Planning Tips·1 min read
The Complete Golf Trip Planning Checklist
Month-by-month from idea to first tee without missing anything.
The Starter
Golf trips,
handled.
You book the tee times. We handle everything else.
The Problem, Solved
Someone always ends
up running the trip.
It shouldn't be a second job.
Every great golf trip starts the same way: a group chat, a lot of enthusiasm, and one person slowly drowning in logistics. Tee time confirmations. Venmo requests no one answers. Handicap arguments on the first tee. Scorecards that get lost at the 19th hole.
The Starter runs the operation. Costs, scorecards, bets, foursomes, and the 12 group texts you were about to send — all in one place, shared with the crew the moment you send the invite.
“No more Venmo math. The Starter does it.”
How It Works
Three steps.
One less group chat.
From your first tee time to the final payout at the 19th hole — The Starter keeps everything moving.
01
Step One
Pick your course.
Build your trip.
Browse curated golf packages or start from scratch. Set your dates, add rounds, lodging, dinners — every expense in one place before anyone arrives.
Browse trips
02
Step Two
Send the invite.
Crew gets the details.
One link. Your crew sees the full trip — foursomes, costs, schedule, and their share. No app download required. No excuses for not knowing the plan.
Start planning
03
Step Three
Play. Score. Collect.
Live scoring, handicap-adjusted Nassau and skins, real-time leaderboard. When the final putt drops, payouts are already calculated. Just enjoy the 19th hole.
See demoAI Trip Builder
Tell us where.
We'll build the trip.
Describe your trip and The Starter drafts the itinerary, suggests foursomes, and sets up cost splits — ready to share in minutes. You make the calls. We do the logistics.
"8 players, Pinehurst, 4 nights, 3 rounds, Nassau format, budget around $600/head."
"Scottsdale long weekend. TPC + one more course. Skins game, $20 per hole. Need lodging options near Old Town."
The Starter turns this into a full trip draft. You adjust, share, and go.
Featured Golf Trips
Curated packages.
Unforgettable courses.
Planning your own trip? Build it from scratch — free to start.
Plan Your Own TripWhat's Included
Everything a golf trip
needs. Nothing it doesn't.
AI Trip Planner
Tell us where you're going. The Starter builds the itinerary, suggests courses, and structures the whole trip — in seconds.
Cost Splitting
Green fees, lodging, caddies, that late-night whisky — log it once. Everyone sees their share. No more Venmo math at checkout.
Live Scoring
Real-time scores with handicap adjustments baked in. The leaderboard updates the moment someone taps a putt.
Betting & Payouts
Nassau, skins, wolf — set the stakes, track carry overs, collect at the 19th. Calculated automatically. No disputes at the bar.
What it’s for
You play the course.
It runs the trip.
Twelve people, three rounds, one house. Green fees, the rental, dinners — every cost split and every balance settled, so nobody spends Sunday working out who owes what.
The annual buddies trip
Large group · Multiple rounds
One link to the group chat. Everyone sees the schedule, the tee times and what it costs them before a single question comes back to the organiser.
The invite
No account needed to look
Five rounds across four courses, a skins game that carries over twice, and handicaps that actually get applied. The maths is done before you reach the bar.
The betting
Nassau · Skins · Wolf