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 just northwest of Tampa, the Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club offers golfers a challenging and enjoyable experience on their Gator/Panther Course. Designed in 1985, this public course features narrow fairways lined with trees and generous landing areas. The layout strikes a good balance between difficulty and player-friendliness, making it appealing to golfers of different skill levels. Sparkling lakes and ponds come into play on some holes, adding an extra challenge for players. Strategically placed bunkers are situated along the greensides as well. With a par of 72 and a length of 6489 yards from the blue tees, this course provides plenty of opportunities for long drives while also requiring precision shots around hazards. Additionally, Silver Dollar boasts extensive practice facilities including a driving range, putting greens, pitching/chipping area with sandtrap, and three practice holes for honing your skills before hitting the links.
The player reviews for Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club – Gator/Panther Course in Odessa, Florida are a mixed bag. Some golfers found the course conditions to be average or fair, with issues such as weeds and bare spots on the fairways. However, it seems that efforts are being made to improve these conditions.
One golfer commented, "Fairways were full of weeds and bare spots but it looks like they are trying to take care of them." Another mentioned that "the greens were very spotty" but also noted that when the course conditions have been better in the past, it's worthwhile.
Layout-wise, many reviewers found the layout of the course to be good or excellent. One golfer described it as a "fun layout of course."
In terms of staff friendliness, there were positive comments about their friendliness and excellent pace of play: "Friendliness was excellent" and "Pace was excellent."
Overall value received mixed feedback. While some felt that it offered good value for money, others expressed disappointment.
It is worth noting that one reviewer mentioned ongoing repairs at the time which affected tee boxes and greens: "[…] under repair […] Not planning to go back until late 2024."
The Links Cards' perspective on the perceived value of Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club – Gator/Panther Course aligns with some of the player reviews. While the course conditions have been a point of criticism, efforts are being made to improve them. The layout of the course is generally well-received, and the friendly staff and excellent pace of play are commendable.
However, the overall value proposition seems to be a matter of individual opinion. Some golfers feel that the course offers good value for money, while others find it lacking. It's important to consider these varying viewpoints when deciding whether Silver Dollar Golf & Trap Club is worth a visit.
Taking into account the ongoing repairs and potential course condition issues, golfers may want to weigh the value they place on layout enjoyment, friendly staff, and affordability before making a decision.
*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: 70.8/120 | 330 | 127 | 430 | 492 | 356 | 175 | 405 | 576 | 395 | 3286 | 384 | 123 | 440 | 195 | 396 | 373 | 512 | 595 | 185 | 3203 | 6489 |
| White M: 69.3/117 | 319 | 118 | 415 | 421 | 348 | 160 | 395 | 562 | 352 | 3090 | 375 | 116 | 390 | 174 | 348 | 360 | 500 | 577 | 171 | 3011 | 6101 |
| Gold M: 65.4/110 | 300 | 113 | 400 | 403 | 330 | 117 | 340 | 493 | 296 | 2792 | 319 | 110 | 340 | 152 | 320 | 313 | 416 | 527 | 140 | 2637 | 5429 |
| Red M: 61.9/104 W: 65.1/109 | 239 | 100 | 300 | 343 | 304 | 99 | 256 | 446 | 270 | 2357 | 295 | 103 | 295 | 106 | 229 | 262 | 352 | 437 | 74 | 2153 | 4510 |
| Handicap | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 5429 yards | ||
| Red (W) | 72 | 4510 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.
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.