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
The University of Maryland Golf Course, nestled in the heart of College Park, Maryland, offers an exceptional golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned golf course architect George Cobb in 1958 and later refined by Bill Love in 2008, this course boasts a classic layout featuring Bermuda grass fairways and Blue Grass greens. With 18 holes stretching across 7,015 yards from the back tees, golfers can challenge themselves on a par-71 course that provides a variety of tee options to accommodate different skill levels. Recognized as one of the top college courses in the United States by Golf Advisor, the University of Maryland Golf Course promises a scenic and enjoyable golfing experience for all visitors.
Golfers who have experienced the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland, have generally expressed positive sentiments in their reviews. Many have lauded the course for its excellent conditions, well-designed layout, and friendly staff. One reviewer described the course as a "fun old school course that follows the terrain" with "extreme elevation changes and bunkering around the greens." Another reviewer highlighted its inclusivity, stating that it is a rare course that can be enjoyed by players of all skill levels.
While a few reviewers mentioned occasional issues with pace of play and maintenance, the overall feedback remains overwhelmingly positive. Golfers appreciate the challenging layout and well-maintained grounds, making the University of Maryland Golf Course a highly recommended destination for both beginners and experienced players.
The Links Cards holds the University of Maryland Golf Course in high regard, recognizing it as a course that offers exceptional value for golfers. The positive reviews praising the course conditions, layout, and staff friendliness are a testament to its quality.
Golfers are particularly impressed by the challenging layout of the course, which follows the natural terrain and presents exciting tests with extreme elevation changes and strategic bunkering around the greens. The well-maintained grounds further enhance the golfing experience, ensuring that players can fully immerse themselves in the game.
Despite occasional concerns about pace of play and maintenance, the overall feedback remains positive. The University of Maryland Golf Course provides an enjoyable round at a reasonable price, making it an accessible and rewarding destination for golfers of all skill levels. Its reputation as one of the top college courses in Maryland and across the nation solidifies its status as a must-play destination for any golfer visiting College Park or the surrounding areas.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terp M: 72.2/124 | 460 | 453 | 333 | 195 | 423 | 458 | 363 | 128 | 547 | 3360 | 416 | 228 | 435 | 552 | 250 | 386 | 548 | 346 | 486 | 3647 | 7007 |
| Black M: 70.6/122 | 438 | 440 | 333 | 186 | 401 | 425 | 352 | 124 | 521 | 3220 | 395 | 211 | 415 | 521 | 223 | 372 | 533 | 327 | 455 | 3452 | 6672 |
| Gold M: 69.3/119 W: 76.7/134 | 415 | 428 | 316 | 174 | 380 | 406 | 341 | 111 | 510 | 3081 | 380 | 165 | 395 | 514 | 211 | 361 | 512 | 307 | 440 | 3285 | 6366 |
| White M: 68.0/117 W: 75.3/131 | 395 | 405 | 301 | 160 | 362 | 391 | 331 | 98 | 485 | 2928 | 372 | 165 | 372 | 482 | 192 | 348 | 501 | 307 | 427 | 3166 | 6094 |
| Red/Green M: 64.9/107 W: 70.9/123 | 328 | 358 | 225 | 112 | 362 | 364 | 323 | 85 | 465 | 2622 | 328 | 117 | 352 | 415 | 133 | 348 | 416 | 283 | 330 | 2722 | 5344 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 7015 yards | 73.7 | 137 |
| Black/Gold | 71 | 6651 yards | 71.8 | 133 |
| Gold | 71 | 6369 yards | 70.1 | 130 |
| Gold/White | 71 | 6049 yards | 69.3 | 127 |
| White | 71 | 5833 yards | 68.2 | 123 |
**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.