Get an overview of and insight into your own golf course
TeeGuard gives you full control and data over your golf course. Pace of play is measured, queues are detected and the system speaks up when something deviates. Your staff can act before it turns into complaints.
No recording
TeeGuard never records video. The camera sensors send an encrypted video stream to TeeGuard's service, which analyses the pace and flow of play on the course in real time. The stream is never stored.
Only what is needed is stored
No unfiltered images are stored in the cloud. The filtered measurement images are kept only as long as the GDPR allows and are deleted automatically within 24 hours.
Secure within the EU
The data is stored within the EU and kept strictly separate between clubs.
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The whole course on one screen
The screen immediately highlights what needs your attention: groups falling behind and queues building. What runs smoothly takes care of itself, and the rest of the course overview is always a click away.
Every group, from the first tee to the last green
The club knows who has booked, but not what is happening out on the course. TeeGuard follows every group from sensor to sensor: how many are playing, when they teed off and when they are expected at the next hole. Connect your booking system and you also see groups with more players than booked, unbooked play and no-shows. Between sensors the pace is an estimate, and the view says so.
See what the web app showsThe alert arrives before the complaint
When a group loses pace or a queue builds, the marshal gets an alert with the hole, the time and a suggested action. There is still time to put it right.
- Slow play, with how many minutes the group is behind.
- A queue at a hole, before it spreads back down the course.
- A sensor that has gone quiet, so you know where the picture is incomplete.
- Missed tee times, so the slot can be filled.
The head is blurred before anything is stored in the cloud
TeeGuard never looks for individual people or faces: a player's identity is completely irrelevant to us. The system measures presence and numbers to keep play flowing, not who is playing. That is why no facial details are ever registered or stored. Without a GIT connection the club sees only numbers and times. If the club connects GIT, authorised staff can see who is booked in a group when an alert is raised.
Read how we handle data1.The reality
The camera sensor sends an encrypted video stream to TeeGuard's service. A group is in the picture, for example two players: one in white trousers and a green top, the other in white trousers and a blue top, around 170 and 180 cm tall.
2.The analysis
The service identifies that two people are standing on the tee, the combination of clothes they are wearing and a coarse height class for each person, in 10 cm ranges.
3.Storage & Privacy
What the system stores is the number of people, their clothing combinations, a coarse height class for each person and the time.
A blurred image is kept and deleted within 24 hours. The sensors do not know who the players are.
Illustration with sample data.
Built on Google Cloud
TeeGuard is built on Google Cloud and was selected for the Google for Startups Cloud Program. The database and the images from your course are stored within the EU, and the goal is to hold them on Google Cloud in Stockholm.
Alerts get through, even on a fully booked Saturday
The system grows automatically with the load. When the course is full, the marshal gets alerts as quickly as on a quiet Tuesday morning.
Your data stays within the EU
The database and the images from your course are stored within the EU, and the goal is to hold them on Google Cloud in Stockholm. Sign-in, email and text messages go through providers within the EU.
Security checked by independent auditors
Google Cloud is regularly audited against ISO 27001 and SOC 2. The audits cover the platform we build on, not TeeGuard as a company.
How to get started
1.Demonstration
We come out to you and demonstrate the system on site. Together we look at your needs and discuss where the club stands today and the challenges it faces.
2.Site planning
Together we go through the course and plan exactly where the camera sensors should go. You know your course best, and we adapt the placement entirely to your needs and bottlenecks.
3.Installation
Once the agreement is signed we plan and carry out the installation, which takes 2–3 days. Onboarding for your staff then begins. We put great weight on you feeling completely safe and comfortable with TeeGuard from day one.
4.Operations & Support
When you feel completely confident with the system we switch it to live mode. For us, personal support is everything. That is why TeeGuard is always just a phone call away.
Questions we often get
More answers are on the privacy and security page.
Do you film, and if so, where is the footage stored?
No. TeeGuard never records any video. TeeGuard's service reads the sensors' images only to follow and analyse the flow of play, and it does not know who the players are. Names from the booking are shown only if the club has connected its booking system, and only to the club's authorised staff. The only image stored in the cloud is a blurred snapshot that is deleted automatically within 24 hours.
Can TeeGuard tell who someone is?
No. The sensor cannot tell who anyone is. The system counts people, reads clothing colours and estimates players' approximate height. This is done only to follow the group and its pace and to make sure the group matches the booking.
Does the club need a permit for the camera sensors?
Normally not. Rules differ between countries: under Swedish law, a golf club needs no permit for camera sensors that analyse the pace of play, and at the demo we go through what applies to your club. The club is the data controller and needs to carry out a balancing test and an impact assessment and inform players. We put up clear information signs ourselves when we mount the sensors, and we give you our documentation.
What do we need to do at the club?
Give us access to the course for installation, name a contact person and sign the data processing agreement with us. The balancing test and the impact assessment are the club's, and we give you the documentation. We put up the signs.
Who at the club uses TeeGuard?
Marshals, greenkeeping staff, the club manager and the board. Each sees what matters for their work: the marshal sees alerts, the club manager sees how busy the course is and how that changes over time.
See TeeGuard on your own course
Book a demo. We come out to you and demonstrate the system on site. Together we look at your needs and discuss what TeeGuard means for your club.