For golf course operators
One par-3.
About $700 a day in pro shop gift card sales.
Girdie Golf runs a hit-the-green challenge on a hole you already have. We bring the staff, the signage and the prize money — including the $1,000 hole-in-one. You sell the gift cards and keep the happier golfers.
12 partner courses 176 event days 21,451 golfers engaged 2026 season
2026 season to date
April 4 – August 8, 2026 across 12 partner courses and 176 event days. Figures from our own shift-level operating records.
How it works
Three steps. None of them are yours.
We set up on your par-3
Our staffer, our banner, our tablet, our gift card float. We check in with the pro shop, run the hole, and pack out. Your team does nothing.
Golfers opt in for $20
Cash or card, as each group reaches the tee. It takes under a minute and doesn't slow play. About half of everyone we talk to plays.
Hit the green, double your money
Green in regulation wins a $40 gift card, redeemable in your pro shop, clubhouse or toward a future round. A hole-in-one wins $1,000.
We fund every prize — including the $1,000. Your course carries no prize liability and no staffing cost. You sell us gift cards at face value and your shop gets the redemption traffic.
Why courses say yes
Four reasons, with the numbers behind them.
Pro shop revenue
You sell us gift cards at face value for every winner. Those winners then have to walk into your shop to spend them, and most spend more than the card is worth.
Player engagement
A live prize on the course changes the round. Groups talk about it at the turn and ask for it the next time they book.
Support local causes
A share of our profit goes to The First Tee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and local causes. Golfers can add a donation at the tee, and many do.
No risk, easy trial
No contract and no minimum. Start with a single weekend, then look at the numbers from your own course before you commit to anything.
2026 results
What a day with us actually looks like.
The spread is mostly about the hole. Courses that give us a par-3 with real traffic — near the turn, visible from the clubhouse — land at the top of that range. Part of the free pilot is working out which hole that is for you. We'll show you your own numbers afterward, whatever they say.
On the course, 2026
Where we operate
12 partner courses across the Philadelphia region.
Outings & tournaments
We'll run your outing's signature hole.
Charity scrambles, corporate days, member-guests. We bring the whole challenge as a hole sponsor — banner, staff, gift cards and the $1,000 hole-in-one — so your organisers get a marquee hole without organising anything.
Opt-in runs higher at outings
Scramble fields are already in a competitive mood. At our 2026 outings, roughly seven in ten golfers played the challenge — well above our 52% season average.
It can raise money for your cause
For charity outings we'll direct a share of entries to the event's beneficiary, on top of what we already commit each season. Tell us the cause and we'll work out the number with you.
Nothing for your committee to run
We arrive early, set up on the hole you assign, run it all day and pack out. Volunteers stay on their own jobs.
You don't need to be one of our courses
Outings travel. If your event is at a club we've never worked with, that's fine — most of ours are.
What they say
Directors of golf, and one very lucky golfer.
“I was just hoping to find the green — never thought there was a chance it would find the hole! Thanks to the Girdie Golf team for making this memory extra special!”
“Our players love how this game adds excitement to every round. It's a win for them and a win for the course!”
Jeffersonville Golf Club
“It's been incredible watching our golfers have fun while supporting the club and the great causes with Girdie Golf — it's been a highlight of the season.”
The Golf Course at Glen Mills
In development
TraceCam
We're building camera coverage for the challenge hole, so every golfer who plays can walk away with the shot itself — not just the gift card. It's early, and we're taking our time getting it right.
Jeffersonville tee cam
The live feed is down while we rework the setup.
View the channel on YouTube →First Tee · CHOP · local causes
Something to tell your golfers.
A share of our profit goes to The First Tee and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, plus the local causes we run into along the way — scholarship funds, recovery charities, the beneficiaries of the outings we work. Golfers can add a donation right at the tee, and thousands of them have.
We'll tell you what your course raised. Broken out by cause, whenever you want it — for your newsletter, your email list, your social. Partners tend to find it the easiest good-news story they publish all season, and it's the part that makes hosting us straightforward to explain to an owner, a board or a parks department.
For directors of golf
The questions you're actually asking.
What does my course actually have to do?
Operationally, nothing. We bring the staffer, the banner, the tablet and the gift card float. We check in with your pro shop when we arrive, run the hole, and pack out at the end of the shift. You don't assign staff, you don't handle money, and you don't manage prizes.
Who pays the $1,000 if someone makes a hole-in-one?
We do. Girdie Golf funds 100% of prizes, including the $1,000 hole-in-one. It has happened once so far and we paid it in full, same day. Your course carries no prize liability whatsoever.
How does the course make money?
You sell us gift cards at face value for every winner. In 2026 that came to $121,600 across our 12 partner courses — an average of about $691 for every event day we ran. Winners then redeem those cards in your pro shop, clubhouse, or toward a future round, which brings them through your door and usually gets them spending above the card value.
Do you take a cut of anything?
No. There is no revenue split — not with your course, not with anyone. You sell us gift cards at face value and that money is yours. We keep the entry fees and we pay for the prizes out of them. Two clean transactions, no percentages, no invoicing back and forth.
Will this slow down play?
No. The challenge happens as groups arrive at a hole they were already going to play. Opting in takes under a minute, and the shot is the tee shot they were about to hit anyway. We've run 176 event days without a pace-of-play complaint.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry a standard general liability policy, and every course we operate at is named as an additional insured on it. Ask and we'll send your certificate over before we ever set foot on the property.
Which hole works best?
A par-3 with a clear view of the green, ideally somewhere with natural traffic like near the turn. We'll walk the course with you and recommend one — it usually takes about fifteen minutes to work out.
Can you do a one-off outing instead?
Yes, and we do a lot of them — charity scrambles, corporate days, member-guests. We come in as a hole sponsor and run the whole thing. Your event doesn't need to be at one of our partner courses.
How long is the trial, and what happens after?
One weekend, no contract and no minimum. Afterward we'll show you the numbers from your own course: golfers engaged, opt-in rate, gift cards sold. If it doesn't work for you, that's the end of it and there's nothing to cancel.
Let's connect
Book a free pilot weekend.
Tell us your course and we'll come walk it with you. No contract, no minimum, no cost to find out whether it works.
Or just email us
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