Tagmarshal is looking for existing users to assist with beta testing on our latest private builds

At Tagmarshal, our technology roadmap continues to remain our top priority as we are mindful of the ever-growing trust our course partners are placing in us. We continue to develop intelligent data-driven solutions for golf course optimization and pace management to provide invaluable insights for an exceptional on-course experience.

Our continuous improvements, updates and innovative, first-to-market solutions ensures we meet the expectations in this emerging market.

It is for this reason we are looking for existing Tagmarshal users with all sorts of golfing backgrounds to join our beta testing community and provide feedback to help shape and improve new features of our technology before they are launched to the public.

There’s no technology related experience required!

The Steve Czaban Show on ESPN 980

Tagmarshal’s COO and co-founder, Craig Kleu, was featured on The Steve Czaban Show on ESPN980, which aired live during Capital Golf Gang’s US Open broadcast.

Steve Czaban, one of the most accomplished sports talk radio hosts in the country, discusses trends in golf, as it relates to technology, and how Tagmarshal is equipping golf courses to make the golfing experience more enjoyable.

Listen to the full conversation here:

TRAGIC PASSING OF BILL YATES, WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR PACE OF PLAY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE GOLF INDUSTRY. 

Tagmarshal would like to express our shock and sadness over the news of the tragic passing of Bill Yates.

“In this time of unbelievable loss to the world of golf, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences to Bill’s wife, his family, friends, and colleagues. We sincerely share in your pain, and pray that your memories of Bill will provide you with some measure of comfort,” says Craig Kleu, COO of Tagmarshal.

As a thought leader in pace of play management, Bill transformed the game in many aspects, dedicating over 25 years of his life to the improvement of the game. Bill’s commitment to helping golf courses deliver quality play to every player was echoed throughout the world and will continue to resonate in the golf fraternity for years to come.

His invaluable impact, through countless hours of perseverance and his relentless passion, spearheaded the way in which golf course operators view pace management today. Throughout the years, Bill worked with hundreds of public, private, municipal and resort courses around the world demonstrating that any course could eliminate the problems associated with slow play providing golfers with a smooth, high value playing experience.

With immeasurable achievements throughout his career, Bill featured in every major golf publication and was a keynote presenter at premiere golf conferences throughout the US and in Europe. He consulted with world-class courses such as St. Andrews in Scotland and on professionals tournaments such as the British Open, the US Open, and the US Women’s Open. Bill’s landmark study for the PGA was featured in the February 2012 issue of PGA Magazine and he was recognized as one of nine ground-breaking innovators in golf by Private Clubs Magazine.

Bill will be remembered for his endless knowledge and progressive pace of play theories. Generations of golfers will have fond memories of his passion for golf operations and his thought provoking, insightful conversations.

“Bill had a significant impact on golf, but more so, on our company. The time my team and I spent with him gave us an incredible amount of invaluable knowledge and insight into pace management and we were honored to have Bill join us as an advisor and for an expert talk at the PGA Show 2018. He was truly the guru of pace of play, a legend in the golfing world and we will miss him dearly as a friend and partner,” said Bodo Sieber, CEO of Tagmarshal.

GOLF TECH INNOVATOR MAKES SHOT CLOCK GOLF A REALITY FOR REGULAR COURSES. 

In a positive move towards addressing slow play, the European Tour will take a major step forward in combating this age-old problem when it implements a shot clock during the 2018 Austrian Open.

But will this new format be the actual cause of improvement to the game or is it because of the additional media attention and greater awareness being placed on professional tournaments to manage pace, and, of course, the added accountability being forced onto professional golfers.

The new format also brings significant hurdles to professional tournaments, when one takes into account the exhaustive manpower and resources required to succeed with shot clock play, with the referee having to follow each group to keep time and enforce penalties.

Considering that golf is played by millions of people, on thousands of courses around the world, it is worth understanding the practicality of how this new format will be adopted by regular golf courses? Without expensive management controls, strict penalty rules, and a massive staff requirement, regular courses simply would not be able to consider implementing this format of the game.

But that is not the case as golf tech innovator, Tagmarshal, has the solution for tournaments and courses alike, with their revolutionary pace of play and golf course intelligence solution, which can seamlessly manage the shot clock format.

As a pioneer in golf course intelligence, the easy to use, affordable, Tagmarshal system optimizes field efficiencies and streamlines pace management by automatically checking time played per hole, or per section, against pre-set goal times, effectively making this an intelligent, automated shot clock platform.

The system uses a series of GPS tags or devices and as a playing group progresses, their location and time of play are continuously logged and measured against various parameters. The industry-leading algorithms automatically identify risk groups and empower courses to provide accurate, objective support to untangle bottlenecks before they arise, to monitor anticipated shot or hole times and to significantly reducing round times while improving the player experience.

“The Tagmarshal management system has enabled us to effectively implement our pace of play policy, assisting us in reducing playtime,” says Jim Lombardo, Head Golf Professional at Erin Hills. “This allowed us to add an additional tee time for extra capacity.”

By creating a similar, if not improved, awareness and pace mindfulness with players, Tagmarshal has the same effect that the shot clock format does, without the need for added marshals or referees or even any additional resources.

The functionalities give oversight, through best in class analytics, giving invaluable intelligence to make informed decisions on performance and efficiency improvements and to proactively plan pace management, adding value to all types of courses, including cart, walking, and courses that offer both options.

Successfully implemented and making pace management inroads in some of the World’s most formidable golf courses such as Erin Hills, US Open hosts 2017, Whistling Straits, host of the 2015 PGA Championship, and Carnoustie Golf Links, the venue for The Open Championship since 1931.

“We cannot imagine operating without Tagmarshal next season,” says Colin Sinclair Head Golf Professional at Carnoustie Golf Links. “The system has proved to be invaluable. It has enabled us to make savings, improve service delivery, improve pace of play and enhance the whole golfing experience at Carnoustie. It is very much at the front and center of how we will manage our Golf Operations in the future.”

Partnering with Tagmarshal has allowed courses to become pacesetters with improved operational efficiencies, saving costs and adding prime tee times that routinely realize incremental revenue. Superintendents also use Tagmarshal data to better manage pin placements, wear patterns, hole formats, and operational efficiencies.

NBC Sports For the Love Of The Game with Uncle Buck.

CEO of Tagmarshal, Bodo Sieber, is, again, chatting on NBC Sports For The Love Of The Game, with Uncle Buck, discussing Tagmarshal’s revolutionary pace of play and golf course intelligence management solution.

Uncle Buck, a passionate golfer, unpacks Tagmarshal’s features and explores how the software provides golf courses the tools to actively pursue a faster pace of play, improve operational efficiencies, save costs and increases revenue with actionable data and intuitive technology. 

Listen to the full conversation here:

LINKS AT GATEWAY

• Course type: Daily Fee/Estate

•  Cart Rounds: 100% (80 Carts in fleet)

•  Walking Rounds: N/A

•  Rounds per season: 30 000 (8 months season)

•  Play time improvement: 17 minutes

Course management objectives:

• Reduce average round time
• Reduce number of slow rounds
• Enhance the golfing experience
• Unlock revenue by creating the opportunity for additional tee-off times

Intuitive Pace of Play Management Software Implementation:

Result: 17-minute improvement vs historical goaltime

ROI: The positive pace achieved and the improved reputation, and additional tee-times made available increasing revenue.