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How to Become a Golf Simulator Course Builder
Which simulators let you build and share your own golf courses, what tools each one uses, and how course owners get a real course onto platforms that build their own libraries.
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Short answer: start with GSPro. Its free OPCD workflow has the biggest player base, thousands of community courses to learn from, and a path from free releases to a paid Patreon. Infinite Tees is the quicker browser-based option if you play on it.
Builder guides
- GSPro
Open to anyone
Anyone can build a GSPro course, and the build tools cost nothing. You turn LiDAR terrain and aerial imagery into a 3D course with QGIS, Inkscape, Blender and the OPCD toolset, assemble it in Unity, set pins, tees and hazards in GreenKeeper, and share it on the SGT course server or your own Patreon.
- Infinite Tees
Open to anyone
Infinite Tees builds courses in Superintendent, a browser tool that turns real-world LiDAR into playable courses. It is included in both Infinite Tees plans and needs no game-development experience.
- ProTee GolfCore
Planned
ProTee GolfCore is built around a course editor with LiDAR import. ProTee showed it at the 2026 PGA Show; the public release date is not confirmed.
- The Golf Club 2019
Legacy
The Golf Club 2019 had the easiest course designer in sim golf and a library of 150,000+ user courses, but the game is winding down: 2K ended its online services on October 30, 2025 and ProTee stopped selling new licenses in March 2025.
Can you build courses on every platform?
| Platform | Course building | How courses are made |
|---|---|---|
| GSPro | Open to anyone | Anyone can build GSPro courses with free tools: QGIS for terrain, Inkscape for the layout, Blender with the OPCD toolset, Unity, and GSPro's GreenKeeper for pins, tees and hazards. |
| Trackman Virtual Golf | Vendor-built only | Trackman builds every course in-house from drone LiDAR and hole photos. Course owners work with a local Trackman representative to get mapped. |
| Foresight Premier | Vendor-built only | Foresight's studio builds the library. There is no public course editor. |
| E6 | Vendor-built only | TruGolf maps and licenses its courses. There is no public course editor. |
| Uneekor VIEW and Refine | Vendor-built only | Uneekor builds Refine courses itself. For community courses, use GSPro through a Pro tier or above. |
| Awesome Golf | Vendor-built only | Awesome Golf builds its own courses and games. |
| SkyTrak+ app | Vendor-built only | Courses come from Foresight's and Trackman's libraries under licence. |
| Garmin Home Tee Hero | Vendor-built only | Garmin supplies the course library; there is no public course editor. |
| Creative Golf 3D | Vendor-built only | Creative Golf builds its own courses. |
| Golfzon TwoVisionNX | Vendor-built only | Golfzon builds its own course library. |
| Infinite Tees | Open to anyone | Course building in Superintendent is included in both plans and needs no game-development experience. |
| PurePlay | Planned | Community courses are planned for after launch. Today, clubs can request a free studio build through PurePlay's course map. |
| ProTee GolfCore | Planned | ProTee presents the course editor, with LiDAR import, as the core of GolfCore. We have not tested it hands-on. |
| GOLF+ Sim | Vendor-built only | GOLF+ builds and licenses its own course library. |
| The Golf Club 2019 | Legacy | TGC 2019 had a built-in course designer, which is why its library is so large. New builders should look at GSPro, Infinite Tees or GolfCore instead. |
For course owners: get your course into a simulator
- Trackman
- Contact Trackman and ask for a local representative. Trackman visits, flies the course with a LiDAR drone, photographs every hole and builds it in-house. It has also built courses before they opened, from the architect's plans. Trackman: get your course in the library
- PurePlay
- Request the course on PurePlay's course map. PurePlay says a signed agreement with the club puts it in the build queue and that it builds the course at no cost. PurePlay FAQ
- GSPro
- Hire or partner with a GSPro designer. Some take commissions; browse the designers in The Perfect Lie directory and contact them through their profiles.
- Foresight, E6, Golfzon and others
- These libraries are built and licensed by the vendor. Contact the company's course licensing or partnerships team directly.
Looking for a GSPro designer? Browse the course designer directory.
Support the builders
Most community courses are free, built in designers’ spare time. Here is how to support the designers whose courses you play.
Questions
Which golf simulators let you build your own courses?
GSPro (free OPCD toolset with Unity and GreenKeeper) and Infinite Tees (Superintendent browser tool) let anyone build and share courses today. ProTee GolfCore has a course editor in development and PurePlay plans community courses after launch. The Golf Club 2019 had a designer but is winding down.
How long does it take to build a GSPro course?
A first course usually takes many weeks of evenings. Experienced designers with good LiDAR move much faster. Greens, bunkers and vegetation take the longest.
Is GSPro course design software free?
The tools cost nothing to start: QGIS, Inkscape, Blender and Unity are free, the OPCD toolset is distributed through the OPCD community (check its Discord for current terms), and GreenKeeper comes from GSPro. You need a GSPro license to test your course.
Do I need permission to recreate a real golf course?
Ask the club before you publish a recreation of a real course. Many clubs agree, and some will share hole photos or green plans. Fantasy courses need no permission.
How do I get my golf course into a simulator?
Trackman maps courses through its local representatives, and PurePlay builds requested courses for free once the club signs an agreement. For GSPro, commission a community designer. Other vendors license courses directly.