Government operations
Municipal golf courses: reservations
California bars unauthorized third-party listings and resale of reservations at locally owned golf courses.
The law aims to protect public access to municipal golf tee times and prevent brokers from selling them at inflated prices.
What the law does
- Prohibits third-party golf reservation platforms from listing, advertising, promoting, selling, or transferring a local public golf course reservation without a written agreement with the golf course operator.
- Requires any agreement to expressly authorize use by an affiliate website or other platform before that affiliate may offer reservations.
- Allows an individual to sell or transfer a reservation at no more than the amount paid when the operator does not clearly post its cancellation policy on the website where the reservation was made.
- Applies to all cities, including charter cities.
Who it affects
- Third-party golf reservation websites, apps, and other online platforms.
- Local agencies and contracted operators running publicly owned golf courses.
- Golfers holding reservations at those courses.