Leave GolfNow. Own Your Tee Sheet.
GolfNow charges ~20% commission on tee-time revenue. No monthly fee — but that translates to $50,000–$100,000+ per year for a busy course. And every golfer who books through GolfNow belongs to GolfNow, not you. In 90 days, we'll move you off barter, reclaim your golfer data, and put full-rate revenue back on your balance sheet.
What GolfNow Is Actually Doing to Your Business
GolfNow takes roughly 20% of tee-time revenue through barter. There's no monthly invoice — just a permanent discount on your most perishable inventory.
Names, emails, and booking history for every golfer who books through GolfNow belong to NBC Sports Next. You can't market to them, re-engage them, or take them with you when you leave.
Barter discounting trains your market to expect discounted tee times. It erodes your direct pricing power and makes it harder to sell at rack rate through any channel.
The longer you stay, the harder it is to rebuild a direct booking channel from scratch. Exit is possible — but it requires a plan, not just a cancellation email.
What the "Free" Platform Is Really Doing to Your Business
Every golfer who books through GolfNow is GolfNow's customer, not yours. Their name, email, and booking history belong to NBC Sports Next. When you leave, that data doesn't come with you.
Tee times are perishable. Every round sold at a 20% barter discount is revenue you can never recover. There's no invoice — just a permanent, invisible haircut on your most time-sensitive asset.
GolfNow markets to the golfers who book your course — and shows them other courses too. You're paying ~20% commission to build an audience that GolfNow then monetizes across your competitors.
Golfers who find you through GolfNow expect barter-rate pricing. Over time, that expectation bleeds into your direct channel — making it harder to hold rack rate even when you're not on GolfNow.
GolfNow vs. owning your channel
The 90-Day Plan to Leave GolfNow
A structured, low-risk transition that protects your rounds while you build the direct channel that replaces them.
Audit & Exit Strategy
We quantify the true annual commission cost, identify your barter inventory exposure, and map every clause in your GolfNow agreement that could complicate your exit. You get a written exit roadmap before we touch anything.
Direct Booking Infrastructure
We implement a cash-based tee sheet and booking engine you own outright — no revenue share, no commission, no barter. Your website becomes your primary booking channel. Golfer data flows into your CRM from day one.
GolfNow Exit & Revenue Recovery
We execute the exit, activate direct marketing to your recaptured golfer data, and monitor revenue through the transition. The goal: full revenue recovery within the 90-day window — not months later.
What you own on day 91
- Full-rate tee times with zero commission to a third party
- Your golfer database — names, emails, booking history — owned and marketable by you
- A direct booking engine that converts at rack rate, not barter rate
- A marketing channel to drive repeat play without paying a middleman per booking
- Pricing authority — no third party discounting your tee sheet to fill their platform
See exactly what GolfNow is costing your course
Our free Barter Cost Calculator runs the real numbers on your tee sheet — then we'll walk you through a 90-day exit plan built for your facility.