Toad Valley Golf Course of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, known for their fun and relaxed golf atmosphere has teamed up with Gallus Golf to further improve their golfer experience. One of Iowa’s most eventful courses, Toad Valley offers leagues, ladies nights, holiday events, yoga, and miniature golf, on top of monthly club events and daily golf. With the list of monthly events that keeps their club busy, having a focus on customer service was key in their decision to move forward with partnering with Gallus Golf. Allison George, General Manager of Toad Valley Golf Course says, “One of the bigger selling features that I wanted to offer was a level of customer service that I’m unable to provide. Being a family owned and operated course, we run a very tight ship. The app is able to assist me with this by including push notifications that can show up after a few holes, so golfers can be prompted to contact the clubhouse if there’s something that needs to be addressed. In the shoulder season, I can continue to offer a food and beverage solution without a cart on the course by using the app to place orders.”
In addition to push notifications, Gallus Golf offers other messaging tools, such as pop up messaging on the course, and geofence technology off the course. Their golf club partners, who are utilize these tools have seen a stronger connection to their golfers and increase of course revenue. Specifically in the younger demographic, who are naturally early adopters to technology trends.
App gamification is another trend that attracts younger demographics. Gallus Golf has gaming features for players to set their scores to different formats of skins, best ball, stableford, and other games. As players keep score in the app, their scores and standings are automatically calculated, adding a fun competitive component to the golf club app. In addition, Gallus Golf sponsors the Monthly Tournament Series to all golfers using the app each month. The top 100 golfers receive a $10 gift certificate to golfballs.com. Golf clubs partnered with Gallus can promote this monthly competition to encourage more play each month. Allison George of Toad Valley certainly sees the value in this piece, “As I continue to try to appeal to a younger audience, I greatly appreciate how easy the app lends itself to adding a gamification component to the game of golf. No one has to actually figure skins or configure a match play outing – it’s all done automatically simply from using the scorecard. Golfers can even compete with fellow golfers all around the world using the app. In a world where it’s becoming normal to have a set of ‘online friends’, I think Gallus does a great job of marrying gamification and the traditions of golf.”
It’s unique to see a course with such an emphasis on providing a fun and social experience to its golfers through events and technology. With Toad Valley’s elite team and dedication to its golfers, it’s safe to say big things are in store for Toad Valley Golf Course App, as they plan to utilize Gallus Golf app tools to their maximum ability.
About Toad Valley Golf Course
Toad Valley Golf Course is a full-service golf facility in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Since its inception in 1973, Toad Valley has striven to provide a great golfing experience as well as an inviting atmosphere where fantastic memories are created. Toad Valley also provides full service event planning for weddings, banquets, graduations or any special occasions. Other course amenities include their miniature golf facility and conference center. Learn more about Toad Valley Golf Course, visit https://toadvalleygolfcourse.com/.
About Gallus Golf
Gallus Golf is a world leader in the golf industry marketing world and is widely known for
launching custom branded mobile apps for golf courses, having currently 700+ courses utilizing
their technology. The Gallus Golf team is located in the San Diego, CA headquarters. To learn
more about Gallus Golf visit https://gallusgolf.com.
Contact:
Molly Jasco
Marketing Manager
858.869.1360
molly@gallusgolf.com
