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
The Championship at Governors Run Golf & Country Club in Carlyle, Illinois, is a public course that offers a delightful golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Donald Horrell and established in 1994, this woodland-style course boasts 18 holes with a par of 72. Measuring 7,013 yards from the green tees and featuring a slope rating of 131, it offers a challenging yet accessible layout for both experienced golfers and beginners. Water hazards on nine holes and seven strategically placed bunkers add an extra layer of excitement to your round. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or a local seeking a fun day on the fairways, the Championship at Governors Run Golf & Country Club promises a memorable golfing experience.
Player reviews for the Championship at Governors Run Golf & Country Club in Carlyle, Illinois, present a diverse range of experiences. While some reviewers rave about the excellent course conditions and friendly staff, others express disappointment with the course's upkeep and unfriendly encounters with the personnel.
Positive reviews highlight the course's excellent conditions, with well-maintained fairways and greens. Golfers also appreciate the course's layout and design. However, negative reviews mention poor course conditions, including crabgrass on the greens and tee boxes in need of attention. One reviewer even goes as far as comparing the course's condition to a "cow pasture."
Regarding staff friendliness, most reviewers commend the staff for their excellent or good service. However, a few reviewers encountered unfriendly staff members, which detracted from their overall experience.
The pace of play receives consistent praise from multiple players, with many describing it as excellent.
Opinions on the course's amenities, particularly the golf carts, vary. Some reviewers criticize the carts' poor condition, while others find them to be in good or even excellent shape.
Golfer Collective's assessment of the Championship at Governors Run Golf & Country Club reveals a course with potential but in need of improvements. While some players rave about the course's conditions and layout, others express dissatisfaction with its upkeep and certain aspects of customer service.
To enhance the overall golfing experience, Golfer Collective recommends that the course address the reported issues, such as improving the greens and tee boxes and ensuring consistent friendliness among the staff. By implementing these improvements, the Championship at Governors Run Golf & Country Club can elevate its reputation and attract more golfers seeking a truly enjoyable round.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green M: 73.2/136 | 406 | 206 | 537 | 448 | 450 | 427 | 565 | 465 | 183 | 3687 | 432 | 500 | 187 | 384 | 164 | 421 | 373 | 369 | 555 | 3385 | 7072 |
| Blue M: 71.7/131 | 376 | 180 | 523 | 406 | 427 | 375 | 537 | 400 | 161 | 3385 | 412 | 446 | 148 | 343 | 155 | 404 | 335 | 330 | 507 | 3080 | 6465 |
| White M: 69.1/120 | 343 | 153 | 478 | 382 | 399 | 316 | 492 | 365 | 141 | 3069 | 328 | 436 | 119 | 315 | 152 | 359 | 320 | 302 | 437 | 2768 | 5837 |
| Yellow M: 65.6/107 | 296 | 125 | 379 | 373 | 366 | 271 | 462 | 306 | 114 | 2692 | 278 | 405 | 107 | 302 | 128 | 321 | 297 | 258 | 369 | 2465 | 5157 |
| Red W: 67.2/109 | 286 | 102 | 339 | 331 | 360 | 261 | 442 | 247 | 96 | 2464 | 267 | 358 | 85 | 275 | 81 | 284 | 233 | 248 | 275 | 2106 | 4570 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 5157 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.