Pricing
Free to play. Simple pricing to host.
Players never pay. Hosts pick the plan that fits, with no setup fee —
and every league and club starts with a 30-day free trial.
Single event $240 / per event
$240 $120 for your first event with Bagpipe50
Free up to 36 players. $240 per tournament for a field of 37 or more — a charity day, a member-guest, a company outing.
- Pairings and live leaderboards
- All 34 side games, settled for you
- Card entry fees, if you want them
League · most popular $2,140 / year per league
$2,140 $1,070 for your first year with Bagpipe50
One league, one login, unlimited events. Every tournament, competition and format your league runs is included.
30-day free trial · no card needed
- Season setup, weekly pairings and standings
- Stroke and match-play events, plus a season-long match-play series as a free companion league
- Card dues collection
- All 34 side games, settled for you
Club $2,970 / year
$2,970 $1,485 for your first year with Bagpipe50
Unlimited leagues, up to 4 admins. One plan for a club running men's, women's, couples, senior and twilight leagues — and whatever comes next.
30-day free trial · no card needed
- Everything in League, for every league you run
- Unlimited tournaments, in a league or on their own, any field size
- Up to 4 admins, each running their own leagues
Offer prices are the first payment with code Bagpipe50, applied for you at
checkout. Plus applicable sales tax. Renews at the regular price. Have a
different code? Use the link under the plan, and enter it at checkout.
- Pick a plan. Every button above starts checkout for that plan.
- Create your account and set up. Name your league or pick your event — about two minutes.
- Pay by card on Stripe. Secure checkout, an emailed receipt, and your launch code already applied.
Players are always free: the full scorecard, all
34 side games, friends, spectator share, history and stats.
How the league plan works
- Try it free for 30 days. No card needed — set up
your league, run your events, and subscribe any time before the
trial ends to keep the season going. One free trial per organizer.
- One league, one login. Run as many tournaments,
competitions and formats inside it as you like. Running a season-long
match-play series alongside your stroke-play season? That second league
is included in the same plan.
- One plan covers one league for 12 months from the
day you start it, and renews each year. Cancel any time and it runs
to the end of the year you paid for.
- Paid by card, plus sales tax where it applies.
You get an invoice, and you can update your card or download
invoices any time.
- Starting next season? Your plan moves to the new
season's league — once a year — so you don't pay twice.
- Already running a league on Bagpipe? It stays free
for 12 months after the plan launches. We'll email you before
anything changes.
- Smaller league? Discounted rates are available —
email hello@bagpipegolf.com
for details.
- Running several leagues? The
Club plan covers unlimited leagues, with up
to 4 admin accounts, for $2,970 a year.
Without a plan, a league keeps what it already has — its current
season, results and payments — but can't set up a new season, add
tournaments, or start taking card payments.
More games. Everything included. Less to pay.
More side games and event formats than any other platform… by far.
Most golf event software makes you pay extra for the things players
actually notice: the app, the side games, taking money. Bagpipe
puts all of it in every plan, and gives players every game free.
Every one of them is named, with its rules, on this site. None of the platforms below publish how many side games or formats
they have. Here are ours:
all 34 side games and
all 22 formats.
Price
| Annual price | Premium | Setup / onboarding | Events |
| Bagpipe Golf | $2,140 / year per league | $2,970 / year (Club: unlimited leagues and tournaments, 4 admins) | Free | Unlimited; single events free up to 36 players, $240 above |
| Golf Genius |
$1,425 / year
- ✕No mobile app
- ✕No live scoring
- ✕No online payments
Those need Premium, $4,275 / year | $4,275 / year | $200; $500 for Premium | Per facility, up to 36 holes |
| BlueGolf* | About $2,000 / year | $3,000 / year | $500 | 25 tournaments; unlimited on Premium |
| Live Tourney | $2,700 / year | $3,900 / year (Pro) | None listed | Unlimited, or $199 per single event |
| Unknown Golf | Custom quote | Custom quote | Not published | Not published |
Features
| Bagpipe Golf | Golf Genius | BlueGolf | Live Tourney | Unknown Golf |
| Side games, each named with rules | ✓Yes: 34 games | No count published | No count published | No count published | No count published |
| Tournament formats, each named | ✓Yes: 22 formats | No count published | No count published | No count published | No count published |
| Side games settled for you: who owes whom | ✓Yes: Every game | Not published | Not published | Not published | ✓Yes: Yes, with Venmo |
| Every side game free for players | ✓Yes: Always | Not published | Not published | Not published | ◐Partly: Custom wagers need Unknown+ ($49.99 / year) |
| App scoring on the base plan | ✓Yes: iPhone, iPad and Android | ◐Partly: Premium only | ✓Yes: iPhone and Android | ✕No: Web only | ✓Yes: Yes |
| Card payments on the base plan | ✓Yes: Dues and entry fees, to your own Stripe | ◐Partly: Premium only | ✓Yes: Yes | ✓Yes: Yes | ✓Yes: Yes |
| League management and season standings | ✓Yes: Yes, plus a match-play companion league | ✓Yes: Yes | ✓Yes: Season-long standings | ✓Yes: Yes | ✓Yes: Yes |
| No setup or onboarding fee | ✓Yes: Free | ✕No: $200; $500 for Premium | ✕No: $500* | ✓Yes: None listed | Not published |
✓ yes · ◐ partly or paid extra · ✕ no, per that company's own site · no mark: not published
Included in every Bagpipe price
- No setup, onboarding or training fees. Create an event and send the invite.
- A 30-day free trial for leagues, with no card needed.
- Players never pay. The full scorecard, all
34 side games with settle-up, and live
leaderboards are free for every golfer in your field.
- All 22 tournament formats, from scrambles and best ball to Stableford, match play and team cups.
- The app, live scoring and card payments on every plan, not held back for a premium tier.
- Leagues include their tournaments. Every event your league runs is covered by its plan.
- Entry fees and dues go straight to you, through your own Stripe account.
Prices and features as published by each company, checked 7 November 2026:
Golf Genius,
BlueGolf,
Live Tourney and
Unknown Golf.
Where a company does not say whether it offers something, we leave it unmarked rather than guess.
*BlueGolf does not publish pricing; its price and setup figures are as reported by
Live Tourney in January 2024.
Plans and prices change, so check with each company before you decide.
Golf Genius, BlueGolf, Live Tourney and Unknown Golf are trademarks of their respective owners.
Collecting entry fees and dues
Optional, and off unless you turn it on. If you'd rather keep
taking cash, Venmo or cheques, the roster has a
Mark paid in cash button and nothing here
applies to you.
When you do collect by card, the money goes to
your own Stripe account, not ours — you connect
it once, Stripe verifies you, and payouts land in your bank on
Stripe's schedule. We never hold your players' money.
- Stripe's processing fee comes out of each
payment. Stripe sets it and publishes it at
stripe.com/pricing
— it's their price, not ours, and it's the same whether you
use us or not.
- Our platform fee is 2% of each card payment,
taken before the money reaches you — on $50 dues that's $1.00.
Your players see one total at checkout, never a line item for us.
- Refunds are yours to issue, from our roster
or from your own Stripe dashboard. Either way the roster
updates.
Before you connect Stripe
Stripe — not us — has to verify who you are before it will move
money for you. Worth having to hand:
- A bank account for payouts.
- A tax ID — an EIN if the league is a legal
entity, otherwise your SSN.
- A photo ID, and your date of birth and address.
It takes a few minutes, and Stripe may take a day or two to
finish verifying. You can set up your league and open sign-ups
before it completes — only card payments wait.
One person per league holds the Stripe login. Pick whoever keeps
the books.