What ClubUp does
ClubUp runs a caddie marketplace: caddies join the platform, clubs draw from it, and ClubUp handles the scheduling and payment mechanics in between. Like the other dedicated caddie platforms, it operates as its own layer beside the club's tee sheet and member systems rather than inside them.
What GolfCore does differently
On GolfCore the yard is not a separate system. Assignments come off real tee times on the sheet the shop already runs, caddies confirm by text and show as arrived on the same page, and every caddie carries the course itself — green contour maps with fall lines, live wind at their position, and the morning's pins, across more than four thousand mapped courses in all fifty states, Britain, and Ireland.
And the yard is a network. The Yard is the caddies' shared feed in the app, one community across every club on the platform — and once a caddie is onboarded at one club, any club on GolfCore can request them. GolfCore does not recruit caddies off the street the way a staffing service does; the network grows club by club, and every club that joins deepens the yard for the rest.
Side by side
| Capability | ClubUp | GolfCore |
|---|---|---|
| Caddie marketplace and recruitment | Yes — connects caddies with clubs | No outside recruiting — but any club can request any caddie on the platform |
| Caddie scheduling and payments | Through its platform | Assignments off real tee times; confirmations by SMS |
| Tee sheet and club booking | No — separate from the club's systems | Built in; the yard reads the same sheet |
| Green contour maps, live wind, daily pins | No | Yes, for caddies and members alike |
| Member-facing app | No — caddie platform | Yes, one app for members, staff, and caddies |
| Caddie roster spanning multiple clubs | Marketplace-wide pool | One profile, requestable by every club; The Yard feed shared across all |
The short version
A club that wants an outside platform to source and pay caddies is ClubUp's case. A club that wants its own yard — assignments off the real sheet, text confirmations, arrivals, and caddies carrying green contours, wind, and pins in the same app the members use — is GolfCore's.
More context: caddie management on GolfCore, or the other comparisons — vs Handicaddie · vs CaddieNow .