UK and Ireland comparison · Updated 14 September 2026

BRS Golf, ClubV1 and intelligentgolf Compared

We're the team behind Links Meridian, so we'll be upfront: by the end of this page, we hope you'll agree it's the best choice for UK and Irish clubs that want one system. Compared with BRS Golf, ClubV1 and intelligentgolf on 16 buying criteria, with a source and a date beside every competitor figure.

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By the Links Meridian editorial team. We only list Links Meridian features clubs can use today.

The 16 Buying Criteria, Side by Side

Tier tags on the Links Meridian column name the lowest tier that includes the row. “Not confirmed” means we could not verify it from public sources, which is not the same as not offered.

Links Meridian, BRS Golf, ClubV1 and intelligentgolf compared on 16 buying criteria
Criterion	Links Meridian	BRS Golf	ClubV1	intelligentgolf
1. Tee sheet and online booking	Real-time; portal, web, counter, ballot and society bookings on one booking model	Booking-first tee sheet	Tee sheet and online booking	Tee sheet and online booking
2. Member management	Member records with family linking, committees and roles, applications and waiting lists	Memberships software integrated with the tee sheet and app	Membership management	Member records and a member website
3. Visitor bookings and payments	Visitor booking and card payment built in, through Stripe	Visitor booking; BRS Payments at 2.9% + £0.05 a domestic card, plus 2% international	Not confirmed	Card payments through IG Pay (ClearAccept); rate not confirmed
4. Competitions and WHS handicaps	Competitions, live scoring, TV leaderboards; WHS index held per member, course and playing handicaps calculated (Professional+)	Not confirmed on BRS's product pages	WHS-authorised licensee; competitions and handicapping	WHS-authorised licensee; CONGU/WHS competitions and handicapping
5. EPOS: bar, restaurant and pro shop	Pro shop and F&B tills, kitchen display, charge to member account (Professional+)	BRS Core POS with member wallet top-ups and an F&B iPad app	EPOS	EPOS
6. Membership billing	Automated dues and house accounts; Bacs Direct Debit and card (Standard+)	Billing and payments with custom payment cycles	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
7. Member app and portal	Digital Clubhouse web app (Standard+) and club-branded iOS and Android apps	Members' booking app with buddy lists	Member portal and the HowDidiDo app	Member website and the HowDidiDo app
8. Email, SMS and marketing	SMS reminders (Standard+); email campaigns, segments and journeys (Enterprise)	Club messaging to members' phones	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
9. Accounting and reporting	Double-entry general ledger, AP, AR, period close; nightly QuickBooks Online and Xero sync (Professional+)	Billing and reporting; no general ledger	Reporting; a general ledger not confirmed	Reporting; a general ledger not confirmed
10. Multi-course support	A tee sheet, pricing and settings per course on one account; Portfolio from $699 per course	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
11. Ease of use for staff	One login for the tee sheet, tills, members and accounts	Familiar to many UK club managers: among the most-chosen suppliers in a 2025 GCMA survey	Familiar to many UK club managers: among the most-chosen suppliers in a 2025 GCMA survey	Familiar to many UK club managers: among the most-chosen suppliers in a 2025 GCMA survey
12. Member experience	Community feed, Honours Board, Course Records, awards, polls and Looking for Game	Booking app and one-way club messaging; no community feed	Member portal and HowDidiDo; a community feed not confirmed	Member website and HowDidiDo; a community feed not confirmed
13. Switching and implementation	Your current system stays live until you sign off; free migration tooling with dry run and rollback on every plan	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
14. Your tee times	Never traded; no marketplace	A free-software option paid in tee times through GolfNow Hot Deals (reported)	Paid by subscription	Paid by subscription
15. Pricing	Published: $99 to $1,799 a month; no per-module fees within a tier	No public price for paid tiers; quoted after a sales call (checked 14 September 2026)	Quoted and priced by module: clubs reported £600 to £2,760 a year for the software (2019 to 2023), before card fees and an accounts package	Quoted: clubs reported about £3,600 to £4,300 a year (2016) and call it the most expensive mainstream UK system (2022), before card fees and an accounts package
16. AI	AI Concierge, AI content agents and AI dashboard insights (Enterprise)	Not marketed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed

Competitor cells were last checked on 14 September 2026 against the sources in the vendor briefs below. Vendors change their products and prices; verify during your evaluation and ask each vendor to demonstrate the rows that matter to you live.

The Three Vendors, in Brief

Every Links Meridian price is published: Starter $99, Standard $299, Professional $749 and Enterprise $1,799 a month, with no per-module fees within a tier and no traded tee times. Most vendors in the UK market quote after a sales call, so the figures below are labelled published or reported, with the source and date beside each.

BRS Golf

A booking-first tee sheet many UK and Irish club managers already know, now sold as BRS Core. It includes a point of sale integrated with the tee sheet, app and memberships, with member wallet top-ups and an F&B iPad app that sends orders to the bar or kitchen (BRS Golf (opens in a new tab)). Members get a booking app with buddy lists and club messaging to their phones (BRS Help Centre (opens in a new tab)). BRS markets billing and reporting, not a general ledger, so the accounts run in a separate package.

Cost:: No public price for paid tiers; quoted after a sales call (checked 14 September 2026). BRS Payments charges 2.9% + £0.05 per domestic card and a further 2% on international cards, with no monthly fee (BRS Help Centre (opens in a new tab)). One club reported free software in exchange for one tee time a day through GolfNow Hot Deals (Golf Monthly forum, January 2023 (opens in a new tab)).
Parent company:: NBC Sports Next, part of Comcast's NBCUniversal, since GolfNow acquired BRS in 2013 (NBC Sports (opens in a new tab)). Sister brand: GolfNow.

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ClubV1

A long-established UK system from Club Systems International, marketed to more than 1,600 clubs as one system for the tee sheet, EPOS, competitions and WHS handicapping, membership and the club website (Club Systems International (opens in a new tab)). ClubV1 is a WHS-authorised licensee, and members use the HowDidiDo app.

Cost:: No current published price. UK clubs reported about £600 a year for the entry tier, £1,300 for Premium and £230 a month in one club's case (Golf Monthly forum, August 2019 (opens in a new tab)), and between £1,000 and £2,000 a year in 2023 (Golf Monthly forum, January 2023 (opens in a new tab)). These figures are dated and self-reported; ask for a current quote in writing, with EPOS and card fees itemised.

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intelligentgolf

A UK members'-club system covering the tee sheet, EPOS and CONGU/WHS competition management (intelligentgolf (opens in a new tab)). intelligentgolf is a WHS-authorised licensee; members use a member website and the HowDidiDo app, and card payments run through IG Pay (ClearAccept).

Cost:: Quoted after a sales call; no price is published for a full-size club (checked 14 September 2026). Clubs reported it at £1,000 to £1,300 a year more than a Club Systems bill of £2,600 to £3,000 with the membership and till modules, so about £3,600 to £4,300 (Golf Monthly forum, November 2016 (opens in a new tab)), and describe it as “pretty much the most expensive solution out there” (Golf Monthly forum, May 2022 (opens in a new tab)). Card fees through IG Pay are not published, and members' HowDidiDo app costs £2.99 to £9.99 a year each, or £1,400 a year for the club (National Club Golfer, January 2026 (opens in a new tab)).

Switching from intelligentgolf

Survey reference for row 11: the 2025 Golf Club Software Technology Report of 134 UK and Ireland club managers (GCMA (opens in a new tab)).

Common Questions

How does Links Meridian compare with BRS Golf, ClubV1 and intelligentgolf?

Links Meridian puts the tee sheet, the pro shop and bar tills, competitions with each member's WHS Handicap Index and calculated course and playing handicaps, a double-entry general ledger and the Digital Clubhouse member community on one login, with every price published from $99 a month. BRS Golf is a booking-first system that now includes a POS but no general ledger. ClubV1 and intelligentgolf are long-established UK systems and WHS-authorised licensees; we found no published price for a full-size club from either (checked 14 September 2026). The 16-row table on this page sets out each criterion with its source.

Is Links Meridian cheaper than ClubV1 or intelligentgolf?

Compare the whole bill, not the software fee. ClubV1 and intelligentgolf are quoted and priced by module. UK clubs reported ClubV1 at £600 to £2,760 a year for the software in Golf Monthly forum posts from 2019 to 2023, and intelligentgolf at about £3,600 to £4,300 a year in 2016, describing it in 2022 as the most expensive mainstream UK system. On top of either sit card fees, a separate accounts package, and the HowDidiDo member app at £2.99 to £9.99 a year per member or £1,400 a year for the club (National Club Golfer, January 2026). Links Meridian publishes every tier, from $99 to $1,799 a month, and its Professional tier, $599 a month billed annually, puts the pro shop and bar tills, tournaments, handicap tracking, a double-entry general ledger with QuickBooks and Xero sync and the member app on one bill, with card payments from 1.5% + 20p on UK cards. If you have a quote from either vendor, share it with us and we will add it to this comparison.

Do any of these platforms take a cut of my tee times?

BRS Golf offers a free-software option paid for in tee times: one club reported free software in exchange for one tee time a day through GolfNow Hot Deals (Golf Monthly forum, January 2023). Links Meridian never takes, trades or resells your tee times; it is paid only by its published subscription. ClubV1 and intelligentgolf are paid by subscription.

Which is best for a UK or Ireland members' club?

Links Meridian, for a club that wants the tee sheet, the bar and pro shop tills, competitions, the accounts and a member community on one login, with Bacs Direct Debit for UK member dues, billing in pounds or euros, and each member's WHS Handicap Index held with course and playing handicaps calculated for competitions. ClubV1 and intelligentgolf are WHS-authorised licensees with long track records in UK members' clubs. BRS Golf suits a club that wants a booking-first system with GolfNow distribution. Shortlist on the 16 criteria above and ask each vendor to demonstrate them live.

Which UK golf club software handles WHS handicaps?

ClubV1 and intelligentgolf are both WHS-authorised licensees with CONGU/WHS competition and handicap management. Links Meridian holds each member's WHS Handicap Index and calculates course and playing handicaps from the Professional tier, alongside competitions with live scoring, match play, countback and TV leaderboards. BRS Golf's competition and handicap depth is not confirmed on its own product pages.

Does BRS Golf have a POS?

Yes. BRS Core includes a point of sale integrated with its tee sheet, app and memberships software, with member wallet top-ups and an F&B iPad app that sends orders to the bar or kitchen (BRS Golf, checked 14 September 2026). BRS does not market a general ledger, so the accounts run in a separate package. Links Meridian includes pro shop and F&B tills and a double-entry general ledger from the Professional tier.

How accurate is this comparison?

It was last updated on 14 September 2026 by the Links Meridian editorial team. We only list Links Meridian features clubs can use today. Competitor facts come from vendor sites, help centres, a GCMA survey and UK golf forums, with the source beside each figure; forum prices are labelled as reported and dated. Where we could not confirm a capability, the cell says so. Vendors change prices and products, so verify current details during your evaluation, and tell us through the contact page if something has changed.

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