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
Palmetto at Glades Country Club, nestled in the heart of Naples, Florida, is an exclusive 18-hole golf course that promises an unforgettable golfing experience. Designed by renowned golf course architect Bob Dudley and established in 1975, this private course boasts a par of 55 and stretches across 1,967 yards. With meticulously manicured Bermuda Grass fairways and greens, Palmetto provides a captivating challenge for golfers of all skill levels. The course's strategic layout features well-positioned hazards and bunkers, demanding precision and thoughtful shot-making. Multiple tee options cater to players of varying abilities, ensuring an enjoyable and accessible experience for all. Beyond the course itself, Palmetto offers a driving range, golf school academy, pitching/chipping area, indoor practice facility with simulators, putting green, and a clubhouse with banquet facilities. Proper golf attire is required, adding to the refined ambiance of this esteemed country club setting.
Palmetto at Glades Country Club has garnered a range of feedback from golfers. Some reviewers have described the course as a nostalgic "taste of the 1960s," offering two distinct experiences: a shorter, easier course and a longer, more challenging one. While the fairways may not be particularly wide, providing a potential pitfall for less experienced players, the overall condition of the grounds is generally praised.
However, the antiquated online tee time reservation system has been a source of frustration for many. The system's lengthy confirmation process, spanning several days, has been criticized by both golfers and staff alike. Additionally, the strict attire rules, particularly the requirement to keep shirts tucked in at all times, have been met with mixed reactions. The 19th Hole restaurant, while offering decent food, lacks window blinds, resulting in an uncomfortably warm ambiance.
Despite these criticisms, reviewers have generally rated the course conditions as good, while opinions on the value for money vary. The layout has also received mixed reviews, with some finding it enjoyable and others suggesting improvements, particularly in areas affected by weeds.
Golfer Collectives, a reputable golf course rating system, provides valuable insights into the perceived value of Palmetto at Glades Country Club. While acknowledging the course's strengths, such as its well-maintained grounds and challenging layout, Golfer Collectives also highlights areas for improvement. The outdated tee time reservation system, strict attire rules, and lack of window blinds in the restaurant are identified as factors that detract from the overall experience.
Despite these drawbacks, Golfer Collectives recognizes Palmetto at Glades Country Club as an enjoyable golf destination, particularly for those seeking a challenging round in the scenic surroundings of Naples.
*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 52.4/105 W: 53.7/107 | 100 | 145 | 133 | 160 | 147 | 111 | 107 | 100 | 107 | 1110 | 84 | 87 | 93 | 120 | 188 | 125 | 109 | 141 | 64 | 1011 | 2121 |
| Gold/Red M: 51.2/103 W: 52.5/105 | 100 | 128 | 116 | 137 | 109 | 111 | 107 | 100 | 107 | 1015 | 84 | 87 | 93 | 106 | 158 | 94 | 91 | 117 | 64 | 894 | 1909 |
| Red M: 50.0/102 W: 51.3/103 | 84 | 128 | 116 | 137 | 109 | 94 | 89 | 68 | 91 | 916 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 106 | 158 | 94 | 91 | 117 | 50 | 822 | 1738 |
| Handicap | 11 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Par | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 55 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s | 55 | 1967 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.