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
The Golf Club at StoneBridge, nestled in the heart of Bossier City, Louisiana, offers an exceptional golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned golf course architects Fred Couples and Gene Bates in 1999, this 18-hole, par-72 course stretches across 6,954 yards from the gold tees. With a slope rating of 128 and a course rating of 73.3, it provides a challenging yet accessible layout that caters to golfers of varying abilities.
The Golf Club at StoneBridge has garnered a diverse range of reviews from players. While some have lauded the course's layout and the friendly demeanor of its staff, others have raised concerns about the course conditions.
One player, acknowledging the course's interesting layout and challenging holes, expressed dissatisfaction with the over-sanded and slow greens. Another reviewer, however, held StoneBridge in high regard, considering it the finest semi-private course in the area and praising the availability of ideal morning tee times.
The uniqueness of each hole also received positive feedback, with a player describing the course as suitable for golfers of all levels. However, the same reviewer noted the discomfort of playing during hot afternoon tee times, highlighting the importance of strategic scheduling.
On the negative side, some players voiced frustrations with the management's handling of pace of play, citing restrictions on play-throughs and the absence of GPS on carts.
Despite the mixed reviews, The Links Cards recognizes the value that the Golf Club at StoneBridge offers to golfers. While there are areas that could benefit from improvement, such as the greens' condition and management practices, the course's overall layout and friendly staff have left a positive impression on many players.
The Links Cards acknowledges that the Golf Club at StoneBridge provides a fair and challenging course layout that caters to golfers of all skill levels. The unique design of each hole adds to the course's appeal, making it an enjoyable experience for both beginners and experienced players.
While some concerns have been raised regarding the course conditions and management practices, The Links Cards believes that the Golf Club at StoneBridge offers good value for money. The course's accessibility, combined with its interesting layout and friendly staff, makes it a worthwhile destination for golfers seeking an enjoyable round in Bossier City, Louisiana.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.6/142 | 391 | 434 | 160 | 556 | 297 | 514 | 427 | 200 | 457 | 3436 | 380 | 577 | 343 | 213 | 407 | 470 | 557 | 187 | 384 | 3518 | 6954 |
| Blue M: 71.2/134 | 364 | 404 | 149 | 541 | 276 | 478 | 397 | 186 | 425 | 3220 | 353 | 537 | 319 | 200 | 379 | 437 | 518 | 174 | 357 | 3274 | 6494 |
| White M: 68.7/125 W: 74.1/138 | 344 | 382 | 141 | 486 | 261 | 452 | 376 | 176 | 402 | 3020 | 334 | 508 | 302 | 177 | 358 | 414 | 490 | 165 | 338 | 3086 | 6106 |
| Red M: 65.2/113 W: 69.4/124 | 313 | 347 | 128 | 438 | 238 | 411 | 342 | 160 | 366 | 2743 | 304 | 462 | 274 | 153 | 326 | 376 | 446 | 150 | 307 | 2798 | 5541 |
| Silver M: 63.4/110 W: 67.5/116 | 282 | 312 | 115 | 404 | 214 | 370 | 307 | 144 | 329 | 2477 | 274 | 415 | 247 | 141 | 293 | 338 | 401 | 135 | 276 | 2520 | 4997 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6954 yards | 73.3 | 128 |
| Blue | 72 | 6494 yards | 71.7 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 6084 yards | 69.6 | 123 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5456 yards | 70.0 | 129 |
| Silver | 72 | 4926 yards | 63.4 | 110 |
**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.