Bellport Country Club: 5,300 inquiries and 502 tours for a Long Island golf club

Bellport Country Club is a historic country estate on a golf course in the Village of Bellport, NY, with views across the course to the Great South Bay and Fire Island. It hosts weddings, family celebrations and corporate events in its own ballroom, with its own catering.

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Client: Bellport Country Club
Venue: Historic country club on a golf course, with its own ballroom and catering
Reporting period: March 2025 to November 2026
Market: Bellport, Patchogue, Medford and Suffolk County, NY
Website: bellportcountryclub.com (opens in a new tab)

The club’s numbers, April 2025 to November 2026

5,300Inquiries in the CRM since April 2025, about 280 a month
502Tours booked, 451 of them attended (90%)
13.8%Website inquiries that booked a tour, against 13.5% from The Knot
#1On Google and in the Maps pack for “wedding venue Bellport NY”
69%Of the 502 tours came from website inquiries, 346 in all
64%Inquiries that arrived after 5 PM, before 9 AM or on a weekend

Sources: the club’s CRM records (April 2, 2025 to November 3, 2026), Google Search Console (July 2025 to October 2026) and our rank tracking (January to October 2026). Results from one client campaign; every venue’s market and starting point is different. The tour figures come from the venue’s lead records in the CRM that answers every inquiry.

The white clubhouse at Bellport Country Club, with arched windows, a balcony rail along the roof and a covered front door — The clubhouse at Bellport Country Club, in the Village of Bellport.

Where the venue started

29.1Average position on Google, July 2025, the first month Search Console reports

The SEO work started in March 2025. That July, 3.3% of the people who saw the site in search clicked through.

Early in 2026 it was 4th on Google for “elegant wedding & event venue Suffolk” and 3rd for “wedding & events venue Suffolk”. In the Maps pack it was 5th for wedding venues near Medford, 7th near Patchogue and 16th for bridal shower venues near Patchogue.

From April to October 2025, The Knot and WeddingWire still sent 14% of its inquiries: couples comparing it with every other venue on the same listing page.

How the climb happened

The work since March 2025, step by step, with a monthly SEO report.

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Tables at Bellport Country Club set for a wedding dinner, with candles and hanging greenery under tall windows — Set for a wedding dinner at the club.

Search: Work on the website and its Google Business Profile since March 2025, aimed at the wedding and event searches around Bellport, Patchogue, Medford and Suffolk County.
Inquire: From April 2, 2025, every inquiry from the website, Facebook, The Knot and WeddingWire lands in one place, tagged by where it came from.
Book: Each inquiry is followed up until it books a tour or says no, and each tour is marked booked, attended or missed.
AI answers: Checks of where the club comes up in Google AI Mode and ChatGPT for wedding, event and golf questions.

The rankings, before and after

4th1st

“Elegant wedding & event venue Suffolk” on Google, January to October 2026. “Wedding & events venue Suffolk” went from 3rd to 1st.

Around Bellport, and across Suffolk County

Where the club ranks on October 17, 2026.

Search	October 2026
wedding venue bellport ny	1st on Google, 1st on Maps
event venue bellport ny	2nd on Google, 3rd on Maps
wedding venue suffolk county ny	7th on Google
corporate event venue suffolk county ny	9th on Google
sweet 16 venue suffolk county ny	9th on Google

Suffolk County, on Google

From January or February to October 17, 2026.

Search	Early 2026	Oct 2026
elegant wedding & event venue suffolk	4th	1st
wedding & events venue suffolk	3rd	1st
sweet sixteen party venue suffolk	14th	9th
events venue in suffolk county	5th	5th

Near Medford and Patchogue, on Maps

From February 23 to October 17, 2026.

Search	Feb 2026	Oct 2026
wedding venue near medford ny	5th	3rd
wedding venue near patchogue ny	7th	3rd
bridal shower venue near patchogue ny	16th	6th

Positions from our rank tracking: Google results for Suffolk County and the Bellport area, and the Maps pack from each town named.

How we work on rankings like these: wedding venue SEO.

Where the 5,300 inquiries came from

Every inquiry lands in one CRM, tagged by where it came from and followed up. The Knot and WeddingWire sent 14% of inquiries from April to October 2025, and 3% in the same months of 2026. Each inquiry is counted once; 218 carry more than one source tag and have their own row.

Inquiries, by source

Website2,515
Facebook ads1,963
The Knot436
More than one source218
WeddingWire87
Untagged or other81

Source: Bellport Country Club's CRM records, April 2, 2025 to November 3, 2026

Tours booked, by source

Website346
The Knot59
Facebook ads50
More than one source33
WeddingWire9
Untagged or other5

Source: Bellport Country Club's CRM records, April 2, 2025 to November 3, 2026

Most inquiries arrive in the evening or at the weekend

64% came in after 5 PM, before 9 AM or on a weekend, and one in five between 9 PM and 7 AM. Sunday brings more inquiries than any day but Monday. An inquiry sent at 10 PM should not wait until morning, which is the job of the CRM that answers every inquiry.

When the 5,300 inquiries arrived, Eastern time

Evenings, nights and weekends3,406
Weekdays, 9 AM to 5 PM1,894

Source: Bellport Country Club's CRM records, April 2, 2025 to November 3, 2026

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What Google Search Console shows

Search Console starts in July 2025 for this site, four months into the work.

29.1 to 8.9Average position on Google, July 2025 to October 2026
3.3% to 7.6%Share of searchers who clicked through to the site, the same months
10,285Clicks from Google search in 16 months, from 205,250 appearances

Average position across every search the site appeared for. 69% of clicks came from people searching for the club by name, and 53% came from phones.

Where it shows up in AI answers

A sample of the questions where Bellport Country Club appears in the answer, from our AI tracking. Answers change question by question, so we report them as a developing channel.

Google AI Mode

“Best wedding venue in Bellport NY”
“Country club wedding venue near Patchogue NY”
“Which Long Island wedding venues offer golf course backdrops for photos?”
“Wedding venue near Medford NY”
“Banquet hall near Bellport NY”
“Sweet sixteen party venue Suffolk County NY”
“Best event venues near Shirley, NY”

ChatGPT

“Best wedding venues near Bellport, NY”
“Country club wedding Long Island”
“Wedding venues with golf course views on Long Island”
“Historic golf course wedding venue on Long Island”
“Where to host a corporate golf outing near Bellport NY”
“Where to host a sweet 16 in Suffolk County NY”
“Family owned wedding venues on Long Island”

What is still climbing, and what comes next

Not every search is first yet.

Finish the Suffolk County climb
“Events venue in Suffolk County” is holding 5th, “wedding venue Suffolk County NY” is 7th, and the corporate event and sweet 16 searches are 9th. Those are the next searches to win.
Win the Maps pack beyond Bellport
First on Maps in Bellport, but 3rd near Medford, 3rd near Patchogue and 6th for bridal shower venues near Patchogue.

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