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
Nestled in the heart of Newport, Michigan, Lilac Golf Course stands as a testament to the sport's enduring allure. Established in 1960 and meticulously designed by the legendary Sam and Alex Lilac, this 18-hole public course offers a challenging yet gratifying experience for golfers of all skill levels. Measuring 6,941 yards from the back tees with a par of 72, Lilac Golf Course provides ample opportunities for players to test their mettle. The course's moderate difficulty is reflected in its slope rating of 130 and a course rating of 73.8.
Multiple tee options cater to golfers of varying abilities, with black tees stretching to 6,941 yards, blue tees at 6,463 yards, white tees at 6,200 yards, gold tees at 5,494 yards, and red tees specifically designed for women at 5,287 yards. The course boasts immaculately maintained bent grass greens, ensuring a consistently high-quality playing surface. Golfers can also take advantage of the available carts and club rentals, enhancing their overall golfing experience.
Reviews for Lilac Golf Course in Newport, Michigan, paint a somewhat varied picture. One golfer, known as "99goale53," shared their experience after playing the course on July 1st, awarding it a respectable 3.0 overall rating. While they found the course conditions to be average and the layout satisfactory, they expressed reservations about the staff's friendliness, rating it as only average.
Although this particular review lacks specific details, it does provide valuable insights into the experiences of golfers at Lilac Golf Course. It suggests that the course offers decent playing conditions and an enjoyable layout, but there may be room for improvement in terms of staff friendliness. It is important to note that these reviews represent individual experiences and may not necessarily reflect the universal sentiment towards the course.
Golfer Collective, a renowned authority in golf course evaluations, offers its own perspective on the value proposition of Lilac Golf Course. While acknowledging the mixed reviews, Golfer Collective highlights the course's strengths, such as its well-maintained fairways and challenging yet enjoyable layout. They emphasize that these features, coupled with the course's reasonable rates, make it a worthwhile destination for golfers seeking a memorable round.
However, Golfer Collective also acknowledges the areas where Lilac Golf Course could improve, particularly in terms of staff friendliness and overall course conditions. They encourage golfers to consider these factors when making their decision about whether or not to play at Lilac Golf Course.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.7/130 | 505 | 189 | 433 | 466 | 610 | 400 | 216 | 334 | 397 | 3550 | 173 | 419 | 520 | 419 | 491 | 354 | 222 | 456 | 445 | 3499 | 7049 |
| Blue M: 71.8/123 | 498 | 175 | 393 | 412 | 574 | 384 | 208 | 331 | 379 | 3354 | 165 | 410 | 484 | 410 | 478 | 344 | 204 | 427 | 420 | 3342 | 6696 |
| White M: 71.0/121 | 498 | 136 | 385 | 408 | 561 | 338 | 198 | 320 | 365 | 3209 | 154 | 402 | 412 | 398 | 468 | 334 | 182 | 373 | 392 | 3115 | 6324 |
| Gold M: 66.6/117 | 456 | 104 | 329 | 349 | 517 | 312 | 173 | 270 | 294 | 2804 | 149 | 348 | 397 | 343 | 410 | 312 | 150 | 307 | 372 | 2788 | 5592 |
| Red W: 70.3/118 | 446 | 99 | 324 | 345 | 475 | 307 | 167 | 264 | 290 | 2717 | 143 | 344 | 334 | 336 | 401 | 305 | 140 | 303 | 342 | 2648 | 5365 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6941 yards | 73.8 | 130 |
| Blue | 72 | 6463 yards | 71.6 | 122 |
| White | 72 | 6200 yards | 69.7 | 121 |
| Gold | 72 | 5494 yards | 66.8 | 119 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5287 yards | 70.4 | 118 |
**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.