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
Fern Hill Golf & Country Club, situated in Clinton Township, Michigan, is a public golf course established in 1972. Designed by an unknown architect, this 18-hole course offers a challenging yet enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels. With a par of 70 and measuring at 5,810 yards from the blue tees, Fern Hill provides an opportunity to test your accuracy and strategy on its well-maintained fairways and greens. The slope rating of 120 indicates moderate difficulty for average players. Water hazards and narrow fairways add to the challenges presented by this course. The club also offers amenities such as carts included with green fees and a teaching pro available for instruction. Whether you're a local golfer looking for convenience or a beginner seeking to improve your game, Fern Hill Golf & Country Club has something to offer everyone who enjoys the sport.
Fern Hill Golf & Country Club in Clinton Township, Michigan has received mixed reviews from golfers. While some praised the course conditions and value for money, others had concerns about maintenance and layout.
One reviewer commented that "the course is in good shape" but could benefit from tree trimming to address overgrown trees. They also mentioned that it offers great value for the price.
Another golfer described their experience as a "fun time" with good pace of play and excellent value through an app. They noted that the course was slightly wet due to morning dew but overall enjoyable.
Staff friendliness at Fern Hill Golf & Country Club seems to be a consistent positive aspect according to several reviewers who rated it as excellent or good.
However, there were also criticisms about fairway maintenance and confusing signposts on certain holes. One golfer mentioned losing balls due to poorly maintained grass in the fairways, while another expressed frustration with narrow fairways separated by thin rows of trees.
Despite these mixed reviews, many golfers still recommend playing at Fern Hill Golf & Country Club citing factors such as its strategic layout for more experienced players or its beginner-friendly nature.
Fern Hill Golf & Country Club in Clinton Township, Michigan offers a mixed experience for golfers. With opinions ranging from praise to concerns, it's important to consider the course’s characteristics before teeing off.
Some golfers have commended Fern Hill for its good course conditions and excellent value for money. One reviewer noted that although there is room for improvement with tree trimming, the overall shape of the course is well-maintained.
Others have enjoyed a fun time on the course, citing good pace of play and great value through an app. However, some mentioned wet conditions due to morning dew but still found their round enjoyable.
Staff friendliness seems to be consistent positive aspect according to several reviewers who rated it as excellent or good.
That being said, there were also criticisms about fairway maintenance and confusing signposts on certain holes. Some felt frustrated by narrow fairways separated by thin rows of trees leading them to lose balls in poorly maintained grass areas.
Despite these mixed reviews, many golfers still recommend playing at Fern Hill Golf & Country Club thanks to its strategic layout suitable for more experienced players while remaining beginner-friendly as well.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 66.8/119 W: 72.4/123 | 320 | 372 | 137 | 329 | 396 | 547 | 126 | 327 | 363 | 2917 | 325 | 521 | 344 | 284 | 183 | 360 | 115 | 357 | 404 | 2893 | 5810 |
| White M: 65.4/112 W: 70.9/118 | 305 | 362 | 127 | 310 | 383 | 537 | 121 | 319 | 358 | 2822 | 310 | 503 | 329 | 279 | 160 | 342 | 110 | 350 | 399 | 2782 | 5604 |
| Red M: 61.2/99 W: 65.3/103 | 255 | 322 | 110 | 219 | 273 | 360 | 115 | 296 | 262 | 2212 | 298 | 381 | 277 | 236 | 100 | 194 | 105 | 260 | 337 | 2188 | 4400 |
| Handicap | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 5810 yards | 67.3 | 120 |
| White | 70 | 5604 yards | 66.7 | 118 |
| Ladies’ | 73 | 4400 yards | 65.2 | 103 |
**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.
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.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 optionalYour staff memberships will stay active as long as your course remains active on the platformOur 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.