Do I have to pay for tee times through GolfNow?
In order to provide GolfNow members with the best prices, Hot Deals tee times available through GolfNow require payment in full at the time the reservation is made. In addition, some golf courses may require partial or full payment to be made online during the reservation process.
How much does GolfNow charge for errors on the golf course?
I was charged a service fee of $4.95 when tee time booking gave me an error for the Brambleton Golf Course on July 7 at 12:50PM. There no way to contact GolfNow due to an infinite loop in the their contact information.
What is the difference between GolfNow and GolfPass+?
Additionally, GolfNow members can upgrade to the GolfPass+ membership. GolfPass+ is the one membership that connects golfers to every aspect of the game. Benefits include exclusive video, $10 monthly tee time credits, world-class instruction, travel tips, credit at popular resorts and more.
What are the benefits of being a GolfNow member?
Everyone who creates a GolfNow account is automatically a GolfNow member, and being a member comes with a number of benefits. Your free membership allows you to earn GolfNow Rewards points, receive special tee time recommendations and offers via email, save your credit card information for quick tee time reservations and more.
Does GolfNow charge a fee?
Do you charge a convenience fee? Convenience fees are charged for all tee times booked through the GolfNow website and mobile app. Convenience fees have a broad range depending on location and are charged per player, per tee time and are reflected in the total price on your tee time reservation at the time of checkout.
How do hot deals work on GolfNow?
“The hot deal is training the golfer to look there first for the lowest price,” Attara says, “So they may not be as loyal to the golf course as they are the price point. They may love Hopewell Valley and Makefield, but they're like, `Hmm, that other rate is pretty good, I'll try that place.
What is the difference between GolfNow and GolfPass?
What Is The Difference Between GolfNow and GolfPass? GolfNow is an online tee time agency (OTTA) allowing you to book a round of golf on any of the available golf courses charging a convenience fee. GolfPass is a subscription service that offers benefits to its subscribers using GolfNow and other booking agencies.
How do I get a refund from GolfNow?
You can modify or cancel your tee time up to one hour prior to the time of play, and you will be fully refunded for any prepaid amounts in the form of a GolfNow credit. So if the weather changes, one of your group can't make it, a work emergency pops up or anything else happens, don't worry.
Do golf courses get money from GolfNow?
Those tee times are sold as “Hot Deals,” and the money goes directly to GolfNow, and serves as the only payment the company gets for providing their services to a course. Because money made from the “Hot Deals” goes directly to GolfNow it's in the company's best interest to get as much as they can.
How does GolfNow get paid?
GolfNow members earn 1 point per $1 spent based on the pre-tax amount paid for all convenience fees and “Hot Deals” green fees. So, for example, a GolfNow member booking a $40 Hot Deals tee time for just one player would earn 43.49 GolfNow Rewards points (total price with convenience fee).
What are the benefits of GolfPass?
GolfPass is the one membership that connects golfers to every aspect of the game. With exclusive video, $10 monthly tee time credits, world-class instruction, travel tips, credit at popular resorts and other benefits included.
What is the cost of GolfPass?
GolfPass will cost $9.99 per month or $99 per year. NBC Golf Channel's venture with Rory McIlroy follows GolfTV's content partnership with Tiger Woods, announced in November.
What are GolfPass perks?
GolfPass Perks allows you to highlight your business in exclusive GolfPass, GolfNow, and Golf Advisor emails and tee time listings. Current Perks course partners see significant growth and increased rounds over time.
What happens if you don't show up to a tee time?
But what happens if a player does miss their tee time? Rule 5.3a states that golfers must tee off at the exact time of their allotted tee time, no earlier or no later. If a golfer tees off less than five minutes early, they receive a general penalty, which is two strokes.
What happened to GolfNow?
Now, the PGA TOUR is out of the online tee time marketplace. Meanwhile, the merger of GolfNow and TeeOff – the two biggest third-party booking engines in the game – gives NBC Sports Group control of a vast majority of the online tee time inventory.
Who owns GolfNow?
NBC Sports GroupGolfNow / Parent organizationNBC Sports Group, which owns GolfNow, has acquired its largest competitor in the tee time marketplace — EZLinks Golf. With the acquisition, NBC controls an estimated 90% of the golf industry's aggregated, online tee time inventory.
How does GolfPass free round work?
Once your free trial starts, you will receive seven (7) days of access to GolfPass free of charge, including one (1) booking for up to four (4) players with waived fees on GolfNow. In addition, you will have unlimited access to all GolfPass video content.
How long does it take to shoot 18 holes of golf?
around 3-5 hoursTo reiterate, it usually takes around 3-5 hours to golf 18 holes. But the exact duration will depend on a number of factors. For example, if you're playing in a foursome with slow or poor players, a round could take closer to six hours.
How long does it take to play 18 holes of golf?
The answer to how long a round of golf takes varies from course to course, day to day. There are tons of factors that go into it, but an average round is 4 hours and 30 minutes. A longer round of golf is considered slow day. A shorter round of golf means a good pace of play.
Is tee off and GolfNow the same?
Now, the PGA TOUR is out of the online tee time marketplace. Meanwhile, the merger of GolfNow and TeeOff – the two biggest third-party booking engines in the game – gives NBC Sports Group control of a vast majority of the online tee time inventory.
What is a golf pass?
GolfPass is the one membership that connects golfers to every aspect of the game. Benefits include exclusive video, $10 monthly tee time credits, world-class instruction, travel tips, credit at popular resorts and more. GolfPass combines the very best of golf into one convenient, affordable membership.
When will GolfPass be upgraded to GolfPass+?
Members who purchased a GolfPass annual membership prior to 1/12/2021 have been upgraded to a GolfPass+ membership as of 1/12/2021. As part of the upgrade, members now receive: 10 waived convenience fees on their first 10 bookings (up to 4 players per booking) on GolfNow.
How many times can you cancel a GolfPass+ membership?
GolfPass+ members are covered under Worry-Free Tee Times TM, which allows GolfPass+ members to cancel or modify their tee time reservation online at least one (1) hour prior to their scheduled tee time, for any reason, without penalty, up to ten (10) times per year of their membership.
What is GolfPass Plus?
GolfPass+ is the one membership that connects golfers to every aspect of the game. Benefits include exclusive video, $10 monthly tee time credits, world-class instruction, travel tips, credit at popular resorts and more. GolfPass combines the very best of golf into one convenient, affordable membership.
How long is a tee time on golf?
When you click on a tee time and select the number of players, the tee time is put on hold for five (5) minutes. This allows time to complete the booking process. If you do not complete the process, the tee time will be removed from hold and reappear on the website.
How far in advance do you have to tee up for golf?
However, some golf courses may choose to make their tee times available 30 to 90 days in advance or further depending on their business practices.
Can you cancel a tee time reservation at the golf course?
Tee time reservations paid at the golf course are subject to the golf course's specific cancellation policy, which can be found in your View Reservations page. Convenience fees will not be refunded for cancellations unless the course is closed on the day of play and the golfer did not play any of the tee time.
Greggap
Now that Golfnow is charging $199 per year, what's your experience been just calling the courses vs using Golfnow? Do you recoup the $199 if you use Golfnow?
playar32
I have found a couple of discrepancies between the normal rates of the course and what golfnow charges. Hotdeals are better rates, but why pay golfnow a fee. Most courses have a golfnow type technology on their website anyway.
SNIPERBBB
I'd call the course...last time I used golfnow we booked a course that unbeknownst to me was effectively closed, old silo Kentucky now perma closed. The club house had been closed since the previous fall and some maintenance guy came out and took our money, had to pay cash.
Greggap
I called around to three courses, none of them was close to the Golfnow price for a similar prized tee time, it ranged for $10-20 difference, so if you play a lot Golfnow is probably worth it, especially if you use the Hot Deals.
sethdavidsdad
Golfnow is always cheaper for me. Surprised that some of the courses charge more than the standard golfnow rate. I have called a pro shop on the way to the course asked the price and then end up booking thru golfnow just because they try to charge more. I get the hot deals are more but don’t understand charging more than the regular rate.
golfandfishing
The below is true for Hot Deals only. Courses have (or at least used to have) the option of either paying GN a fee to be on their platform or they could allow GN to sell a few times a day as Hot Deals, instead of paying a fee upfront GN keeps all of the revenue from Hot Deals.
Hack Daddy
If GN is so morally abhorrent, then golf courses should just opt out of using it. Very simple; it's a partnership they agree to.
GolfNow - Received a Christmas Gift
I have been receiving a christmas gift card from my wife with Golf Now. Their website is returning an error message while trying to redeemed it. Last year I also encountered the same issue, and called them up and on that same day, they applied the gift card to my account, no that big deal.
GolfNow - GolfNow ripping off people - Don't book with them
I booked a round for me and my wife, when we were driving to the course, we received a phone call from the course warning us that the course was flooded and in bad shape. We asked the guy how bad it was and he said that the course should really be closed so he felt he needed to warn us.
GolfNow - frequent access error
I used to use ur app' for golf in US for the long time. i like ur system, useful, resonable. but recently it happened again when i tried to checking my reservation on this app'. no access, of course i couldn't confirm my reservation, this week too. tried erase and reload the app' many times, even log-out and in (also alert my id&PW are invalid Huh...) there are nothing i can anymore..
GolfNow - Unauthorized golfnow annual subscription fee
On June 22, 2021 my checking account was hit for a charge of $97 for a subscription I had cancelled 2 years prior. In June of 2020, my account was charge twice for $97, but was ultimately returned last year.
GolfNow - The refund policy
I tried to cancel a tee time on Friday booked for a foursome that Saturday because I got corona virus. GolfNow wouldn't allow me to do so. I called the course and got it cancelled that way. Again. Because I have coronavirus. And I was charged the $200 for 4 players plus the $12 convenience fee.
GolfNow - Tee time
I booked and paid for a tee time at Lakeland Village in Allyn WA and 20 seconds after I realized I made it for the wrong week, Aug 28 should have been Sep 4. I immediately called the golf course. They said they couldn't cancel the Golf Now time but could make the correct tee time.
GolfNow - Refunds
I accidentally booked a reservation twice, with different credit cards, I called to get a refund for one of the reservations I was told that I can only get a credit. They will only give a credit not a refund for one of the reservations.
Course and pathways need work!
Unfortunately the course was not in very good shape. The greens had mold on them, the cups were rough around the edges and the fairways were either too wet or too dry throughout most of the course. Not the most enjoyable day of golf we have had. We stopped at the club house for lunch at the turn.
Refund policy
Had to cancel due to me having covid. Still waiting for my refund? Or credit?
Very frustrated
Very frustrated when trying to book tee times on popular courses. The tee sign-up sheets weren't populated after midnight on courses that allowed for 7 days advanced booking. Last Wednesday I kept trying until 45 minutes after midnight, and still no joy. Had to settle for a lower tier course.
full service and easy booking
the listings of the golf courses provide a wide range of options. Once a course is selected, booking the location and time is easy.
Terrible Customer Service
If I could give this a zero rating I would. We booked a tee time for one date, but when I got the confirmation email it was for a different date. A mere 3 minutes later I was able to cancel the tee time through GolfNow. We checked with the golf course to make sure the tee time had been canceled and that we would not be charged and they told us yes.
Golf now experience
I use Golfnow to find tee times that are not expensive. It gives me specials and saved me time calling pro shops.
Great experience
Great experience! Loved the ability to book a very good tee time and loved the savings! I will use GolfNow more often in the future - Thank you!
golfduval
Golf is expensive enough as it is. What are some ways to avoid having to pay fees to book a tee time? It seems like its an illusion that golfnow and related sites are offering "discounted" tee times yet charging you fees that add up to more than you would normally pay.
Pendragon
Golf is expensive enough as it is. What are some ways to avoid having to pay fees to book a tee time? It seems like its an illusion that golfnow and related sites are offering "discounted" tee times yet charging you fees that add up to more than you would normally pay.
gregsandiego
Golf is expensive enough as it is. What are some ways to avoid having to pay fees to book a tee time? It seems like its an illusion that golfnow and related sites are offering "discounted" tee times yet charging you fees that add up to more than you would normally pay.
dennyjones
I paid $3.49 each for three this week. It was a good deal so the additional cost was still below the course's regular price. I had a $10 reward so I played for under $10.
Buckeyebowman
Either take one of the above suggestions or book enough rounds that you avoid the fee! I've booked "hot deal" rounds at a local course that would normally charge in the mid 30's for 10 bucks plus fee, which equals about 13 bucks! What's the problem?
imsys0042
If there is a course that you like then strike up a conversation with the people behind the counter. Ask about the difference in price between online and calling and see if they would be happy to give you the better rate since you are interested in playing there sometimes.
paininthenuts
Golf is expensive enough as it is. What are some ways to avoid having to pay fees to book a tee time? It seems like its an illusion that golfnow and related sites are offering "discounted" tee times yet charging you fees that add up to more than you would normally pay.
moegolfer11
Yes I couldn't stand it, It would always double book tee times, or book on top of tee times that had been set up through phone that I put in the system.
Shiram
No Golf Now courses in my area. I found it to be a pain in the arse to use when I was in Florida and the deals were not any better than I could get by booking direclty with the course (online). I do however love booking times online.
Carolina Golfer 2
It is probably a lot like expedia and hotwire for hotels. I manage a hotel and we view those booking engines as a neccessary evil. It's not so much because of the rates.
edub72
The course I play at uses it but will give you cheaper if you just ask, case in point, booked thru golfnow and rate was xx.xx for green fee and cart and when I got to the course they mentioned not to book thru golfnow anymore because they build golfnows fees into the green fee that they give them and give you in person the green fee minus the golf now fees.
KYMAR
While 3putt4par's explanation is a good on speaking generally about GN, I am not understanding why an employee would have a specific problem with those who get in on one of those "hot deals" As I understand it golfnow guarantees certain bookings with each course and they pay the course for those times and they are the ones taking the hit.
poizster
While 3putt4par's explanation is a good on speaking generally about GN, I am not understanding why an employee would have a specific problem with those who get in on one of those "hot deals" As I understand it golfnow guarantees certain bookings with each course and they pay the course for those times and they are the ones taking the hit.
Oldboy
While 3putt4par's explanation is a good on speaking generally about GN, I am not understanding why an employee would have a specific problem with those who get in on one of those "hot deals" As I understand it golfnow guarantees certain bookings with each course and they pay the course for those times and they are the ones taking the hit.
