ORLANDO, Fla. (May 31, 2012) – Golf Channel announced today several promotions within its new media sales force for GolfNow.com, the Internet’s largest and most comprehensive tee-time booking service.
Mike Hendrix (Midwest region), Stacey Oleck (Mid-Atlantic region) and Jonathan Vassil (Northeast region) have been promoted to the positions of senior director of sales.
Hendrix, a Columbus, Ohio, resident, has been with Golf Channel since 2008, and will continue to oversee sales operations, business development and golf course relationship management for multiple states in the Midwest. Oleck has held multiple golf and digital sponsorship sales positions for Golf Channel, most recently as regional sales director for the Mid-Atlantic region. In her expanded role, Oleck will continue to oversee the Mid-Atlantic region from her Washington, D.C., office and also assist with business development for two of GolfNow’s newest territories, Ireland and Scotland. Vassil, hired by Golf Channel in 2010 to oversee the expansion and development of GolfNow in the Northeast region, will continue to oversee the Northeast, which includes the addition of Quebec to the GolfNow platform.
Golf Channel also has announced that Maury Adcock (Atlanta), Brooke Bendler (West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Cancun and Bermuda), Jessica Elkins (Orlando and Central Florida), Dan Hardy (Chicago), Shawn Lally (Detroit) and Mike Lynch (North Florida / South Georgia) all have been promoted to senior market sales managers for their respective GolfNow markets. The senior market sales managers will continue to oversee GolfNow’s sales and management for the golf courses currently registered with the tee-times service. In addition, they will mentor the market sales managers and course sales associates in their regions, work closely with their senior regional directors on communications and develop new business strategies to help grow the game.
GolfNow.com is the most popular and widely used online service for golfers searching for tee times that meet their schedules and budgets. Nearly 4,000 courses participate in the GolfNow.com network, making it the industry’s largest online tee-time marketer and website.
About GolfNow.com
GolfNow.com is the Internet’s largest and most comprehensive online tee time reservation service. 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 a mobile feature. Golfers can go online 24/7, choose a course, and pick a tee-time deal that fits their schedule and budget and book the tee time. Since its launch in 2001, GolfNow.com has expanded to more than 80 markets in North America and the U.K. and now provides tee-time access to nearly 4,000 courses for more than 1.1 million registered users. GolfNow.com is powered by Golf Channel, which is seen in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies, as well as by GolfChannel.com, a leading golf destination on the Internet. GolfNow.com is part of GolfChannel.com’s online platform of Internet sites designed to help the recreational player enjoy every aspect of the game.
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
Bill Bryant
Bryant Marketing Communications
678-366-3232
bbryant@bryantmarcomm.com
