Tournaments
Golf tournament management software that runs a full field without a single spreadsheet.
FairwayOS is golf tournament management software that runs your whole tournament from one platform — field and group management, tee times and shotgun starts, multi-flight scoring, live mobile leaderboards, sponsor placement, and published results. Players never download an app or create a FairwayOS account, and FairwayOS takes 0% of registration revenue.
The big-field tournament problem
A 150-player tournament shouldn't live in a stack of spreadsheets, a printed pairings sheet taped to the cart barn, and a group text that lights up the second a score looks wrong. The organizer ends up rekeying entries, hand-building flights, manually rebuilding the leaderboard after every nine, and praying the math holds up when it's time to hand out awards. One late dropout or one fat-fingered score and the whole grid has to be redone by hand.
FairwayOS replaces that scramble with one operating view. Field management, flights, starts, scoring, sponsor surfaces, and results all live in the same place — so a single organizer can run an event that looks like it had a full tournament staff behind it, and so a bad score gets caught and fixed before it ever reaches the public leaderboard.
How FairwayOS runs your tournament
From the pairings sheet to the final leaderboard, every part of tournament day runs from one workspace:
Tee times and shotgun starts
Build shotgun starts or tee-time waves and manage the field and groups in the same place — no separate pairings spreadsheet to keep in sync.
Score review
Watch scoring activity as it comes in and clean up issues before results go out, so a mistyped number never lands on the public leaderboard.
Live scoring
Players enter scores from their phones while the leaderboard updates in real time — no scorers running cards back to a laptop.
Sponsor-ready event surfaces
Keep sponsor placement visible across public pages and event-day screens, so the people who funded the event get seen all day.
Awards and results
Close the event with net and gross results people can understand, then publish a shareable results page.
Clubhouse TV display
Put a clean, large-format leaderboard on the clubhouse TV so players and guests can follow the tournament as it happens.
Flights, pairings, and shotgun starts
FairwayOS handles the field as one system. Build multi-flight tournaments, set up your shotgun start or tee-time waves, and manage groups without rebuilding a grid by hand every time the field changes. Because starts and groups live in the same place you manage the field, a last-minute swap is an edit instead of a re-do.
Net and gross scoring and side games are supported alongside the main field, so a single event can run flighted competition, a gross overall, and a skins game without three separate spreadsheets. Mobile check-in confirms who actually showed up on the morning of the event.
Live scoring and published results
On tournament day, players score from their phones — no app download and no FairwayOS account required. The leaderboard updates in real time, and scoring keeps working offline when the back nine has no signal, syncing once a connection returns. Organizers watch the scoring activity and use score review to fix issues before anything posts publicly.
When the round closes, FairwayOS turns the field into awards and a published results page players and sponsors can share. Registration payments run through the organizer's own Stripe account, so the money lands directly with you and FairwayOS takes 0% of registration revenue; standard Stripe processing costs still apply.
FairwayOS vs. running a tournament on spreadsheets
| Task | Spreadsheets + email | FairwayOS |
|---|---|---|
| Flights and field | Hand-built grid, manual edits for every change | Multi-flight management with field and groups in one view |
| Shotgun starts and pairings | Printed sheet, rebuilt when the field shifts | Tee times and shotgun starts managed alongside the field |
| Live scoring | Scorecards walked back to a laptop | Live mobile scoring with a real-time leaderboard |
| Catching bad scores | Spot it after results are out | Score review catches issues before results post |
| Results and awards | Manual tally, emailed PDF | Net and gross awards with a shareable published results page |
Frequently asked questions
What is golf tournament management software?
Golf tournament management software runs a tournament end to end — field and group management, flights, starts, live scoring, leaderboards, sponsor placement, and results. FairwayOS handles all of these from one platform so a single organizer can run a full field without spreadsheets.
Can FairwayOS run multi-flight tournaments and shotgun starts?
Yes. FairwayOS supports multi-flight tournaments and lets you build shotgun starts or tee-time waves, managing the field and groups in the same place so changes are edits rather than full rebuilds.
How does live scoring work during the tournament?
Players enter scores from their phones and the leaderboard updates in real time. Scoring works offline when there's no signal and syncs once a connection returns, and organizers can review scoring activity to fix issues before results post.
Do players need to download an app or create an account?
No. Players join from a link and find their name to score — no app download and no FairwayOS account required.
Does FairwayOS support net and gross scoring and side games?
Yes. A single tournament can run flighted net competition, a gross overall, and side games together, so you don't need separate spreadsheets to track each one.
What does FairwayOS charge to run a tournament?
Registration payments run through the organizer's own Stripe account and FairwayOS takes 0% of registration revenue. Standard Stripe processing costs still apply.