney's browser-based no-download scoring (great for once-a-year charity golfers), payment collection at registration, and bundled event collateral. Whether those are worth $2,400 a year depends entirely on how many one-off events with app-averse guests you run. Full breakdowns: vs. Live Tourney and vs. Golf Genius.
Duck Hook Pro runs leagues, member/guests, and Ryder Cup events for less than most platforms' onboarding fee — and PGA professionals can try it free for 90 days.
See Duck Hook ProAs of July 2026, published prices range from free (player-facing apps like Duck Hook Golf and Squabbit) to $299/year (Duck Hook Pro), $1,000+/year (Golf Genius), and $2,700/year (Live Tourney). Event-based platforms like Event Caddy charge per tournament instead, with tiers in the hundreds of dollars per event.
Golf Genius doesn't publish a full price list, but it's widely cited at $1,000+ per year — Live Tourney markets itself as 37% less than Golf Genius, which puts Golf Genius meaningfully above Live Tourney's $2,700 for comparable scope. Most clubs report four-figure annual costs.
Live Tourney lists a single plan at $2,700 per year (verified on their pricing page, July 2026), including live scoring, registration and payments, communications, reports, GHIN integration, and unlimited events.
Yes. Duck Hook Pro starts at $299/year and covers recurring leagues, Ryder Cup events, member/guest invitationals with auto-flighting, self-registration QR codes, AI scorecard reading, TV leaderboards, and GHIN handicap sync — with the player app free for everyone.
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