2006 Ryder Cup Host Selects ProLink Solutions as GPS Provider; Ireland's K Club to Install State-of-the-Art System on Palmer and Smurfit Courses.CHANDLER, Ariz. -- ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :PLKH) and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") systems for golf courses, today announces that its European distributor, Elumina, will install the ProLink system at the K Club (Straffan, County Kildare County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church (Cill) of the oaks (Dara). , Ireland), which will soon command the international spotlight as host of the 2006 Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. . ProLink's industry-leading, solutions-based GPS system will be installed at the K Club's Palmer and Smurfit courses, two of Ireland's most highly regarded championship golf facilities. Together, these critically-acclaimed courses comprise what many consider to be the finest 36 holes of inland golf in Ireland, a nation steeped in golf tradition and rich with courses ranked among the best in the word. When faced with choosing a GPS system to complement and enhance its operations and customer experience, the first Irish golf club to host a Ryder Cup selected ProLink over all its competitors. Installed at more than 500 courses, worldwide, ProLink is featured at PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". event venues, such as Sea Pines Resort Sea Pines Resort or Sea Pines is a gated community in the town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Sea Pines is home to the Harbour Town Golf Links. History of Sea Pines On June 20, 1957, the Sea Pines Company was formed by Charles and Joseph B. in Hilton Head, S.C., as well as past Ryder Cup sites (Valderrama). "Elumina and ProLink are the perfect partners to carry out our mission of being one of the world's premier golf destinations," says John McHenry, Director of Golf at the K Club. "The rich graphics, robust features and on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. advertising initiatives make it the natural choice as the K Club's GPS system. Our golfers will benefit from the precise yardages and hole descriptions while the club will achieve greater efficiency in all golfing operations. The stylish ProLink monitors fit seamlessly with our golf car fleet and provide a look and feel consistent with the club's high-end aesthetic." "Elumina and ProLink are honored to have been selected over the nearest competitors to provide this state-of-the-art GPS system to the K Club, one of the world's elite golf destinations," says Angela Catlin, Marketing Director for the Elumina Group. "This partnership greatly enhances Elumina's and ProLink's position as the standard-bearer of quality, reliability and customer service in the GPS industry." Designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 1991, the Palmer Course plays 7,337 yards from the back tees and incorporates the River Liffey Liffey redirects here. For the Australian town see Liffey, Tasmania. The Liffey (An Life in Irish) is a river in the Republic of Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. as a hazard on several holes. From September 24-26, 2006, the Palmer Course will host Ireland's first-ever Ryder Cup as twelve-man squads from the U.S. and Europe square off in the game's marquee team event. Also designed by Palmer, the Smurfit Course opened in 2003 and in July hosted for the second time the Smurfit Kappa European Open Sporting events called the European Open include:
Founded by Jefferson Smurfit chairman Dr. Michael Smurfit Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE, LL.D (honorary), (born 1936 in St Helens, Lancashire, England), is a businessman holding dual Irish and British citizenship. Smurfit was educated at Clongowes Wood College and joined his father's company Jefferson Smurfit & Sons Ltd in 1955. , the K Club also boasts Ireland's only Automobile Association Automobile Association may refer to:
The K Club joins such prestigious European counterparts as Alicante, La Moraleja and La Sella sella /sel·la/ (sel´ah) pl. sel´lae [L.] 1. a saddle-shaped depression.sel´lar 2. s. turcica. sella tur´cica golf clubs in Spain, Terre Blanche and Les Bordes in France, Brocket Hall Brocket Hall is a country house in Hertfordshire, England, 22 miles from central London by road. It was built for Sir Matthew Lamb in around 1760 to designs by the architect James Paine. It stands on the site of two predecessors, the first of which was built in 1239. , Kilworth Springs and Whittlebury Park in England, in offering the ProLink system. About Elumina One of the fastest growing businesses in the international golf industry with offices in the UK, Spain and France, Elumina is building the ProLink brand across Europe (and the Middle East and Asia). In September 2005, ProLink and Elumina were officially endorsed as the "Official GPS of The PGAs of Europe," and Elumina has installed the ProLink system at such prestigious venues as Valderrama, Alicante, and La Sella golf clubs in Spain, Terre Blanche and Les Bordes in France, and Brocket Hall, Kilworth Springs and Whittlebury Park in England and now the famed K club. With its superior in-house engineering, mapping, technical services and innovative financing and advertising options, Elumina is uniquely positioned to exponentially grow installations of ProLink GPS systems at public, private and resort courses in a wide variety of countries and economic environments. The company's leasing arm - Elumina Finanzia - provides courses with a flexible, accessible financing mechanism for purchasing golf cart fleets custom equipped with ProLink GPS systems. In 2005, Elumina pioneered a successful multi-national advertising program - GP Ads - that enables courses to offset the cost of, and even profit from, the installation of ProLink GPS. The system is fully administered by Elumina and its advertising partners, and courses are paid monthly on total rounds played and average price-per-round. The financing and advertising programs provide a complete, turn-key marketing solution capable of funding capital projects, equipment purchases and other on- and off-course programs. GP Ads' client base includes government organizations, blue chip companies and high-end luxury good distributors. About the ProLink System Innovators of golf GPS technology, ProLink Solutions' core philosophy is to be a "Trusted Partner" in golf course management. From enhancing golfers' overall experience and improving pace-of-play, to bolstering revenue streams and creating new profit centers, ProLink Solutions products and services have captured markets both nationally and globally. Installed at more than double the courses of its competitors, combined, ProLink is featured at more than 500 resort, private and public courses worldwide, including Valderrama Golf Club The Valderrama Golf Club / Club de Golf Valderrama is one of the best known golf clubs in Europe. It is located Sotogrande, in the Andalucia region in Southern Spain, a few miles from Gibraltar, and has a single 18 hole course. in San Roque Most common meanings
William Earl "Billy" Casper (born June 24, 1931) is an American golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the Golf, Evergreen Alliance Group, Kemper Sports, and Pacific Golf Management all engage with ProLink. Golf cart fleets are custom fit with 10.4" high-resolution color monitors that broadcast vibrant, easy-to-read graphics of each hole. Throughout their rounds, golfers continually refer to the screen to pinpoint distances, locate hazards, navigate the golf course and to place food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. orders with the touch of a button. The ability to relay medical emergencies and receive dangerous weather condition warnings from the pro shop provides golfers with a full suite of communication tools. From the pro shop, management utilizes the ProLink system to monitor golf cart fleets and optimize operations using fully integrated, Windows-based workstations. The precise locations of golf carts, color-coded pace-of-play status for each cart, as well as cart battery levels and other wear and tear indicators are readily available. Robust back-end reporting through user-friendly software yields a multitude of course statistics, all designed to raise the bottom line. Courses engaging with ProLink report pace-of-play improvements of up to 30 minutes per round, resulting in four additional rounds per day. Food and beverage managers are able to post daily lunch specials and/or high margin items on the ProLink units, boosting sales by up to 30 percent. Event planners are able to maximize tournament and corporate outing revenue via the ProLink system. Through its ScoreCast and ScoreMaster software suites, ProLink units offer a simplified-yet-comprehensive tournament set-up that allows for any format and for any number of tournaments to be carried out simultaneously. ProLink Solutions also offers financial solutions through ProLink Capital for leasing the system, fleet expansions, or course improvements. The ProFit program is another alternative for courses to leverage financing options and generate substantial advertising revenues to substantially reduce or eliminate the system cost. Risks and uncertainties are described in reports filed by ProLink Holdings, Corp with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about ProLink, visit www.goprolink.com, call 480.753.2337 or email info@goprolink.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 about ProLink Holdings Corp. (PLKN PLKN Program Latihan Khidmat Negara ). Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of PLKN's management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such risks. PLKN does not assume any obligation to update the information contained in this press release. |
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