Two men play golf on a simulator with a live leaderboard nearby
Five Iron Golf, a prominent golf simulator company with over 50 locations globally, has launched Five Iron Tournaments. This new platform enables real-money indoor golf competitions, transforming its network of venues into a continuous competitive golf ecosystem.
The platform, slated for full rollout by the end of summer, allows players to enter tournaments on demand, compete on live leaderboards, and play for cash prizes across various formats, including stroke play, scramble, and closest to the pin.
Jared Solomon, Five Iron CEO, stated, “Before Five Iron, I was a professional poker player, and I’ve always been fascinated by what happens when games build a true digital presence. We’ve seen that in poker, chess and other competitive formats, and that was part of the inspiration for bringing a more dynamic, gamified competition model to golf.” Solomon aims to tap into the growing popularity of golf by offering new ways for people to play and consume the sport.
The Five Iron Tournaments platform allows golfers to obtain a Five Iron Handicap based on their performance. Players can compete on virtual PGA championship courses as well as their local country clubs. The platform supports multiple competition formats such as scrambles, fourball, and closest-to-the-pin contests. A June closest-to-the-pin event is set to feature 20 tournaments on iconic courses with a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000.
Solomon explained, “The idea is to give players many different ways to compete. There can be hourly, daily, weekly or month-long tournaments, with different formats, whether that’s four holes, nine holes, 18 holes, winner-takes-all or other payout structures.”
Since its beta launch in October 2025, over 1,000 players have participated in nearly 20,000 tournament entries. Solomon noted, “A lot of this came directly from our own customers. They want to compete more, they want more games and they want more variety in how they engage with golf. Five Iron Tournaments give them another way to do that.”
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