Golf Builder

Build a golf course in your pocket.

Shape the land, lay out the holes and dress them with trees, water and sand, then watch little golfers play what you made.

Coming to iPhone in 2027

A parkland hole being built in Pocket Links: the land rises, the fairway is laid, bunkers dig out and trees grow along it.

Build it, then watch it play

Everything is done with one thumb, on a phone held upright.

  1. The Land tool open in Pocket Links, raising a mound beside a fairway.

    Sculpt the land

    Raise hills, carve hollows and smooth them out with a fingertip. Dig a pond and it fills by itself.

  2. A new hole being laid out: a route drawn from the tee, past a pond, to the green.

    Lay out holes

    Tap out a route from tee to green and the hole is laid along it, bunkers and all. Then plant trees, paint the turf and move anything you like.

  3. Three little golfers walking off a tee with their clubs.

    Watch golfers play them

    Golfers turn up and play every shot of your holes while the crew mows and rakes. The scorecard shows how each one plays and how happy they went home.

  4. The Club page in Pocket Links, with Photo mode at the top and Share further down.

    Share your course

    Fly a tour of every hole in photo mode and record it, or send the course itself to a friend by AirDrop or Messages to play on their phone.

From the coast to the desert

Start from parkland, rolling hills, a coast, a desert, the mountains or Florida, each with its own trees, ground and weather. Every course here was made in the game.

  • A green between two bunkers on a coastal course at sunset, with a lone cypress and golden fescue all round.
    Coastal
  • A striped fairway running between oaks and pines to a green with a bunker either side.
    Parkland
  • A green and fairway set in desert scrub at sunset, with a palm and red rocks.
    Desert

Sandbox and Challenges

Build freely, or build to a brief.

Sandbox

Choose your land, its size and its weather, give your course a name and build whatever you like. No budget and nothing to manage: just the course.

Choosing land for a new course: parkland, rolling hills, coastal or desert.

Challenges

Twelve short goals in three sets, from a first hole to a full nine, a Redan, a Cape and an island green. Earn up to three stars on each.

The Challenges list, starting with the First tee set.

Show us your course

#PocketLinks

Share your course with #PocketLinks; we repost the best.

Record a tour in photo mode, post it and tag us. Tagging us means you’re happy for us to repost it with credit (see the terms).