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GolfNow.com First to Offer Wireless
Access to the Most Comprehensive Online Golf Resource
HOUSTON, March 21, 1999--
Booking Tee-Times, Researching Courses, Tracking Handicaps
and Comparative Shopping, All in the Palm of Your Hand
GolfNow.com, the most comprehensive golf resource on the Internet, announced today a
breakthrough software component called Wireless GolfNow. Through this application, golfers around the
world will have instant wireless access to book tee times, research more than 17,000 courses, track
handicaps, view tour news and leader boards, purchase golf equipment and download maps, driving
instructions and weather reports.
GolfNow.com is the first Web site to offer such a complete wireless service, establishing the
company as the golf leader on the wireless Web. Using "smart phones," personal digital assistants and
two-way pagers, golfers will have instant "anytime, anywhere" access to the largest online golf resource,
GolfNow.com, and it's unique researching, storing and booking capabilities. This breakthrough feature is
made possible with the company's new software, Wireless GolfNow.
"With wireless devices changing the way people use the Internet, we have focused a significant
amount of our resources into integrating GolfNow.com's capabilities onto smart phones and personal
digital assistants," said Chris Ryan GolfNow.com's CEO. "Our users are no longer limited to accessing
our services via a desktop computer. With Wireless GolfNow, they are only seconds away from getting
the information they need, whenever and wherever they need it."
Wireless GolfNow's "GolfTrack" feature makes it convenient to score rounds and track your handicap
and game performance over time using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled mobile phones
and devices. By simply downloading the software, which is available at no cost on the GolfNow.com
Web site, and accessing the service using wireless device's such as 3Comm's Palm VII, visitors can
download scorecards, score rounds and update this information into their online profile -- all from the golf
course.
Wireless GolfNow also delivers golf news, updated hourly, allowing visitors to get timely leader board
updates from professional golf events around the world -- all without turning on a computer or television.
Other benefits of Wireless GolfNow are the ability to purchase equipment and do comparative shopping
on the go.
"Imagine being able to walk into your favorite golf store and compare prices against GolfNow's online
pro shop using your Palm Pilot," said GolfNow's Vice President, David Nini. "Through our partnerships,
we are developing an e-commerce capability via wireless devices that will make this possible. Now you'll
know instantly if you are really getting the best price for that new set of clubs."
Phase one of the Wireless GolfNow software, which includes golf course information and weather
reports, is currently available on the Web site for Palm VII users. Phase two, which will include
handicap tracking and game analysis, news and tee time booking capabilities, will be available April 15,
2000 for all wireless Internet devices.
For more information on the Wireless GolfNow services, click on GolfNow.com, the complete online
golf resource that provides information, products and services for players and businesses alike. Featuring
golf news, course guides, an online pro shop, interactive golf tips and tee-time booking, the Web site also
offers online travel reservations to golf resorts across the world.
GolfNow.com's services are available for syndication to other sites. Visit http://www.GolfNow.com.
CONTACT: GolfNow.com, Houston
David Nini, 713/861-2900
www.GolfNow.com
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