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
Tiger's Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, is a stunning 18-hole public course designed by renowned architect Tim Cate and established in 2000. With its parkland-style layout, this course offers a captivating experience for golfers of all skill levels. Measuring 7,014 yards from the back tees with a par of 72, Tiger's Eye presents a challenging yet enjoyable round. Multiple tee options, including the Amur (6,628 yards), Bengal (6,120 yards), Caspian (5,136 yards), and Tigress (4,502 yards) tees, cater to players of varying abilities. The course's slope rating of 141 and rating of 73.3 indicate its suitability for experienced golfers while remaining accessible to those seeking a more leisurely game. Featuring pristine fairways of TiftSport Bermuda Grass and TifEagle grass greens, Tiger's Eye Golf Links ensures exceptional playing conditions throughout the year.
The player reviews for Tiger's Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation are overwhelmingly positive, with golfers lauding its excellent course conditions, well-designed layout, and friendly staff. One reviewer raved, "Course is in excellent shape. Greens were a little slow due to being wet but were really smooth with very few ball marks. Good value and fairly priced for the area." Another player echoed this sentiment, saying, "Every green was smooth, cut, and rolled beautifully. This had been quite a much-needed transformation for a beautiful and challenging layout." The staff's friendliness is also a highlight, with golfers describing them as "extremely helpful and friendly" and appreciating their efforts to accommodate their needs. Overall, Tiger's Eye Golf Links receives high marks from players who value its well-maintained course conditions, enjoyable layout, and welcoming staff.
Tiger's Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation offers exceptional value for golfers, as evidenced by its impressive 3.9 out of 5 stars rating from 314 reviews. Golfers consistently praise the excellent conditions and layout of the course, with smooth and well-maintained greens. The effort put into maintaining the course in top shape is highly appreciated by players. Additionally, the friendly and accommodating staff at Tiger's Eye Golf Links ensures a pleasant experience for all golfers. Whether you're a seasoned player seeking a challenge or a casual golfer looking to enjoy a day on the links, Tiger's Eye Golf Links provides great value and memorable experiences on its well-designed fairways.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saber Tooth M: 73.4/144 | 377 | 190 | 551 | 422 | 401 | 178 | 562 | 396 | 415 | 3492 | 356 | 165 | 452 | 390 | 381 | 531 | 447 | 208 | 592 | 3522 | 7014 |
| Amur M: 71.5/141 | 350 | 165 | 526 | 406 | 380 | 170 | 547 | 375 | 394 | 3313 | 345 | 155 | 416 | 365 | 370 | 507 | 421 | 181 | 555 | 3315 | 6628 |
| Bengal M: 68.5/130 W: 74.5/139 | 313 | 150 | 493 | 366 | 353 | 140 | 513 | 337 | 370 | 3035 | 330 | 128 | 400 | 340 | 345 | 467 | 385 | 165 | 525 | 3085 | 6120 |
| Caspian M: 65.2/109 W: 69.2/127 | 243 | 135 | 421 | 316 | 273 | 107 | 455 | 274 | 308 | 2532 | 280 | 103 | 333 | 291 | 300 | 392 | 320 | 125 | 460 | 2604 | 5136 |
| Tigress M: 62.9/104 W: 66.1/116 | 217 | 95 | 383 | 260 | 244 | 80 | 408 | 226 | 274 | 2187 | 265 | 85 | 295 | 255 | 240 | 355 | 285 | 101 | 434 | 2315 | 4502 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saber Tooth | 72 | 7014 yards | 73.3 | 141 |
| Amur | 72 | 6628 yards | 70.9 | 135 |
| Bengal | 72 | 6120 yards | 68.1 | 124 |
| Caspian (W) | 72 | 5136 yards | 69.0 | 123 |
| Caspian | 72 | 5136 yards | 65.0 | 103 |
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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.