A foreUP Alternative with the Ledger Built In
Links Meridian is the foreUP alternative for courses that want the accounts, the marketing and a member community on the same system as the tee sheet and the till. foreUP prices each module separately and exports to QuickBooks; every Links Meridian tier is published, from $99 a month.
foreUP's core is online booking, tee-sheet management and a point of sale. Around it, costs stack by module. foreUP's own archived pricing page listed the tee sheet from $120 a month, POS from $130, F&B from $120, billing from $80, email and text marketing from $70 and tournaments from $120; the live site no longer publishes prices (checked 3 October 2026). In one public contract, the City of Spokane pays $40,032 a year for four municipal courses, about $10,000 per course, plus $6,100 to implement, on a five-year term (City of Spokane Park Board agenda, 9 January 2025). Its accounting runs through a two-step export and import into QuickBooks (foreUP).
Links Meridian runs the same course on one system: a tee sheet with online booking, lottery and waitlist; pro shop and F&B tills; a double-entry ledger with AP, AR and daily reconciliation; tournaments; member CRM; and the Digital Clubhouse, with a community feed, Course Records, the Honours Board, season standings and awards. Every tier is published, from $99 to $1,799 a month, with no per-module fees within a tier.
A daily-fee course adding a paid membership programme needs a member experience worth paying for. Links Meridian runs daily-fee and member play in the same system, with pricing rules by member tier, time of day and day of week.
foreUP has been owned by Clubessential Holdings since February 2021 (PR Newswire), and Clubessential announced a merger with Xplor Technologies in September 2025 (Clubessential).
The Outcome for Your Club
A Member Portal Members Use
Links Meridian gives daily-fee golfers and members the Digital Clubhouse, with Course Records, the Honours Board and a community feed, and each club its own branded iOS and Android app.
Accounting Built in, Not Exported
GL, AP, AR, daily reconciliation, tax handling and a nightly QuickBooks Online and Xero sync, from Professional. foreUP's own site describes a two-step export to QuickBooks.
Marketing on the Same Platform
Email campaigns, segments and automated journeys on Enterprise, with AI content agents that draft and publish. foreUP prices email and text marketing as a separate module.
One Bill
foreUP prices by module, and its accounting lives in QuickBooks. Links Meridian publishes every tier, with no per-module fees within a tier.
Daily-Fee and Membership in One System
Public play, member play and hybrid models on the same platform. Pricing rules adjust by member tier, time of day and day of week, and restrictions keep member-only times for members.
Your current system stays live until you sign off
Keep foreUP running while staff check Links Meridian with your own data. On every plan, free of charge, the migration tooling stages your upload, maps fields with AI assistance and runs a dry run before anything goes live.
Links Meridian vs foreUP
Common Questions
We are a daily-fee course. Does Links Meridian work for us?
Yes. Links Meridian handles daily-fee, membership and hybrid operations in one system: the tee sheet, online booking, POS and pricing tools a daily-fee course needs, and a member programme when you add one, without changing platforms.
How does the switch from foreUP to Links Meridian work?
Your foreUP system stays live until you sign off on Links Meridian, whichever tier you choose, so staff check the new system with your own data before cutover. On every plan, free of charge, Links Meridian's migration tooling stages your upload, maps fields with AI assistance, runs a dry run and can roll back. You set the go-live date.
We use foreUP plus a separate accounting tool. Will Links Meridian replace both?
Yes. Links Meridian includes a double-entry ledger with GL, AP and AR from the Professional tier, plus a nightly QuickBooks Online and Xero sync if you want to keep your existing accounting package. foreUP's accounting runs through a two-step export and import into QuickBooks.
What does foreUP cost compared with Links Meridian?
foreUP no longer publishes prices, but its own archived pricing page listed modules from $70 to $130 a month each, and the City of Spokane pays $40,032 a year for four courses plus $6,100 to implement, on a five-year term (City of Spokane Park Board agenda, 9 January 2025; checked 3 October 2026). Links Meridian publishes every tier, from $99 to $1,799 a month, with no per-module fees within a tier.
Does Links Meridian support gift cards and rain checks?
Yes. Links Meridian's pro shop POS includes gift cards, rain checks and a loyalty programme, from the Professional tier.
Replace foreUP with one integrated platform
Tee sheet, POS, accounting, member portal and marketing on one login. Every tier published.