Competitions built into the whole platform
Golf Genius is the global leader in tournament management, trusted by 11,000+ clubs, associations, and tours to run 40,000,000+ rounds a year. It is best-in-class for competitions, live scoring, registration, and handicap-provider integration, and it is often provided through a golfer's national association. Many clubs run Golf Genius for events alongside a separate system for the tee sheet, members, POS, and accounting. Links Meridian builds competition management and live scoring into one platform that runs the rest of the club too.
We will be straight about this: for tournament depth alone, Golf Genius is excellent and very widely used, frequently bundled into association membership. If competitions are the only thing you need software for, it is a strong, focused choice.
The case for Links Meridian is consolidation. Rather than run a tournament tool next to a tee sheet, a POS, an accounting package, and a member app, you get competitions and live scoring built into the same platform as everything else: the tee sheet, member CRM, pro shop and F&B POS, a full accounting general ledger, and the Digital Clubhouse community, on published pricing from $99/month. One login, one bill, one data model.
The outcome for your club
Competitions in the platform
Medal, Stableford, fourball, match play, scramble, opens, and championships with live scoring and projected leaderboards, on the same tee sheet.
WHS scoring & federation sync
Handicap index and qualifying-score posting to the national bodies, built in rather than via a separate handicap connection.
Everything else too
Tee sheet, member CRM, pro shop and F&B POS, and a full accounting ledger in the same system as your competitions.
One bill, published price
Replace a tournament licence plus a separate club system with one platform from $99/month, every feature included.
Links Meridian vs Golf Genius
Common questions
Should we use Golf Genius or Links Meridian?
If you only need tournament management, Golf Genius is excellent and hard to beat, and it is often included via your golf association. If you want competitions built into one platform that also runs the tee sheet, members, POS, and accounting, Links Meridian lets you consolidate onto a single system and bill.
Does Links Meridian replace Golf Genius?
For most clubs, yes: competitions, live scoring, projected leaderboards, and WHS handicapping are built in. Clubs with highly specialised, association-level tournament needs sometimes keep Golf Genius alongside; Links Meridian focuses on running the whole operation in one place.
Is Golf Genius free?
Often it is included with a club's national golf association membership; standalone TM Club Premium is around $3,500/year for clubs of 36 holes or fewer plus a one-time onboarding fee. Links Meridian includes competitions within its all-in tiers from $99/month.
Do you handle live scoring?
Yes. Live scoring with projected leaderboards on portal and clubhouse displays is built in, alongside the full competition engine.
Stop running tournaments in a separate tool
Competitions, live scoring, and the whole club operation in one platform. From $99/mo.