# Walking Nine

> Walking Nine gives a local golf course its own website with tee-time booking built in, a pro shop screen, texts and emails, reporting, and a listing on the Walking Nine portal. One flat price, $149 a month or $1,490 a year, no contract, no traded tee times, no fees to golfers. Built and run by DiamondBack Advertising in Kernersville, North Carolina.

Walking Nine is a tee-time booking package for local golf courses, built and run by Nick Frisbee at DiamondBack Advertising in Kernersville, North Carolina. Golfers book from the course's own website in three taps with no account and no fees. Courses pay one flat price.

## Key facts
- Price: $149 a month or $1490 a year (two months free). Card payments through Stripe at Stripe's published rates (2.9% + 30¢ online, 2.7% + 5¢ in person), paid by the course. Nothing else.
- No traded tee times, no fees to golfers, no contract, no app to download
- Pilot offer: First 90 days free, then $149 locked for 24 months. In return we ask for a case study we can publish and three introductions to courses you know. That is the whole deal.
- First course: Olde Homeplace Golf Club, Kernersville, NC
- Request a demo: https://walkingnine.com/demo

## The seven rules
1. Three taps to a tee time: Pick a day, pick a time, say who you are. Done. No account, no password, no app.
2. The price is the price: What the golfer sees is what the golfer pays. No fees, no countdown clock, no “4 people are looking at this.”
3. Walking nine, just you, is on the first screen: Nine holes, one player, carry your bag. The way a lot of us actually play is the first option, not a buried one.
4. Phone in the parking lot or laptop at lunch: It works at 375 pixels wide and on the big monitor at the office. Same three taps.
5. Your course, your golfers, your tee sheet: Bookings come through your own website. Your golfers are your customers, not someone else’s email list.
6. Flat price, month to month, leave when you want: One number. No traded tee times, no per-booking cut, no contract. Cancel with an email.
7. A real person down the road: Built and run in Kernersville, NC. You can text the person who made it.

## What a course gets
- Your course website, with booking built in: A fast, clean site on your own domain. Rates, the course, contact, and the three-tap booking flow. We build it.
- Tee sheet: Your intervals, your first and last tee, your blocks for outings, frost, and maintenance. Nine or eighteen, walking or riding.
- Pro shop screen: Open it on an iPad at the counter. Today’s sheet, check-ins, walk-ups, phone bookings, moves, no-shows, quick sales.
- Texts and emails: Confirmation when they book, a reminder the day before, a cancel link that works. Rain checks by text.
- Reporting: Occupancy, revenue per available round, channel mix, average rate, by week. Plain numbers you can act on.
- Walking Nine portal listing: Your course on walkingnine.com with your next open times today, linking straight to your own site.
- Stripe at cost: Card payments through Stripe at Stripe’s published rates. We add nothing on top. Or keep taking payment at the counter.

## What it is not
- No traded tee times: We never take a slot from your sheet and sell it for ourselves.
- No golfer fees: Your golfers pay your rate. Not a dollar more.
- No contract: Month to month. Leave when you want, and the site keeps working while you move.
- No app to download: Your golfers book from your website. Your staff open the pro shop screen in a browser.

## How switching works
1. We build the site in a week: Send us your logo, your rates, and a few photos. We build the website and the tee sheet, and you check it on your phone before anything goes live.
2. Keep your register or use ours: Your point of sale stays if you like it. Our pro shop screen handles the tee sheet and quick sales if you want one less thing on the counter.
3. 60 days of direct marketing to your golfers: Before you leave GolfNow, your golfers hear from you. Texts, emails, a sign at the counter, a card in the cart. By the time you switch, they already book with you.

## How golfers book
1. Pick a day and how you play: Nine or eighteen, how many players, walking or riding. Walking nine alone is right there.
2. Pick a time: Open times with the real price next to each one. No fees get added later.
3. Say who you are: Name and phone. Pay now with a card or pay at the shop, whichever the course allows. You get a text.

## Pages
- [Home](https://walkingnine.com/): the seven rules, for golfers, for courses, founder note
- [For courses](https://walkingnine.com/for-courses): the owner pitch, what is included, what it is not, how switching works, point of sale, pilot offer
- [Pricing](https://walkingnine.com/pricing): one package, honest comparison with GolfNow barter, foreUP, Lightspeed, Club Caddie
- [How it works](https://walkingnine.com/how-it-works): for golfers and for the pro shop
- [Find a course](https://walkingnine.com/courses): every course on Walking Nine with next open times today
  - [Olde Homeplace Golf Club](https://walkingnine.com/courses/oldehomeplace): Kernersville, NC, 18 holes. Book: https://oldehomeplace.walkingnine.com/book
- [About](https://walkingnine.com/about): Nick's story
- [Demo](https://walkingnine.com/demo): request a 20-minute demo
- [Terms](https://walkingnine.com/terms)
- [Privacy](https://walkingnine.com/privacy)

## FAQ
### Do my golfers need an account or an app?
No. They book from your website in three taps with a name and a phone number. The confirmation comes by text.

### Do you take a cut of bookings or sell my tee times?
No. You pay one flat price. We never take a tee time to resell and we never add a fee to a golfer’s booking.

### Is there a contract?
No. Month to month, or a year at a time if you want two months free. Leave when you want.

### What does it cost?
$149 a month or $1,490 a year. Card payments through Stripe at Stripe’s published rates, paid by the course. Nothing else.

### Can I keep my current point of sale?
Yes. Walking Nine runs beside it. Our pro shop screen is there if you want it.

### How long does it take to switch?
We build your site in a week. Then we run 60 days of direct marketing to your golfers before you leave your old system, so they already book with you by the time you switch.

### Who is behind this?
Nick at DiamondBack Advertising in Kernersville, NC. A real person you can text.

Updated 2026-10-31. Built by DiamondBack Advertising (https://diamondbackadvertising.com/).