Switch from Lightspeed Golf (formerly Chronogolf)
Switch from Lightspeed Golf to TeeMarshal
Here is what TeeMarshal offers a public course, what the importer brings across from Lightspeed Golf, and how to make the move in an orderly way.
About Lightspeed Golf
Lightspeed Golf, formerly known as Chronogolf, is a subscription tee sheet and point of sale system for golf courses. Its pricing and contract terms are quote based and vary by course, so check your own agreement. This page sticks to what TeeMarshal does and how the move works.
Why courses move to TeeMarshal
A price you can read on a web page
No contract
Booking on your own domain
Phone agent and waitlist built in
Everything exports
A fair comparison
TeeMarshal's column is fact. The Lightspeed Golf column is a general description, because terms differ from course to course. Your own agreement is the source of truth.
| TeeMarshal | Lightspeed Golf | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Published flat monthly price: $199 Starter, $349 Pro, $299 per course for groups of 2 to 10. No barter tee times and no per-booking fees. | Subscription software. Pricing is generally by quote and depends on the modules you choose. Ask Lightspeed Golf for your current terms. |
| Who owns the golfer relationship | Your course. Golfers book with you, their details go into your golfer list, and TeeMarshal does not market other courses to them. | Depends on your agreement and on which booking and marketing channels you have turned on. Terms vary by course. Check your agreement. |
| Where golfers book | On your own domain, such as book.yourcourse.com, with your logo and colors. | An online booking page provided through Lightspeed Golf. Domain and branding options depend on your setup. |
| Contracts | No contract. Month to month, and you cancel inside the app. | Term length and renewal conditions vary. Terms vary by course. Check your agreement. |
| Data export | Export everything as CSV whenever you like, plus a public API. If you leave, you take all of it. | Customer and reservation exports are available. Ask your vendor what else you can take with you. |
| Payment processing | Stripe, with your course as merchant of record. You pay Stripe's standard rate directly. No TeeMarshal markup at launch. | Depends on your processor and your agreement with Lightspeed Golf. Check your merchant statement for the rate you pay. |
Product names are trademarks of their owners. Comparison based on publicly available information as of October 2026; terms vary by course.
What to export
Two files from Lightspeed Golf cover it.
Customers CSV
Bookings CSV
If you are unsure where to find these exports, ask your current vendor for a customers CSV and a bookings CSV covering your upcoming dates.
What moves over
- Your golfers. Names, emails, phone numbers, and the history fields your export includes. Duplicates are merged by phone number first, then by email.
- Future bookings. Upcoming tee times land on the matching times on your new sheet. If your new sheet does not have a matching time, TeeMarshal creates it and flags it for you.
- Rate classes. Where your export names a rate for each booking, such as senior or resident, it is mapped to the rate class with the same name.
- Consent, only when you attest to it. Imported golfers are opted in to marketing texts only if you confirm in the import that the consent exists. That confirmation is logged. Otherwise they come in as email contacts only.
- Conflicts are listed, never dropped. If an imported booking would put a time over capacity, it appears on a list for your GM to resolve. Nothing is silently discarded.
- Reversible for 7 days. Every imported row is tagged with its import. If something looks wrong, roll the whole import back within 7 days and try again.
How the import works
Upload your export files
CSV or Excel, uploaded in the admin under settings. Files are stored privately for your course.TeeMarshal recognizes the format
The importer identifies the source system from the column headers and maps the columns for you. If it does not recognize a file, you map the columns yourself in a simple matching screen.Review the preview
Before anything is saved you see the mapped columns, row counts, duplicates that will be merged, and any rows with errors.Commit
Golfers land in your CRM and future bookings appear on the sheet, marked as imported.Roll back if you need to
One click undoes the import for 7 days and returns your data to where it was.
Your switch plan
Check your agreement
Find the end date and the notice terms in your Lightspeed Golf agreement, including any automatic renewal. Put the notice deadline on a calendar. Agreements differ, so read your own.Export your data
Export your customer list and your upcoming tee sheet from Lightspeed Golf. If you cannot find an export, ask your current vendor for one in writing.Set up your sheet and rates
The onboarding wizard asks for your tees, interval, and first and last times, then six questions about your rates. This is the part that takes under 30 minutes.Import and preview
Upload the export files, check the preview, and commit. Review any conflicts the importer lists.Run in parallel for a few days
Connect Stripe, make a test booking, and have your staff use the new sheet next to the old one until they are comfortable. Pick a quiet weekday as your cutover date.Point your booking links to the new site
Change the "Book a tee time" button on your website and the booking link on your Google Business Profile to your new booking address. Do a final import of any bookings taken since the first one.Go live, then cancel the old system
Take bookings on TeeMarshal. Once you have confirmed everything came across, cancel Lightspeed Golf according to the notice terms in your agreement.
Founding-course offer: the first 25 courses get their data migration done for them at no charge and their price locked for life. See pricing or read the importing guide.
Questions about leaving Lightspeed Golf
We use Lightspeed for retail and the restaurant too. Does TeeMarshal replace all of it?
No. TeeMarshal covers the golf side: tee sheet, booking, payments, golfers, and messaging. Its light pro shop POS handles the golf counter and a few hundred retail items. It does not do food and beverage, so courses with a restaurant keep a separate system for that.
Will the importer recognize our files?
The importer identifies Lightspeed Golf exports from their column headers. If your export looks different, you can map the columns by hand in the same screen.
Do member rates come across?
Rates named on imported bookings are mapped to rate classes by name. Recurring membership billing is available and is set up with us after you switch, because membership records are not part of the import. Talk to us early if memberships are central to your operation.
Can we undo the import?
Yes, for 7 days. Rolling back removes everything that import created.
Switching from something else?
From GolfNow G1
From foreUP
From Club Prophet
Try the importer with your own export files
Create an account and run your files through the importer preview. You see how your own data comes across before anything is saved and before you decide anything.