NBC GolfPass provides a wide range of golfing content to subscribers. With its association with GolfNow, it also allows you to book tee times on selected golf courses.
However, more and more subscribers are asking whether the subscription is worth it.
We will highlight the benefits and drawbacks of the service offered by GolfPass and GolfNow to enable you to make an informed judgment whether it is worth it for you.
What Is GolfPass and Who Is It Suitable For?
GolfPass is a subscription service that provides access to a wide range of golfing content under a single subscription.
This includes more than 400 hours of instruction videos by leading golf professional Rory McIlroy and other coaches.
Furthermore, GolfPass offers $10 credit towards your tee time, travel tips, and credit at leading golf resorts as part of the subscription.
Looking at the offering it still raises the question “is it worth it?”
GolfPass Key Benefits
GolfPass Monthly benefits are:
- One round of golf every month that you don’t have to pay for
- Restricted access to 400+ hours of shows and instruction videos
- Coaching plans designed for your game set up by top instructors
- Exclusive pricing on content for members only
- Revolution GOLF purchases are shipped free of charge domestically
- $100 travel credit to be used at any of the affiliated golf resorts
- GolfNow provides access to 19,000 courses across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and other countries
- Exclusive member support
GolfPass Biggest Drawbacks
- GolfPass is only useful if there are affiliated golf courses near you
- GolfNow promotions are only available for “Hotdeals” rounds after 12 on Monday to Thursday
- You have to pay an additional $200 per year to have the GolfNow booking fee waived
- GolfNow convenience fee, ($3.49) excluding taxes, is applied for each golfer booked on GolfNow.
- Reservations can only be canceled when the course is closed which they will verify with the club before refunding you
- GolfNow promotions and rewards only apply to the person making the booking and not the group as a whole
- A significant percentage of subscribers posted negative reviews regarding their experience with GolfNow
How Much Is GolfPass A Month?
GolfPass Video vs GolfPass Annual: Differences and Things To Know
GolfPass offer two membership options
- GolfPass Video subscription is $4.99 / per month which will activate after a 7-day free trial and automatically renews every month until you unsubscribe
- GolfPass annual subscription is $49.00 / per year which will activate after a 7-day free trial and automatically renews every year until you unsubscribe
Both options provide
- 20% monthly saving
- Instruction from Tour Professionals and their coaches available exclusively to subscribers
- Golf specific exercises to enhance your mobility, flexibility, and fitness
- Latest Golf News, Reviews & Entertainment
- Insight on life as a touring professional, their techniques, and daily activities
- The service is available from anywhere on any device
- Weekly updates to subscribers only
In addition, GolfPass Annual offers
- $25 monthly “Hot Deal” credit
- One dozen TaylorMade golf balls per annum
- Save up to $200 on Golfbreaks.com trips
- Waived convenience fees on GolfNow tee times
- Cancellation protection on GolfNow tee times
- Earn rewards toward a free round of golf faster on GolfNow
Tee Times
- Same Day Replay
- Green Fees discounted by as much as 20%
Golf Shop
- Purchases exceeding $30 get 10% Off
- Soft Goods comes with a 20% discount
Food and Beverage
- Buy one get 2 drinks offer
- Food and beverages come with a 20% discount
Range
- Double the normal amount of golf balls for the practice range
- Complimentary range balls
Travel
- $100 credit towards your next resort visit
- Complimentary green fee replay
What Do Past Customers Say About GolfPass?
A sizable percentage (72%) of reviews about GolfNow rates their service as 1 star out of a possible 5 while only 18% rate them a 5-star service.
The consensus is that GolfNow deducts money from their accounts even when there is no reason for doing so. This mainly revolves around claimed “no shows”. The golfer has to dispute this and GolfNow will then confirm with the club that the golfer paid.
Another major complaint is that GolfNow sends emails to subscribers to rate a golf course that they never played, or at least not on the day GolfNow says they did.
Rounds cannot be canceled on GolfNow once a booking is confirmed. Other Online Tee Time Agencies (OTTAs) allow for this to happen up to an hour before the tee-off time at no extra cost.
GolfNow admits its mistake by posting a general message in the review.
GolfPass Connection With GolfNow Service (And Differences Between Them)
What Is The Difference Between GolfNow and GolfPass?
GolfNow is an online tee time agency (OTTA) allowing you to book a round of golf on any of the available golf courses charging a convenience fee.
GolfPass is a subscription service that offers benefits to its subscribers using GolfNow and other booking agencies.
These benefits include waived green fees and cancellation protection for GolfNow bookings, $10 in credits monthly towards tee time, instruction videos, travel tips, and a free gift with a subscription.
GolfPass entered into an agreement with GolfNow, and other online tee time agencies, to provide booking facilities to GolfPass subscribers making it easier to access available tee times while on the GolfPass app.
GolfPass and Sky Q
Sky Q offers their Sky VIP customers access to GolfPass.
GolfPass on Sky Q allows you to access golf tuition from the world’s leading players such as Rory McIlroy, and professional coaches, Golf Channel films, and live feeds, exclusively to Sky VIP customers.
GolfPass Courses: How To Find Courses Near You
Finding and booking a tee time from the GolfPass app is quite straightforward. You can select several options to narrow the number of courses available for booking a tee time.
Location
The default is your current location.
Start Time
Tee times can be selected. The default is set to 5 AM through 9 PM.
Price
The price range you are willing to pay for your round ranges from $0 – $130+
Distance
The distance you are prepared to travel to the course. The default is set to 50 miles but can be increased up to 100 miles.
Golfers
The number of golfers the booking is made for up to a maximum of 4.
Holes
The number of holes you want to play. It allows you to select any number or the standard 9 or 18 holes.
Can You Get GolfPass On TV?
Selected golf programs are available to be streamed on TV but no coverage of live tournaments is currently available.
Live-streamed events can be limited in some countries.
Although there are no life tournaments streamed, you will have access to archived rounds of selected tournaments.
How To Cancel GolfPass Membership
You can only cancel your GolfPass subscription within 30 days of purchase or if you have not used any of the GolfPass perks.
Canceling your subscription can be done via the customer care line 833-465-3847 during office hours.
Cancellation requests are normally done within 72 hours after the request was submitted.
Monthly subscription payments are non-refundable, and no credit will be given for partially used periods
Cancellation near the end of your billing period may be too late for the renewal to be processed. This will be refunded.
Is GolfPass Plus Worth It? Summary
NBC GolfPass is a reasonable subscription service that offers many of the same perks and benefits you can receive from other subscriptions.
Its association with OTTAs, especially GolfNow, could come back to haunt them considering the number of negative reviews GolfNow receives daily.
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