ORLANDO, Fla. (June 28, 2011) – GolfNow.com has expanded its presence in Northern California, with several of Fresno’s most popular and highly respected courses joining the GolfNow.com network to market their facilities and tee times on the Internet’s largest online tee time reservation service. GolfNow, which is powered by Golf Channel, officially launches today in the Fresno market with 16 courses participating.
Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club, a 36-hole facility managed by Troon Golf; Stevinson Ranch, which has been ranked as one of the nation’s top public courses by readers of Golf World magazine; Pheasant Run, which can stretch out to more than 7,300 yards; and Riverbend Golf Club, the first certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in the Central San Joaquin Valley and home course of the Fresno State golf team, are among the first Fresno area courses to join GolfNow.
More than 3,100 public, private, resort and municipal facilities across the U.S., Canada and Ireland are part of the GolfNow network.
“Course operators here are excited to tap into the exposure and resources that Golf Channel provides,” said Bradley Axon, market sales manager for GolfNow in Northern California. “Especially in this area, there’s a strong awareness for the benefits that technology and a platform like GolfNow can provide.”
Axon said he expects the service will gain popularity quickly with Fresno area golfers as well as expose more Northern California courses to golfers from outside the region.
“GolfNow will increase the awareness of some outstanding courses to thousands of golfers who may not have known how good the golf is in this area,” Axon said.
In 2010, golfers booked 4.9 million rounds through the GolfNow.com site at participating courses.
About GolfNow.com
GolfNow.com is the Internet’s largest and most comprehensive online tee time reservation service. Since its launch in 2001, GolfNow.com has expanded to more than 80 markets in North America and the UK and now provides tee time access to more than 3,100 courses for more than 1.1 million registered users. The site’s demand-based Dynamic Pricing Engine puts operators in complete control of their tee sheets and pricing. GolfNow.com is powered by Golf Channel, which is seen in 83 million homes in the U.S. The site is also supported by GolfChannel.com, the Internet’s No. 1 golf destination. The service is part of GolfChannel.com’s online platform of Internet sites designed to help the recreational player enjoy every aspect of the game.
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