How To Play

PARLO is not a traditional membership group, a game, or review platform. It is a system designed to document how women actually experience golf through observation, participation, and collection.

At its core, PARLO runs on a simple loop. You play, you pay attention, you document what you experienced, and you build a collection that reflects where you have been and how those spaces felt.

This page will walk you through how to participate, how to move through the system, and how to get the most out of it.

1. Begin Your Entry Point

There are two ways to start.

You can begin as a Scout, or you can join as a Member (Resident).

If you are new, you can purchase a Starter Pack and submit for first golf course review (field note). This allows you to understand how PARLO works (Scout) without needing full access immediately. It is a way to begin observing and collecting at your own pace.

If you join as a member (Resident), you unlock the full system. This includes access to the archive, rare cards, trading on the Trading Floor, in-person events (PARLO Labs), and the Locker Room (PARLO garments, objects, and partner brand collections).

You do not need to understand everything to begin. You only need to start participating.

2. Play the Course Differently

PARLO starts when you step onto a golf course.

Instead of focusing only on your performance, you are paying attention to the full experience. You are noticing how the course feels, how the environment is designed, how you move through the space, and whether you feel comfortable and welcomed there.

This shift is important. Most of golf is measured by score. PARLO measures experience specifically for women golfers.

You are both playing and observing.

3. Submit a Field Note

After your round, you document what you experienced through a Field Note.

A Field Note is a brief, scored reflection of your on-course experience. Scores should focus on what stood out and what mattered to you in a way that is useful to other women who plan to play the course in the future.

Each on-course experience is scored on a scale from 1(Poor) to 5 (Exceptional) based on 10-key criteria:

  • Arrival

  • First Tee Experience

  • Pace & Flow of Play

  • Course Accessibility

  • Physical Comfort

  • Social Climate

  • Staff Behavior

  • Aesthetic Environment

  • Post-Round Experience

  • Desire to Return

Every Field Note becomes part of a larger archive that documents women’s experiences across golf.

4. Receive Your Card

The Starter Pack includes seven Standard cards. Once you submit a Field Note, you receive a Signature card for that specific course.

Over time, your cards become a collection. That collection reflects where you have played and what you have noticed.

There are different types of cards:

  • Standard cards form the base of your collection

  • Signature cards are earned through strong, high-quality Field Notes

  • Industrial cards are unlocked when you 1) receive a full Signature Set for your home city + attend the PARLO Lab OR 2) complete a full Signature set for Away Games

Some cards are common. Others are rare. The system rewards thoughtful participation, not volume.

5. Build Your Collection

As you continue to play and submit Field Notes, your collection grows.

Each city functions as a set. When you play multiple courses within the same city, you begin to build a more complete picture of that environment. Completing a city set unlocks deeper access and rarer cards.

You can also expand beyond your home base through Away Games. When you travel and submit Field Notes in other cities, your collection becomes broader and more valuable.

Your collection is a record of your movement through the game and documents your contribution to the women’s golf ecosystem.

6. Use The TRADING FLOOR

As a member, you gain access to The Trading Floor, PARLO’s trading system.

Trading allows you to exchange cards with other members to complete sets, access rare cards, and stay engaged with the system over time.

Some cards are easy to trade. Others require stronger exchanges. The value of a card is shaped by rarity, location, and the strength of the Field Note tied to it.

You do not need to master trading immediately. Like everything in PARLO, you learn through participation.

7. Enter the Clubhouse

The Clubhouse is the center of PARLO.

It is a private space where members access the full archive of Field Notes, participate in trading, post-game rituals, and receive invitations to Labs, product drops, and partner experiences.

There is one level of membership. No tiers. Full access.

The Clubhouse is designed for women who want a more thoughtful and intentional relationship with other women golfers and the game of golf itself.

8. Participate in Labs and Away Play

PARLO exists both digitally and in real life.

PARLO Labs are small, in-person gatherings designed for deeper engagement. They are spaces where members connect, capture Field Notes together, and experience the brand and hosting PARLO city in a more immersive way.

Away Games allow you to expand your collection across cities. Each new location adds to your perspective and strengthens the overall archive.

Participation in these experiences often unlocks additional access within the system.

9. Access the Locker Room

The Locker Room is where PARLO extends beyond cards.

It includes garments, physical objects, and access to a small set of aligned partner brands. These are not separate from the system but are part of how you move through it.

You can access the Locker Room in three ways:

  • by purchasing select items

  • by earning them through participation

  • or by unlocking access over time

Some items are available to all members. Others are reserved for those who contribute consistently and at a high level.

10. Follow the PARLO Standard

Everything in PARLO is guided by a shared standard.

You are expected to:

  • observe carefully

  • communicate clearly

  • contribute consistently

  • and document only what you have personally experienced

The goal is not to produce more. The goal is to produce what matters.

If something feels forced, it does not belong. If it feels true, it does.

What You Are Actually Building

Every time you:

  • play a course

  • notice something others overlook

  • document it clearly

  • and add it to your collection, you are contributing to a larger record.

Over time, that record becomes valuable to you and other women navigating the game, and to the future of golf itself.

That is how you play.