A discount card

built for golf courses

Unlock hidden yields in just 2 minutes per year and start your move away from harmful discount practices

Golfer Collective

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. 

96% Rating

From members

92% Rating

From partner courses

30+

Years in the business

50,000+

gaps filled every year

Huge Benefits For Your Course

how Golfer Collective helps remove harmful discounts practices

Understanding that price sensitive golfers are value loyal, not brand loyal

This is the most important part of the process. By understanding that value golfers are a segment with a different mentality, you can start to leverage this powerful demographic for better yields by creating offers specific to them.

Create specific offers for specific goals for specific audiences

This is the hardest step to accept. It goes against your very nature. If you're going to pay for marketing, you want to reach the most people possible, right?

Not anymore.

We want you to reach the right audience with the right offer for the right goal.

Join our network of partner courses for marketing efficiency and effectiveness

Golfer Collective is a collective marketing platform for golf courses to serve up offers, usually focused on expiring tee times, to a ready audience that's focused on value.

Not only is it free to join, but you'll be on your way unlocking your yields and phasing out the harmful discount practices that have plagued the industry for decades.
Did we mentionit's free for your course?

Activate your first offer

Add Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club to our network of partner courses that are achieving better yields without harmful discount practices

Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club: A Challenging and Diverse Golfing Experience in Middle Island, New York

Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club, located in Middle Island, New York, offers golfers a challenging and diverse 18-hole experience. Designed by renowned architect Charlie Martin in 1966, this public course spans across 180 picturesque acres adjacent to the serene Spring Lake. The Thunderbird Course boasts expansive greens strategically lined with bunkers, testing even the most skilled golfers' short-game abilities. With a mix of wide and forgiving fairways, as well as narrower ones, players of all skill levels can find enjoyment and challenge on this course. Measuring 7,035 yards from the back tees, with a slope rating of 130 and a rating of 72.7, Thunderbird provides long hitters the opportunity to showcase their power while also encountering a fair challenge throughout their round. Whether you're an experienced golfer seeking a thrilling experience or a local looking for an exciting round close to home, Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club promises an enjoyable day on the links.

Player Reviews: Mixed Feedback on Course Conditions and Service

Player reviews for Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club in Middle Island, New York, reveal a range of experiences. While some golfers praise the course conditions and layout, others express concerns about staff friendliness and pace of play.

Positive feedback highlights the course's overall quality. One satisfied golfer remarks, "The first hole is extremely challenging, after that, the course offers plush fairways and trees." Another player appreciates the course's maintenance, stating, "The course itself is nice."

However, negative reviews indicate issues with staff behavior and pace of play. One golfer laments, "Unfriendly, unwelcoming and run poorly… it is a shame because the course itself is nice." Another player complains about slow play, saying, "Group in front of us slow and no golf etiquette… Waited for ranger and never saw one." Long wait times also draw criticism, with one golfer commenting, "On three we were behind 4 groups waiting! The 'ranger' said it would open up after four holes. It ended up being a 3-1/2 hour front nine."

Golfer Collective provides a balanced assessment of Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club's value. While acknowledging the course's positive aspects, such as its challenging holes and well-maintained fairways, it also recognizes the concerns raised by some players regarding staff friendliness and pace of play.

Golfer Collective emphasizes that individual experiences and preferences play a significant role in determining the perceived value of the course. Advanced golfers may find the challenges offered by Thunderbird particularly rewarding, while locals and walkers can also enjoy playing here. However, the potential for encountering issues with staff behavior or slow play should be taken into consideration when evaluating the overall value of the golfing experience at Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club.

**We have not verified the course website. Many links are based on google search results**

Phone Number: (631) 924-5115
Address: 30 E Bartlett Rd Middle Island, New York 11953 US

Thunderbird at Spring Lake Golf Club

About the Course

Course Type: Public
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7035 yards
Par: 72
Rating: 130
Slope: 72.7
Year Built: 1966

Playing 18

F&B Options: Restaurant
Rental Club Availability: Yes
Rental Cart Availability: Yes
GPS on Carts?: Unknown
Rental Pull Cart Availability: Unknown
Caddie Availability: Unknown
Dress Code: Collared shirts and Bermuda length shorts are acceptable.

Practice Information

Driving Range: Yes
Practice Bunker: N/A
Pitching/Chipping Area: N/A
Indoor Practice Area: Yes
Practice Hole: N/A
Putting Green: Yes
Teaching Pro: Yes
Teaching School/Academy: Yes
Golf Simulator: N/A

Other Courses in this State

thelinkscardcom-1-1.jpg
1
Create Your First Offer
In just 2 minutes, you can create your first offer to motivate and utilize the powerful demographic of value golfers to fill in gaps created by inefficiencies with online bookings

Create Your First Offer
Course Signup E1651902352508
2
Let Us Do The Work
We do the work to find the right golfers that can turn underutilized groupings and expiring tee times into real profits for your course.

All you have to do is answer the phone when our members call.

FAQs

About Staff Memberships

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 platform

How are offers redeemed?

Our members call your proshop and identify themselves as Golfer Collective members. When paying their greens fees, they show their membership card to your staff.  

How many times can offers be redeemed?

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.

What's in it for Golfer Collective?

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. 

My course is fully booked, why do I need Golfer Collective?

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. 

What is considered an expiring tee-time?

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

Can my course do this on our own?

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.

My course is fully booked, why do I need Golfer Collective?

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.