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
Nestled in the picturesque town of Gold Beach, Oregon, Cedar Bend Golf Club offers a delightful golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect John Zoller and established in 1971, this semi-private course features nine holes with a par of 36 and stretches over 3,156 yards. The layout caters to both men and women, with multiple tee options providing varying lengths and challenges. With a slope rating of 128 and a rating of 35.0 for championship tees (33.6 for men's and 34.1 for ladies'), Cedar Bend ensures an enjoyable round while testing your skills on its well-manicured fairways lined with winter rye grass greens.
The club boasts excellent amenities including clubhouse facilities, RV camping options, driving range access as well as pitching/chipping areas and putting greens to fine-tune your game before hitting the links. Come experience the beauty that is Cedar Bend Golf Club – where stunning natural surroundings meet an inviting course suitable for every golfer's enjoyment!
Cedar Bend Golf Club in Gold Beach, Oregon has received mixed reviews from players. Some reviewers have commented on the poor course conditions, with fairways that are brown and almost too short. One reviewer mentioned that some of the greens were bumpy as well. However, others have praised the layout and friendliness of the staff.
One player said, "Fairways were almost totally brown and mowed to about 1/2 inch long so every lie was a 'tight lie'. A few of the greens were in good condition, but most were bumpy." Another player noted that "the course is easy to walk and a cart is not necessary" and praised the pace of play.
Despite criticism for its conditions, Cedar Bend Golf Club has also been described as a hidden gem by another reviewer who loved playing there: "This is a great little 9 hole golf course… It is a fairly wide course so it was fun to get the Driver out and Swing Away!"
While some aspects may need improvement at Cedar Bend Golf Club like better maintenance on fairways and greens consistency throughout all holes; it still offers an enjoyable experience with friendly staff members. The Links Cards believes that the course provides good value for the price, especially considering the stunning natural surroundings and the variety of amenities offered. However, golfers should be aware of the potential for brown fairways and bumpy greens before booking a tee time.
*Our information is based on reviews and descriptions from across the internet
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.8/132 W: 75.9/137 | 329 | 354 | 537 | 175 | 531 | 146 | 340 | 330 | 414 | 3156 | 6288 |
| Yellow/Red M: 68.2/122 W: 73.6/135 | 313 | 347 | 510 | 143 | 442 | 134 | 293 | 277 | 413 | 2872 | 5892 |
| White/Teal M: 64.5/100 W: 68.8/123 | 220 | 335 | 430 | 121 | 400 | 115 | 260 | 275 | 380 | 2536 | 5231 |
| Handicap | 11 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 36 | 3156 yards | 35.0 | 128 |
| Men’s | 36 | 2872 yards | 33.6 | 116 |
| Ladies’ | 36 | 2536 yards | 34.1 | 117 |
**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.