You should be okay but there are variables the other posters haven't mentioned that you should definitely be aware of. Most importantly - elevation. As you know, Litchi, DJI Go, etc all use elevation with regards to starting point. If you create a mission while on the golf course with the low altitude you want and it runs perfectly - that's great. But if you drive home and try to run the same mission launched from your driveway - you'd better be sure that your driveway is the same elevation (ASL) as the spot on the golf course you have been testify from - or higher - otherwise your may end up crashing right into the ground. Consider the possibility that your low flight is 10' above ground. When you power on at the golf course, it works perfectly. But suppose there is a gentle change in elevation and your driveway is actually 11' lower than the golf course spot. That's almost an imperceptible change while driving home from the golf course in a car - but it can have drastic - possibly devastating repercussions to your saved missions.
Another thing to be sure of is that your initial altitude is high enough to clear all obstacles in between your driveway and the golf course - keeping in mind the same thing about differences in your power-on altitudes.
What is the "low" altitude you plan to fly at? If it's less than 10 feet, I would risk flying it without being there if there is even the smallest possibility that there might be golfers or staff on the hole at the time of your flight.
Another thing to remember - your GPS location is not 100% accurate and you might have slightly different routes depending on the day and how many satellites you've locked on to. A lot of the time, it will seem very accurate - but that's not guaranteed - so I would be sure to leave yourself enough clearance to accommodate for a sub-par GPS data. Personally, I'd want at least 15' of clearance in all directions. You probably don't need quite that much. But I like the peace of mind it provides.
One last tip - I've filmed several golf course flyover videos myself - and the first few holes I tried, I was way more concerned with flight path and altitude than it turns out that I needed to be. If you film from too low a vantage point, it no longer looks like an aerial video. (You can get the same footage from a GoPro on a stick attached to a golf cart!). After that, I wanted to start off on the tee-block, ascend to about 90', then descend to 30' while simultaneous tilting the camera up to look down the fairway. When approaching the green, I wanted to climb again and do at least a semi-circle around it. I used Auto-Pilot instead of Litchi because it gave me so many more options for the waypoint flights - but only if you remain connected. If a connection is lost, then you lose all those advanced options and operate with the exact same reduced functionality hat Litchi has. In any case...I eventually found that all of that was completely unnecessary. Now - I set the altitude to 100' and start above the tee box - looking almost straight down for 5 seconds. Then I begin moving forward while tilting the camera up to look down the fairway a bit and I travel down the Center of the fairway to the green. Just before the green, I do a semi circle while keeping the focus on the flag...but I do ALL of this at the same altitude - 100' (or *just* enough to clear all nearby trees and other obstacles). I don't adjust the altitude at all. Afterward, using iMovie, I incorporate a Ken Burns effect on the video which makes it look like I am changing altitude and doing some fancy flying! This requires filming in 4k. With a 4K source image, you can zoom in 4x and still have a true 1080p HD quality image. Zooming in close than 4x is less than full HD - but still usable in most cases.
Much of this, you probably already knew - or you might have a completely different project in mind - but I hope something I wrote here helps you out.
Be sure to come back and post your final video here for us to enjoy and critique!
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