Fairways : Golf Club Tycoon

Fairways is a golf course building and management game. You start with an empty field, a small budget and room for three holes. You place every tee, green, bunker and lake yourself, and then golfers come and play what you built, one shot at a time. Each golfer picks a club, aims and hits, so the scores come straight from your layout. There’s no hidden design score: the golfers are the judge.

You also run the club. You set green fees and memberships, hire greenkeepers and a club pro, build a clubhouse and driving range, and manage a real tee sheet where members book first. Every April a national ranking puts you up against 130 rival clubs, and if you climb into the top 100 you can bid to host the Championship and the Team Cup.

The latest big update added a Career mode. You take over a run-down nine-hole club, reopen the closed holes and win the members back, then build a coastal resort with a hotel and spa to host the majors.

It’s one purchase with no ads, it plays offline, and you buy once to play on iPhone, iPad and Mac.