User:Opengolfapi

OpenGolfAPI

The open database of every golf course on Earth. Community-maintained. ODbL licensed.

We're building what Wikipedia did for knowledge, but for golf course data — an open, community-edited database that anyone can use, contribute to, and build on. Starting with 15,667 US courses. Seeking worldwide contributions.

• Website: opengolfapi.org
• Course Pages: 15,667+ courses with maps, scorecards, tee data
• API: Open REST API — no key needed
• MCP Server: AI agents can query any course via @opengolfapi/mcp-server
• Dataset: GeoJSON, CSV, NDJSON — ODbL licensed
• GitHub: 7 repos, all open
• Contact: hello@opengolfapi.org
• Donate: Open Collective

How To Contribute

• Edit a course: Every course page has an edit button. Fix wrong data directly.
• Add a course: Submit any course from any country
• Bulk submit: POST to api.opengolfapi.org/v1/courses/submit (up to 100 courses per request)
• Report issues: GitHub Issues

OSM Proposals

• Proposal:Golf course extended — Tagging Proposal: golf:* namespace extension
• Import/OpenGolf US 2026 — Import Plan: US golf course tag enrichment

Data

• Currently covering the United States with 15,667 courses.
• International submissions welcome — the submission form and API accept courses from any country.
• Priority regions: Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Japan, South Korea.

Import Account

• The dedicated import account will be
  
   opengolf_import (on OSM · edits · contribs · heatmap · comments) (created before the first changeset, per OSM import guidelines).