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TwinCitiesGolf.com welcomes Applewood Hills GC (Stillwater, MN) to our Public Country Club multi-course membership program!
Learn more about PCC and tee up unlimited golf at 160+ courses for only $65/month at www.ThePublicCC.com
Learn more about Applewood Hills GC and book tee times at www.ApplewoodHillsGolf.com
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If you are a golf course owner or manager, you may have noticed that in November of 2023, Google and Golfnow teamed up to add a BOOK ONLINE button to many golf course’s google business listing. This is an effort by “Reserve with Google” to add the golf industry to their current list of industries they are working with including restaurants and hospitality to direct consumers DIRECTLY to the online booking portal.
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READ THE SAGACITY GOLF WRITE UP ON THIS HERE
The goal, according to the Google rep in charge of this golf industry integration, is to have people searching to book a tee time “skip” going to the course website and go DIRECTLY to the booking engine.
While this is a “save a click” intention, not driving people to your course website has many disadvantages including learning about your facility, reading you online booking policies, reducing website traffic volume (which contributes to your SEO ranking), and can create a broken link in the future if you change booking engines.
If you would like the BOOK ONLINE button to remain, Step 1 is to contact your teesheet provider and ask them if they currently work with Google and if they can update the link on your BOOK ONLINE button if it is not currently going to your current booking engine. Google will NOT link to your website from this button - only directly to your booking engine. As of March 2025, Tenfore, foreUP, ClubCaddie, Sagacity, Quick18, Play18 and Lightspeed can work with Google to update that link.
If you would like the BOOK ONLINE button removed, contact your teesheet provider FIRST and ask if they are able to have your course REMOVED FROM THE “RESERVE WITH GOOGLE” PROGRAM. If not, contact GolfNow support to request removal of the BOOK ONLINE button. Here is the contact info for a Golfnow Sales Representative that has been able to assist courses in Minnesota:
Scott Biggers
Area Sales Manager, Golf
E scott.biggers@nbcuni.com
M 407.450.2607
Support 844.800.4653
Tee it up this week at TPC Sawgrass (on the sim) with their annual Inside Edge "Sawgrass Skins 2-Person Scramble". Cost is $20 per team entry fee for Cash Skins payouts (+ sim time) with top 5 teams also winning a $50 Inside Edge gift card. Book tee times online at www.InsideEdgeGolf.com then ask for a Sawgrass Skins scorecard at check-in. Over $1,000 in payouts last year!
Le Sueur Country Club is offering a March Membership Special. Experience one of the best conditioned courses & historical layouts in Minnesota just a short drive from the Twin Cities & Mankato.
Learn more and experience "Championship Golf. Closer Than You Think." at www.LeSueurCountryClub.com
TCG welcomes The Wilds Golf Club (Prior Lake, MN) to our Public Country Club multi-course membership program!
Learn more about PCC and tee up unlimited golf at 160+ courses for only $65/month at www.ThePublicCC.com
Previously ranked the #1 public course in Minnesota and now under new ownership+managment, The Wilds is a Tom Weiskopf-design located next to Mystic Lake Casino. Learn more at www.GolfTheWilds.com
Mulligan's Indoor Golf is playing TPC Sawgrass for their month-long "Course of the Month" competition. Over $1,000 paid out in February. Learn more and register a team at https://mulligansindoor.com/ - play at either their Plymouth or Eagan location!
Golfing outside on March 2, 2025 marks 24 CONSECUTIVE months that Montgomery National GC has been open for play - a historical record for Minnesota golf courses!
View the 2025 Courses Open List at www.TwinCitiesGolf.com
Learn more about Montgomery National Golf Club and book tee times at www.MontgomeryNationalGolf.com
Hear directly from Founder Chad Dietz of the Foreward Golf Universal Iron Fitting System why it’s different.
Occasionally something comes along that changes the way the golf industry thinks about and does things...we think this is one of them.
Founded and based in California, you can go through the process here in Minnesota with Go Low Golf located in Mulligan's Indoor Golf (Plymouth, MN)
Watch the video at https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-Xpz30JU0v/
