For Independent Golf Courses

The outings line is leaking.
The email list is a card swipe.

We build the revenue systems independent courses need but rarely have time to build. Outings funnels that catch inquiries before they cool. Loyalty systems that turn rounds into relationships. Websites that aren't a generic tee sheet software template. All built by someone who's worked the cart barn and run growth at scale.

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This Probably Sounds Familiar

The work you keep meaning to get done.

You don't need a consultant to tell you where your operation leaks. You likely already know. The question is whether you've got the time or resources to improve it.

Outings
Outings inquiries scatter. They land in three inboxes between the GM, the F&B manager, and the website form. Half don't get answered in 24 hours. The ones that do convert at a fraction of what they should because nobody owns the funnel.
Email List
Your email list sits stale in your software. Everyone who's ever paid for a round is in there. You mail once a season, treat it like one channel, and wonder why opens have been flat for two years. There's a retention and revenue machine hiding in that list.
League Management
League sign-ups happen on paper. The men's club roster is a Word doc that gets updated after meetings. Ladies' league pays by check. The handicap chair runs a Yahoo group. Meanwhile, your competitors run all of it through one app and their members notice.
Website
Your website hasn't been touched since the logo refresh or looks like a generic tee sheet software template. Tee times link out to a separate booking engine, the outings page is some text and an email address, and you've never seen who lands on the site and leaves. That site did the job in 2019. In 2026, it's costing rounds and revenue.
Lessons
Lessons fill by referral and the head pro's word of mouth. Juniors fill if the pro sent the email. There's no funnel underneath any of it and no way to know whether the program could double if the pipeline existed. Every shoulder season you find out you were short of capacity, not demand.
Outings Revenue Forecasting
The outings line is the largest unknown in the budget every year. You build the season forecast on last year's number plus a feeling. The forecast lands within 30% sometimes. The room to grow it is real. The system to do that growing is missing.
Why Us
I've worked the cart barn before the first group teed off and stayed past sundown to lock it back up. I know what a Tuesday in July looks like at a daily-fee course. I help build the marketing stack a golf course needs because I've worked at one.
Ryan Zarlengo, Founder of Looper Lab
What Gets Built

Four systems we build for independent courses.

Outings & Events System
The outings line leaks at most courses. We build the inquiry-to-booked funnel that catches the revenue you're losing on slow follow-ups.
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Loyalty & Retention System
Most courses treat their customer base like a transaction log. We turn it into a relationship system that earns repeat rounds and longer member tenure.
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Online Presence System
Your website is the front door for half of new customers. We rebuild it so it works for golfers, ranks for the searches that matter, and feeds the rest of your systems.
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Lessons & Programs System
Lessons fill by referral. Juniors fill if the pro sent the email. We build a real funnel underneath both so capacity is the only ceiling.
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How Most Courses Start

One system. Built end to end.

Most independent courses start with a Read on the single revenue line that's leaking hardest. Pick the system. Build it well. Get the proof. Decide what's next once the first one is running smoothly.

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The Read
A focused four-to-six-week build of one named system. Defined scope, defined deliverables, and an end date that's on the calendar before we start.
$5,000 to $8,000 for the engagement, billed 50% upfront and 50% on delivery.
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If different
If you want to tackle two or three systems together (the website plus loyalty plus outings is a common bundle), the Yardage Book is the move. If your systems are already in place and you want them actively run, the Loop is where you start.
The Engagement

What the next sixty days actually look like.

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Step 1
The audit call
We walk your tee sheet, your outings inbox, your booking flow, and your email setup together. You'll get an honest read on where the revenue is leaking. No pitch on the call.
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Step 2
The scope
We agree on the one system to build first, the baseline metrics we'll measure against, and the timeline. The scope gets locked before any work starts and doesn't move without a conversation.
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Step 3
The build
Four to six weeks of building. Weekly check-ins. We work around your season, not the other way around. An engagement that starts in April looks different from one that starts in October.
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Step 4
The handoff
We train your team on the new system, hand off documentation, and give you a 14-day Q&A window for the questions that always come up after launch.
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Step 5
The next move
Some courses stop after one Read and run the system themselves. Some come back for the next system in the queue. Some move into a Loop and have us run it. None of it gets decided before you've seen what the first build does.
About

Who you're working with.

Ryan Zarlengo, founder of Looper Lab

I'm Ryan Zarlengo, founder of Looper Lab. I grew up in golf. I worked the cart barn in high school, played the game at a competitive level through college, and stayed close to the operations side of the business as my work expanded outside it.

Before Looper Lab, I built and ran a golf equipment brand called Highside Putters. I also worked in golf retail. Outside of golf, I spent fifteen years scaling marketing and operations at a multi-million-dollar e-commerce company, where I built and led cross-functional teams across marketing, operations, supply chain, and product.

Looper Lab is the combination of all of those experiences. I help owner-operators build real systems to drive revenue and retention.

Let's work together to build the systems to grow your business.
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