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
Woodside Plantation Country Club – Wisteria Course is an 18-hole private golf course in Aiken, South Carolina. Designed by Rees Jones and established in 1987, this course offers a challenging yet enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels. With a par of 72 and a length of 7,038 yards, the Wisteria Course provides ample opportunities to test your skills. The Bermuda grass fairways and greens offer excellent playing conditions year-round, while amenities such as a driving range, putting green, pitching/chipping area, and practice hole provide chances to improve your game before hitting the links. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or just starting out, Woodside Plantation Country Club – Wisteria Course has something for everyone looking for an exceptional round of golf in Aiken.
Woodside Plantation Country Club – Wisteria Course has received positive reviews from golfers. Brently26, an advanced player, recommends the course with a rating of 4.0. They particularly enjoyed the layouts of both the Jones and Cupp courses, praising the Rees Jones design. The friendly staff and the need for an invitation to play at this private club were also mentioned.
Another reviewer, bigmo4242, gave the course a perfect rating of 5.0. They played in excellent weather conditions and commended the well-maintained course despite some heat. While they found the course challenging, they felt confident when hitting good tee balls.
Mr79golf describes Woodside Plantation as having nice facilities and being located in a pleasant community. They appreciated the beautiful design of the Plantation course, with its azalea backdrops and smooth greens.
Overall, reviewers highlight factors such as enjoyable layouts, friendly staff, and well-maintained conditions for this hidden gem off Augusta/Aiken area's beaten path at Woodside Plantation Country Club – Wisteria Course.
The Links Cards considers Woodside Plantation Country Club – Wisteria Course to be a great value for the money. The course offers a challenging and enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels, with well-maintained fairways and greens, as well as excellent amenities. While it is a private club and requires an invitation to play, the overall experience is worth the cost.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto M: 74.6/142 | 378 | 438 | 202 | 370 | 500 | 438 | 601 | 197 | 454 | 3578 | 457 | 508 | 398 | 390 | 525 | 216 | 427 | 161 | 445 | 3527 | 7105 |
| Holley M: 73.0/138 | 358 | 410 | 187 | 350 | 480 | 402 | 571 | 177 | 426 | 3361 | 439 | 489 | 373 | 373 | 507 | 197 | 407 | 150 | 429 | 3364 | 6725 |
| Spalding M: 70.8/133 | 350 | 370 | 171 | 328 | 469 | 360 | 547 | 152 | 362 | 3109 | 397 | 439 | 350 | 355 | 466 | 186 | 391 | 137 | 398 | 3119 | 6228 |
| Magnolia M: 68.7/129 | 350 | 338 | 171 | 304 | 419 | 360 | 474 | 141 | 320 | 2877 | 364 | 412 | 350 | 328 | 416 | 152 | 354 | 137 | 373 | 2886 | 5763 |
| Burden M: 67.6/124 W: 72.0/126 | 304 | 324 | 132 | 277 | 419 | 330 | 474 | 107 | 320 | 2687 | 364 | 392 | 271 | 328 | 416 | 152 | 354 | 119 | 373 | 2769 | 5456 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto | 72 | 7038 yards | 74.6 | 139 |
| Holley | 72 | 6695 yards | 72.8 | 134 |
| Spalding | 72 | 6228 yards | 70.4 | 129 |
| Burden (W) | 72 | 5460 yards | 71.4 | 125 |
| Burden | 72 | 5460 yards | 67.0 | 122 |
**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.