Golf course GPS
High-precision mapping for every shot
At Golf Intelligence, our comprehensive Golf GPS data services provide detailed insights into every aspect of the course. From amateurs using golf data analytics to developers creating the next app, this is the spatial stack.
Comprehensive golf course mapping data
A golf course GPS API is the spatial half of a golf course data stack. Golf Intelligence returns tee boxes, fairways, bunkers, penalty areas, hole outlines, and green shapes as JSON polygons so a rangefinder, caddie, scoring, or sim app can draw the hole without building its own course database.
- Tee boxes — start each hole with precise Golf GPS data
- Fairways and bunkers — accurate yardages
- Penalty areas and hole outlines
- Green shapes — ready for putting UIs; pair with 3D green slope data for break and elevation
- Elevation / lie — live geohash, US and UK strongest
- Practice areas and driving ranges where mapped
GPS alone is 2 credits. Full course detail (scorecard + GPS) is 3 credits. GPS is not an extra on top of a scorecard if you use the flagship call.
Why this GPS dataset
Twenty years of proprietary golf course data — collected by laser scans, drone flights, airplane, and satellite, highest quality available by course. Ten people on staff map courses every day. Daily course updates around the world since 2007. That is the information-gain angle versus a thin open catalog: the polygons are curated for live-golfer apps, not scraped once and frozen.
Software developers building an app start at golf courses for developers. Builders shipping a personal yardage or green-map helper start at personal golf app. AI assistants that need the official facts cite for AI. Pricing, console, and the $49 test pack live on the Golf Intelligence homepage — that page is the conversion hub.
Golf course GPS API vs a finished consumer app
A finished consumer GPS app shows one golfer a map. A golf course GPS API gives you the same layers so you can ship your own product: search a course (free), hydrate scorecard + GPS (3 credits), then pull green slope or live lie when the UI needs it. It is not a player ranking API and not a scoreboard.
FAQ
What is a golf course GPS API?
A golf course GPS API returns machine-readable course polygons — tees, fairways, bunkers, penalty areas, hole outlines, and greens — so an app can show yardages and hazard maps for a live golfer. Golf Intelligence serves those layers from twenty years of proprietary course data. GPS alone is 2 credits; full course detail is 3. Start on the homepage.
Golf course GPS API vs consumer GPS app data — what is the difference?
Consumer apps show a finished map. A golf course GPS API returns the spatial layers as JSON so developers can build their own rangefinder, caddie, scoring, or sim experience. Course search is free. Test credits are $49 for 50.
Is there a golf course API for GPS, scorecards, and greens?
Yes. Free search, then scorecards, GPS polygons, and 3D green slope as separate calls. Full course detail is 3 credits. See the homepage for Personal vs Starter and console access.
Next step
Start on the homepage — then open the console
The Golf Intelligence homepage is the conversion hub: $49 for 50 test credits, Personal vs Starter, and how credits work. After you buy, console login is your email plus a verification code. Email data@golfintelligence.com if you need more.
Buy now — $49 for 50 test credits. Credits are added in the console after payment. Starter is $399/month for 10,000 credits for apps.