GolfNow targets wider audience with new push (Score 49)

Sales lead: Get in touch now to score some of these extra ad dollars. 

  • GolfNow, NBC Sports' tee time marketplace, just kicked off a new campaign called "Get Your Golf On."
  • GolfNow is hoping to reach a younger and more multicultural audience with the campaign.
  • The push will be supported across TV, CTV, digital, social media, and on-site promotions at golf tournaments. 
  • It worked with creative shop Stranger Friend on the campaign. 

Target demographic: Male Golfers ranging from Gen-Z to Gen-X

The brand will likely:

  • Keep increasing national TV spend 
  • Try new marketing methods to reach younger golfers
  • Seek a multicultural AOR

Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: GolfNow spent nearly $1.2m on national TV ads YTD, a huge increase from $93.3k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend fell by 27% from $1.1m in 2021 to $803.4k in 2022. 
  • Ad programming: It placed ads during programming such as PGA Tour Golf, MLB Baseball, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBA Basketball, and Golf Today

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: GolfNow spent about $105.3k on digital display ads YTD, a significant decline from $843.2k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 30m impressions via programmatic ads. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $268.1k in 2021 to $2m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads programmatically through Google Display Network, GoogleDV360, and Microsoft Advertising onto sites such as weather.com, msn.com, asurascans.com, mangahere.cc, yahoo.com, and dailymail.co.uk. 

Additional channel insights  

  • Vivvix: GolfNow also utilizes local broadcast.
    • It holds media planning discussions in Q4, and it buys during Q3. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Reach out if you can help GolfNow reach a younger and more diverse audience. 
  • Current roster:
    • Stranger Friend: creative 

Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Adbeat; additional channel insights estimated by Vivvix.