Golfer Collective 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
Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine, located in Sugar Grove, Illinois, is a private golf course that offers a challenging and enjoyable round of golf for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect David Esler and established in 2002, this nine-hole course features well-manicured bent grass fairways and greens. With a par of 36 and a total length of 3,467 yards from the black tees, it provides a fair and engaging test for both beginners and experienced golfers. Multiple tee options, including gray (par-36, 3,331 yards) and white (par-36, 3,163 yards), cater to different player preferences. Although slope and rating information is not readily available, the course layout promises an enjoyable and memorable golfing experience. Amenities such as golf carts are available for rental, and practice facilities, including a driving range, pitching/chipping area, and putting green, are available on-site.
Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine has garnered rave reviews from golfers who have had the pleasure of playing the course. According to BryanTweed16, a respected contributor on Chicago Advisor, the course presents a visually intimidating yet fair challenge off the tee. The undulating green complexes add an exciting element of difficulty, while the near-perfect fairway conditions and quick, true greens ensure a consistently enjoyable playing experience.
The layout of Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine is widely praised for its excellent design. Reviewers rave about the stunning prairie-style design, particularly during the fall season when the tree-less surroundings create a picturesque backdrop. The Par 5s on the first nine and the Par 3s receive special acclaim for their challenging and rewarding nature.
In addition to the course itself, reviewers consistently mention the friendly and welcoming staff at Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine. One golfer even highlighted the exceptional service, including complimentary drinks and food for member guests.
While a few reviewers noted the absence of certain amenities, such as restroom areas and paved cart paths on some parts of the course, these minor inconveniences do not detract from the overall positive experience.
Golfer Collective highly recommends Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine as a golf course that offers exceptional value for its outstanding features. This private course, with a par of 36 and a length of 3,467 yards, provides a challenging and enjoyable round of golf. Designed by David Esler and established in 2002, the course boasts well-maintained bent grass fairways and greens.
Reviewers have consistently praised the visually intimidating yet fair layout, the undulating green complexes, and the near-perfect fairway conditions. The quick and true greens add to the overall challenge and enjoyment of the course.
The prairie-style design, especially during the fall season, creates a stunning backdrop for the golfing experience. The Par 5s on the first nine and the Par 3s are particularly noteworthy for their design and challenge.
The friendly and welcoming staff, along with the provision of complimentary drinks and food for member guests, further enhance the overall experience at Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine.
Although some reviewers have mentioned the lack of certain amenities, such as restroom areas and paved cart paths on certain parts of the course, these minor drawbacks do not diminish the exceptional value and overall positive experience that Black Sheep Golf Club – 1st Nine offers to golfers.
*Our information is based on reviews and descriptions from across the internet
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 75.2/142 | 405 | 535 | 204 | 447 | 305 | 618 | 369 | 165 | 419 | 3467 | 7111 |
| Gray M: 73.2/137 | 405 | 497 | 204 | 399 | 305 | 583 | 369 | 150 | 419 | 3331 | 6732 |
| White M: 72.0/134 W: 73.2/136 | 392 | 497 | 177 | 399 | 279 | 583 | 349 | 137 | 350 | 3163 | 6463 |
| Handicap | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 36 | 3467 yards | ||
| Gray | 36 | 3331 yards | ||
| White | 36 | 3163 yards |
**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 Golfer Collective 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 Golfer Collective 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 Golfer Collective and our process to increase your yields for free.
If your course is consistently booked with foursomes and zero gaps, we congratulate you!
Golfer Collective is a platform that let's you put systems in place to reduce $0 tee times, even if they are rare for you.