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
Lakeview Municipal Golf Course, situated in Mitchell, South Dakota, is a public course that has been delighting golfers since 1928. Designed by an anonymous architect, this 18-hole course offers a captivating experience for players of all skill levels. With a par of 72 and a length of 6,710 yards from the blue tees, it provides ample opportunities to test one's abilities. The course's moderate difficulty, indicated by a slope rating of 124 and a rating of 71.7, ensures an enjoyable challenge without being overly demanding. Lakeview also offers various tee options, including white (6,265 yards), red (5,707 yards), and gold (5,895 yards), catering to golfers seeking shorter distances or different challenges. The course features a driving range, teaching pro services, a pitching/chipping area, and a putting green, allowing golfers to refine their skills before embarking on the course. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or just starting, Lakeview Municipal Golf Course promises an exceptional golfing experience.
Lakeview Municipal Golf Course has garnered rave reviews from golfers who have had the pleasure of playing there. One golfer enthusiastically described it as "one of the best municipal courses I have ever played." The course's meticulously maintained fairways, true greens, and well-kept bunkers have consistently impressed players. Despite being tree-lined, the fairways offer ample width for playability while still penalizing wayward shots.
The course's design is also highly regarded, with a seamless blend of 9 original holes and 9 newer ones. The front nine presents a balanced mix of three par 5s and three par 3s, while the back nine follows a more traditional layout with two of each type of hole. A standout hole for many players is #8, a short par 3 with an interestingly angled green that adds to its charm.
In addition to the course's quality, golfers have also commended the friendliness of Lakeview's staff and their ability to maintain an excellent pace of play even on busy days. These positive reviews collectively highlight Lakeview Municipal Golf Course as an exceptional golfing destination that offers an enjoyable round for players of all skill levels.
The Links Card wholeheartedly concurs with the positive sentiments expressed by golfers regarding Lakeview Municipal Golf Course. This publicly accessible course provides remarkable value for money, offering well-maintained fairways, true greens, and well-kept bunkers. The course's design, featuring a harmonious blend of original and newer holes, ensures a varied and engaging experience.
The front nine's configuration of three par 5s and three par 3s provides an exciting start, while the back nine's more traditional layout offers a different challenge. Hole #8 stands out as a memorable par 3 with its uniquely angled green.
Beyond the course itself, golfers have consistently praised the friendliness of Lakeview's staff and their commendable efforts in maintaining an excellent pace of play. These factors collectively contribute to Lakeview Municipal Golf Course's reputation as an exceptional golfing destination that caters to players of all skill levels.
*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: 71.9/119 W: 77.5/129 | 397 | 415 | 176 | 559 | 505 | 462 | 175 | 142 | 495 | 3326 | 581 | 343 | 173 | 330 | 337 | 537 | 388 | 210 | 460 | 3359 | 6685 |
| White M: 70.2/117 | 363 | 395 | 146 | 544 | 490 | 447 | 165 | 122 | 465 | 3137 | 551 | 333 | 156 | 322 | 310 | 507 | 368 | 186 | 425 | 3158 | 6295 |
| Gold M: 68.3/112 W: 73.2/122 | 358 | 380 | 135 | 485 | 485 | 365 | 158 | 118 | 455 | 2939 | 450 | 330 | 150 | 337 | 300 | 495 | 358 | 170 | 366 | 2956 | 5895 |
| Red M: 67.5/110 W: 72.7/114 | 353 | 370 | 122 | 525 | 475 | 388 | 155 | 112 | 438 | 2938 | 444 | 323 | 146 | 315 | 293 | 452 | 349 | 162 | 361 | 2845 | 5783 |
| Handicap | 7 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6710 yards | 71.7 | 124 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6710 yards | 77.4 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 6265 yards | 70.2 | 119 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6265 yards | 75.2 | 129 |
| Red | 72 | 5707 yards | 73.3 | 115 |
**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.