Lightspeed Golf

You get your tee sheet, pro shop, restaurant, memberships and payments in one system, aimed at golf resorts, private clubs, municipal courses and multi-course operators. Lightspeed Golf is the golf course management and point of sale and payments platform from Lightspeed Commerce, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with further offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The software is used by general managers, golf directors, head professionals and kitchen managers. Its golf page states that Chronogolf is powered by Lightspeed and that the company works with more than 2,000 golf courses.

A tee sheet that cuts no-shows and alerts golfers to open slots

As tee time and course management software, Lightspeed Golf gives you a cloud tee sheet with dynamic pricing. Pre-paid bookings help you cut no-shows, a waitlist alerts golfers when slots open after cancelations, and Reserve with Google lets players book straight from a search result. You can also sell lessons, simulator bays, event rentals and equipment rentals through the booking widget, and the system connects you to what Lightspeed calls the largest tee time marketplace. If you run simulator bays alongside the course, the commercial golf simulator buying guide may help when you price that side.

Pro shop and clubhouse dining in the same system

Your pro shop runs on Lightspeed’s retail POS, so you keep one SKU per product across locations, transfer stock between facilities and send purchase orders to vendors. For clubhouse dining you get an iPad restaurant POS with self-service kiosks, plus Lightspeed Delivery for the main food delivery apps. Lightspeed also supplies POS hardware for the course, pro shop and clubhouse restaurant.

One statement and one family bill for your members

For private clubs, Lightspeed integrates with Whoosh’s tee sheet and scheduling software for member booking, dining and billing. Your members can hold multi-site memberships, see golf, retail and restaurant charges on one online statement, put a whole family on one bill and pay automatically by credit card or ACH.

Flat-rate payments and reporting

You pay one flat rate on payments, which the company says carries no hidden fees, with custom rates available. You also get hundreds of reports, accounting sync and an open API.

Golf operators Lightspeed names as customers

Published customer stories include Advance, which according to Lightspeed used tee sheet data to revise an acquired course’s yearly revenue forecast from $5.1M to $7.4M, plus TPC Toronto and The Club at Lac La Belle. Its multi-course page also lists Antognolla in Umbria, Italy, Jackson National Golf Club in Tennessee, Landscapes Golf Management, the 36-hole Club de Golf Lachute in Quebec, Ratcliffe Golf Services with five North Carolina courses, and Trillium Wood Golf Club in Ontario.

Switching help and 24/7 support

When you switch, you get data migration plus hardware and payments setup, followed by one-on-one staff onboarding and a dedicated account manager. You can reach 24/7 support by chat from inside the tee sheet. Lightspeed cites 20 years of industry experience.

Other golf club software suppliers listed here include Club Prophet, TeeQuest Solutions, BRS Golf and intelligentgolf.

Source: lightspeedhq.com/golf/, lightspeedhq.com/pos/golf/multi-course/, lightspeedhq.com/about/