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
Palmer Golf Course – Speidel (at Oglebay Resort) in Wheeling, West Virginia, is a premier golf destination for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Arnold Palmer in 2000, this 18-hole resort course offers a challenging yet enjoyable experience. With a par of 71 and a length of 6,725 yards from the back tees, it provides ample opportunities to test your skills. The course features Bent Grass fairways and greens that are meticulously maintained year-round. Golfers will appreciate the variety of tee options available to accommodate different playing abilities. The slope rating of 135 and a rating index of 71.9 indicate its moderate difficulty level for average golfers. In addition to the beautiful layout and scenic views throughout the course, amenities such as driving range facilities and professional instruction are also available to enhance your overall golfing experience at Palmer Golf Course – Speidel.
The player reviews for Palmer Golf Course – Speidel (at Oglebay Resort) in Wheeling, West Virginia are generally positive. Golfers praise the excellent course conditions and layout, as well as the friendly staff. Many reviewers describe the course as "beautiful" and "challenging," with enough obstacles to make them want to return and play again. Others commend the course for being enjoyable even in adverse weather conditions.
However, there were some mixed opinions on pace of play and amenities. A few players mentioned experiencing long waits on certain holes, which affected their overall enjoyment of the round. Others commented on the limited availability of amenities such as snack shacks and drink carts.
Despite these minor concerns, the majority of players had positive experiences at Palmer Golf Course – Speidel (at Oglebay Resort), praising its beautiful condition and challenging layout.
Palmer Golf Course – Speidel (at Oglebay Resort) in Wheeling, West Virginia is highly regarded among golfers. With its beautiful layout and excellent course conditions, it offers a fantastic golfing experience. Designed by Arnold Palmer himself, this 18-hole resort course provides a fair challenge for players of all skill levels.
Golfers appreciate the friendly staff and well-maintained greens and fairways. It's evident that great care goes into keeping the course in top-notch shape year-round. While some reviewers mention occasional delays on certain holes affecting pace of play, most agree that the overall value offered at Palmer Golf Course makes up for any minor inconveniences.
As a publicly accessible facility located within Oglebay Resort, golf enthusiasts visiting or residing near Wheeling can enjoy playing this premier course without membership restrictions. If you're looking to test your skills on an acclaimed layout with picturesque views, Palmer Golf Course is definitely worth considering for your next round of golf in West Virginia!
*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: 72.3/131 | 480 | 500 | 178 | 387 | 216 | 515 | 422 | 539 | 170 | 3407 | 334 | 560 | 478 | 196 | 522 | 273 | 439 | 184 | 332 | 3318 | 6725 |
| Blue M: 70.8/127 | 463 | 500 | 163 | 359 | 206 | 515 | 406 | 522 | 160 | 3294 | 334 | 542 | 448 | 181 | 522 | 246 | 415 | 184 | 332 | 3204 | 6498 |
| White M: 68.7/122 W: 74.4/127 | 444 | 473 | 150 | 347 | 183 | 471 | 374 | 503 | 134 | 3079 | 314 | 512 | 428 | 160 | 503 | 213 | 401 | 149 | 306 | 2986 | 6065 |
| Gold M: 65.3/114 W: 69.5/120 | 360 | 427 | 130 | 287 | 136 | 405 | 275 | 440 | 114 | 2574 | 275 | 454 | 384 | 117 | 451 | 164 | 300 | 127 | 279 | 2551 | 5125 |
| Red M: 63.0/109 W: 66.3/111 | 340 | 376 | 87 | 287 | 136 | 360 | 275 | 397 | 87 | 2345 | 244 | 383 | 329 | 84 | 424 | 164 | 300 | 103 | 193 | 2224 | 4569 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6725 yards | 71.9 | 135 |
| Blue | 71 | 6498 yards | 70.9 | 130 |
| White | 71 | 6065 yards | 67.7 | 121 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6065 yards | 75.1 | 129 |
| Red | 71 | 5125 yards | 69.6 | 117 |
**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.