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 charming city of Wilmington, Delaware, North at Wilmington Country Club is a golfing gem that offers a challenging and enjoyable round for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Sr., this classic course boasts a par of 71 and varying tee boxes to accommodate every golfer's abilities. The course's fairways wind through lush landscapes with strategically placed bunkers and water hazards, providing a visually stunning and engaging experience. With a respectable slope rating, North at Wilmington Country Club promises an enjoyable and challenging game every time you hit the links.
While there are currently no user reviews available specifically for the North course at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware, we can still gain some insights into the potential golfing experience based on its features and layout. As a private parkland-style 18-hole course designed by Dick Wilson in 1961, North at Wilmington Country Club offers a classic design and challenging layout that is likely to be appreciated by players. The 6390-yard course length provides a suitable challenge for golfers of various skill levels, while the inclusion of amenities such as a driving range, teaching pro services, and well-maintained practice areas suggests an overall positive experience. Although staff friendliness is not explicitly mentioned in reviews, it is commonly appreciated on golf courses worldwide, and one can expect welcoming service from the professionals assisting players during their visit.
The Links Cards holds the North course at Wilmington Country Club in high regard, recognizing it as an exceptional golfing experience. The course's timeless design, top-notch facilities, and challenging layout make it a must-play for golfers seeking a memorable round. Although user reviews are unavailable, the course's reputation and the quality of its amenities speak for themselves. Golfers can expect a well-manicured course with lush Bent Grass fairways and greens, providing a visually stunning and enjoyable golfing experience. The course's strategic design and challenging layout ensure that players of all skill levels will be tested and rewarded. Overall, the North course at Wilmington Country Club offers an exceptional golfing experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression on any golfer fortunate enough to play it.
*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: 71.3/125 | 326 | 368 | 383 | 415 | 472 | 377 | 188 | 366 | 184 | 3079 | 540 | 162 | 355 | 405 | 316 | 419 | 185 | 384 | 543 | 3309 | 6388 |
| White M: 69.8/125 W: 75.2/135 | 310 | 348 | 370 | 390 | 457 | 367 | 166 | 355 | 168 | 2931 | 530 | 150 | 340 | 388 | 300 | 392 | 165 | 350 | 532 | 3147 | 6078 |
| Gold M: 67.8/121 W: 73.2/130 | 310 | 329 | 359 | 355 | 457 | 367 | 166 | 312 | 168 | 2823 | 446 | 150 | 340 | 336 | 300 | 320 | 165 | 350 | 453 | 2860 | 5683 |
| Green M: 66.7/118 W: 71.7/125 | 289 | 329 | 359 | 355 | 440 | 356 | 124 | 312 | 152 | 2716 | 446 | 135 | 323 | 336 | 281 | 320 | 151 | 315 | 453 | 2760 | 5476 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 71 | 6390 yards | 72.2 | 136 |
| Middle | 71 | 6079 yards | 70.8 | 132 |
| Forward (W) | 71 | 5556 yards | 72.0 | 124 |
**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.