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
Mid-Iron Golf Club, situated in the charming town of Lemont, Illinois, offers an exceptional golfing experience for players of all skill levels. Designed by renowned architect Buzz Didier and established in 1988, this nine-hole executive course boasts a par of 30 and spans a manageable length of 1740 yards. With its meticulously maintained conditions and welcoming staff, Mid-Iron provides golfers with an exceptional value-driven option to hone their skills or enjoy a quick round. The course presents a series of challenging holes that demand precision shots, yet still offer ample opportunities for scoring. While slope and rating information is not readily available, the course's shorter length suggests its suitability for beginners or those seeking to enhance their short game. Furthermore, the club offers access to a driving range and practice areas equipped with bunkers and putting greens, contributing to an enriching overall golfing experience at Mid-Iron Golf Club in Lemont.
Mid-Iron Golf Club in Lemont, Illinois has garnered a mix of reviews from players. Some golfers have expressed disappointment with the course's condition, describing it as "gone to seed." The repetitive layout, consisting of three holes repeated thrice, has also drawn criticism. However, other players have had more positive experiences, praising the club's grass range as one of the best in the area, with ample space, quality range balls, and reasonable pricing.
Opinions on staff friendliness at Mid-Iron Golf Club vary among reviewers. While some have encountered unpleasant interactions with staff members, others have not experienced any issues. These contrasting viewpoints highlight the inconsistency in customer service at the club.
Golfer Collective recognizes Mid-Iron Golf Club as an accessible and affordable golfing destination for players of all skill levels. The nine-hole course, with its par of 30, caters to both beginners seeking to develop their skills and experienced players looking to refine their short game. While some reviewers have raised concerns about the course conditions, others have found value in playing at Mid-Iron, particularly on the highly regarded grass range.
Despite criticisms regarding the repetitive layout, the course's simplicity appeals to golfers seeking quick rounds or practice sessions. Although staff friendliness appears to be a point of contention among reviewers, Mid-Iron Golf Club remains a cost-effective option for golfers seeking to improve their game or enjoy a casual round.
*Our information is based on reviews and descriptions from across the internet
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mens M: 29.5/78 | 170 | 127 | 260 | 266 | 255 | 115 | 121 | 152 | 131 | 1597 | 1597 |
| Ladies W: 30.0/80 | 170 | 127 | 260 | 266 | 255 | 115 | 121 | 152 | 131 | 1597 | 1597 |
| Handicap | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Par | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 30 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 30 | 1740 yards | ||
| Forward | 31 | 1557 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.