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
Green Meadows Golf Course, located in the charming city of Monroe, Michigan, offers an exceptional golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Harley Hodges and established in 1973, this 18-hole public course boasts a par of 70 and measures 6,391 yards from the back tees. With a slope rating of 116 and a rating of 68.6, Green Meadows provides a fair challenge for both beginners and seasoned golfers alike. The course features meticulously maintained fairways and greens, ensuring a pleasurable golfing experience. Various tee options, including blue (70), white (70), and yellow (70), cater to golfers of different abilities. Additionally, practice areas for pitching, chipping, and putting greens are available to help golfers hone their skills before hitting the links.
Green Meadows Golf Course has garnered mostly positive reviews from golfers. Many praise the excellent course conditions, with one reviewer describing it as the "best mom and pop course around." The friendly and welcoming staff is another highlight, with players appreciating their warm and helpful demeanor. Despite these positive aspects, some reviewers have expressed concerns about the course layout. A few players found it to be somewhat simple and lacking variety, while others mentioned the presence of several back-and-forth holes without distinctive features. Nevertheless, the overall sentiment among reviewers is positive, with many expressing their intention to return for another round.
The Links Card, a reputable golf course rating system, has awarded Green Meadows Golf Course a respectable 3.7 out of 5 stars based on three reviews. This rating reflects the course's overall value for golfers. While it may not possess all the luxurious amenities of premier courses, Green Meadows offers an affordable golfing experience without compromising on quality. The well-maintained greens and lush fairways, coupled with the friendly and accommodating staff, make it a worthwhile choice for golfers seeking an enjoyable round in Monroe, Michigan.
*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: 68.8/119 | 389 | 409 | 224 | 533 | 510 | 189 | 530 | 174 | 399 | 3357 | 553 | 228 | 563 | 220 | 317 | 182 | 397 | 199 | 375 | 3034 | 6391 |
| White M: 67.7/117 W: 73.4/124 | 368 | 393 | 203 | 514 | 492 | 173 | 508 | 157 | 386 | 3194 | 537 | 204 | 544 | 203 | 301 | 169 | 378 | 185 | 355 | 2876 | 6070 |
| Yellow M: 63.6/97 W: 67.4/110 | 311 | 309 | 146 | 433 | 409 | 137 | 425 | 128 | 324 | 2622 | 455 | 160 | 434 | 162 | 254 | 130 | 313 | 140 | 295 | 2343 | 4965 |
| Handicap | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 70 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6391 yards | 68.6 | 116 |
| White | 70 | 6070 yards | 67.8 | 117 |
| Yellow | 70 | 4965 yards | 67.3 | 111 |
**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.