A digital hospitality agency for golf courses

Golfers judge your course
online first.

Before anyone reaches your first tee, they’ve checked your Google listing, scrolled your website and tried to book. We design that whole experience, then show you which parts are making you money.

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The Bandana putting course at Scottsdale Country Club, an smbGOLF client.

Why it matters

Your tech was bought one piece at a time. Golfers feel every gap.

Google shows last season's hours.

So the golfer calls, or goes somewhere that’s clearly open.

"Book online" sends them to someone else's site.

You pay for the round you should have booked directly.

The frost delay is on Facebook, not your website.

The phone rings all morning anyway.

Digital hospitality closes those gaps.

01

Your website should be the primary source of truth for every golfer question, every time.

02

Send golfers to your website first

Every possible customer should be guided to your website before an app, marketplace or social profile.

03

Most golf course websites are under-optimized, which creates an excellent opportunity for improvement.

04

The tee time booking engine often shapes the golfer’s first real experience with the course.

05

Use the rules to your advantage

Like professional golfers do. Don’t break the rules. Understand them and make them work for you.

06

Great first impressions matter

A great first impression builds trust and helps overcome an occasional on-property miss.

07

Strategy comes before software

Set goals and refresh your business plan before making major technology changes.

What we do

Everything between "golf near me" and the last hole.

Fast, mobile-first course sites built to answer questions and push golfers to book with you directly.

Your Business Profile managed and scored against the courses near you, so you show up in maps, search and AI answers.

Fewer taps from interest to tee time, on your site, your Google listing and every place golfers start.

Read what golfers really say, beyond the star average, and turn it into fixes.

A weekly recap every Tuesday, plus monthly Google grades, review and booking reports.

Technology strategy

Independent advice on your tee sheet, POS and the tools around them, before you sign the next contract.

How we work

Score it. Fix it. Prove it.

01

Score it

We grade your Google profile, website and booking path against the courses in your county.

02

Fix it

We rebuild what’s costing you rounds first, from listing details to a new site.

03

Regular reporting shows what changed and what it was worth.

Every Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.

A full, complete recap of the previous week, in your inbox before the day gets busy.

Monthly

See how your course stacks up against the others in your county.

Reviews

Your course’s Review Advocacy Index: how golfers really feel, beyond the star average.

Booking

Your conversion rate, where your rounds come from, and how golfers book.

Featured work

They needed a great website with custom functionality. We built exactly that.

Plans

Start where it hurts most.

Get found

Google Business Profile management and monthly scoring.

Get booked

A new course website built around direct booking.

Own your truth

Keep your website, reviews, and AI accurate — without adding work for your staff.

Run Toast?

Course websites built to work with your Toast POS.

About

Golf is all we do.

smbGOLF is led by Mike Hendrix. He reviews golf technology, interviews the people building it, and advises the owners associations whose members buy it. That’s the view you get when you work with us.

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Want to discuss your course?
Find Mike.