The Links Card is the next evolution of a discount card.
We’re creating a network of partner courses that are using collective marketing benefits to drive traffic into hard to market slots – expiring tee times.
From members
From partner courses
Years in the business
gaps filled every year
Remember, our primary goal is to protect your brand so we encourage you to use restrictions in order to limit your offer to where you need results. That might be 24 hour advanced booking and limited to Mondays after 12pm or no limit booking 7 days a week. It's wherever you want results.
Tighter restrictions can limit traffic but it protects your brand and yields.
This is a very common question and concern for both courses and golfers. How many times can an offer be redeemed?
Because of the nature of our platform, our default is unlimited because we want to continually drive results into the time frames you need whether or not it's accomplished by the same golfer over and over. This creates a long term affect where value golfers are pushed into slots you need filled - ie, turning them into an effective yield management crowd.
However, you're welcome to limit the number of uses. Just add it as a restriction.
Once we have our restrictions set, it's time to figure out an offer to drive traffic into our desired time frames. First, consider the opportunity cost. If your tee time expires at $0, what would you wish you had sold it for?
Next consider the restrictions. If you have broad restrictions like 7 day advanced booking and good anytime then we suggest smaller savings. If you're using 24 hour advanced booking on weekdays only, we suggest a larger discount to motivate action.
We will say that the most successful offers are tighter restrictions + bigger savings.
Of course, there are plenty of other factors to consider like audience size, demographics, or even the season. Luckily, your offer isn't set in stone and you can change it anytime throughout the year.
Carts are another opportunity for win-win.
Including them can boost the effectiveness of your offer and keep your pace of play where you want it.
90% of our partner courses include them.
This is the savings off your retail rates for greens fees and cart fees, if applicable.
Not currently a partner course
Apache Creek Golf Club, located in the scenic town of Apache Junction, Arizona, offers a challenging and enjoyable golf experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned golf course architect J. Alsip and established in 1994, this championship course features wide-open fairways, undulating greens with strategic slopes, and numerous sand and grass bunkers that demand accuracy and shot-making precision. Water hazards on select holes add an additional layer of challenge, making each round unique and memorable.
Apache Creek Golf Club has garnered a mix of reviews from players, highlighting both its strengths and areas for improvement. While some players have praised the course conditions, particularly the smooth greens and well-maintained fairways, others have found them to be average. The layout of the course has received mixed feedback, with some players appreciating its straightforward design and ease of navigation, while others have found it to be unremarkable.
Opinions on staff friendliness have also varied, with some players commending the friendly and informative staff, while others have felt that the level of friendliness could be improved. The pace of play at Apache Creek Golf Club has generally been rated as good or excellent, allowing players to enjoy their rounds without excessive delays.
The Links Card recognizes Apache Creek Golf Club as a great value for golfers seeking a challenging and enjoyable desert golf experience. The course offers a variety of features that cater to players of all skill levels, including wide-open fairways, undulating greens, and strategically placed bunkers and water hazards. While the course conditions may not be pristine, they are generally well-maintained and provide a fair test of golf.
One of the highlights of Apache Creek Golf Club is the lengthy par-5 10th hole, which is considered one of the most challenging holes on the course. The extensive mounding throughout the course adds an additional element of difficulty, requiring players to think strategically and execute their shots precisely.
Overall, Apache Creek Golf Club offers a great value for golfers looking to challenge themselves in a beautiful desert setting without breaking the bank. While the course may not be the most luxurious or exclusive, it provides an enjoyable and memorable golf experience that is sure to satisfy players of all skill levels.
*Our information is based on reviews and descriptions from across the internet
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.0/121 | 410 | 435 | 556 | 397 | 436 | 145 | 354 | 414 | 201 | 3348 | 597 | 414 | 153 | 356 | 349 | 548 | 151 | 389 | 490 | 3447 | 6795 |
| Blue M: 69.0/117 | 393 | 407 | 466 | 388 | 419 | 132 | 335 | 387 | 185 | 3112 | 557 | 399 | 137 | 349 | 348 | 501 | 145 | 374 | 441 | 3251 | 6363 |
| White M: 67.3/115 W: 73.4/123 | 376 | 396 | 452 | 372 | 364 | 122 | 316 | 375 | 175 | 2948 | 498 | 373 | 107 | 337 | 337 | 485 | 133 | 350 | 399 | 3019 | 5967 |
| Silver M: 65.8/112 | 315 | 355 | 452 | 357 | 364 | 122 | 316 | 349 | 133 | 2763 | 471 | 373 | 107 | 316 | 317 | 485 | 133 | 339 | 399 | 2940 | 5703 |
| Red M: 64.6/110 W: 69.4/115 | 301 | 352 | 413 | 351 | 266 | 80 | 263 | 335 | 133 | 2494 | 433 | 245 | 75 | 313 | 316 | 435 | 113 | 315 | 324 | 2569 | 5063 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6363 yards | 69.4 | 119 |
| White | 71 | 5967 yards | 67.5 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5315 yards | 64.4 | 111 |
**We have not verified the course website. Many links are based on google search results**
Our partner courses have come to love, enjoy, and look forward to their staff memberships each year.
Our members call your proshop and identify themselves as Links Card members. When paying their greens fees, they show their membership card to your staff.
You can restrict it to a 1 time offer or allow our members to redeem it as many times as they'd like.
Most of our partner courses allow for unlimited redemption because the special offer restrictions are so beneficial yields.
We don't charge our partner courses to participate on The Links Card platform.
Our revenue comes from selling memberships to golfers to access the special offers.
We simply want you to have the systems in place to reduce $0 tee times, even if they are rare for you.
Our platform allows you to create offers that increase demand during times that you need it, even if it's as small of a window as after 2pm on Mondays.
From what we've seen, it's the time frame when chances of bookings drop drastically and the expected value of a tee time rapidly approaches $0. For most courses, it's the last 24 hours before a tee time.
24 hours if our default but you're welcome to extend your offer out to meet the needs of your course. For example, a more rural course may want to use 72 hours while a resort near a city may want to use 24 hours
Great question and you absolutely can!
It's easy enough to build out an audience of value golfers. From what we've heard from our partner courses, the more difficult and time consuming part is utilizing them without damaging your brand.
Instead of adding another set of processes to your to do list, you can leverage The Links Card and our process to increase your yields for free.
If your course is consistently booked with foursomes and zero gaps, we congratulate you!
The Links Card is a platform that let's you put systems in place to reduce $0 tee times, even if they are rare for you.