On-course ordering
The golf course food ordering app that bills the member account
Members order from any hole in the club's own app. It comes to the cart or waits at the turn, it's charged to the member account like everything else the club sells, and it counts toward the food and beverage minimum.
How it works
How does on-course ordering work at a private club?
From the 7th tee to the statement, one order touches the member app, the kitchen, the beverage cart and billing. On Bubs those are one system, so nothing is re-keyed along the way.
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Cart or turn
The member chooses delivery to the cart or pickup at the halfway house before the menu opens, so they only see what can actually reach them.
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The on-course menu
The club decides which items travel. Drinks, sandwiches and snacks go on the delivery menu; the soup stays in the grill room.
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Charged to the account
No card on the phone. The order is a member charge like everything else the club sells, with the member's own spending privileges.
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On the kitchen screen
The ticket lands at the right station, marked for the cart or the window, alongside every other ticket in the kitchen.
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The cart takes it
The driver on duty claims the order and heads out. The member sees the order taken and how far away the cart is.
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On the statement
Delivered, it's on the member's statement and counted toward the food and beverage minimum under the club's rules.
Delivery or pickup
To the cart, or ready at the turn
For delivery, the order goes to wherever the member is — the 14th fairway, the range, the pool deck — using their phone's location, not a hole number they have to remember. Where the club has drawn its holes, the driver sees the hole too.
For pickup, the order is ready at the halfway house when the group makes the turn, with no location needed. Delivery is only offered while a driver is on duty, so a member never places an order the club can't bring.
Once the cart has the order, the member sees it taken and how far away the cart is. We show distance, not a promised arrival time the cart can't keep behind a backed-up par three.
- Delivery to the member's location, anywhere on property
- Pickup at the turn with no location needed
- Delivery offered only when a driver is on duty
Beverage cart ordering app
The driver's view: go on duty, take the order, deliver
The beverage cart driver goes on duty from the club's register app on the cart's tablet. Orders from the course arrive in a queue with the member, where they are, what they ordered and how long they've waited. The driver takes an order, delivers it and marks it done — and a tip goes to whoever took it.
Members can also flag down the cart with nothing ordered and buy when it arrives. If nobody answers within ten minutes, the app points them to the halfway house instead of leaving them waiting. When a driver goes idle or leaves the course, their shift on the cart ends and their open orders are handed on.
- Only staff the club allows can drive the cart
- Each order claimed by one driver
- Flag-down requests beside paid orders
Built in, not bolted on
Why on-course ordering belongs inside the club system
A standalone ordering app can take a card for a hot dog. It can't put the hot dog on a member's statement, count it toward the minimum, send it to the same kitchen screen as the dining room, or pay the driver's tip through payroll. Those are the parts that matter at a private club.
Nothing to sign up for
Members order from the club's own app, already signed in, already attached to their account. There's no separate app, card or login for the course.
Counts toward the minimum
An order from the 7th tee is F&B spend like dinner in the grill room, counted toward the minimum as soon as it's settled.
One kitchen, one queue
On-course tickets arrive on the same kitchen display as the dining room and the window, so the line isn't watching a second tablet.
The club controls the menu
Every item has a deliverable switch. Nothing goes on the course menu until the club turns it on.
Tips to the driver
A tip on a delivery goes to the driver who took it, and flows to payroll with the hours they worked.
One record for the day
The driver's shift, the orders they carried and the tips they earned are all in the same system as the rest of the staff.
The turn
The halfway house, on the same register
Pickup orders arrive at the window beside walk-up sales, and go to the grill's printer or kitchen screen with everything else. The halfway house sells to the same member accounts as the grill room, and keeps selling if the internet drops.
FAQ
On-course ordering questions
What is on-course ordering?
On-course ordering lets golfers order food and drinks from their phone during a round, for delivery by the beverage cart or pickup at the halfway house. At a private club, the order should be charged to the member's account and count toward the food and beverage minimum, like any other purchase at the club.
How does the cart find the member?
Delivery goes to the member's location on the course, taken from their phone when they order, so it works on the 14th fairway, at the range or by the pool. Where the club has drawn its holes, the driver also sees the hole number.
Is on-course ordering a separate app?
No. It's part of the club's own member app, and orders run through the same point of sale, kitchen display and member billing as every other sale. Members don't download anything extra or enter a card.
What happens when no cart is out?
Delivery is only offered while a driver is on duty. When nobody is, members can still order for pickup at the turn, so they never place an order that won't arrive.
Can a member call the cart without ordering?
Yes. Members can flag down the cart from the app with nothing ordered and buy from the cart when it arrives. If nobody answers the request within ten minutes, the app points them to the halfway house.
Do we need extra hardware for the beverage cart?
The cart runs the same register app as the rest of the club, on a tablet with a card reader for guests. The driver goes on duty from it, sees incoming orders and marks them delivered.
Does it show an arrival time?
It shows how far away the cart is and whether the order has been taken — not a minute-by-minute estimate the cart can't keep with three groups on the 12th tee.
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