Fore! Your Information - October 2009

MERCURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES PCI REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM - Mercury Payment Systems, an integrated credit card processor of Fore! Reservations, approached us with an exciting offer for our Users. Mercury is offering a GENEROUS REBATE to Fore! Reservations customers that upgrade to the PCI compliant software version and partner with Mercury for their payment processing. Click here for additional information regarding this offer. Both new and existing customers of Mercury Payment Systems are eligible for this offer, and we are excited that Mercury is helping our mutual customers achieve PCI compliance. For ALL questions and inquiries please contact Mercury directly at 800-846-4472 ext 1820 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .     

FORE! RESERVATIONS LAUNCHES MARKETING SERVICES DIVISION - Are your marketing services costing you too much? Are you too busy to utilize all of the revenue-generating features in the software? Do you need assistance with e-mail marketing? Look no further than Fore! Reservations...we can help! We have launched a new Marketing Services division for our Users that is sure to give you a competitive advantage in today's challenging market. Join the Marketing Assistance Program and let our experts help you implement Fore! Reservations Marketing Best Practices! The Marketing Assistance Program has worked with courses this past season to prove marketing results and we can do the same for your facility. We are growing the program and taking on the first 100 courses that are interested in this money-making partnership. Click here or call us at 630-789-9705 for more information.

LATEST VERSION OF FORE! RESERVATIONS IS WINDOWS 7 COMPATIBLE - The latest version of Windows, Windows 7, is set to release on October 22nd. Thanks to the efforts of our Development Team you will be able to use Windows 7 with the latest version of Fore! Reservations. This new Windows platform has increased security features and has been better received in the market than Vista. If your facility plans to change to Windows 7, make sure you are using our latest version before switching operating systems. Please contact Customer Support at 630-789-9784 to upgrade to the Windows 7 compatible version. 

TEE TIME PRICING & CANCELLATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE - You asked and we listened! One of the most requested features deals with how Internet tee times are listed online. Golfers can now view tee time availability along with pricing when they book a reservation online. Visit www.watersedgegolf.com to view a booking page with pricing. Allowing your customers the ability to cancel a tee time reservation online is also available. Please note, this feature currently does not allow you to determine when cancellations are accepted (i.e. cancellations are not accepted within 24 hours of the tee time), but we are definitely working on it and will let you know as soon as that additional feature is available. Both new features require Fore! Internet Premium and the 2010 PA-DSS black box server version. Please contact Customer Support at 630-789-9784 to activate these new features.

VISIT FORE! RESERVATIONS AT A TRADE SHOW THIS FALL - Fore! Reservations has once again planned a full fall schedule of industry shows and meetings. Users can visit us at any of the following upcoming events:

• Pacific Northwest PGA Merchandise Show, October 20-21 - Portland, OR (Booth #104)
• Iowa PGA Merchandise Show, October 26 - Riverside, IA
• Midwest Golf Course Owners Association Annual Meeting, October 27 - Oakdale, MN
• New England Golf Course Owners Association Annual Meeting, November 4 - Canton, MA
  *Scott Merchant, Director of Marketing at Fore! Reservations, is a featured speaker at this event.
  

• Indiana Golf Course Owners Association Annual Meeting, November 12 - Fishers, IN
  *In conjunction with the INGCOA Annual Meeting, Fore! Reservations will host an Indiana Regional Users Conference on November 11. Indiana Users can click here to register.

MARKETING IDEA OF THE MONTH - HOST A GOLF MARATHON AT YOUR FACILITY - An eight course golf facility in China recently held a "golf marathon", and that got us thinking, what a great event this would be for any course to run. For a set rate, golfers play as many rounds as possible from sunrise to sunset. We've seen some courses already implement this idea as an exclusive fundraising tournament. Golfers get sponsored (like in a traditional marathon) and raise money for the selected charity based on how many holes they complete. It's definitely a great idea to consider that can generate revenue and goodwill!

IT'S A GIRL! FORE! RESERVATIONS WELCOMES A NEW ARRIVAL! - Congratulations to Development Team member Bill Krueger and his wife Michele on the birth of their first daughter, Alison Marie Krueger. Alison was born on August 29, 2009. Click here to see photos of Alison.

DID YOU KNOW? - Did you know that Customer Categories is THE most powerful marketing field in the software? Under each customer's "Details" tab you can assign them an unlimited number of customer categories and communicate with them based on those characteristics. Whether they are left-handed, play on Tuesdays, joined your Birthday Club, have had a hole-in-one, play in certain leagues, or take lessons from the Head Professional; you can create a category for anything and everything and maximize your targeted marketing efforts.

MONTHLY SURVEY QUESTION - For this month's survey we would like to know should the FedEx Cup format change? Click here to take this month's survey.