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Guide · 3-minute read

Who makes golf course flyovers for club websites?

Four kinds of company make them: drone companies, 3D studios, course-map makers and club website companies. We are one of the 3D studios, so we describe the kinds and name no one.

The kind matters more than the name, because each leaves you with something different. Question 2 is what to ask all of them.

By Nik Khaledi, founder · Updated November 2026

The tenth at River Ridge under long tree shadows, from the air.

Your owner saw a flyover at another club and asks who made it. You search and get drone pilots, software and web designers. Now you have to sort them.

Three questions to answer first

  1. What does each kind leave you with?
  2. What should you ask any of them?
  3. How common is a video of every hole?

This page answers all three, in that order.

Question 1

What does each kind leave you with?

We read company pages of each kind in November 2026.1

  1. Drone companyYou get real video of each hole, from one shoot day.
  2. 3D studioYou get each hole built as a render. We send no crew, but others may, so ask.
  3. Course-map makerYou get a map golfers tap and drag. Some add a flyover of each hole.
  4. Club website companyYou get your website, and often your tee sheet. Some build a page for each hole.
Play hole 7
Hole 7 at River Ridge, one of ours.

What it means for your club

  • Decide what you want a golfer to see first, then pick the kind.
  • Some companies do more than one, so ask what they would make for you.
  • A search for "golf course flyover" will show you who works in your state.

Question 2

What should you ask any of them?

Five questions sort them. Get the answers in writing.

  1. Does anyone need to come to the course, and for how long?
  2. Do I get one long video, or one for every hole?
  3. When a golfer taps a hole, do they stay on my website?
  4. What happens when a tee moves or a hole changes?
  5. What happens to it if we stop paying?

What it means for your club

A good company answers all five on the first call. The answers tell you more than the sample reel does.

Question 3

How common is a video of every hole?

We read the course pages of 276 golf course websites in seven Northeast states.2

  • A video of every hole22 of 276
  • Some video, not every hole70 of 276
  • Holes in words or photos43 of 276
  • Nothing found, though we missed some2141 of 276

What it means for your club

Most clubs here had no video of every hole on the pages we could read. This count cannot say what the courses near you show, so check them.

We read up to three pages of each site, so the true numbers may be higher. We hand-checked some of the last group, and about half had something we missed.

The bottom line

  • Each kind of company leaves you with something different.
  • Ask all of them the same five questions.
  • This is what we build.

Sources

  1. Company pages read November 2026, at least one of each kind.
  2. Hero Shots Media count of golf course websites in seven Northeast states: MA, NY, CT, ME, NH, VT and RI. Course pages read November 2026.

Hero Shots Media sells course tours, so we have a side in this question. We do not name other companies, so those sources carry no link.

Read next

Does a golf course flyover of every hole need a drone? No. How a flyover of every hole works with no drone on your course, what a shoot day asks of a club, and the FAA rule to read before you book a pilot.Read it

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