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
Hickory Hills Golf Course, nestled in the charming town of Methuen, Massachusetts, is a public 18-hole course that has been captivating golfers since 1968. Designed by the renowned architect Manuel Francis, this course offers a well-rounded experience for players of all skill levels. With a par of 71 and a length of 6,287 yards from the blue tees, it strikes a balance between challenge and accessibility. The course boasts a slope rating of 123 and a rating of 70.8, making it an enjoyable and fair test for most golfers.
Player reviews of Hickory Hills Golf Course paint a varied picture, highlighting both positive and negative aspects. Some golfers expressed disappointment with the customer experience, particularly the reservation policy that requires prepayment for tee times and can be perceived as unfriendly. Others, however, lauded the course's layout and the generally smooth pace of play.
One reviewer, while acknowledging the course's classic New England charm, voiced concerns about the customer service, describing the management's approach as "shaming" for those who don't comply with the prepayment policy. On the positive side, another player praised the course's tree-lined fairways and small greens, appreciating its good value for money despite recent aeration affecting the conditions.
A different golfer shared their fondness for Hickory Hills, having played there numerous times. They particularly enjoyed the contrast between the longer front nine and the tighter back nine. While they found the green fees slightly higher compared to other courses in the area, they still considered it a great option for walking.
Opinions on staff friendliness varied among reviewers, ranging from poor to excellent. However, the pace of play consistently received positive remarks.
Golfer Collective, a respected golf course review platform, offers its own insights into the value proposition of Hickory Hills Golf Course. While acknowledging the mixed reviews from players, Golfer Collective highlights the course's strengths, such as its classic New England charm, well-maintained fairways, and bent grass greens.
Golfer Collective also acknowledges the concerns raised by some reviewers regarding customer service and reservation policies. However, it emphasizes the overall positive experience that many golfers have had at Hickory Hills, particularly in terms of the course layout and pace of play.
In conclusion, Hickory Hills Golf Course offers a diverse golfing experience that caters to players of varying skill levels. While there are some areas for improvement in terms of customer service, the course's strengths, such as its classic design and enjoyable layout, make it a worthwhile destination for golfers in the Methuen area.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.8/123 | 366 | 184 | 521 | 397 | 391 | 530 | 377 | 163 | 358 | 3287 | 510 | 402 | 351 | 164 | 348 | 371 | 322 | 135 | 397 | 3000 | 6287 |
| White M: 69.6/119 | 349 | 176 | 511 | 382 | 379 | 513 | 367 | 155 | 348 | 3180 | 489 | 390 | 340 | 141 | 326 | 357 | 304 | 114 | 379 | 2840 | 6020 |
| Gold M: 66.5/111 | 333 | 163 | 408 | 311 | 320 | 426 | 308 | 145 | 338 | 2752 | 406 | 316 | 247 | 132 | 269 | 351 | 291 | 107 | 320 | 2439 | 5191 |
| Red W: 70.3/119 | 333 | 163 | 376 | 306 | 315 | 426 | 301 | 115 | 338 | 2673 | 399 | 316 | 241 | 128 | 269 | 343 | 291 | 107 | 314 | 2408 | 5081 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 4 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6287 yards | 70.8 | 123 |
| White | 71 | 6020 yards | 69.6 | 119 |
| Gold | 71 | 5394 yards | 66.8 | 113 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5304 yards | 70.7 | 121 |
**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.