Seven Oaks Golf Club

What Seven Oaks Golf Club does

Seven Oaks Golf Club is a semi-private 18-hole golf facility located on the Colgate University campus in Hamilton, New York. The course is a Robert Trent Jones Sr. original design, with work initiated in 1934, the first nine holes opening on July 4, 1958, and the full 18-hole layout completed on September 4, 1965. The club was ranked the #1 Public Golf Course in New York in the 2026 GolfPass Golfers' Choice Awards.

The underlying technology is conventional rather than proprietary: operations run on the Troon Golf management platform, with tee-time booking handled through the club website (sevenoaksgolf.com), the TeeItUp mobile app, and an online merchandise store hosted at sevenoaksgolf.troon.shop. Indigo Sports, LLC — a Troon Golf subsidiary registered in Virginia — manages the website and operations. There is no disclosed API, SDK, AI, or data-flywheel capability.

Seven Oaks generates revenue across five streams: green fees and cart rentals (transactional), golf memberships (subscription/recurring), tournament and event hosting (transactional, including AJGA events, alumni events, ladies' clinics, and member tournaments), pro shop and online merchandise sales, and PGA instruction (lessons, group clinics, junior camps). Customer segments include public golfers, recurring members, junior golfers (ages 6–17), group/organizational outing organizers, and the Colgate University community, who receive special student rates. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via website, mobile app, and email, supplemented by event-driven acquisition through a robust tournament calendar and brand partnerships with Callaway, PING, TaylorMade, and Srixon for fitting-day activations.

Name

Seven Oaks Golf Club

Legal name

Seven Oaks Golf Club

Website

https://sevenoaksgolf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seven Oaks Golf Club is a semi-private, 18-hole Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed golf course on the Colgate University campus in Hamilton, NY, serving public golfers, members, junior players, outing groups, and the Colgate community through green fees, memberships, events, instruction, and merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Golf Course & Country Club

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (713910)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD)

Keywords

• Public golf course
• Golf club memberships
• Golf instruction lessons
• Golf outings events
• Junior golf camp

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamilton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Green Fees and Cart Rentals: Revenue generated from public tee time bookings including greens fees and golf cart rentals for daily play.
2. Golf Memberships: Annual and seasonal memberships offering preferential rates, exclusive access, and member benefits for recurring revenue.
3. Tournament and Event Hosting: Revenue from hosting tournaments, corporate outings, and special events including AJGA tournaments, alumni events, and charity tournaments.
4. Golf Shop and Merchandise: On-site pro shop and online store selling golf equipment, apparel, and customizable branded merchandise.
5. Golf Lessons and Instruction: PGA instruction programs including individual lessons, group clinics, and junior development programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Seven Oaks Golf Club operates a semi-private 18-hole championship golf course located on the Colgate University campus in Hamilton, New York. The club sells green fees and tee-time bookings to public golfers, recurring memberships to individuals and Colgate University affiliates, group outing and tournament packages, PGA-led golf lessons, and a summer junior golf camp. It also runs an online merchandise store for branded apparel and equipment.

Product overview

Seven Oaks Golf Club operates as a single-property golf facility offering an 18-hole Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed golf course as its core product. The club provides additional services including golf lessons and instruction programs (PGA Junior League, junior camps), tournament and outing hosting (AJGA events, member tournaments, corporate events), golf memberships, practice facilities, an online merchandise store, and a mobile app for deals and booking. The facility is managed by Troon Golf and is located on Colgate University campus in Hamilton, NY.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seven Oaks Golf Course An 18-hole semi-private championship golf course on the Colgate University campus, offering public tee-time play, memberships, and event hosting for individual golfers and groups.
• Golf Lessons

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked #1 Public Golf Course in New York in 2026 GolfPass Golfers' Choice Awards

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Colgate UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven Oaks Golf Club is located on the Colgate University campus at the upper end of the Chenango Valley. The club serves as the university's primary golf facility, offering special rates and access programs for Colgate students and hosting alumni events and athletics outings.
• Indigo Sports, LLCcoreOthersIndigo Sports, LLC (registered office: 12700 Sunrise Valley Dr, Suite 300, Reston, Virginia 20191) manages the Seven Oaks Golf Club website and operations.
• Troon Golf, LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationTroon Golf provides the technology platform powering the golf course operations including the website, booking systems, and privacy policy management. Troon is a leading golf management company.
• Seven Oaks GrillminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe on-site restaurant operated separately from the golf course. Restaurant can be contacted at (315)824-4420. Golf club guests are directed to the restaurant for dining.
• American Junior Golf Association (AJGA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven Oaks hosts the AJGA Junior at Colgate tournament, attracting elite junior golfers from across the country. The event includes a Junior-Am Fundraising Tournament component.
• Callaway GolfminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCallaway Fitting Day events held at the course where participants can register for club fitting sessions with Callaway experts.
• PINGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPING Fitting Day events held at the course where participants can register for time slots to get fit with the newest PING equipment.
• TaylorMademinorGTM or Marketing PartnerTaylorMade Fitting Day events held at the course where expert club fitters assist participants with equipment selection.
• SrixonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSrixon Fitting Day events with professional club fitters at the driving range.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Leatherstocking Golf Course: Resort/public golf course in Cooperstown, NY — a Central New York competitor with similar historical character, public-access model, and tourist/discretionary demand profile. Directly comparable on service mix, geography, and seasonality.
• Bethpage State Park (Black Course): Another top-ranked New York public-access championship course. Highly comparable on geography, public-fee model, tournament-hosting capability, and prestige positioning — both compete for 'best public course in NY' share of voice.
• Stanford Golf Course: A university-affiliated public-access golf course with student programs, alumni events, and a multi-revenue stream structure — a close match for the Colgate-affiliated model at Seven Oaks.

Broad incumbents

• Other Troon-managed facilities (e.g., Troon North, Whirlwind, Ocotillo): Sister properties under the same management company — directly comparable on platform technology, tee-time systems, and corporate-outing pipeline that Troon can route across its portfolio.
• Pinehurst Resort (No. 2): Iconic public-access resort course with layered tee-sheet, outing, merchandise, and instruction revenue. Differs in scale and lodging integration, but represents the upper bound of what a prestige public-access golf business can monetize.
• Robert Trent Jones-designed sister courses (e.g., The Honors Course, Trump National): Other notable Robert Trent Jones Sr. original designs share the architect's brand cachet. Their pricing power, tournament demand, and reputation benchmarks are useful comps for the value of Seven Oaks' design heritage.

Emerging players

• Streamsong Resort: A Florida destination golf resort offering multiple championship courses with branded lodging — comparable on modern Troon-era technology stack, premium public/destination positioning, and tournament-hosting scale, though geographically distinct.
• Gamble Sands Golf Club: A modern public-access destination course with multi-revenue stream operations, strong reputation rankings, and a national draw — comparable in being a fee-based daily-play course without a real-estate or lodging dependency.

Regional players

• The Sagamore Resort & Golf Club: A Donald Ross-designed public-access course in Bolton Landing, NY with resort and outing-driven revenues — comparable on Northeast public-resort positioning, historical course design heritage, and seasonal utilization dynamics.
• Turning Stone Resort Casino Golf (Atunyote): Verona, NY resort-owned championship course serving a similar upstate NY market. Comparable on tournament hosting, resort/outing draw, and public-access pricing; different on lodging integration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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