A discount card

built for golf courses

Unlock hidden yields in just 2 minutes per year and start your move away from harmful discount practices

THE LINKS CARD

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. 

96% Rating

From members

92% Rating

From partner courses

30+

Years in the business

50,000+

gaps filled every year

Huge Benefits For Your Course

how the links card helps remove harmful discounts practices

Understanding that price sensitive golfers are value loyal, not brand loyal

This is the most important part of the process. By understanding that value golfers are a segment with a different mentality, you can start to leverage this powerful demographic for better yields by creating offers specific to them.

Create specific offers for specific goals for specific audiences

This is the hardest step to accept. It goes against your very nature. If you're going to pay for marketing, you want to reach the most people possible, right?

Not anymore.

We want you to reach the right audience with the right offer for the right goal.

Join our network of partner courses for marketing efficiency and effectiveness

The Links Card is a collective marketing platform for golf courses to serve up offers, usually focused on expiring tee times, to a ready audience that's focused on value.

Not only is it free to join, but you'll be on your way unlocking your yields and phasing out the harmful discount practices that have plagued the industry for decades.
Did we mentionit's free for your course?

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Add Ballantrae Golf Club to our network of partner courses that are achieving better yields without harmful discount practices

Ballantrae Golf Club, Pelham Alabama: A Comprehensive Overview

Ballantrae Golf Club, situated in the heart of Pelham, Alabama, is an 18-hole municipal golf course that boasts a reputation for excellence. Designed by renowned architect Bob Cupp and established in 2004, this course offers a captivating golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Measuring 7,310 yards from the longest tees with a par of 72, Ballantrae presents a challenging yet enjoyable layout. Its moderate difficulty level, as indicated by a slope rating of 125 and a rating of 74.2, ensures that both experienced players and novices can find enjoyment on this course.

Player Reviews: A Mixed Bag of Experiences

Golfers who have graced the fairways of Ballantrae Golf Club have shared a range of experiences. Some have lauded the course for its overall good condition, particularly praising the immaculate greens. However, a few have pointed out areas where maintenance could be improved, such as mowing and clearing leaves from the rough.

The layout of the course has also elicited diverse opinions. While some reviewers have described it as good, others have gone so far as to call it excellent. The challenging rolling hills and lightning-fast greens can be daunting for beginners, as one player discovered.

On the positive side, the staff at Ballantrae Golf Club has consistently received praise for their friendliness and professionalism. Golfers have described them as polite, fun to play with, and always willing to assist.

The Links Card, a respected authority in the world of golf, offers its own insights into the value proposition of Ballantrae Golf Club. While acknowledging the mixed reviews from golfers, The Links Card highlights the course's excellent conditions, particularly the smooth and fast greens. They also recognize the potential for improvement in certain areas of maintenance.

The layout of Ballantrae Golf Club is generally regarded as good or even excellent, with the challenging rolling hills and extremely fast greens adding an element of excitement for experienced players. Beginners, however, may find these features somewhat intimidating.

The Links Card echoes the positive sentiments expressed by many golfers regarding the friendliness of the staff at Ballantrae Golf Club. They are consistently described as polite, professional, and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure a memorable golfing experience.

Overall, Ballantrae Golf Club offers a solid round of golf that caters to both experienced players seeking a challenge and novices looking to improve their skills. The course's well-maintained grounds, coupled with its beautiful layout and friendly staff, make it a worthwhile destination for golfers of all levels.

**We have not verified the course website. Many links are based on google search results**

Phone Number: (205) 620-4653
Address: 1300 Ballantrae Club Dr Pelham, Alabama 35124 US

Ballantrae Golf Club

About the Course

Course Type: Municipal
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7310 yards
Par: 72
Rating: 125
Slope: 74.2
Year Built: 2004

Playing 18

F&B Options: Unknown
Rental Club Availability: Yes
Rental Cart Availability: Yes
GPS on Carts?: Unknown
Rental Pull Cart Availability: Unknown
Caddie Availability: Unknown
Dress Code: Proper golf attire is required for all players.

Practice Information

Driving Range: Yes
Practice Bunker: N/A
Pitching/Chipping Area: Yes
Indoor Practice Area: N/A
Practice Hole: N/A
Putting Green: Yes
Teaching Pro: Yes
Teaching School/Academy: Yes
Golf Simulator: N/A

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We do the work to find the right golfers that can turn underutilized groupings and expiring tee times into real profits for your course.

All you have to do is answer the phone when our members call.

FAQs

About Staff Memberships

Our partner courses have come to love, enjoy, and look forward to their staff memberships each year. 

  1. We offer free memberships for your employees to use at other partner courses for access to the same perks available to our paying members. Your staff's cards will carry your courses' name and their name so they're identified as industry insiders.
  2. New in 2022: an unofficial industry rate program. At the request of several partner courses, we're creating a section in our listings for insider rates that are only visible and available to registered staff members. Participation by your course is optional
  3. Your staff memberships will stay active as long as your course remains active on the platform

How are offers redeemed?

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.  

How many times can offers be redeemed?

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.

What's in it for The Links Card?

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. 

My course is fully booked, why do I need The Links Card?

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. 

What is considered an expiring tee-time?

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

Can my course do this on our own?

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.

My course is fully booked, why do I need The Links Card?

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.