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 Manakin Sabot, Virginia, Manakin at Hermitage Country Club offers golfers a challenging and rewarding experience. Designed by renowned architects Ed Ault (1973), Keith Foster (2005), and Kevin Hargrave (2005), this private 18-hole course boasts a par of 72 and stretches over 6,955 yards. With its well-maintained fairways composed of bent grass and immaculate greens also made from bent grass, players can expect exceptional playing conditions year-round. The course features multiple tee options to accommodate golfers of all skill levels, with varying lengths ranging from 5,100 to 6,955 yards. Golfers will appreciate the slope rating of 135 and a rating index of 73.1 which reflects the course's moderate level of difficulty for scratch golfers. In addition to excellent facilities such as a driving range and practice green for honing their skills before teeing off on this beautiful layout surrounded by nature’s splendor.
Manakin at Hermitage Country Club in Manakin Sabot, Virginia has received positive reviews from golfers. One golfer described the course as "extremely challenging" and mentioned that it can be difficult depending on which tees you play from. They also noted that there is water on 8 out of the first 9 holes, adding to the challenge. However, they emphasized that it is a fun course if you know where to hit the ball on certain holes.
The overall layout of the course was praised by another reviewer who found it to be good. They particularly enjoyed how the design forces players to strategically place their shots rather than going for risky pins.
Staff friendliness was highlighted as excellent with multiple reviewers mentioning this aspect positively.
In terms of conditions, other golfers have reported them as being good and enjoyable during their rounds.
Overall, Manakin at Hermitage Country Club seems to offer an exciting and challenging experience for avid golfers while providing great service and well-maintained conditions.
Manakin at Hermitage Country Club in Manakin Sabot, Virginia is a highly regarded golf course that offers an enjoyable and challenging experience for golfers of all skill levels. The course has received positive reviews from players who have praised its layout and overall condition.
The Links Cards echoes these sentiments, recognizing Manakin at Hermitage Country Club as a great value round in a beautiful setting. The course's challenging layout, excellent service, and well-maintained conditions make it a worthwhile destination for golfers seeking a memorable golfing experience.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.1/133 | 434 | 532 | 362 | 180 | 543 | 333 | 180 | 464 | 371 | 3399 | 412 | 537 | 204 | 447 | 400 | 373 | 206 | 562 | 415 | 3556 | 6955 |
| Blue M: 71.2/129 W: 78.1/143 | 414 | 515 | 337 | 163 | 531 | 321 | 161 | 430 | 338 | 3210 | 376 | 513 | 179 | 427 | 384 | 349 | 152 | 540 | 400 | 3320 | 6530 |
| Member M: 70.7/128 | 382 | 515 | 337 | 163 | 531 | 321 | 161 | 371 | 338 | 3119 | 348 | 513 | 179 | 401 | 360 | 349 | 152 | 540 | 385 | 3227 | 6346 |
| White M: 69.3/128 W: 76.0/138 | 382 | 491 | 325 | 148 | 516 | 310 | 150 | 371 | 319 | 3012 | 348 | 490 | 159 | 401 | 360 | 338 | 136 | 518 | 385 | 3135 | 6147 |
| Senior/Member M: 66.0/118 | 347 | 491 | 325 | 148 | 516 | 310 | 150 | 335 | 319 | 2941 | 317 | 490 | 159 | 343 | 270 | 338 | 136 | 518 | 297 | 2868 | 5809 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6955 yards | 73.1 | 135 |
| Blue | 72 | 6530 yards | 71.3 | 130 |
| Member | 72 | 6346 yards | 70.7 | 128 |
| White | 72 | 6147 yards | 69.8 | 126 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6147 yards | 75.3 | 134 |
**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.