“I remember leaving the office on March 17th of this year as the pandemic began to unfold. I think we all expected in some ways for it to be a blip, and we would return within a few days, or a couple of weeks at most,” says Rob Hoffman, VP of Gallus Golf. “Fortunately, earlier in the year we had launched Mobile Tee Time Check-In in concert with Club Prophet. We believed that being able to engage customers remotely would pay huge dividends in their operations. If we had only known at the time that we began building this feature just how important it would become this year!”
To date, millions of dollars have been processed through this feature that Gallus Golf and Club Prophet combined to launch earlier this year. When the pandemic struck, they quickly mobilized their teams to make a web version of it available free to their customers as well. The solution fully integrates a contactless check-in process that can happen via the web or the club’s custom-branded mobile app with Gallus Golf. It receives payment for tee times booked by a golfer and affects the tee sheet, POS, and payment processor and, in turn, bank account of the course. It is just the same as if the golfer had walked into the golf shop and handed over crisp $100 bills.
“We spoke with many courses in April and May to get the mobile and web check-in features running for them,” says Kyle Youngkin, Gallus Director of Customer Success. “Without it, many of them would have been unable to open due to local regulations on customer contact. These courses ended up holding a competitive advantage in their market and were able to cultivate loyal relationships as they headed into the golf season- all because they implemented mobile check-in so early on.”
Gallus is excited to see these features continue to grow in their capabilities. “Gallus Golf has delivered a mobile self-service customer experience to our golf course clients for nearly 10 years now. The pandemic accelerated the advancement of these tools this year.” says Gallus CEO, Jason Wilson. “We’ve been very focused on providing more contactless solutions, such as onTap Mobile Food & Beverage, Loyalty Programs, and our Offer Locker. We will continue to expand these and other e-commerce tools. They will encompass revenue-driving functions from golf shop merchandise, pre-paid value programs, quick-upsell items, and more. This is all delivered through 100% custom-branded mobile apps, giving the courses we partner with the ability to own their platform and not be in a shared environment with competing courses.”
To learn more about the many Contactless Features from Gallus Golf, including Mobile Check-In, onTap F&B, Tee Time Booking, Mobile Golf Shops, GHIN Integration, Text The Course, and more, visit here: https://www.gallusgolf.com/contactless-features
About Gallus Golf
Gallus Golf strengthens the relationship between golf course and customer through custom branded technology and marketing. They are the leader in building golf communities, increasing customer loyalty, and delivering best-in-class customer experience. To learn more, visit https://gallusgolf.com/.
Contact
Rob Hoffman
Gallus Golf
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
858.437.9262
rob@gallusgolf.com
