Book4golf.com Releases Version 5.0 Tee-Sheet Software: Real-time Software to Provide Added Benefits to Member Golf Courses.Business Editors SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 Book4golf.com(SM) Corporation (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing ), provider of the premier Internet-based, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. , tee-time reservation system to the golf industry, has released Version released version - release 5.0 of its state-of-the-art Tee Sheet Calendar software. The new tee sheet software will provide golf courses with increased functionality and ease of use, while still providing them with the established benefits including the technologically advanced real-time confirmation feature to their golfers. To date, Book4golf.com has 40 member courses beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the on line, accepting tee-time reservations and providing real-time confirmations. The company has a total of more than 170 courses under contract and in the process of going on line. New features included in Version 5.0 include: cut, copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. bookings; 18-hole crossover Crossover The point on a stock chart when a security and an indicator intersect. Crossovers are used by technical analysts to aid in forecasting the future movements in the price of a stock. In most technical analysis models, a crossover is a signal to either buy or sell. capabilities; alternating tee times; payment status indication booking status indication; improved screen layout; reminder notification; more detailed club descriptions; a faster booking process; and improved search capabilities (see accompanying Features Sheet for details). &uot;The Version 5.0 Tee Sheet Calendar software is the next step in our continuous product improvement process for serving our member courses and showing the industry our commitment to continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. improving our technologically advanced system,&uot; said Phillip De Leon, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Book4golf.com. &uot;We are currently signing up an average of 10 courses weekly and expect that number to continue increasing. With the advancements included in this package added to what we already provide, golf courses will see that using our electronic tee-sheet reservation system is easier and more cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. than ever before.&uot; Current Book4golf.com member courses will receive the CD software immediately. As always, the tee sheet software is free to golf courses. To obtain a copy of the software or to join the Book4golf.com family of member courses, log on to the web site at http://www.book4golf.com or call toll-free 1-887-66BOOK4. Book4golf.com is the leading Internet-based, real-time, tee-time reservation system in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Book4golf.com provides golf courses with cutting-edge, easy-to-use management software for increasing golf course utilization. The Book4golf.com web site instantly allows golfers to reserve a tee time anytime, anywhere, with no service charge. Additionally, the golfer can use the web site to access course information, weather forecasts and driving directions to courses across town or across the continent. Visit our web site at http://www.book4golf.com. Book4golf.com Tee Sheet Calendar Version 5.0 New Features Cut, Copy and Paste Bookings This new feature allows a course to move a golfer's tee time by &uot;clicking&uot; on Cut and then &uot;clicking&uot; on Paste. Reservations can be rescheduled to a new time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. , a new day or even a new course. Additionally, courses only have to enter information once for a multiple booking and then use the Copy and Paste features to reserve as many tee times as desired. The feature can also be used to copy tournaments and other event bookings. 18-Hole Crossover Capabilities Version 5.0 supports 18-hole crossover play. Courses can have up to three crossovers per day and also have crossovers on weekends, weekdays or both. It even accommodates different numbers of crossovers on weekdays and weekends. Simply select the first or tenth tee, and the calendar does the rest. Courses determine the playing time for nine holes, and there is no chance of creating an error as with other tee sheets where playing times are calculated manually. Book4's Tee Sheet Calendar handles all of the calculations. Alternating Tee Times Courses are able to set up seven- or eight-minute alternating tee times, further allowing customization to suit the courses' specific needs. Payment Status Indication The new booking screen features individual tracking of which golfer has paid his fees. The pro shop can tell which golfers have paid simply by looking at the tee sheet. Booking Status Indication The color-coded tee sheet provides easier determination of bookings made for the day and their status. Improved Screen Layout The new design allows the pro shop to enter all the names All the Names (Portuguese: Todos os nomes) is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. It was written in 1997 and published in English in 2000 in an award winning translation by Margaret Jull Costa. of the golfers for a booking or only the name of the principle contact. The improved screen layout includes a reduced number of columns. Displayed information, such as number of carts and clubs and booking sources, have been moved to the far left so courses will know the exact needs to prepare for each foursome. The &uot;extra space&uot; on the screen gives the pro shop a visible calendar for quick selection of the desired date to display. Faster Booking Process To speed up the reservation process for walk-up and telephone bookings when the pro shop is busy, only the last name of the principle golfer is required. Additional customer data can be added if desired. Improved Search Functions Version 5.0 enhances searches so the pro shop can determine which bookings were created on specific dates. Courses can even search for just web or club bookings made on any date. Club Descriptions Description fields for courses have been extended so courses can inform customers about all the features of the specific course, including a field for a general club description. The Canadian Venture Exchange The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein. |
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