They plan the whole day, not just the round. Approved partners are the businesses we point them to for the rest of it.
It is an approved list of businesses that serve players around the round. Applications are reviewed by a person against published criteria, and approved partners can buy placement in front of golfers in their market. Relevance to the golfer decides who gets in.
Selective is the point. A recommendation nobody vets is worth nothing to the person reading it, and nothing to you.
Every application comes down to this: how does your business help a golfer play more, play better, or enjoy the day around the round?
Answer it in a sentence and you are most of the way in. Struggle with it and you have your answer too.
Approval costs nothing. The paid placement available today is The 19th Hole Dedicated Email Spotlight.
A dedicated email spotlight to players in your regional market. Your offer, your business, nobody else sharing the send.
Anything past that gets scoped on the call. What moves a club fitter is not what fills a grill room on a Saturday.
Not a closed list. These are the categories where the answer to the one question is obvious.
TPI certified trainers, recovery studios, and therapists who keep a swing healthy.
The grill room, the sports bar, the coffee stop before a 6am tee time.
Agents who actually know the golf communities they sell in.
Custom fitters, local pro shops, and launch monitor specialists.
Businesses that serve players directly. Fitness and physical therapy practices, restaurants and bars near courses, agents working golf communities, club fitters and pro shops. Anything with no clear connection to the day on course is turned down.
Approval itself costs nothing. The paid placement available today is The 19th Hole Dedicated Email Spotlight at $199 per dedicated send. Anything beyond that is scoped on a call.
A few business days. A person reads every application, so it is not instant, and that is rather the point.
No, but it helps. A grill room by the 18th green is an easy yes. A fitter or a therapist can serve a whole metro, and those are judged on relevance rather than distance to a tee box.
Because a list nobody vets is worth nothing. People use the directory because it is verified. Padding it with businesses that have nothing to do with the game devalues every other recommendation on the site, including yours.
Run a course instead of a local business? See Featured Partner placement or Fairway Freddie. Looking for somewhere to play? Browse the course directory.
Tell us how your business helps a golfer play more, play better, or enjoy the day. That is the application.
No fee to apply Reviewed by a person