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A 3-round golf trip to Big Cedar Lodge for 4 golfers costs ~$2,180 per person ($8,720 total), based on $$$$ luxury lodging. Sample itinerary plays Payne's Valley, Buffalo Ridge Springs, and Ozarks National across 3 nights. Best months to go: Jun, Sep, Oct.
Estimated per player
$2,180
Group total
$8,720
4 days · 3 nights · 4 golfers
Golf
$950
3 rounds
Lodging
$630
3 nights, shared
Food
$400
4 days
Transit
$200
Split rental car
All numbers are estimates. Green fees use each course's peak published rate (or price band where fees aren't published). Lodging uses a researched median nightly rate for this market scaled to your tier selection, split across 2-to-a-room. Food (~$100/day) and transit (~$50/day, rental car split) are rough per-person averages — your destination and group size will move the real number in either direction. Flights depend on your home airport and aren't included. Fly into SGF — Springfield.
The 3-round Big Cedar Lodge plan covers Payne's Valley, Buffalo Ridge Springs, and Ozarks National, plus 3 nights of $$$$ luxury lodging, peak-season green fees, and a flat per-day food + ground-transit allowance. Flights aren't included because they depend on your home airport. Adjust the tier or round count above to see how each input changes the bottom line.
The best months to plan a 3-round Big Cedar Lodge trip are Jun, Sep, Oct. Those windows balance the strongest playability scores against the lowest peak-season rate stacking. Book at the front edge of the window for lower greens fees, or the back edge for better odds on shoulder-season lodging. Avoid the months on either side of peak unless you're flexible on tee-time inventory.
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Costs use real peak-season green fees per course, a researched median nightly lodging rate for Big Cedar Lodge, and a flat per-person daily average for food and transit. Updated when the underlying catalog data changes.
Published June 2026. Updated when the data or Scramble’s recommendations change.