Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game – Entertainment Game Review
Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game is a Entertainment/Simulation/Sports game from Zynga Inc., first launched in 24th April 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 138,481+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game Stand Out
The golf course is calling – it’s time to become an ultimate golf champion in Golf Rival!
Golf Rival is a free-to-play multiplayer online PvP golf game where great golf skills meet infinite golf creativity. Show off your golfing abilities like never before! Collect powerful golf clubs and balls and tee off across over 300+ courses in more than 20+ themes! Satisfy your golf dreams of hitting incredible shots, climbing the leaderboards and proving you’re a golf game master. Let’s go for a perfect swing and hit that hole-in-one, golfers!
This exciting online free golf game has many modes to play and master. From 1v1 PvP golf, to Tournament mode where it’s you against the community of golfers around the world, to playing golf with friends – in Golf Rival, scoring a birdie is only the start of the competitive fun! Use powerful balls and clubs to outwit your opponent, as no two fun multiplayer golf battles are the same.
Grab your golf clubs, because Golf Rival has it all, whether you’re a golfing games newbie or an ultimate sports game expert!
PLAY EXCITING GOLF GAMES
-Complete stages and unlock incredible new golf challenges to conquer by winning real-time golf battles
-Master your golf swing with precision and creativity to watch your skills grow
-Compete in both 9-hole and 18-hole Tournaments in every exciting season
-Multiplayer mode and other challenges await for you to play every day
-Beautiful 3D golf courses of different themes and difficulties will always present an ultimate golf challenge
GROW YOUR GOLF SKILLS
-Playing a golfing simulator like Golf Rival is unlike any free golf games you’ve tried before thanks to creative and fantastical clubs and balls
-Win to unlock amazing rewards to take onto the course for your next round and enhance your golf bag
-With every exciting real-time golf clash, you’ll gain important skills and tricks to hit extreme golf shots!
INFINITE GOLF FUN
-Every Golf Rival season is fun and fresh, with new courses, balls and rewards appearing all the time!
-Golf ball games and skill games like Kingdom, Ace Open, Brink Game and more provide you with many fun spins on classic golf.
-Add your friends and see who has the swag golf skills needed to become the #1 golfer!
-Connect with other members of the exciting Golf Rival community on Facebook and join the conversation
Join golf fans around the world and download Golf Rival to get started on your way to becoming an ultimate golf game champion!
Golf Rival is available in 13 languages. Join the Golf Rival community on Facebook!
Golf Rival is FREE to download and includes optional in-game purchases (including random items). If you wish to disable in-game purchases, please turn off the in-app purchases in your phone or tablet’s Settings.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Thanks for being a part of the Golf Rival community!
This update includes general improvements and bug fixes to keep your gameplay experience smooth and enjoyable.
Stay tuned—more exciting features are on the way!
Download & Availability
Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Golf Rival – Multiplayer Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
It would be nice to be able to chat with your opponent.
Im just about sick and tired of this game. U level up which is great but on new courses theres not enough time to make a shot when u dont have any experience in certain levels. Especially with wind and trees rocks or whatever is in the way that u have to shoot around. We understand that its head to head Game and someone else is waiting for u make the shot. Seriously 10 MORE SECONDS WOULD BE GREAT!!! Also the tutorial to help u with the wind isnt realistic. Are the lines 6mph or 15?? And trying to move the spot of landing u have to have yur finger on the spot it lands at and when trying to set up by the pin u cant see cause yur finger is in the way. We do like the game and enjoy playing it but Im starting to get aggravated with it.
Twice in the last 2 days, when we pulled back on the ball to hit it, nothing happened. It was counted as a stroke, and we lost. In addition, there are glitches when a player pulls back to hit extra hard. The needle going back and forth sticks. Finally, we would like to recommend that you pit people against each other who have comparable clubs. This is basically a money pit if someone wishes to advance.
Fun game at face value but overly monetized. Cant compete high level without spending money, specials come up 5x a day and the battle pass equivalent, which gives you a huge edge, only lasts 15 days.
Game is ok but when you reach stage 13 they have imaginary walls to avoid which is stupid. There are no walls on a golf course. Its just dumb. Im out.
Fun game but way too many adds.
Mini golf was a great idea, but its poorly executed. You have to put full power behind opening shots and the screen shake is ridiculous. It makes the putt impossible. Not just more difficult, it makes it impossible. Mini golf isnt enjoyable at all. The main golf game is decent. The wind factors are a joke, but being able to play previous stages makes it tolerable. As long as youre okay with not progressing in the game unless you shell out money, that is.
Kingdom is not as much fun as it used to be with the markers being off. You line up your shots perfect and you miss by a mile. We hope you fix it.
Upgrading club costs get very high, low coins in chests and rewards. Best way to get the best stuff is to buy coins and gems. Who that that like of money.
About this game is that it is a really fun and its also challenging because sometimes you dont have to win but its OK. You dont always have to win. Sometimes you can lose and we dont mind if we lose or win because it is fun and just try your best and maybe youll get better and better and better, but please dont give up no matter what you think you give up you always and we mean always will be able to beat the level you think you can do. This is from Jasmine Delacruz and we hope you will know this message.
Worst golf game by far, so unrealistic you cant imagine, only way to advance is to spend $$$$ Move on, plenty of better games to play that wont bleed you. Mind you we never spent a cent, but you get tired of it very quickly.
Really do not like the mini golf, the ball does not follow the direction we are trying to shoot it.
Its a fun game, no doubt. But it can be costly, not just in money but in size. It starts off a manageable size but they recently added mini golf on it and its now taking up 9GB of storage on our phone. As much as we like it, Im thinking we have no choice but to drop it to clear up enough space to keep our phone functional.
FIND A DIFFERENT GOLF GAME. YOU WILL THANK ME. Matchmaking is beyond ridiculously broken and just look at all the cra ppy reviews. Dont waste your time.
Please putt MG on another app. This game really s.s.
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In the water or out of bounds should add a stroke.
Realistically, this is one of the best golf games we have played on the App Store. And Ive played a lot of them. A good mix between fun and realistic, it makes a good blend. However, whoever developed the courses, justwhy? Its hard enough without all the extra trees and bunkers placed so conveniently with no ability to work around it. Eagles are basically impossible on such courses, unless you pay out enough cash to get clubs and balls that can fly past all the nonsense. The courses are short and just too many obstacles. The other issue is we should be able to use whatever club we want to when playing a match. We dont need the game to determine what we should use based on distance from the hole. It just feels limiting and frustrating. Other than that the games design is really great and fun to waste time on when you need to. Could use some music and better sound design but thats just a small issue. Overall Id tell anyone to give it a try, but if anyone struggles with the same issues we listed, maybe finding another golf game is the right move.
In Kingdom we always get paired with players who have better clubs making it almost impossible to advance. And its very hard to get new clubs or even buy them. You need to make this game easier to advance and get better clubs. Ive spent hundreds of dollars on this game but stopped playing for a couple years because of the challenges. Very fun but needs some work. We came back to the game recently and it seems like its gotten even harder.
This game is very challenging and in the beginning, quite fun. Ive been playing it for about three weeks now and Ive gotten to the point where its very clear to us that if we want to win any of the matches, we have to spend money to improve our clubs and golf balls. Its a multiplayer game and you can only take constantly losing so much. We think Ive reached that point where its no longer fun because we cant compete anymore. We spent a little bit of money to improve some things, but we can see that we would have to spend a whole bunch more to be competitive.
One of our favorite games but we absolutely hate that you lose points if you lose a match. The other thing we dont like is you play the same holes over and over.
This is a good game to pass the time howeverrrrrrr , you will not ADVANCE in this game if you 1. Do not spend money- if you spend money you advance levels quicker then you would if you dont. 2. Want a fair playing field – they will put you against people that have 20 plus special balls and/or have an 2000 point lead ahead of you so they know the courses. 3. Dont spend money – had to put this twice because in order to get special balls or certain clubs you HAVE to purchase them OR purchase coins or diamonds to pay for em . The Clubs should AT LEAST be available to you for free considering the wind and etc changes by points. Each new level should automatically unlock clubs and not the ones nobody uses the ones that matter for the wind. It would benefit the player and make them be more eager to play if the reward for playing was better then having to spend $20 or more.
All was good til Level 12. Then all the golfers are Tiger Woods. Hitting 200+ eagles and 100 ft birdies. All to either tie it up or put it away. We think about done. Zynga is a cheating/scamming outfit. Too many bots.
We like play the golf then we try to buy things but money is stuck cant buy it business better fix it if you dont fix it we will quit the game forever.
You cant fast forward through opponents shots and the game takes forever.
The grooves the other reviews that say sometimes the opponents you play are so far above you you just waste money trying to beat them. Im moving on from this game.
Golf rival is pretty fun you go against people theres cool clubs and balls it really fun.
It's really fun game and it's nice to play in our downtime since each game is only one hole. You get chests with coins, clubs, and balls. The only gripe we have is that the chests you receive never contain the clans that are good or worth using. A level 5 club that is common doesn't do much good in the higher levels. We're at stage 7 and the best driver we have is only level 3, so we're basically screwed. Since you lose 40 points for each loss, is this game worth playing? After a certain number of power ups the golf clubs also cost 1k to upgrade. So if you look at power, accuracy, and all those factors is it still worth upgrading those common cards? Even with the upgrade our level 3 driver is still better but it's not good enough in Stage 7 (current level). Frustrating from our perspective. We think that we should be receiving more useful items by now.
We love this game we have played it for years , but some player are cheating, they are holing out when they miss there shot. We should be able to report them and its not hard to tell who they are when they have played 1000 matches and have 700 eagles.
We have had this game down loaded for a couple of years but havent played for quite sometime. We have never seen the courses you show in your ads. Wish there was a single player option or play against AI. A driving range feature would also be nice. Get tired of the snarky comments from other players.
We cannot view the top where the coin and jewel count is displayed. Our IPhone blocks it with the ear speaker. Also, what is the deal with setting up a user. Is the only way thru Facebook?!? Thanks for reading this.
Poderiam equilibrar um pouco mais, em certos mapas o adversrio com taco com 4 de alcance s poderia enfrentar outro adversrio com 3, 4 ou 5 de alcance. As vezes acontece de encontrar adversrios on tem uma diferena absurda de range e isto estraga a competitividade. Mudando isto avaliaria novamente.
Sometimes Ill be playing and then itll go blank and then all of a sudden we have a couple seconds left to shoot very irritating please fix.
We really enjoy the relaxation of the game. The only thing that makes no since to us is that you can only use a bought ball for one swing then its gone. We think you should at least be able to continue with that ball for the rest of that hole.
We really enjoy this game! Keeps us busy and it is fun and challenging. Thanks.
We love it its so easy to lean and fun to play! And you can compete with others online! Bet you Cang be master! Even though its not what it is in the ads, its better! Trust us we bet we cant get our whole family (who plays Pokmon and golf) to rate this 5 starts also we wish we can use google to sign in, some times people wont wanna be on guest mode, but there stuck because they dont have a facebook account! But this is highly recommended and addicting.
Love this game and the the graphics are top notch! We recommend to everyone to at least give it a try! See ya on the course.
The game is great however the last couple of days the game doesnt go to the course. It spins through the competition of players but then says a problem from our end. We dont have any issue. We turned our phone off restarted it and the app still does the same. It has no problem for us to watch the commercials to get the diamonds or chest but it just doesnt go into the game. We downloaded the latest update but still same issue. Todays date 5/29/23. Please help really, really want to play the game.
We havent been able to get an opponent for the last several hours.
When l 1st ? Started playing the game There wasnt a lot of Royal match ads . And now there are way too many ADS.. So thats why l gave it a 2 stars and l dont play much anymore.
The game itself is ok, but if you want to excel it will cost you.
If you have the mega bucks to spend you get up there. If not just sit back and enjoy what you can get.
This was a fun game until the cheaters hacked and ruined it. You cant play fair in the arenas or tournaments because people with uminites clubs, balls, & other options come in a d win everything. Theres no way you can finish a tournament of 18 holes of all par fives and be -54. An albatross on EVERY hole? Ridiculous.
Just keeps cycling and not choosing an opponent.
Will we ever be able to play a fair game again? Not looking like it. Just nonstop level 9 legendary clubs while Im at level 6. Its a joke. Most of them have over 50,000 total games played over us. Some way more. Some only have like 3,000 total games played and thats just not possible. Must be the developers screwing people over. Especially us. They all have tens of thousands of 0mph balls. Like they spend over a thousand dollars a day on balls and clubs. Either way it isnt possible. Dont care how much you spend. Unless the developers give them cheats. Probably the case. Its just constant cheating. We cant even tell you the last time we were matched against someone on our level. Its been months at least. Doesnt matter if we lose ten games in a row. Next match is a level 9 cheater. Developers dont care. They just block you when you call out their cheating. They are some of the biggest scum of the earth. Straight discrimination.
Golf Rival is clearly a rigged game. You will see this clearly at about Stage 10. After paying for club and/or ball upgrades you will play extremely well before starting to loose again and due more expensive upgrades, this cycle will continue for as long as you play the game. The game is programmed to control your shots to adjust you shot timer. We highly recommend that do not download this game, but you will, and spend a small fortune in playing on and on and on.
Basically this game just stole our money, we broke down and bought some extras, and it made us loose so many matches in a row it knocked us down a level. – RIP OFF – DONOT PLAY.
This game is bullsht. No fun. Odds of actually winning a perfect game is about 2%. Total Bullsht.
Fun game but be prepared to spend tons of money if you want to enjoy it to its fullest. The spinning wheel is rigged for you to spend money.
We dont know what they have done with our card ever since this game havent been able to buy anything on any game they have screwed us cant buy anything this is fked up and ridiculous fix yalls crap after the countless amount we have spent over the years this game will fk you we promise.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.148.1
- Size: 359.66 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ES
- Content Advisory: Loot Boxes
- Developer: Zynga Inc.
Last updated: 23rd December 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Simulation | Developer: Zynga Inc.