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
Benson Park Golf Course, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is a public course that offers an enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Larry Packard and established in 1965, this classic course features 18 holes with a par of 72 and stretches over 6,651 yards from the longest tees. With a slope rating of 123 and a rating of 73.0, Benson Park provides a fair challenge without being overly difficult.
Golfers can choose from four sets of tees to suit their abilities, ensuring a fun and competitive round for players of all skill levels. The layout showcases diverse hole designs that will test players' accuracy off the tee and shot-making skills around the greens. In addition to its well-maintained conditions and reasonable green fees, Benson Park Golf Course also offers amenities like putting greens to practice your short game before hitting the links.
Benson Park Golf Course has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from golfers. The course conditions have been praised as excellent, with many reviewers commenting on the well-maintained grass and overall great shape of the course, especially during the fall season. The layout of the course has also been highly regarded, with players describing it as a fun and challenging course that can accommodate golfers of all skill levels.
The staff at Benson Park Golf Course is known for their friendliness and helpfulness, with multiple reviewers describing them as "nice people." The pace of play has generally been reported as good or excellent, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable round for all.
The Links Cards highly recommends Benson Park Golf Course for its exceptional value. The course offers excellent conditions, a challenging and enjoyable layout, and friendly staff, all at a reasonable price. Whether you're a local golfer looking for a regular course or a visitor seeking a great day on the links, Benson Park Golf Course is an ideal destination.
*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: 72.3/124 | 439 | 395 | 505 | 178 | 469 | 145 | 368 | 478 | 390 | 3367 | 425 | 460 | 364 | 193 | 411 | 561 | 158 | 415 | 348 | 3335 | 6702 |
| Blue M: 71.4/122 | 391 | 395 | 505 | 163 | 443 | 145 | 368 | 478 | 374 | 3262 | 425 | 460 | 364 | 170 | 387 | 561 | 158 | 395 | 348 | 3268 | 6530 |
| White M: 69.9/120 | 391 | 365 | 484 | 163 | 423 | 120 | 346 | 458 | 374 | 3124 | 413 | 438 | 327 | 170 | 364 | 533 | 131 | 377 | 336 | 3089 | 6213 |
| Gold M: 68.9/118 W: 72.5/123 | 368 | 344 | 419 | 148 | 359 | 120 | 325 | 438 | 338 | 2859 | 402 | 438 | 293 | 149 | 305 | 435 | 116 | 289 | 325 | 2752 | 5611 |
| Red W: 70.0/118 | 308 | 301 | 419 | 148 | 359 | 100 | 283 | 438 | 248 | 2604 | 402 | 374 | 260 | 149 | 267 | 405 | 103 | 289 | 311 | 2560 | 5164 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6651 yards | 73.0 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 6290 yards | 71.0 | 119 |
| Gold | 72 | 5929 yards | 68.9 | 118 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5251 yards | 70.8 | 116 |
**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.