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
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 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.
*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: 73.1/129 | 447 | 364 | 208 | 572 | 379 | 172 | 428 | 421 | 531 | 3522 | 337 | 518 | 373 | 200 | 451 | 365 | 170 | 460 | 577 | 3451 | 6973 |
| Blue M: 70.7/125 | 423 | 338 | 187 | 520 | 349 | 153 | 394 | 399 | 512 | 3275 | 326 | 497 | 343 | 180 | 411 | 344 | 158 | 421 | 549 | 3229 | 6504 |
| White M: 68.6/120 | 394 | 314 | 158 | 481 | 324 | 128 | 377 | 381 | 493 | 3050 | 315 | 463 | 318 | 154 | 392 | 310 | 142 | 390 | 519 | 3003 | 6053 |
| Red/White M: 66.5/115 W: 71.3/121 | 394 | 314 | 135 | 383 | 266 | 128 | 377 | 381 | 493 | 2871 | 315 | 463 | 318 | 125 | 298 | 310 | 142 | 390 | 431 | 2792 | 5663 |
| Red W: 68.1/114 | 314 | 295 | 135 | 383 | 266 | 112 | 363 | 345 | 470 | 2683 | 304 | 447 | 296 | 125 | 298 | 297 | 129 | 305 | 431 | 2632 | 5315 |
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7035 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| Blue | 72 | 6445 yards | 69.9 | 125 |
| White | 72 | 6011 yards | 67.9 | 120 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5366 yards | 72.2 | 122 |
**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.