⛳ The Golfing Lab — AI Enquiry & Booking Assistant

Working prototype of the "automation-first" model: the bot handles ~80% of enquiries, a human handles the rest.

INTERACTIVE PROTOTYPE · runs entirely in your browser · try it below
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Birdie · TGL Assistant
Online · replies instantly, 24/7

📊 Behind the scenes

What the owner sees — proof the bot is doing the heavy lifting.

Auto-handled 80%Escalated to human 20%
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Enquiries this session
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Answered by bot
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Leads captured

🗂️ Live lead record (CRM)

Auto-built as you chat — never lost, never ghosted.

No lead captured yet. Chat with Birdie or book a lesson to see a record appear here.

🛎️ The 20% a human handles

Birdie escalates the tricky stuff with full context already attached:

  • Complex/coaching-specific questions
  • Custom corporate / group quotes
  • Anyone who asks for a human
  • Final booking confirmation & payment

Why this fixes 3 problems at once

❌ Stops the ghosting

Enquiries are answered instantly, 24/7 — no more leads dying in an inbox while coaches are on the range. Every contact is captured.

📅 Feeds the booking system

Every booking flows through one system tied to a bay slot — so two lessons can't grab the same bay, and nothing happens off-book.

💸 Plugs the leakage

Because booking + payment run through the academy, side payments have nowhere to hide. The bot is the front door to the whole funnel.

Peak vs off-peak built into booking

The booking flow nudges price-sensitive enquirers toward Daytime (off-peak) rates — filling your empty weekday bays — while protecting scarce peak slots. Try booking a lesson above and toggle the time to see it.

Making it real — deployment

LayerOption (low-cost start)Indicative cost
Chat widget + AISite chat tool with AI (e.g. Tidio / Chatbase) trained on your FAQ, or WhatsApp Business auto-replies + AIFree–US$40/mo
Booking + bay schedulingUpper Hand / ProAgenda / Bookeo (must support resource/bay scheduling)US$20–80/mo
PaymentsPayNow (business UEN) + card via the booking tool~card fees only
Human mop-upOne coach/owner or a part-time VA on the 20% the bot escalatesLow
Honesty note: this prototype's "AI" is a rule-based knowledge engine running in your browser using The Golfing Lab's real published info — it shows the experience and the funnel logic. A production version would plug a real AI model (trained on your full FAQ) into a live chat/WhatsApp widget and a real booking calendar. No messages are sent and nothing is saved — the CRM panel is a live demo. The WhatsApp/booking number is a placeholder for your friend to fill in.