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
National Road Golf Course in West Jefferson, Ohio, offers a versatile layout that caters to golfers of all skill levels. Designed with beginners, seniors, and juniors in mind, the course also provides enough challenges to keep more advanced players entertained. The par-71 course is mostly flat and easy to walk, with water hazards coming into play along the greens and fairways. The average-sized greens offer a moderate speed for putting. One unique aspect of National Road Golf Course is its mix of interesting par 3s and short par 4s, which provide a different pace of play compared to other courses. Established in 1995, this well-maintained public course features rye grass fairways and bent grass greens. Additionally, golfers can warm up on the putting green or natural grass practice tee before their round.
The player reviews for National Road Golf Course in West Jefferson, Ohio, are a mix of positive and average feedback. The course conditions are generally rated as good, with some players mentioning satisfactory fairways and greens. One reviewer states that the fairways were "in good condition without bunkers." Another highlights the rolling greens as a standout feature.
In terms of layout, there is mention of the course being short and wide open with limited hazards. One player describes it as a "short course with limited hazards" and another mentions that it is "fairly easy to recover from a bad shot." The flow from hole to hole is also praised by one golfer who says that the course is tight but flows well.
Staff friendliness receives mixed reviews, ranging from average to excellent. Some reviewers mention friendly staff members while others note grumpy or unhelpful interactions.
Overall, National Road Golf Course offers golfers an enjoyable experience with good course conditions and an accessible layout. As one reviewer puts it: "Very good value for money," making this golf destination worth considering for those in central Ohio looking for an affordable round of golf on a well-maintained course.
National Road Golf Course in West Jefferson, Ohio, offers golfers a good value for their money. This public course has a versatile layout that caters to beginners, seniors, and juniors. It also provides enough challenges to keep more advanced players entertained.
The course is mostly flat and easy to walk, with water hazards coming into play along the greens and fairways. There are no sand traps on this par-71 course. The greens are average in size and speed.
Golfers have praised the conditions of National Road Golf Course as well-maintained, with satisfactory fairways and rolling greens. The flow from hole to hole is smooth, making for an enjoyable round of golf.
Staff friendliness receives mixed reviews but overall it's considered acceptable or better by most reviewers.
If you're looking for an affordable round of golf on a well-maintained course in central Ohio, National Road Golf Course is worth considering.
*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: 65.1/109 | 389 | 143 | 307 | 150 | 340 | 471 | 320 | 277 | 344 | 2741 | 379 | 150 | 250 | 122 | 241 | 263 | 259 | 425 | 482 | 2571 | 5312 |
| White M: 65.0/108 W: 66.1/111 | 379 | 133 | 295 | 137 | 328 | 456 | 305 | 262 | 332 | 2627 | 366 | 141 | 237 | 110 | 230 | 253 | 248 | 410 | 465 | 2460 | 5087 |
| Red W: 65.9/107 | 370 | 123 | 284 | 125 | 316 | 441 | 290 | 247 | 320 | 2516 | 354 | 133 | 225 | 98 | 218 | 244 | 238 | 395 | 448 | 2353 | 4869 |
| Handicap | 5 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 71 | 5087 yards | ||
| Red (W) | 71 | 4869 yards |
**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.