Twelve 18-hole course equivalents install new INOVA widescreen and dashview GPS system
AUSTIN, Texas (October 19, 2006) – UpLink Corporation (UpLink), the only provider of widescreen and dashview GPS golf business solutions, announces continued industry leading growth with more than twice as many course installations than the same quarter last year. Twelve 18-hole course equivalents installed UpLink’s GPS golf business solutions to engage golfers, enhance course operations and improve their bottom lines.
All of the new course installations were for UpLink’s INOVA GPS Golf Business Solution featuring the industry’s only widescreen displays. Six of the courses installed the INOVA widescreen roofview version, available for any make or model of golf car, while six installed the INOVA widescreen dashview version available for certain models of Club Car vehicles.
The new installations, upgrades and additional GPS unit sales were at the following courses:
â?¢ Little Mountain Country Club – Ohio
â?¢ Canyon River Golf Club – Montana
â?¢ Spring Run Golf Club – Florida
â?¢ St. James Bay – Florida
â?¢ Gordon Lakes Golf Course – Georgia
â?¢ Fallen Oak Golf Course – Mississippi
â?¢ Minnesota National Golf Course – Minnesota
â?¢ Desert Willow Golf Resort (36 hole/two course equivalent)- California
â?¢ Medina Country Club (a Granite Properties course) – Ohio
â?¢ Shale Creek Golf Club (a Granite Properties course) – Ohio
â?¢ The Quarry Golf Club (a Granite Properties course) – Ohio
Scott Schreck, Director of Operations at Medina Country Club, one of the three Granite Golf Properties courses that installed UpLink’s INOVA solution this quarter, is impressed with the system’s widescreen displays, commenting, "Our new INOVA widescreen displays not only provide a much better golfer experience, but offer unprecedented advertising exposure. We’ve already pre-sold 13 sponsors and expect to have 12 booked for each of our courses, bringing in over $100,000 in annual revenue."
Rodney Young, General Manager at Desert Willow Golf Resort in California agrees, adding that INOVA’s tournament management and IQLink car control and diagnostic functions have already significantly increased their customer service abilities, "INOVA’s scoring capabilities have strongly added to our tournament experience and the IQLink car control and diagnostic functions have allowed us to address car mechanical issues without our golfers ever being the wiser."
UpLink’s solutions help courses improve fleet management, course operations and customer service with exclusive car control maintenance vehicle management applications. Courses can also generate more revenue with GPS advertising, tournament management, remote food and beverage ordering and in-house promotions applications. On the course, golfers improve their games with graphic course views, distances to the pin, hazards and other golf cars and convenient pro-tips.
For more information on UpLink’s INOVA solution, please visit www.uplinkgolf.com or contact Corrine Perry-Rotan at cperry@uplinkgolf.com or 512-637-4884.
About UpLink
Since 1998, Austin, Texas based UpLink Corporation has developed innovative GPS-based business solutions to help golf courses, clubs and resorts across North America engage their golfers, secure their fleets and transform their bottom lines. Considered the fastest growing GPS golf solutions provider in North America, UpLink’s solutions are installed at renowned courses including Walt Disney World Resort and Poppy Hills Golf Course. This year, UpLink introduced a completely new point of view on GPS with INOVA, a total GPS golf business solution offering a number of industry firsts including integrated widescreen dashview or roofview GPS displays, multimedia audio, integrated maintenance vehicle tracking applications and multi-event GPS advertising.
Committed to assisting courses in generating revenue while controlling costs, UpLink offers a turnkey sponsorship program to help courses transform GPS advertising into long-term profit centers. The last 20 courses to use this program averaged over $78,000 in advertising revenue. Moreover, UpLink offers the only GPS solutions with intelligent car control options, addressing key issues of golfer safety, car theft and course damage. Committed to GPS golf industry innovation, UpLink owns a number of patents and is the exclusive GPS partner to leading golf car manufacturer, Club Car, Inc. For more information, visit www.uplinkgolf.com.
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