Sovara Golf™ / Platform

Everything the course runs on, in one place.

One golfer record connects the tee sheet, the register, the member account, the scorecard and the app. Here is what Sovara Golf™ is being built to do.

Tee sheet

In development

The sheet every staff member sees, live, on a desktop, tablet or phone. The pro gets the full grid. The person at the register gets a one-column counter view of who’s next, who’s unpaid and who’s late.

  • 9, 18, 27, 36 or 54 holes, with rotations
  • Shotguns, blocks, leagues and lottery holds
  • Drag and drop across days and courses
  • Check-in at the counter, a kiosk or by phone
  • Carts, caddies, rentals and waivers on the booking
  • Weather delays that shift the sheet and text everyone
  • Starter, ranger and marshal screens for outdoors
  • Full change history on every booking
The tee sheet with ten-minute intervals, four players per time, paid and member status, and checked-in groups highlighted.
Tee sheet. Design prototype, sample data.

Booking and pricing

In development

A booking engine under your name on your website and in your app, with prices that follow demand inside the floors and ceilings you set. Golfers always see the whole sheet and the price they will actually pay.

  • Booking widget for any website
  • Book for the group and split the bill by text
  • Demand pricing you approve or put on autopilot
  • Junior, senior, resident and military rates
  • Waitlist that texts golfers when a time opens
  • Reminders and no-show rules you control
  • Promo codes, packages and prepaid deals
  • No convenience fees added at checkout
Dynamic pricing: waitlist count, revenue recovered, revenue per available time, and proposed Saturday prices by demand alongside the season rate schedule with floors and ceilings.
Dynamic pricing. Design prototype, sample data.

Pro shop

In development

A register built for golf. Check-ins arrive from the sheet with the green fee already on the cart, next to the merchandise, rentals, passes and gift cards.

  • Quick keys for green fees, carts and rentals
  • Inventory with sizes, colors and serial numbers
  • Purchase orders, receiving and counts
  • Rain checks, returns and house accounts
  • Gift cards that work at every register and online
  • Online store for merchandise and gift cards
The pro shop register with quick keys for green fees, rentals and apparel, and a cart with tax, a loyalty reward and tender buttons.
Pro shop register. Design prototype, sample data.

Food and beverage

In development

Tables, the bar, the turn and the beverage cart on the same system as the tee sheet. A golfer’s tab follows them from the cart to the grill.

  • Floor plans with courses, seats and firing
  • Kitchen display screens
  • Order to the turn from the golfer app
  • Beverage cart sales on a phone, on course
  • Split checks by seat or by amount
  • Member charge and spending minimums
Food and beverage: a floor plan with seated and firing tables, open tabs for the turn, a table, the cart and the bar, and kitchen and cart totals.
Food and beverage. Design prototype, sample data.

Payments

In development

Card processing comes with the software, so every register, kiosk, cart terminal and online checkout settles the same way, and every fee is itemized on the statement.

  • Tap, dip, swipe and mobile wallets
  • Card on file for members and pass holders
  • ACH for dues and statements
  • Tips on cards, gift cards and member charges
  • Each property settles to its own bank account
  • Deposits held for events until the event

How payments work

Golfers, passes and memberships

In development

One record per golfer across every course you run: rounds, spend, passes, handicap, preferences and consent. Sell season passes, punch cards and memberships with automatic billing.

  • Season passes, punch cards and annual plans
  • Automatic monthly billing and renewals
  • Duplicate merging and segments
  • Buddy lists and suggested groupings
  • No-show history and enforcement
  • Text and email consent tracked per golfer
Golfer records: a list with type, rounds, spend, last played, loyalty tier and risk, and one golfer's profile with handicap, courses played, saved card and preferences.
Golfer records. Design prototype, sample data.

Private club

In development

Switch a property to semi-private or private and the club screens appear: the member lifecycle, statements and receivables, minimums, lotteries, dining and the rest of the club.

  • Prospects, applications and board approval
  • Equity certificates, transfers and sell-lists
  • Dues, chits, statements and autopay
  • Food and beverage minimums with live pace
  • Member tee sheet rules and weighted lottery
  • Dining reservations, racquets, pool and spa
  • Guest registration and gate access
  • Committees, board packets and voting

Private clubs in detail

Live scoring, events and leagues

In development

A scoring engine of our own, built into the tee sheet. Club events, leagues, outings and casual games all score in one place, on any phone, with boards for TVs and cart screens.

  • Score in the app or a browser from a QR code
  • Leaderboards that update in seconds
  • Stroke, match, Stableford, scrambles and more
  • Skins, Nassau, Wolf, Vegas and other side games
  • Flights, pairings, cart signs and scorecards
  • League seasons, subs, points and standings
  • Handicap calculations by format
  • Scores saved offline and synced later
Live scoring: a net leaderboard for a member-guest, a QR code to join without an app, and a group's hole-by-hole card.
Live scoring. Design prototype, sample data.

Scoring in detail

Golfer app and community

In development

An app published under your course’s name. Golfers book, check in, order, score, pay and keep up with the club. Members get statements, dining and the directory too.

  • Arrival mode within range of the clubhouse
  • Change players, holes or carts without calling
  • Course hours, map, amenities and who to call
  • Club feed, events calendar and messages
  • Wallet for passes, gift cards and rewards
  • Round recap with stats to share
Golfer app scoring: hole 7 with distances to the back, center and front of the green, and the scorecard so far.
Golfer app club feed: a pinned course update from the club and posts from members.
Golfer app profile: yesterday's round recap, handicap index and wallet with passes and gift cards.

Marketing and loyalty

In development

Email, text and push campaigns that read from the same golfer record, so a lapsed golfer gets a come-back offer and an empty afternoon gets filled without a spreadsheet.

  • Automations for birthdays, lapsed golfers and slow tee times
  • Campaigns with bookings counted, not just opens
  • Points, tiers and rewards across every course
  • Surveys after the round and reply from one inbox
  • Review requests for happy golfers
  • A person to talk to on every automated message
Marketing: running automations, campaigns with sent, opened and booked counts, and reputation with rating and unanswered reviews.
Marketing. Design prototype, sample data.

Events, outings and activities

In development

From the first inquiry to the payout. Tournaments, charity outings, weddings and banquets run on the same roster, tee sheet and register.

  • Event pages with registration and sponsors
  • Day-of check-in, cart signs and bag tags
  • Donations, auctions and raffles for charity events
  • Banquet proposals, menus, deposits and event orders
  • Lessons, clinics, range and simulator bookings
  • Payouts to cash, shop credit or points
Tournaments and outings: a list of events with dates, formats, players, revenue and status, and a charity classic's day-of panel.
Tournaments and outings. Design prototype, sample data.

Back office

In development

Reports an accountant would write. The daily close reconciles to the card batch, deferred revenue is tracked properly, and you can ask a question in plain English and get a table back.

  • Twenty ready reports and a report builder
  • Daily journal for your accounting system
  • Passes, gift cards and deposits as deferred revenue
  • Staff schedules, time clock and tasks
  • Maintenance logs for the grounds crew
  • Scheduled reports by email
Reports: a plain-English question box and curated daily, finance and people reports.
Reports. Design prototype, sample data.

Multi-course management

In development

Every property in one view, from one database. Set standards in the center and let each course override what it needs to.

  • One golfer record, app and loyalty program
  • Portfolio reports by property and region
  • Rate, policy and template rollout from the center
  • Fast setup for newly acquired properties
A multi-course operator view: six properties with rounds, utilization, revenue per round, survey score, waitlist fills and flags.
Multi-course operator. Design prototype, sample data.

Foundations

In development

The parts you don’t see until you need them.

  • Keeps working offline and syncs when back online
  • Light, dark and outdoor display modes
  • Command bar that understands golf
  • Undo on every money and booking action
  • Roles and permissions down to the button
  • Open API and webhooks
  • Guided tours and training mode for seasonal staff
  • Help from a person by phone or chat
Official handicap posting · Planned with partners Hotel systems for resorts · Planned with partners GPS carts and pace tracking · Planned with partners Gates and door access · Planned with partners

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