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
Located in Willingboro, New Jersey, Rancocas Golf Club is a public course designed by renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. and established in 1966. This par-71 course stretches 6,602 yards from the blue tees, offering a challenging yet fair test for golfers of all skill levels. With a slope rating of 130 and a course rating of 72.7, Rancocas provides a balanced experience that is both enjoyable and accessible.
The course features well-maintained fairways, strategically placed bunkers (30 in total), and water hazards (30) that add to the challenge while offering picturesque views throughout the round. Beginners will appreciate the wide fairways and forgiving layout, while more experienced players will find ample opportunities to showcase their skills on this classic design by one of golf's greatest architects.
Player reviews for Rancocas Golf Club are a mixed bag, reflecting a range of experiences. Some golfers highly praised the course conditions and layout, while others had specific complaints.
Positive feedback centered around the well-maintained conditions, challenging layout, and friendly staff. Many reviewers appreciated the tree-lined fairways and green-side bunkers that added to the course's challenge. The helpfulness and welcoming attitude of the staff were also highlighted as positive aspects of the experience.
However, some reviewers had negative experiences. One golfer mentioned an excessive amount of leaves on the course, making it difficult to play. Another expressed frustration at not being able to obtain a refund from Golf Now when bad weather forced them to cancel their tee time.
Despite the mixed reviews, The Links Card believes that Rancocas Golf Club offers good value for money. While there are some minor issues that could be addressed, the overall experience is positive. The course provides a challenging and enjoyable layout, well-maintained conditions, and friendly staff. For golfers seeking a quality golf experience at a reasonable price, Rancocas Golf Club is a solid choice.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 71.3/135 | 395 | 165 | 325 | 568 | 400 | 396 | 406 | 162 | 402 | 3219 | 585 | 190 | 355 | 420 | 380 | 390 | 192 | 348 | 523 | 3383 | 6602 |
| Black M: 68.6/130 W: 75.6/129 | 365 | 140 | 301 | 545 | 375 | 384 | 374 | 136 | 370 | 2990 | 560 | 156 | 330 | 405 | 356 | 360 | 168 | 320 | 495 | 3150 | 6140 |
| Silver M: 64.7/122 W: 70.0/118 | 334 | 60 | 254 | 406 | 284 | 300 | 272 | 122 | 345 | 2377 | 499 | 133 | 298 | 370 | 319 | 311 | 147 | 227 | 393 | 2697 | 5074 |
| Handicap | 6 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6602 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| White | 71 | 6140 yards | 70.0 | 124 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5074 yards | 70.3 | 120 |
**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.