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
Taberna Country Club, nestled in the charming city of New Bern, North Carolina, boasts an 18-hole golf course designed by the renowned Jim Lipe and established in 1997. With a par of 72 and stretching 6,917 yards from the blue tees, this private course presents a captivating challenge for golfers of all skill levels. Multiple tee options cater to different playing abilities, ensuring an enjoyable experience for every golfer.
The course's scenic layout features meticulously maintained fairways, strategic bunkering, and well-placed water hazards that demand precision and thoughtful shot-making. The moderate difficulty, reflected in a slope rating of 128, provides a fair test for average golfers, while the course rating of 72.2 indicates an expected score for scratch golfers. Taberna Country Club further enhances the golfing experience with excellent practice facilities and professional instruction from experienced teaching pros, ensuring that every player has the opportunity to improve their game.
Golfers' reviews of Taberna Country Club in New Bern, North Carolina, present a spectrum of opinions. While the course layout and design have garnered praise, with one golfer lauding the "interesting holes" that suit their preferences, others have expressed concerns about the course conditions. Complaints about crabgrass on the fairways and patches of poa annua grass on the greens highlight areas where improvements could be made. Despite these issues, many reviewers still find enjoyment in playing at Taberna Country Club, citing the friendly and welcoming staff as a positive aspect of their experience.
The Links Cards, a respected golf course rating system, deems Taberna Country Club as offering good value for golfers. The course's layout is generally well-received, with its engaging holes catering to golfers of varying skill levels. The fairways' ample width allows for bold and long shots, adding an element of excitement to the game. However, concerns about course conditions, particularly during wet weather, have been noted and should be addressed to maintain the course's overall quality.
Overall, Taberna Country Club provides an enjoyable golfing experience at a reasonable price point. While there is room for improvement in maintaining course conditions, especially during challenging weather conditions, the club's strengths, such as its engaging layout and friendly staff, make it a worthwhile consideration for golfers seeking accessible public courses in New Bern, North Carolina.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannons M: 73.4/133 | 402 | 372 | 463 | 368 | 167 | 523 | 436 | 190 | 599 | 3520 | 410 | 540 | 205 | 547 | 223 | 384 | 492 | 167 | 423 | 3391 | 6911 |
| Players M: 70.9/128 | 378 | 357 | 413 | 361 | 133 | 500 | 413 | 175 | 544 | 3274 | 384 | 529 | 186 | 535 | 204 | 361 | 458 | 161 | 394 | 3212 | 6486 |
| Oaks M: 67.3/118 W: 72.8/126 | 368 | 348 | 397 | 354 | 126 | 489 | 388 | 158 | 517 | 3145 | 372 | 504 | 164 | 525 | 193 | 349 | 448 | 145 | 353 | 3053 | 6198 |
| Bears M: 67.1/115 W: 72.2/124 | 357 | 339 | 329 | 347 | 119 | 466 | 323 | 135 | 507 | 2922 | 309 | 490 | 140 | 409 | 164 | 304 | 438 | 118 | 345 | 2717 | 5639 |
| Pineapples M: 64.1/107 W: 68.8/114 | 285 | 284 | 324 | 280 | 96 | 418 | 319 | 102 | 434 | 2542 | 303 | 443 | 120 | 397 | 153 | 288 | 412 | 96 | 323 | 2535 | 5077 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6917 yards | 72.2 | 128 |
| White | 72 | 6443 yards | 69.9 | 124 |
| White/Yellow | 72 | 6199 yards | 68.3 | 117 |
| White/Yellow (W) | 72 | 6199 yards | 73.9 | 126 |
| Yellow | 72 | 6097 yards | 68.3 | 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.