Fore! Reservations Exhibiting At Michigan Golf Conference

Burr Ridge, Illinois - November 23, 2010 - Fore! Reservations, the leading provider of golf course management and marketing software, today announced it is attending the Michigan Golf Business Annual Conference held at The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI on December 1st.

Golf course operators interested in learning how the industry's number one selling software system can help their business "Increase Rounds and Revenue" are encouraged to visit with a Fore! Reservations representative. The entire suite of Fore! Reservations products and new technology will be available for demonstration including the brand new Fore! Outing and Find-A-Game products, the enhanced Fore! Internet online booking interface, as well as the Touch Screen Kiosk and revolutionary Fore! Marketing product. In addition, a member from the Fore! Reservations Marketing Services Division will be available to speak with show attendees about how Fore! Reservations products and services are helping golf courses succeed by improving their marketing strategy.

"Our team looks forward to visiting with operators at this year's Vendor Fair to demonstrate how implementing our technology can have a positive impact on their bottom line," Fore! Reservations CEO Harry Ipema says. "The Fore! Reservations system is designed to serve as a 'money-making machine' for golf courses. Our software provides operators with innovative tools and solutions that help increase rounds and revenue, so courses don't resort to destructive measures like bartering tee times that will inevitably damage their business."

To learn more about the Fore! Reservations software package and services, please visit our booth to see first-hand how the best priced performance software in the industry can help your facility succeed.

For more information about Fore! Reservations or to request an online demonstration, please visit www.forereservations.com.

About Fore! Reservations
Fore! Reservations, established in 1995, is the leading provider of golf course management and marketing software. Its software provides courses with an easy-to-use Tee Time Reservation System, integrated Online Tee Times, automated E-mail Marketing tools, sophisticated Customer Database Management, a powerful Point of Sale system, unparalleled Price Performance and unrivaled Customer Service. With 2,000 golf course installations represented by every state in the U.S. as well as Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, it is the number one selling tee sheet in the golf industry. Fore! Reservations is a privately held company with offices in Burr Ridge and Wheaton, Illinois.

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Pro Golf May Return To Michigan In 2011

October 11, 2010

According to a report in the Detroit News, professional golf could return to Michigan as early as the fall of 2011, with an event at the Detroit Golf Club. The tournament presumably would be played on the Donald Ross designed North Course. The Detroit Golf Club is located at Seven Mile and Woodward. A member of the DGC’s Board of Directors says that it is doing “due diligence” to bring a tournament back to Michigan. Speculation that the event would be in mid-September is fueled by a hole in the PGA schedule a week before the Tour Championship. The hope is that another event would give way the following season, allowing the Detroit Golf Club’s event to get a better place on the schedule.

There’s absolutely no reason that Michigan should be without a professional golf event. It’s a golf-mad state, with more than 800 public courses. And it has a history of supporting golf events. The Buick Open lasted from 1958 to 2009, when Buick dropped its sponsorship and the Tour gave the event to a West Virginia hotel mogul. Other events ahve included the Senior Player’s Championship (2990 - 2006), the LPGA’s Oldsmobile Classic (1992 - 2004), and the Champions’ Tour’s Farmers Charity Classic (1986 - 2004). The Buick Open and Senior Players’ Championships didn’t die for lack of community support—they were dropped by sponsor heading in a different direction. Buick was headed for bankruptcy, while Ford had decided to put its money into bull riding of all things.

The Detroit area also has been kind to major events. In recent years, there’s been a PGA Championship and Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills, in a Detroit suburb.

I look forward to this.

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Michigan Golf Course Owner’s Association Endorses Synder

October 6, 2010

In what apparently is its first political endorsement, the Michigan Golf Course Owner’s Association has endorsed Rick Synder for Governor:

Michigan Golf Course Owners: Snyder to Help Tourism Industry
Organization Makes First-Ever Endorsement in Political Campaign

LANSING, MI—(Marketwire - October 4, 2010) -  The Michigan Golf Course Owners Association today made the first-ever campaign endorsement in the organization’s history by publicly backing Rick Snyder for governor, saying he is the best candidate to help create jobs in the tourism industry.

“Our organization doesn’t usually get involved in campaigns, but this election is too important to sit out,” said MGCOA Executive Director Kate M. Moore. “It’s clear Rick sees the value of protecting the environment and using Michigan’s natural resources to our advantage to boost the tourism industry, which will create jobs.”

Tourism is the state’s third-largest industry.

The Michigan Golf Course Owners Association represents golf course owners and operators throughout the state.

At first, I thought it odd that the Golf Course Owners would make a political endorsement, but on reflection, its likely a measure of just how bad things have gotten here in Michigan. There’s a reason you can play a high-end course in Michigan for half the price of three years ago—and even then the prices were very reasonable compared to other places. After eight years of Democratic control of the Governor’s Mansion, people here are looking for a change. Rick Snyder, the Republican Candidate, is a former computer industry exec, and a current venture capitalist, so he has come cred among business owners.

When Synder wins—and its’s when, not if—I hope he finds a way to permanently fund the Pure Michigan tourism advertising campaigns.

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Dow May Sponsor Michigan PGA Tour Event

October 13, 2010

With news of the probable return of the PGA Tour to Michigan, the identity of the corporate sponsor now becomes a question. One mid-Michigan television station claims it’ll be Dow, the Midland, Michigan - based chemical giant.

Speculation about Dow Chemical and a PGA Tour event began earlier this summer when Golfweek Magazine’s Web site mentioned the Midland-based company showed interest in sponsoring a tournament next year.

When we asked a Dow Chemical spokesperson if the company was a possible sponsor of a PGA Tour event at the Detroit Golf Club next year, the answer was the company does not comment on rumor or speculation.

Dow Chemical became the official Chemistry Company of the PGA Tour in 2008 and now sponsors five PGA Tour players, including Corey Pavin. A spokesperson for the PGA Tour would not comment on whether there have been talks on Dow Chemical sponsoring a tournament, but he does confirm the tour for next year is 90 percent set with a final tour schedule to be released sometime in November.

Flood says the Detroit Golf Club is working to host that PGA Tour event next fall.n, the identity of the corporate sponsor is a question. One mid-Michigan television station claims it will be Dow, the Midland, Michigan based chemical giant.

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Pure Michigan Merchandise

October 7, 2010

The award winning Pure Michigan tourism campaign (see an example below) has been in a lull since the state legislature cut off funding. But Travel Michigan now is offering a new line of Pure Michigan logo merchandise, including long sleeve T-shirts, hoodies, shirts, mugs, golf balls, umbrellas and other products with the “Pure Michigan” logo. Better still—its all made in the US. Proceeds will be used to help fund future ads.

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