Parful vs Golf Genius
The Golf Genius alternative built for golf societies
Golf Genius is sold to golf courses, clubs and associations, and its live scoring app and online registration come with the premium tier at $4,275 a year. Parful Clubs is built for the society itself: a volunteer secretary, a different course every month, and live scoring and online sign-ups on every plan, free for a society of up to 16 members.
Parful and Golf Genius, side by side
| For a golf society | Parful Clubs | Golf Genius |
|---|---|---|
| Live scoring | Parful ClubsIncluded on every plan, including free. | Golf GeniusMobile app with live scoring on the premium tier, $4,275 a year. |
| Online sign-ups | Parful ClubsIncluded on every plan, with a field limit and a waitlist. | Golf GeniusOnline registration on the premium tier only. |
| Price | Parful ClubsFree up to 16 active members, then $9.99 a monthundefined. | Golf GeniusFrom $1,425 a year for a facility up to 36 holes. League pricing on request. |
| Onboarding fee | Parful ClubsNone. The secretary sets the society up in the browser. | Golf Genius$200 or $500, depending on the tier. |
| Built for | Parful ClubsGolf societies, leagues, trips and groups that play many courses. | Golf GeniusPrivate clubs, public courses, resorts, indoor facilities and golf associations. |
| Scoring on the course | Parful ClubsAny phone’s web browser. Nothing to download, and no account for the scorer. | Golf GeniusA mobile app. |
Priced for a society that plays many courses
A society plays many courses and runs on volunteers, so it should not pay like a golf facility. Parful is free for a society of up to 16 active members, with no card and no time limit. A bigger society starts on a 30-day full-access trial, then pays $9.99 a monthundefined, one price for everything up to 300 members.
Nothing held back for a premium tier
Every Parful plan is the full product. Live scoring from any phone, online sign-ups with waitlists, groups and tee times, thirty-plus side games, an order of merit that counts best rounds, knockouts on a public bracket, the society’s own web page and printed dinner sheets are there for a four-member group and a three-hundred-member society alike.
Built for a society that plays a different course every month
Each fixture is an outing with its own course and tee time. The course brings its tees, ratings and slopes from a database of more than 30,000 courses, so every player gets a playing handicap for their tee on the day, and the tee sheet is emailed to the host pro shop that morning.
Closing out the fixture resolves the prizes, moves the order of merit, revises handicaps and puts the results on the society’s page before the last group has left the bar.
Golf Genius column from Golf Genius’s published pricing and Tournament Management pages, checked September 27, 2026. Golf Genius is a trademark of its owner. Parful is not affiliated with Golf Genius.
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Create the society, import the members and build the fixture list. Free for up to 16 members, with no onboarding fee.