Chipotle uses zipline to drop burritos on PGA Tour’s 18th hole

Chipotle Mexican Grill completed the first drone food delivery in PGA Tour history, using Zipline to fly lunch to two players on the course.

The delivery took place on the 18th hole of the Fazio Canyons course at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas. It reached PGA Tour players Joel Dahmen and Mark Hubbard during their practice round for the Austin Championship. (Watch the delivery here.)

Lunch on 18

Dahmen ordered a steak bowl with chips and Queso Blanco. Hubbard ordered a steak burrito with guacamole.

"Usually after a round, we're the ones making a Chipotle run. This time, Chipotle came to us," Dahmen said in a press release. "When your burrito can meet you on 18, it makes you rethink what's possible."

"A golf course isn't a place you'd traditionally expect to have a freshly prepared meal delivered—or, even better, have it arrive from the sky. That's what makes this moment so exciting," Arlie Sisson, chief digital officer at Chipotle, said in the release. "Together with Zipline, we're using technology to redefine convenience and bring Chipotle to our guests."

This isn't the brand's first project with the two golfers. In July, Dahmen and Hubbard helped Chipotle launch its limited-edition Chipotle Pitch Repair + Ball Marker Fork.

How it works

• Guests may download the Zipline app, and, if eligible, place their Chipotle order.
• Employees will place the order into a Zipping Point, which allows Zips to autonomously pick up the order for delivery.
• After flying to its destination, the aircraft will hover about 300 feet in the air, while the Zip lowers to the ground. The Zip automatically avoids obstacles and gently and precisely places the order at the guest's address.

More brands take flight in Texas

Chipotle first partnered withZipline in 2025 to deliver to places beyond the usual addresses, including backyards and public parks. Chipotle customers in Dallas and Austin can currently order Zipline drone delivery. The golf course drop was the first time the service has been used at a PGA Tour event.

Chipotle isn't the only restaurant brand flying with Zipline in Texas. In October, Colorado-based Teriyaki Madness launched Zipline drone delivery at its Denton, Texas, location. The chain plans to expand across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and into Houston. Customers in the service area order through the Zipline app, and when the drone arrives it lowers the food to the ground in a tethered pod.

New York City-based food technology platform Wonder also plans to bring Zipline delivery to Dallas-Fort Worth in January 2027. It aims to reach more than 100 Texas locations by the end of 2027.