What it costs
What a golf club website should cost
A golf club earns from members, visitors, societies and functions. The site serves all of them. Here is what it costs and what you're paying for.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Golf club website cost
The short answer on cost
A golf club website cost starts from £297 for a spec-built site on your own domain, live within seven days, with the first three months of care included, then £49 a month you can stop whenever. That sits below the agency quotes and above the throwaway builders, both of which mislead you. But for a golf club the number matters less than the fact that a club earns from several streams at once, and a website serves all of them. There are members, the recurring core, but also visitor green fees, society and corporate days, and clubhouse functions like weddings and events, each a real source of income. A site that shows the course, takes bookings and promotes the clubhouse brings in all of them, while a listing or a thin page serves none well. So the site’s job is to win members, visitors, societies and functions together. Set against the revenue all those streams bring, a few hundred pounds is trivial.
What the money buys: every stream a club runs on
The value here is serving all the club’s income streams, not decoration. That price buys a site that shows the course and clubhouse well, to attract members and visitors, makes it easy to book a visit or a society day, and promotes the clubhouse for functions and events, so each stream is served. That matters because a golf club’s income is not memberships alone: showing the course wins members and green-fee visitors, taking bookings brings society and corporate revenue, and promoting the clubhouse wins the functions that fill quiet times, so a site that serves all of them captures far more than one aimed at a single stream. A club that shows its course beautifully and makes every stream easy to book or enquire about turns lookers into members, visitors, society organisers and function bookers alike. What you are paying for is a presence that brings in every stream a club runs on, which is where a golf club’s revenue comes from.
Why cheaper and dearer both mislead
The thousand-pound-plus agency quotes bundle overheads and complex systems, and while some clubs want integrated tee-time booking, the core job of showing the course and bringing in members, visitors and functions is done by a lean site for far less. The near-free DIY builders go the other way, producing thin, generic sites that serve none of the streams well. Both miss the point. A golf club needs a site that showcases the club and serves all its streams, which is a specific thing to get right, so agency prices can overspend and bargain builders undercut the revenue each stream brings.
Paid off by any of its streams
A golf club website pays for itself out of several streams at once, so the maths is quick. A new member, a booked society day, a run of visitor green fees, or a single clubhouse function, any one of them won through the site covers the build, and because members and functions are valuable and recurring, the site keeps paying across all its streams long after. Set against the combined revenue of the members, visitors, societies and functions a course-showing, easy-to-book site brings in, the modest cost is an easy decision for a club whose income comes from serving all of them.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a golf club site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
How much does a golf club website cost?
From £297 as a one-off, live on your own domain within seven days, then £49 a month for hosting and small edits you can stop any time, with the first three months included. For a club earning from members, visitors, societies and functions, that is a small price for a site that brings in all of those streams.
What am I really paying for with a golf club website?
A way to win all your revenue streams. A golf club earns from members, visitor green fees, society and corporate days, and clubhouse functions, so the site's job is to show the course to attract members and visitors, take society and visitor bookings, and promote the clubhouse for events. You are paying for a presence that brings in every stream a club runs on.
Why does serving several streams drive the value?
Because a club's income comes from more than memberships, so a site that serves only one leaves money on the table. Showing the course wins members and visitors, taking bookings brings society and green-fee revenue, and promoting the clubhouse wins functions, so a site that serves all of them captures far more than one aimed at a single stream. That breadth is a big part of the value.
Why do some golf club websites cost thousands?
Agencies bundle overheads and complex booking and membership systems, and while some clubs want integrated tee-time booking, the core job of showing the course and bringing in members, visitors and functions is done by a lean site for far less. So the big quotes are often more than a club needs to start winning all its streams.
Is a cheap DIY golf club website good enough?
Usually not. Members, visitors and function enquirers are all drawn by a site that shows the course and clubhouse well and makes booking or enquiring easy, and a thin, generic one serves none of them. You need a site that showcases the club and serves all its streams, and a cheap DIY job undercuts the revenue each brings.
Are there ongoing costs beyond the build?
The domain is about ten to fifteen pounds a year and stays yours. The £49 monthly plan covers hosting, backups and two small edits, so you can update fees, events and information without a separate bill. A static site has almost nothing to break, so there are no surprise maintenance invoices.
How quickly does a golf club website pay for itself?
Very fast, because it brings in several streams at once, so a new member, a society day, a run of green fees or a clubhouse function, any of them won through the site covers the build. And because members and functions are valuable, the site keeps paying across all its streams.
Do we own the golf club website or rent it?
You own it outright. The domain is in your club's name and the site is yours to keep even if you stop the monthly plan. I do not lock people in, because the site that brings in your revenue should belong to the club, not be rented back every month.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a golf club site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read What a website costs, see the full pricing, or get in touch.