More than 50 Myrtle Beach courses available online for easy, convenient tee time booking
ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2010) – Golf enthusiasts planning their Myrtle Beach golf vacation now have a one-stop shop to conveniently book tee times – www.GolfNow.com. More than 50 courses in Myrtle Beach – long recognized as one of the world’s premiere golf vacation destinations – have been added to Golf Channel’s online tee-time service, offering golfers the opportunity to book exclusive tee times directly through the website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
GolfNow.com is the first national tee time booking service to enter the Myrtle Beach market. Top area courses, such as Barefoot Resort’s Dye, Fazio and Love Courses; TPC Myrtle Beach; King’s North at Myrtle Beach National; and Caledonia Golf & Fish Club join the more than 2,400 golf courses throughout North America on the GolfNow.com platform. The Myrtle Beach area, better known as “The Grand Strand,” hosts more than 1 million golfers playing more than 4 million rounds annually.
“Expanding into Myrtle Beach has long been a goal for GolfNow, and we are very excited to be offering consumers one easy, convenient location to book tee times at this premiere vacation destination,” said Gene Pizzolato, chief operating officer for Golf Channel New Media Ventures. “Golf Channel continues to focus on developing innovative ways to promote the growth of golf and make golf courses across the country more accessible to the active recreational golfer, and we are very happy with the opportunity that this expansion presents. We are excited to build on this roster of courses in Myrtle Beach as we head into 2011 and beyond.”
GolfNow.com offers access to golf courses from 45 states and is partnered with more than 2,400 courses across the U.S. and Canada. Through easy-to-implement solutions that sell tee times to golfers, GolfNow.com 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 2,400 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 serves golfers in the areas of travel and events – highlighted by the 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.
Contact:
Dan Higgins, Golf Channel Public Relations
407-355-4018, dhiggins@golfchannel.com
Jeremy Friedman, Golf Channel Public Relations
407-355-4058, jfriedman@golfchannel.com
Matt Clark, Dan Klores Communications
212-981-5158, Matt_Clark@dkcnews.com
