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Marketingthat understands golf.

Your external Head of Marketing for golf clubs, golf brands and golf destinations.

Sebastian Scholz, founder of Golfancy, teeing off on the driving range
Sebastian Scholz · Founder · Hamburg
ResponsibilityExperienceOn the course
7-figuremedia budgets managed — as CMO
10+years of performance marketing, Google-certified
since2016active golfer — club life from the inside
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Our stance

Golf isn't a sport. It's a way of life, a business channel and a community.

Sebastian Scholz putting on the green
First conversation · 30 minutes · free

Where is your biggest lever?

Three fields are enough.

  1. iForm1 minute
  2. iiLive audit30 minutes, free
  3. iiiThree levers in writingafter the call
  4. ivDecisionyours — no obligation
  • Reply within 24 hourspersonally, on working days
  • Monthly reportcost per enquiry, not per click
  • You always talk to meno agency pool
Journal · Numbers, proof, context

From the Journal.

What I find out about the golf market, I write down — with source and date. All articles ›

Golf in Hamburg: the ecosystem in numbers. Lead article · Market analysis · 17 Aug 2026

Golf in Hamburg: the ecosystem in numbers.

47 DGV facilities within reach, Germany’s no. 1 course — my own analysis of DGV data.

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Five stages that interlock. No magic. Consistent mechanics.

A par-5 strategy: from foundation to brand loyalty.

In short: G.R.E.E.N. is Golfancy's growth system, built exclusively for the golf industry. Five sequential stages take golf clubs, golf brands and golf destinations from clean numbers (Groundwork) through reach (Reach) and conversion (Experience) to predictable growth (Elevate) and lasting customer loyalty (Network).

  1. GGroundwork — Clarity on your numbers.

    • Golf courses & clubs: Clean tracking reveals which channel brings real full members — and which only brings taster lessons. The foundation for every budget decision.
    • Golf brands & retailers: E-commerce tracking with margin per product. You finally see which range actually turns a profit — not just revenue.
    • Golf tourism & destinations: Booking tracking across every channel. Which source delivers high-value direct guests instead of costly OTA commission?
  2. RReach — Reaching the right golfers.

    • Golf courses & clubs: Google & Meta ads within a 25 km radius, aimed at course-ready players and new residents — targeted, without wastage.
    • Golf brands & retailers: Performance funnels that catch ready-to-buy golfers at the right moment: season opener, new arrival, sale.
    • Golf tourism & destinations: Multilingual campaigns targeting high-value travellers across the DACH region, UK & Scandinavia — before the booking decision.
  3. EExperience — From click to trust.

    • Golf courses & clubs: Landing pages and booking flows that turn prospects into trial members — smooth, mobile, fast.
    • Golf brands & retailers: Product pages and checkout that convey real value instead of discount — higher conversion, larger basket.
    • Golf tourism & destinations: Direct-booking flows with real-time availability, imagery and reviews that build trust.
  4. EElevate — Predictable revenue growth.

    • Golf courses & clubs: We scale the channels that work: occupancy in off-peak hours, events and green-fee packages.
    • Golf brands & retailers: Scaling profitable campaigns plus cross-sell across the range — more revenue per customer, predictably.
    • Golf tourism & destinations: Year-round occupancy instead of seasonal peaks. Yield optimisation instead of a discount war.
  5. NNetwork — Regulars instead of one-time buyers.

    • Golf courses & clubs: Member retention and referrals: satisfied members become ambassadors for your club.
    • Golf brands & retailers: Email, loyalty and repeat purchase: one-time buyers become regulars with high lifetime value.
    • Golf tourism & destinations: Returning guests and referrals: the one trip becomes the annual golf getaway.
EntryLive audit + scorecard
SteeringStrategy review every quarter, phase by phase
ReportMonthly — cost per enquiry, the G.R.E.E.N. programme
How I work — in detail ›

Four disciplines, all golf only.

Sebastian Scholz, founder of Golfancy
Sebastian Scholz · Founder · Hamburg
The founder

From the fairway into the engine room.

Golf is not a hobby for me — it is my DNA. I know the perfect morning drive. And I know the other side: the tee time that will not book on a phone. The lifeless newsletter. The generic social post.

Today Golfancy helps courses, brands and destinations do exactly that — at eye level, with data, without marketing jargon.

Marketing for golf is not marketing for sport. It is brand work for a community that recognises quality instantly — and showmanship just as fast.
  • Head of marketing — golf only
  • I speak golf — and board
Sebastian
Hamburg · Active player · LinkedIn · Instagram
30 minutes with Sebastian ›
More than just an agency — a real partner. What sets Golfancy apart is the genuine fire for the cause. Sebastian is true to his word and delivers what he promises.
Timo Galanulis
Owner & personal coach
Optimising our online shop and truly understanding its customer journey unlocked our potential. Thank you so much, Sebastian. A partner who meets you as an equal.
Mathias dos Santos
Owner, Brasilheroe
Outstanding consulting for golf clubs. Thanks to the G.R.E.E.N. system we finally have full transparency over our marketing campaigns and win new members predictably.
Christin M.
Managing Director, Golfpark Leipzig
Is this a disguised sales call?

No. If we see at the end that we're a good fit, I'll tell you. If not, you still get your scorecard and the prioritised levers — even without a follow-up call. Referrals only work if I'm not trying to turn everyone into a client.

Why does my club need a specialised agency?

Golfancy understands how member acquisition, green-fee marketing and taster-lesson bookings work together within a club — and focuses exactly where it matters for your facility. Specialisation you can see in the results.

What is Golfancy?

Golfancy is a marketing agency from Hamburg working exclusively for the golf industry, founded by Sebastian Scholz. As your external head of marketing I run Google Ads, social ads, SEO including AI visibility and web design — for golf clubs, golf brands and golf destinations in the German-speaking market, steered by the G.R.E.E.N. system.

How does a golf club win new members today?

Through three paths that interlock: local visibility where people search — Google, Google Maps and increasingly AI answers such as ChatGPT —, a website where taster courses and membership can be requested directly, and campaigns in the catchment area. What decides the outcome is the journey behind it: from taster course to course permit to membership, nobody should get lost. That is exactly the journey I build.

What does working together cost?

That depends on size and goals. Think of it as a staffing question: you get marketing leadership plus execution — at well below the cost of half a marketing hire. Sprints are one-off projects with a fixed scope. We discuss specific packages in the discovery call.

How quickly will I see results?

First data within 14 days (tracking, initial tests). Noticeable changes in 60–90 days, substantial growth leaps from 6 months onward. Serious growth needs that breathing room — and we take it.

Can you also optimise our existing website?

Yes. In most cases a focused refactoring sprint of the booking flow and the local-SEO foundation is enough — a full relaunch only when the technical base requires it.

Do you only work with large golf clubs?

No. I work with courses above a certain baseline size (for budgets that make sense), but a standard of quality counts more than member numbers. In the discovery call we'll see whether it's a fit.

First conversation · 30 minutes

Where is your biggest lever?

30 minutes, no obligation. Including your growth scorecard.