Chronogolf

What Chronogolf does

Chronogolf operates a consumer-facing online marketplace for golf tee time discovery, booking, and payment across more than 1,800 partner courses worldwide. The platform is accessible via a web application and dedicated iOS and Android mobile apps, with nine localized country domains serving the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Morocco. The product enables golfers to search, compare, and reserve tee times (often at discounted rates), add booking extras, and complete payment online, while offering course operators distribution and online booking management capabilities.

The underlying technology stack is a tee-time reservation and booking platform with integrated payment processing. Chronogolf is powered by Lightspeed Golf, the operator-facing golf management infrastructure owned by its parent company Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (TSX: LSPD), which provides tee sheet, course operations, and point-of-sale functionality. Third-party integrations include Google Maps for course location and driving directions, reCAPTCHA for signup abuse prevention, and OneTrust for cookie consent management. The company maintains more than 2 million golfer users and over 1,800 partner courses, with no public API or developer portal disclosed.

Chronogolf's revenue model is transaction-based: the platform charges a non-refundable fee for reservation services and processes payments on bookings, generating take-rate economics on each tee time transaction. Go-to-market is product-led growth, with golfers acquired via app store presence, organic SEO through course-listing pages, and social media, while courses are onboarded as partners to expand inventory. The company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lightspeed Commerce Inc., headquartered at 700 St Antoine E., Suite 300, Montréal, Québec, under the brand 'Chronogolf by Lightspeed,' and was previously an independent venture-backed company that raised approximately $4.3 million across 2014–2018 from investors including Inovia Capital, Telegraph Hill Capital, AQC Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Anges Quebec, and VDP Croissance before being acquired.

Name

Chronogolf

Legal name

Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

Website

https://chronogolf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chronogolf is a Montreal-based online marketplace that lets more than 2 million golfers discover, book, and pay for tee times at over 1,800 partner courses worldwide via web and mobile apps, operating as a subsidiary of Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Golf Tee Time Reservations

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (713910)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD)

Keywords

• Tee time booking
• Golf course marketplace
• Online golf reservations
• Golf management software
• Sports booking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tee Time Reservation Fees: Chronogolf charges a non-refundable fee for using the Reservation Services when booking tee times through the platform, as stated in the Terms of Use.
2. Payment Processing Services: The platform offers Payment Services enabling golfers to pay for tee time reservations within the platform, likely generating transaction-based revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chronogolf operates an online tee time booking marketplace that aggregates more than 1,800 partner golf courses, enabling golfers to discover, reserve, and pay for tee times via its website and mobile apps. The platform is powered by Lightspeed Golf, which provides course management infrastructure to golf course operators seeking to list and manage their tee time inventory.

Product overview

Chronogolf operates as a consumer-facing golf tee time booking marketplace and platform. The core Chronogolf product enables golfers to discover and book tee times at over 1,800 partner golf courses worldwide, with mobile apps available on iOS and Android. The platform is powered by Lightspeed Golf, which serves as the underlying golf management infrastructure for course operators seeking to list and manage their tee time inventory. The ecosystem connects golfers seeking tee times with golf courses seeking to fill availability, facilitated through reservation services and payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chronogolf Consumer-facing tee time booking platform that allows golfers to discover, book, and pay for tee times at more than 1,800 partner golf courses worldwide. Offers discounted deals, course discovery across multiple destinations, online payment, booking extras, and mobile check-in.
• Chronogolf Mobile App Native mobile applications for iOS and Android that give golfers on-the-go access to tee time booking, course discovery, deals, and booking extras at partner courses.
• Lightspeed Golf Golf management platform for course operators that powers the Chronogolf booking infrastructure. Provides tee time management, course operations, and POS for golf course owners and managers, enabling them to list inventory and reach Chronogolf's 2M+ golfer user base.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 million+ golfers use the platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lightspeed CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChronogolf was acquired by Lightspeed Commerce as part of their expansion into the golf sector. The acquisition broadens Lightspeed's market reach across retail, hospitality, and golf. Chronogolf operates as 'Chronogolf by Lightspeed' and is powered by Lightspeed Golf infrastructure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GolfNow: GolfNow (NBC Sports Next) is the dominant tee time booking marketplace in North America with tens of thousands of partner courses and integrated media demand. It directly competes with Chronogolf for both golfer bookings and course inventory partnerships.
• Supreme Golf: Supreme Golf operates a tee time booking and discount marketplace serving golfers and courses, with a comparable course-network and golfer-acquisition model. It is a direct marketplace competitor in the U.S.
• TeeOff.com: TeeOff.com, owned by GolfNow/NBC Sports Next, is a discounted tee time booking platform. It overlaps directly with Chronogolf's consumer deal-discovery and reservation offering.
• EZLinks Golf: EZLinks Golf provides tee time booking and golf course management software, listed alongside Chronogolf PRO as a key player in the golf software market. It competes on both the consumer booking and course-side management layers.

Broad incumbents

• Lightspeed Golf: Lightspeed Golf is the parent-company platform powering Chronogolf's course-side infrastructure, offering tee sheet management, POS, and operations tools to golf course operators. It is the B2B sibling product that supplies Chronogolf's back-end.
• Jonas Club Management: Jonas Club Management is an established golf and club management software vendor serving private and semi-private clubs. It competes for the same course-side software spend that Lightspeed Golf/Chronogolf targets.
• Club Prophet: Club Prophet provides golf course management software including tee time management, POS, and member billing. It is a broader incumbent in the same course-management software category as Lightspeed Golf.

Emerging players

• GolfBack: GolfBack is an emerging tee time booking platform offering cashback-style rewards to golfers on course bookings. It is a niche competitor intersecting with Chronogolf's deal and discovery value proposition.
• Golf Genius: Golf Genius provides tournament and event management software for golf clubs and organizers. It overlaps with Chronogolf's golf course ecosystem at the club-software layer, though focused on events rather than daily tee times.
• 18Birdies: 18Birdies is a consumer golf app offering score tracking, GPS, statistics, and tee time booking. It competes for golfer mindshare in mobile, intersecting with Chronogolf's mobile booking experience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chronogolf
• Facebookfacebook.com/chronogolf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chronogolf
• Instagraminstagram.com/lightspeedhq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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