the software golf tour operators run, and the gap between them.
For tour operators
Ask what golf tour operators use and the answer is nearly always two systems. A travel tool holds the itinerary, bookings and payments. A golf tool runs the competition. The roster gets copied from one to the other by hand, and the host carries the difference around on tour.
This page sets out what each part does, where the gap sits, and where Caddi fits for operators who travel with the group.
the usual setup
| The job | What operators commonly use | What it leaves to the host |
|---|---|---|
| Selling the tour, deposits, payments | WeTravel, Rezdy, Tourwriter | Nothing in the guest’s pocket during the week |
| The client itinerary | Vamoos, Travefy, WeTravel, a PDF booklet | Pairings, draws, handicaps and results |
| The competition | Golf Genius, Golf GameBook, a spreadsheet | Rooms, transfers and the rest of the day |
| Questions on tour | The host’s phone | All of it |
Competitor details from their own websites, checked 23 September 2026. Check them yourself before you decide; products change.
Each tool does its own job well. The trouble is the join. Tee times move, someone decides the night before that they’re playing, the bus goes fifteen minutes earlier. Guests work from whichever version of the itinerary they can find in their email, and the host spends the week reading it back to them.
where Caddi sits
After the sale. The booking system, the client relationships and the itinerary that sells the tour can all stay where they are.
Caddi holds the trip itself. One link, always current, so there’s no question of which version a guest is reading. Roster, rooming, tee-time draws, transfers with passenger lists, polls, FAQs and trip notes sit alongside the day. Most of the questions stop being asked.
The competition runs in the same place. Caddi scores Stableford, stroke, match play in singles, foursomes and fourball, Ambrose and best ball, with team sides across the trip, and shows net and gross side by side. Nearest the pin and longest drive are recorded as prizes, with the organiser writing in the winner, rather than scored. Each guest’s index becomes a daily playing handicap for the course and tee they’re on, using Golf Australia’s formula at home and WHS overseas. The operator can override any of it, and every change is logged.
Every trip carries the operator’s branding, not Caddi’s.
nothing gets typed twice
The fair objection is that another system to keep updated on tour isn’t help. So Caddi has an import tool, and setup happens before departure.
Send it whatever you already have: the PDF itinerary, the rooming spreadsheet, a photo of the tee sheet, or a booking confirmation forwarded to the trip’s own email address. Caddi reads it and builds the trip from it in a minute or two, with the days, tee times, rooms, transfers, flights and meals in place. You check it and publish. The roster comes in from a spreadsheet as well, so the names are not retyped either.
payments, if you want them
Optional. Registration, deposits, balances and card payment can run through Caddi into the operator’s own Stripe account. Unlike most booking tools, Caddi takes no percentage of bookings.
For comparison, Rezdy’s published rates charge 3 per cent of every online booking on top of a monthly plan fee, and WeTravel’s payment processing fee depends on the method the guest pays with, on top of its professional plan. On A$100,000 of tour revenue, 3 per cent is A$3,000 a year. Caddi charges a flat monthly fee instead, based on how many tours you run. Book a call and we’ll quote it.
Publish a branded page for the tour with a capacity limit. Guests can browse it and request a seat, and once the tour is full Caddi keeps the waitlist for you.
after the trip
Tours sit on one screen: wrapped, running and upcoming, with numbers and payments received. Behind that is the guest record, everyone the operator has taken away, matched across trips with their history attached. It exports to CSV. The guest list belongs to the operator.
if your itinerary already works
Your guests may already use a detailed digital itinerary, and it may work well. It wasn’t designed to carry a golf trip. What Caddi adds is the half most travel tools don’t carry: the groups, the competition, daily handicaps, live leaderboards, and the trip in the guest’s pocket.
where it’s being used
Operators are running tours on Caddi in Scotland, England, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Vietnam and New Zealand. The course library holds more than 1,400 courses and more than 6,200 tee sets, with par and stroke index for every hole, and courses are added before each group departs.
questions
What software do golf tour operators use?
Usually two tools: a travel platform such as WeTravel, Tourwriter, Vamoos or Travefy for itineraries and bookings, and a golf platform such as Golf Genius or Squabbit for the scoring. Caddi does the trip and the competition in one place, under the operator’s brand.
Do I have to give up my booking or scoring software?
No. Caddi sits after the sale. Booking systems stay where they are. Your golf scoring tool can stay too, though operators using Caddi have tended to move their competitions across.
Will it take long to set up?
No. Existing itineraries are read in from a PDF, a spreadsheet or a photo in a minute or two, so nothing is typed twice. If you run the same tours every year, send us past itineraries and we will import them for you.
Does Caddi take a cut of bookings?
No. Caddi doesn’t take a cut of any bookings made through it. Taking payments through Caddi is optional and all money collected goes into the operator’s own Stripe account.
Is it branded as Caddi?
No. Each trip carries the operator’s theme, logo and hero image.