Fore Four: The Golf Foursome Organizer App That Works Over Text
Fore Four fills your golf foursome with one SMS invitation. You create the round — course, date, time, open spots — and every friend gets a personal text with a claim link. First to respond gets the spot; the rest join an automatic waitlist. Your friends never download an app.
How does Fore Four work?
- Create a round. Set the course, date, tee time, and how many spots you need. Add an optional response deadline.
- Invite your crew. Pick golfers from your saved list (import them from contacts). Each gets a personal SMS — not a group text — with a private link.
- Watch it fill. First-come-first-served claims, a live confirmed list, and an ordered waitlist. Dropouts trigger automatic promotion and a text to the next golfer.
Why text instead of another app?
Because your friends already read texts. SMS is opened at roughly 98% rates — several times email — and requires nothing to install. Fore Four keeps the whole invitee experience inside one tap on one text, which is why rounds fill in minutes instead of days.
What problems does it remove?
- The buried group-text invitation and the "who's in??" follow-ups
- Double-claimed spots and organizer refereeing
- Silent non-responders (they get one automatic last call)
- The last-minute scramble when someone drops (the waitlist self-heals)
- Forgotten rounds (confirmed golfers get a day-before reminder)
Who is Fore Four for?
The organizer — the one person in every golf group who books the time and herds the group. If that's you, Fore Four turns your thirty weekly messages into three taps. Learn the craft in our golf group organizer guides, starting with how to organize a golf foursome.
Frequently asked questions
- Do my friends need to download Fore Four?
- No. Invitees get a normal text message with a link. They tap it and respond I'm In, Maybe, or Can't Make It in their browser — no app, no account, no password.
- How are spots assigned?
- First-come-first-served. The first golfers to tap I'm In claim the open spots; everyone after that is placed on a waitlist in order. When someone backs out, the first waitlisted golfer is promoted and texted automatically.
- What does Fore Four send automatically?
- Invitation texts, claim confirmations, waitlist promotions, a last-call text to non-responders before your response deadline, day-before reminders to confirmed golfers, and change notices if you edit the course, date, or time.
- Is Fore Four a tee-time booking service?
- No — you book the tee time with your course as usual. Fore Four handles the people side: invitations, spot claims, the waitlist, and reminders.
- How much does Fore Four cost?
- Fore Four is free to use for organizing your rounds.
Stop chasing golfers through group texts
Fore Four fills your foursome with one SMS invitation. First to respond claims the spot; everyone else lands on an automatic waitlist. Your friends never download an app or create an account.
Create your first round — free