Daily-fee course

A privately owned course open to the public, without membership as the primary relationship.

The category matters because most golf software was built for private clubs, where the member roster is the centre of everything. At a daily-fee course the roster is small or nonexistent, and the operation is a labour and turf business with a pro shop attached.

Together with municipal courses, daily-fee facilities are the large majority of golf in the United States — roughly three quarters of facilities are open to the public.

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A buyer's guide for municipal golf courses

Around 2,900 US golf courses are municipally owned, and almost none of the major club software was designed for them. What to look for, what to ignore, and how to get it approved.

Fairway is built by people who had to learn all of this.

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