Course Libraries: GSPro vs E6 vs TGC 2019 vs GOLFZON
How the four biggest sim software course libraries compare — counts, quality, exclusives, and where you get the most for your money
GSPro vs E6 vs TGC 2019 vs GOLFZON Wave course library comparison. Course counts, quality, exclusives, pricing, and which platform wins for your needs.
The Short Answer
GSPro vs E6 vs TGC 2019 vs GOLFZON Wave course library comparison. Course counts, quality, exclusives, pricing, and which platform wins for your needs.
The four biggest golf simulator software platforms by market share are GSPro, E6 Connect, TGC 2019, and GOLFZON Wave. Each one has a fundamentally different approach to course libraries. The counts, the quality, the licensing, the exclusives — none of them overlap in a straight line.
This is the definitive comparison of what each platform offers, which one has the best courses, and where you should spend your money depending on what you want to play.
The Numbers at a Glance
| Platform | Course Count | Type | Quality Control | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSPro | 4,000+ | Community + licensed | Mixed | $250/yr, all included |
| E6 Connect | ~100 | Licensed, professionally built | High | $300-600/yr + $15-30/course for premium |
| TGC 2019 | 150,000+ | Community | Variable | $149 one-time |
| GOLFZON Wave | 140+ | Licensed, professionally built | High | $199/yr (Premium tier) |
The raw counts tell you almost nothing. A platform with 150,000 courses can have fewer playable rounds than a platform with 100. The ratio matters.
GSPro: The Volume King with Growing Quality
GSPro has 4,000 courses and adds dozens every week. The library is built by the community — the top designers (CrazyCanuck, MightyDuck, Darth, B101, and others) produce courses that rival licensed builds in quality. The other 3,800 range from “decent” to “why did someone publish this.”
The GSPro approach is a firehose. You get everything. The best courses on GSPro are as good as anything on any platform. The worst courses should not exist. You have to know what to download.
The advantage: You get Augusta National, Pebble Beach, St Andrews, and every famous course in the world for your $250 annual subscription. No extra purchases. No tier unlocks. No premium content wall. The famous courses are all there, created by the best community designers in sim golf.
The disadvantage: You have to find them. The GSPro course database has no curator, no rating system that works, and no way to filter quality. You rely on Discord recommendations, Reddit threads, and our best courses on GSPro guide to separate the gems from the gravel.
Course exclusives: GSPro has no exclusive licensing deals. Every course on GSPro is a community recreation or a publicly licensed course. The platform does not pay for exclusivity. You can find almost every GSPro course on another platform in some form.
Best for: Golfers who want the largest library of famous courses at the lowest ongoing cost, and who are willing to spend time curating their own library.
E6 Connect: Quality Over Quantity, Tiers Over Everything
E6 Connect has roughly 100 courses. Every single one is professionally built, officially licensed, and mapped to real course data. No community content. No user-generated anything. The quality floor is higher than any other platform.
The problem is how you access them. E6 has three tiers:
- Basic ($300/yr): A rotating selection of 40-50 courses. You do not choose which ones. They rotate on a schedule. If you want to play the same course next week, it might be gone.
- Expanded ($600/yr): The full course library of ~100 courses, all available anytime. No rotation. This is the minimum viable purchase for anyone who cares about course access.
- Premium Content (additional $15-30/course): The Expanded tier does not include Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay, Spyglass Hill, Oakmont, or St Andrews. Those are separate purchases even at $600/year.
The advantage: Every course on E6 is consistent. The graphics are the best in sim golf. The physics are excellent. When you load a course on E6, it plays exactly the way the developer intended.
The disadvantage: You pay for every layer. Basic gives you a tease. Expanded gives you the library but not the famous courses. Premium gives you the famous courses at $15-30 each. A full setup with all the famous courses costs $600/yr plus $100-200 in premium purchases. That is the most expensive course library in sim golf for the smallest total count.
Course exclusives: E6 has exclusive licensing for some courses that you cannot play on GSPro or TGC 2019. The list includes some TruGolf partnerships and certain international courses. The exclusives are not the draw here — the consistency is.
Best for: Golfers who want the highest-quality visual experience, have the budget for Expanded + Premium, and do not care about having a large course library. If you play the same 10 courses and want them to look perfect, E6 is the answer.
TGC 2019: The Library That Never Ends
TGC 2019 has 150,000 courses. It is the largest course library in sim golf by a factor of 37. The entire argument for this aging software is the library size.
The catch is that 90% of the courses are bad. Not mediocre. Bad. Greens that do not break. Fairways that float. Trees growing through bunkers. The TGC 2019 course designer was the most accessible in sim golf, which meant everyone with a controller and a weekend could publish a course. They did. 150,000 times.
But 1% of 150,000 is 1,500 genuinely good courses. That is more quality courses than GSPro has total. The top TGC 2019 designers — LIDAR Kings, ApocalypticGolf, and others — produced courses that are indistinguishable from licensed builds. The limit was the engine, not the talent.
The advantage: One-time purchase. No subscription. No tiers. No premium content. $149 gets you the entire 150,000-course library forever. You can play a new course every day for 400 years.
The disadvantage: Finding good courses is a full-time job. The in-game search is rudimentary. The graphics look like a PS3 game. The physics are slightly arcadey compared to GSPro and E6. The platform is not actively developed — the last major update was 2019.
Course exclusives: TGC 2019 has no exclusive licensing. Every course is community-created. This means you can find versions of almost every famous course, but the quality depends entirely on which designer built it.
Best for: Golfers on a budget who want maximum variety and are willing to spend time finding good courses. Also the best platform for course designers who want to build their own creations.
GOLFZON Wave: The Dark Horse with Exclusives
GOLFZON Wave has 140+ courses, all professionally licensed and built by GOLFZON’s internal development team. The company has 20 years of sim development experience, primarily in Korea, and has built licensing relationships that no other platform can match.
The course library is included with the GOLFZON Premium subscription at $199/year. There is no tier system. No individual course purchases. You pay for the software, you get the library.
The advantage: The exclusive courses. GOLFZON has licensing deals with courses across Korea, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia that you cannot play on any other sim platform. Nine Bridges, Pinx Golf Club, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawana Hotel Fuji Course — these are world-class courses that are locked to GOLFZON.
The physics engine is proprietary and developed over 20 years. The ground game handles well. The wind modeling is excellent. The putting is the most realistic of any portable LM platform.
The disadvantage: The course library is US-light. You get Pebble Beach, St Andrews, Pinehurst No. 2, TPC Sawgrass, Bethpage Black, and Bandon Dunes — the major names — but the total US course count is smaller than E6 or GSPro. If you want to play every US Open venue, GOLFZON is not the platform for that.
Course exclusives: This is GOLFZON’s weapon. The Asian exclusives are genuinely unplayable anywhere else. Nine Bridges, Pinx, Kasumigaseki, and Kawana are destination courses that would be top-50 ranked if they were in the US. You can only play them on GOLFZON. The GOLFZON-USGA partnership opened additional licensing doors that will likely expand the library in 2026-2027.
Best for: Golfers who want the Asian exclusive courses, value the 20-year physics engine, and want a flat $199/yr subscription with no tier games. Also the best option for WAVE owners who want a course library that feels different from the GSPro/E6/TGC standard rotation.
Head-to-Head: Which Platform Wins in Each Category
Best Famous Course Coverage
Winner: GSPro. Every famous course is on GSPro. Augusta, Pebble Beach, St Andrews, Pinehurst, Sawgrass, Oakmont, Shinnecock, Bethpage, Winged Foot, Merion — all of them. The community designers have covered every major course in the world. Some are licensed, most are community recreations, but the coverage is complete.
E6 has the famous courses too, but you pay extra for them. TGC 2019 has them but quality varies. GOLFZON has the US names but not the full depth of GSPro’s library.
Best Course Quality Consistency
Winner: E6 Connect. Every course on E6 is professionally built, officially licensed, and tested. The quality floor is the highest in sim golf. You never load a bad course on E6. You never wonder if the slope data is wrong. You never hit a shot that makes you say “that’s not right.”
GSPro’s top 200 courses match E6’s quality. The other 3,800 do not. TGC 2019’s top 1,500 courses match E6’s quality. The other 148,500 do not.
Best Value
Winner: GSPro. $250/year for 4,000+ courses including every famous course in the world. No tiers. No premium purchases. No rotation. The value proposition is unmatched.
TGC 2019 at $149 one-time is cheaper per year if you keep it for multiple years, but the quality inconsistency and aging platform drag the value down. GOLFZON at $199/yr is competitive but has a smaller library.
Best Exclusive Courses
Winner: GOLFZON Wave. The Asian exclusive courses are a genuine USP. If you want to play Nine Bridges or Kawana Fuji, GOLFZON is the only option. No other platform has these courses in any form.
GSPro has no exclusives. E6 has some TruGolf partnerships but not destination-worthy courses. TGC 2019 has no exclusives.
Best for Variety
Winner: TGC 2019. 150,000 courses is an absurd number. Even if 90% are bad, the remaining 10% still gives you 15,000 playable courses. You will never run out of new courses on TGC 2019.
GSPro’s 4,000 is second. GOLFZON’s 140+ is third. E6’s ~100 is last.
Best for Beginner Sim Golfers
Winner: GSPro. The combination of course volume, quality, and price makes GSPro the default recommendation for anyone building a sim for the first time. You can play every famous course, discover hidden gems, and never pay extra.
GOLFZON Wave is a strong second if you already own a WAVE. The $199/yr flat pricing is beginner-friendly and the course quality is consistent.
The Verdict
There is no single best platform. The right answer depends on what you care about.
If you want the most famous courses at the best price, the answer is GSPro. This is the default recommendation for 80% of sim golfers. Read the GSPro review and the best courses on GSPro guide for the full breakdown.
If you want the highest quality and have the budget for it, the answer is E6 Connect. The courses look better and play more consistently. The price is higher and the library is smaller. Read the E6 Connect review and the best courses on E6 guide.
If you want maximum variety on a one-time budget, the answer is TGC 2019. The library is enormous and the cost is $149 forever. The quality is inconsistent and the platform is aging. Read the TGC 2019 review and the best courses on TGC 2019 guide.
If you want exclusive Asian courses and a flat $199/yr subscription with no tier games, the answer is GOLFZON Wave. The courses are professionally built, the physics engine is proven, and you cannot play the exclusive courses anywhere else. Read the GOLFZON Wave review and the best courses on GOLFZON guide.
FAQ
Which platform has the most golf courses?
TGC 2019 has the most at 150,000+. GSPro is second at 4,000+. GOLFZON Wave has 140+. E6 Connect has roughly 100.
Which platform has the best quality courses?
E6 Connect has the highest quality floor — every course is professionally built and licensed. GSPro’s top 200 courses match E6 quality but the overall library is inconsistent.
Can I play Augusta National on all four platforms?
Augusta National is available on GSPro (community recreation) and TGC 2019 (community recreation). It is not available on E6 Connect or GOLFZON Wave due to licensing restrictions.
Which platform has the best value for course access?
GSPro at $250/year for 4,000+ courses including all famous courses is the best value. TGC 2019 at $149 one-time is cheaper long-term but has quality inconsistency. GOLFZON Wave at $199/yr flat is competitive for the library size.
Does GOLFZON Wave have more courses than E6 Connect?
GOLFZON Wave has roughly 140+ courses compared to E6 Connect’s ~100 in the Expanded tier. The difference is the exclusive Asian courses on GOLFZON that you cannot play anywhere else.
How do I download courses on each platform?
GSPro uses the GSPro course database within the software or through the GSPro website. E6 Connect courses are downloaded automatically when you select them (Expanded tier or purchased). TGC 2019 courses are downloaded in-game through the course search. GOLFZON Wave courses are included with the Premium subscription and download automatically.