Every hole, flown
Interactive hole-by-hole golf course tours
A hole-by-hole tour lets a golfer pick any hole on the course and watch it flown from tee to green, followed by a slow orbit of the green. FLYTHRU builds the tour for the whole course, embeds it on the club's own website and can run it as a loop on the clubhouse screen.
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What is a golf course flyover video in a hole-by-hole tour?
In a hole-by-hole tour, each hole has its own flyover: a smooth, cinematic flight from the tee to the green, then a slow orbit of the green. The golfer chooses which hole to watch, so the tour works as a course guide rather than a single promotional film watched once.
A single highlights reel shows the best views. A hole-by-hole tour shows the whole course in order, which is what a golfer needs when planning a round, and it gives every hole its moment rather than only the signature ones.
How much does a hole-by-hole golf course fly-through cost?
A full-course tour on the Community Fly-through plan costs £29 a month with no setup fee, for member-owned and community clubs. Commercial venues pay £995 setup and £99 a month on the Club plan. Championship is priced on application, from £4,995 setup, with drone capture.
Club + Web Takeover costs £1,495 setup and £149 a month and adds an animated homepage hero. Community + New Website is £195 setup and £59 a month. Championship runs at £299 a month once agreed.
All plans are monthly rolling with no exit fee, and annual billing gives two months free. The club keeps its footage forever even if it cancels. Prices here are in pounds; Ireland pages show euro and the USA page shows US dollars.
How long does filming take for every hole on the course?
No filming visit is needed on most plans. Every hole is built from Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles, so the full tour is produced without a crew on the course. Drone footage is captured on site only on Championship plans. Once the course is mapped, most clubs have their tour live within a week.
When the course changes significantly, for example a new green or a rerouted hole, the affected holes are re-flown. Club + Web Takeover and Championship plans include quarterly re-flights, so the tour keeps pace with course works.
Do you need a drone permit in the UK or Ireland for a hole-by-hole tour?
Usually no drone is involved, because most FLYTHRU tours are built from 3D Tiles. Where a drone is flown, the UK Civil Aviation Authority sets the rules in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Irish Aviation Authority applies EU regulation 2019/947 in Ireland. Always check the current rules beforehand.
UK commercial work generally involves an Operator ID, a Flyer ID from the online test, an A2 Certificate of Competency or a Specific category operational authorisation when flying near people, the landowner's permission and care around flight restriction zones near airports. In Ireland it involves operator registration, online Open category training and test, an A2 Certificate of Competency where appropriate, and restricted geographical zones.
How do clubs use hole-by-hole tours to sell memberships and tee times?
Each hole view sits a click away from the tee sheet, so curiosity turns into a booking. In the UK the tour links to BRS Golf and intelligentgolf; elsewhere it links to the club's existing online booking page. The membership secretary can also send a single hole to a prospective member.
The monthly results email reports how many times the course flew and which holes got most views, which tells a club which holes to feature in its marketing. Society organisers can share a fly-through link in group chats, extending the tour well beyond the website.
What does each hole view in the tour show?
Each hole view shows a tee-to-green flight along the line of play, revealing the landing areas, bunkers, water and the approach, then a slow orbit of the green to show its shape and surrounds. Clubs can present yardage and hole information alongside, so the view doubles as a practical course planner.
The free sample at /demo/ shows a complete fly-through of Sample Links, a fictional demo course, with an embeddable iframe snippet. The St Andrews Old Course showcase at /st-andrews/ shows a hole-by-hole presentation of a famous links; it is not affiliated with the R&A or St Andrews Links Trust.
- Tee-to-green flight following the line of play.
- Slow orbit of the green and its surrounds.
- Space for yardage and hole notes beside the view.
How does the tour work on the website and in the clubhouse?
On the website, the tour is added with one line of script, with no rebuild and no plugins, and sits beside the tee-booking link. In the clubhouse, Clubhouse mode plays a 16:9 auto-cycling loop of the holes on the screen in the bar or foyer, so members and visitors see the course.
The Caddie, a website chatbot, can sit alongside the tour to answer visitor questions. Clubs wanting a stronger first impression can add the Web Takeover, an animated homepage hero built from the same footage.
How does a hole-by-hole tour help first-time visitors plan their strategy?
A first-time visitor can watch each hole before the round and decide where to aim, which club to hit from the tee and where to miss the green. Arriving with a plan makes the round more enjoyable, reduces lost balls and helps keep play moving for everyone on the course.
On the course itself, a tee plaque carrying a QR code lets a golfer scan and watch that hole fly before playing it. The plaque programme is included as standard on Championship and can be discussed for other plans on a demo call.
Get a fly-through for your club
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