ORLANDO, Fla., (Sept. 14, 2010) – Nine Raleigh-area courses are now offering golfers the chance to book exclusive tee times through Golf Channel’s online platform – GolfNow.com: Cardinal Country Club, Beacon Ridge at Seven Lakes, The Carolina Club, Woodlake Country Club, Keith Hills Golf Club, Hope Mills Golf and Country Club, Sandy Ridge Country Club, Greensbridge Golf Course and Wil-Mar Golf Course are joining more than 2,200 golf courses across the United States using GolfNow.com, a web-based service which allows users to easily search for and book their tee times online.
Using leading-edge technology, GolfNow.com offers golfers more ways to stay connected to their favorite courses and tee times through the web, e-mail and an upcoming mobile feature. Golfers can simply go online 24/7, select one of the Raleigh-Durham or Pinehurst courses, pick a tee time deal that fits their schedule and budget, and book it.
“Golf Channel continues to focus on developing innovative ways to further the game of golf and make golf courses across the country more accessible to the active recreational golfer through initiatives like our online tee-time booking service,” said Gene Pizzolato, chief operating officer for Golf Channel New Media Ventures. “We are very happy with the opportunity that GolfNow.com presents and excited to be adding these courses to the service.”
Among the new selection of courses is Keith Hills Country Club, rated seventh Best Public Golf Course in North Carolina by Carolina Magazine. Also featured are three courses in the Pinehurst area: is The Carolina Club, designed by Hall-of-Famer and Golf Channel co-founder Arnold Palmer in 1997, Beacon Ridge at Seven Lakes, Woodlake Country Club
GolfNow.com offers access to golf courses from 41 states and is partnered with more than 2,200 courses across the U.S. and Canada. Through easy-to-implement solutions that sell tee times to golfers, GolfNow.com has created a platform that helps thousands of golf courses sell more rounds, increase revenues and, in turn, helps to grow the game.
About GolfNow.com
Golf Channel’s GolfNow.com is managed and operated by GolfChannel.com, which ranks as a top golf destination on the Internet. Golfnow.com is the Internet’s largest and most comprehensive online tee time booking service, offering users the ability to book tee times at more than 2,200 courses nationwide at any time of day. The tee time service is part of Golf Channel’s inventive online platform, a combination of sites designed to be the ultimate one-stop personal golf concierge service to help the recreational player enjoy every aspect of golf from getting the most up-to-the-minute golf news from around the world to help with how to play, where to play and what to play. Golf Channel’s digital platform also includes: TravelGolf.com, the premier online golf travel network featuring the largest collection of national, regional and local golf travel domains; Golf Channel Am Tour, the largest amateur tour in the country with more than 800 tournaments in 60+ local chapters nationwide, providing casual players with a professionally-run golf tournament experience and access to play at some of the greatest and most challenging courses in their hometowns; and access to GolfChannel.com’s features and breaking news, a library of more than 2,500 instructional online videos, extensive product reviews, and tips from the most-trusted equipment experts.
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Jeremy Friedman
Golf Channel Public Relations
407-355-4058
jfriedman@golfchannel.com
Matt Clark
Dan Klores Communications
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