Solid record of success leads to installation at Patriots Point Links
Austin, Texas – December 12, 2005 – UpLink Corporation, the only provider of integrated GPS and intelligent car control solutions for the course, fleet and golfers announces that Patriots Point Links at Charleston Harbor in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina has installed UpLink’s GPS-based course management and car control solution. Following installations at Reunion Resort & Club in Orlando, Florida, and RiverTowne Country Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Patriots Point is the fourth Ginn Clubs and Resorts eighteen-hole equivalent golf course to benefit from UpLink’s solutions.
"We’re experiencing such success with UpLink’s system at Reunion and RiverTowne with UpLink’s AdSmart program and the other management capabilities, that we had to install the system at Patriots Point," says Bobby Ginn, president and chief executive officer of The Ginn Company. "Golfers at Patriots Point will drive the industry’s only satellite controlled golf cars, exclusively developed by UpLink and Club Car. UpLink’s IQLink system will keep our golfers safe, our course immaculate and our assets secure."
Continues Ginn, "Our mandate is to provide our golfers with the ultimate golf and customer service experience. With UpLink’s state-of-the-art golf car caddies that guide our golfers around the course and cater to their every need, our golfers not only have a better game but our courses run a better business."
With UpLink’s solutions, Patriots Point will :
– attract and retain more golfers with interactive GPS caddies featuring full color graphics of each hole, precise distances to the pin, hazards and other golf cars, electronic scoring and food and beverage ordering,
– generate more revenue with fully integrated tournament management software powered by Vision Perfect and the AdSmart â?¢ GPS caddy advertising program,
– manage risk and keep golfers safe with the IQLinkâ?¢ car control and remote diagnostic system featuring cart-path speed control and remote car lockdown, and
– increase business efficiencies with on-course GPS marshal caddies and management reporting.
"We’re very pleased that Ginn Clubs & Resorts has selected UpLink’s solutions to improve their golfer service and better manage their operations at Patriots Point," comments Glenn A. Pierce, Jr., president and chief executive officer for UpLink. "This is truly a testament to UpLink’s value and recognition in the marketplace as a trusted solutions leader and further justifies why UpLink is the fastest growing GPS golf company."
About UpLink
UpLink Corporation is the world’s only provider of integrated dashview GPS and intelligent car control solutions for courses, fleets and golfers and has the industry’s fastest growing base of GPS golf solutions. Their INOVA and Advantage solutions help courses engage golfers, protect their assets and transform their bottom lines.
UpLink’s founders developed the patent that enables GPS on golf courses and UpLink owns the exclusive rights to the patents that permit advertising and sponsorships on all GPS systems used at golf facilities, considered the largest single untapped source of revenue available to courses today.
UpLink provides solutions for use at municipal, private, public and resort courses using any type of golf car and is Club Car’s exclusive partner in the areas of business and product development for course profitability. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, UpLink has regional offices throughout the United States, For more information on UpLink, visit www.uplinkgolf.com , email info@uplinkgolf.com or call 1-877-787-5465.
About Patriots Point Links
Located across the harbor from Charleston, South Carolina’s most historic city, Patriots Point is a par-72, championship golf course with the feel of the great links courses of Scotland. The layout is set on a secluded peninsula, surrounded by the waters of Charleston Harbor. The ever-changing wind that typically sweeps across the harbor also shapes the personality of the challenge from one round to the next. Patriots Point is known for the consistent quality of its putting surfaces, cooler temperatures in the summer months and the three beautiful, but challenging, finishing holes.
Patriots Point is owned by The Ginn Company, a Florida-based development company. The purchase of Patriots Point was the first in a series of acquisitions that will position the company as one of the leading resort developers in the Charleston area. For more information on Patriots Point Links visit www.patriotspointlinks.com.
About The Ginn Company
The Ginn Company, based in Celebration, Fla., is a privately-held resort development and management firm which specializes in exclusive leisure lifestyle and vacation destination communities across the Unites States. From private residential communities to Resort destinations offering unparalleled ownership and vacation opportunities, the common denominator throughout every Ginn Club & Resort is service.
The company’s principals have more than three decades of experience in creating extraordinary large-scale, recreation-oriented communities. Current Ginn Clubs & Resorts projects include Cobblestone Park in Columbia, S.C. and Belvidere Club & Resort, which encompasses RiverTowne Country Club, The Cottages on Charleston Harbor and Patriots Point Links golf course in the Charleston area. The company also owns and operates Hammock Beach & Yacht Harbor Village near St. Augustine, Fla., Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando, Bella Collina north of Orlando, Tesoro in Port St. Lucie on Florida’s historic "Treasure Coast" and Mahogany Run Golf Course in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, the company has several projects under development in North Carolina, Vermont, Colorado and the Caribbean. For more information on The Ginn Company visit www.ginnclubsandresorts.com or contact Julie Day, director of golf public relations and special events at 321-939-4736 or jday@ginncompany.com.
Contact:
Corrine Perry-Rotan
512-637-4884
cperry@uplinkgolf.com