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
Westwood Country Club, located in Vienna, Virginia, is an 18-hole private golf course that offers a delightful experience for golfers of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architects Ed Ault, Brian Ault, Tom Clark, Gene Bates, and Alfred H. Tull in 1954 (with modifications in 1984), this parkland-style course features well-maintained Bent Grass fairways and greens. With a par of 71 and a length of 6,915 yards from the Gold tees, Westwood provides a challenging yet enjoyable round of golf. The course's slope rating of 140 and course rating of 73.3 ensure a fair test for experienced golfers, while multiple tee options ranging from Blue at 6,411 yards to Red at 4,818 yards accommodate players of all abilities. Throughout its history, Westwood Country Club has consistently maintained excellent conditions year-round, ensuring a memorable experience for every visit.
Westwood Country Club has received rave reviews from golfers, who describe it as a "true gem" with turf conditions that rival any premier course in the D.C. region. The lush fairways allow for plenty of roll, while the greens are consistently praised for their smoothness and accuracy. Golfers appreciate the mix of tee options, which makes the course enjoyable for both short and long hitters. The layout of Westwood is also highly regarded, with players praising the variety of par 3's, 4's, and 5's, as well as the well-thought-out routing and challenging greens. Beyond the course itself, golfers consistently highlight the friendly and welcoming staff, who contribute to an overall "absolute first class" experience at Westwood Country Club.
The Links Cards highly recommends Westwood Country Club for its exceptional value. The course offers excellent conditions, a challenging and enjoyable layout, and friendly staff, all at a reasonable price. Westwood Country Club stands out as a hidden gem in Vienna, Virginia, providing golfers with a top-notch golfing experience that is well worth the visit.
*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: 73.3/140 | 422 | 584 | 413 | 172 | 371 | 186 | 392 | 483 | 405 | 3428 | 392 | 521 | 435 | 419 | 462 | 169 | 424 | 218 | 447 | 3487 | 6915 |
| Blue M: 71.0/135 | 394 | 556 | 377 | 168 | 343 | 160 | 366 | 471 | 377 | 3212 | 371 | 488 | 409 | 367 | 427 | 144 | 384 | 190 | 419 | 3199 | 6411 |
| White M: 69.3/132 W: 75.0/133 | 366 | 546 | 333 | 144 | 337 | 154 | 306 | 471 | 366 | 3023 | 346 | 465 | 370 | 361 | 401 | 140 | 343 | 183 | 389 | 2998 | 6021 |
| Green M: 66.7/126 W: 72.0/126 | 358 | 522 | 325 | 124 | 314 | 121 | 301 | 373 | 343 | 2781 | 314 | 459 | 326 | 334 | 401 | 113 | 301 | 159 | 326 | 2733 | 5514 |
| Blended W: 70.4/122 | 358 | 463 | 291 | 124 | 281 | 97 | 301 | 373 | 343 | 2631 | 244 | 393 | 326 | 303 | 401 | 113 | 301 | 137 | 320 | 2538 | 5169 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 6915 yards | 73.3 | 140 |
| Blue | 71 | 6411 yards | 71.0 | 135 |
| White | 71 | 6021 yards | 69.3 | 132 |
| Green | 71 | 5514 yards | 66.7 | 126 |
| Green (W) | 71 | 5514 yards | 72.0 | 126 |
**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.