Golf is likely one of the few sports activities allowed to be performed for the time being, however solely below strict new guidelines. Right here, on-line tee time supplier BRS GOLF, explains how one can handle and even improve bookings whereas adhering to the brand new rules.
These are unprecedented occasions. The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has utterly modified the best way we stay our lives and know-how performs a extra pivotal function than ever in serving to us keep linked to our household, mates and hobbies.
As golfers, we’re fortunate our sport can nonetheless be performed whereas sustaining social distancing, and that know-how makes it attainable for members to ebook rounds, pay payments and hold updated with membership information while not having to go to the clubhouse.
As golf golf equipment throughout the UK and Eire start to reopen to members and guests, the security of their employees and golfers should be their first precedence. At BRS GOLF by GOLFNOW we’ve know-how options which permit golf equipment to proceed to function safely whereas minimising the chance to members, guests and employees.
Tee sheet
The core of BRS GOLF’s know-how providing is its unparalleled tee sheet. Primary on the planet, utilized by 3,500 golf golf equipment throughout 14 international locations, the tee sheet permits your workplace and professional store employees to handle every kind of bookings with ease and offers you the flexibleness to run your tee sheet the best way you need, guaranteeing you possibly can maximise course utilization with out impacting members.
Assist keep social distancing by limiting to 1 or two balls solely, and transfer or delete time slots to make sure acceptable tee time intervals. It’s also possible to prohibit your tee sheet for members solely or open up sure occasions to guests.
All our different merchandise are built-in with this highly effective tee sheet, together with some thrilling new improvements.
Membership administration
This feature-rich resolution was designed with members and membership directors in thoughts so you possibly can handle all elements of membership in a single place. It consists of the power to invoice members and take funds on-line, which means you possibly can restrict in-person transactions.
Enhance member retention by utilising our customized subscription cycles to increase provides to members and tailor-made fee schemes to allow golfers to unfold the price of their membership month-to-month, bi-monthly or at one other fee set by the membership.
Memberships prevent time by simply automating time-consuming duties, making life easier for you and your employees. Members can handle their funds fully on-line by way of the members’ web site or app and get fee reminders once they log in, in order that they know when their payments are due.
Membership expertise
The golf membership member expertise is central to our know-how and the outcomes converse for themselves. Now we have over half one million registered golfers within the UK and Eire utilizing our members’ web site and cellular app.
To make the expertise much more user-friendly we’ve rolled-out an enhanced model of our members’ web site that’s now stay in over 800 golf equipment throughout the nation. New options embrace its responsive design – bettering tee time reserving for cellular and pill customers and members’ buggy reserving. Golf equipment can keep in contact with members utilizing our membership messages instrument – these seem as notifications when members login to the location or as push notifications within the app.
Hold members knowledgeable about course restrictions, share excellent news when competitions are reinstated, and proceed to contain them in membership life, even when they will’t at present come to the clubhouse.
Membership Finance
Free to golf golf equipment utilizing our new members’ module, Membership Finance helps golf equipment retain and purchase golfers by making membership extra reasonably priced and accessible than ever. Our pioneering partnership with V12 Retail Finance permits golfers to use for a mortgage to cowl their membership on-line, immediately by way of BRS GOLF.
Golf equipment can considerably enhance money move from membership subscriptions as funds will probably be remitted inside 48 hours of the golfer’s profitable software. And, as a result of the settlement is between V12 and the golfer, golf equipment gained’t endure clawbacks if a member defaults. Golfers can apply to cowl a number of memberships and different membership or union charges.
We consider Membership Finance may have specific attraction post-lockdown for golfers who need to unfold the price of their membership. That is at present accessible within the UK and Northern Eire solely.
Funds
Our funds resolution has been particularly designed for golf golf equipment and permits you to handle all of your on-line transactions by way of BRS GOLF.
Assist members and guests keep social distancing by permitting them to pay payments and inexperienced charges on-line. Simply e mail fee hyperlinks and invoices so prospects pays on-line, settle for over the telephone funds towards bookings and problem refunds, and even partial refunds, on the click on of a button. Built-in with our customer reserving engine so there’s no want for prolonged professional store queues!
Golf equipment utilizing our funds resolution can even opt-in for our new Versatile Memberships software program, utterly freed from cost. It permits versatile members to pay, ebook tee occasions and top-up factors on-line. Lately the trade has seen demand for any such membership develop, and – significantly within the present local weather – BRS GOLF needs to assist golf golf equipment cater for this viewers.
Customer Expertise
The all-new BRS GOLF Customer Reserving Engine is totally mobile-responsive, straightforward to make use of and has a wise new design. Our funds resolution is totally built-in so you possibly can take pre-payment for inexperienced charges, golf packages and open competitions on-line.
Golf equipment may even accumulate golfers’ membership, handicap and CDH quantity on the time of reserving to assist streamline competitions, and show separate member and customer competitors charges. The reserving engine can also be customisable, so your membership can embrace its emblem and outline.
Competitions and handicapping
BRS GOLF has partnered with market-leading competitors and handicapping merchandise together with Golf Genius, HandicapMaster and Membership V1. Final yr we launched performance permitting your members to entry their HandicapMaster login immediately by way of the BRS GOLF members’ web site and app. Now your members can save time and monitor outcomes, leaderboards and entry scores, multi function place.
Keen on our merchandise? Contact the BRS GOLF workforce and chat to one among our specialists immediately on sales@golfnow.co.uk or by freephone on 0080078088888.
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