Golf Games for Android: Offline, Free and Realistic
Nine golf games on Google Play are tagged or described as offline and five show no adverts. All sixteen compared by cost, connection and kind of golf.
The golf game we would put on an Android phone first costs 99 cents. OK Golf from Playdigious is a single purchase, Google Play shows no adverts and no in-app purchases on it, and the store tags it as an offline game. It is ₹49.99 in India and ₦240 in Nigeria.
If you want to pay nothing, Flick Golf Extreme and Coffee Golf are free and carry the same Offline tag, with adverts. If you want real courses, Golf Clash and PGA TOUR Golf Shootout are free too, but both listings say they need a connection.
We read the Google Play listing of every game here and describe each from it. “Tagged offline” means Google Play attaches its Offline tag to the listing. Where the developer says it in the description, we say that. Google Play rates all sixteen Everyone in the US.
Golf games at a glance
| Game | Maker | Cost on Google Play | Kind of golf | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK Golf | Playdigious | $0.99, no ads or in-app purchases shown | Miniature courses, no clubs | Tagged offline |
| Desert Golfing | Captain Games | $1.99, no ads or in-app purchases shown | One endless 2D desert | Tagged offline |
| Golf On Mars | Captain Games | $2.99, no ads or in-app purchases shown | The same idea, on Mars | Tagged offline |
| Golf Peaks | Afterburn | $2.99, no ads or in-app purchases shown | A puzzle played with cards | Not stated |
| Big Tournament Golf ACA NEOGEO | SNK | $3.99, no ads or in-app purchases shown | A 1996 arcade golf game | Not stated |
| Flick Golf Extreme | Full Fat | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Arcade shots from odd places | Tagged offline |
| Coffee Golf | Shallot Games | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Five new holes a day | Tagged offline |
| Vista Golf | Shallot Games | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Mini golf | Tagged offline |
| My Golf 3D | iWare Designs | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Mini golf | Tagged offline |
| Super Flappy Golf | Noodlecake | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Golf with a flapping bird | Single player works offline, says the listing |
| Golf Dreams | Golf Dreams AB | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Simulation with shot shaping | Tagged offline |
| Golf Clash | Electronic Arts | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Real courses, one against one | Requires internet, says the listing |
| PGA TOUR Golf Shootout | Concrete Software | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | PGA TOUR courses | Requires a network connection, says the listing |
| Golf Rival | Zynga | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Real-time duels | Not stated. It is built on live matches |
| Golf Battle | Miniclip | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Mini golf for up to six | Needs internet, says the listing |
| Golf Blitz | Noodlecake | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Four-player races to the hole | Requires a network connection, says the listing |
Pay once, no adverts
Five games here are a single purchase, and Google Play shows neither “Contains ads” nor “In-app purchases” on any of them.
| Game | US | India | Nigeria | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK Golf | $0.99 | ₹49.99 | ₦240 | £0.99 |
| Desert Golfing | $1.99 | ₹100 | ₦560 | £1.39 |
| Golf On Mars | $2.99 | ₹260 | ₦799 | £2.89 |
| Golf Peaks | $2.99 | ₹260 | ₦1,440 | £2.59 |
| Big Tournament Golf | $3.99 | ₹349 | ₦1,600 | £3.99 |
The listings for OK Golf, Desert Golfing and Golf Peaks also say they are free with a Google Play Pass subscription.
OK Golf
“It’s not real golf, but it’s OK!” is how the listing opens, which is fair. There are no clubs to choose. You aim, drag and release, on small courses modelled on famous golfing places. The listing promises that one payment covers every course added later.
Desert Golfing and Golf On Mars
Desert Golfing was on our old list and has not moved. Its whole listing is a four-line poem under the summary “Golfing in an Endless Desert”.
Golf On Mars is from the same maker and has more to say for itself. The listing puts the number of holes at roughly 25,770,000,000 and adds that this is not a realistic simulation.
Golf Peaks
A puzzle more than a sport. Each stage hands you a set of cards that stand for strokes, and you choose which to play and in which direction. There are more than 120 levels, and the listing says no understanding of golf is required.
Big Tournament Golf ACA NEOGEO
SNK’s own re-release of its 1996 Neo Geo golf game, with six golfers, stroke play and two-player match play. The listing recommends Android 14 or later, so check your phone before paying.
Free and offline
- Flick Golf Extreme: arcade golf in which you tee off from the Grand Canyon, icebergs and helicopters. It was on our old list.
- Coffee Golf: one new course a day, five holes to sink in any order in as few strokes as you can. Small by design.
- Vista Golf: mini golf from the same maker, with three new 18-hole courses each week and an endless mode.
- My Golf 3D: mini golf with 36 holes across four settings. You can practise alone, play computer opponents or pass the phone between up to four people.
- Super Flappy Golf: you flap a bird to the hole across 40 courses. This is the one whose developer says in the description that single player works offline.
- Golf Dreams: the nearest to real golf of the offline-tagged games, with wind, lie, spin and shaped shots. Its description is mostly about matches against other people, so try it with your connection off before relying on the tag.
All six show adverts and sell in-app purchases.
Realistic golf on real courses
The realistic games are free, online and built around collecting and upgrading clubs.
Golf Clash is now published by Electronic Arts. The listing names Pebble Beach, East Lake and St Andrews Links among its courses, and offers one-against-one matches and solo Quick 9 tournaments. It requires an internet connection.
PGA TOUR Golf Shootout calls itself the only officially licensed PGA TOUR golf game. It has TPC Sawgrass and TPC Scottsdale among more than 120 holes, 88 clubs to collect and a single-player mode, and it also needs a connection.
Golf Rival from Zynga is real-time duels across more than 600 courses.
Google Play’s rating details say the purchases in all three include random items, and the same note is on Golf Battle.
Mini golf and races
Golf Battle from Miniclip is mini golf for up to six people at once, on more than 120 courses. It needs the internet. For mini golf without a connection, use Vista Golf or My Golf 3D from the list above.
Golf Blitz is four players racing to the hole in real time. Noodlecake describes it as the race mode of its Super Stickman Golf series turned into a game of its own.
What happened to our old picks
- Desert Golfing, Flick Golf Extreme, Golf Battle, Golf Clash, OK Golf and PGA TOUR Golf Shootout: all still on Google Play and covered above.
- Neo Turf Masters: we could not find a game of that name on Google Play. SNK’s 1996 Neo Geo golf game is sold there as Big Tournament Golf ACA NEOGEO, and Nintendo’s store address for the same release still has neo-turf-masters in it.
- Super Stickman Golf 3: gone from Google Play. The first two games in the series are still listed, and Noodlecake’s current golf games are Golf Blitz and Super Flappy Golf.
- Mini Golf 3D City Stars Arcade: we could not find it under that name. The closest listing is Mini Golf 3D Multiplayer Rival from Mobile Sports Time, which describes itself as a multiplayer and offline game in one.
Which one to pick
- Offline and cheap: OK Golf.
- Offline and free: Flick Golf Extreme for arcade shots, Coffee Golf for five holes a day.
- No adverts: any of the five paid games.
- Real courses: Golf Clash or PGA TOUR Golf Shootout, with a connection.
- Mini golf: Vista Golf alone, Golf Battle with friends.
- Something that barely counts as golf: Golf Peaks.
We have gone through offline car racing games and NFL football games for Android the same way.
Quick answers
Which golf games can I play offline on Android?
Google Play tags OK Golf, Desert Golfing, Golf On Mars, Flick Golf Extreme, Coffee Golf, Vista Golf, My Golf 3D and Golf Dreams as offline, and the Super Flappy Golf listing says its single player works offline.
What is a good free golf game for Android?
Offline, Flick Golf Extreme or Coffee Golf. Online, Golf Clash. All three are free with adverts and in-app purchases.
What is the most realistic golf game for Android?
For real courses, Golf Clash and PGA TOUR Golf Shootout. For the way shots behave, Golf Dreams, whose listing describes wind, lie, spin, draws and fades.
Is there a golf game with no ads?
The five paid games show no “Contains ads” label on Google Play: OK Golf, Desert Golfing, Golf On Mars, Golf Peaks and Big Tournament Golf.
Can you play Golf Clash offline?
No. Its listing says it requires an internet connection.
