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Golfers Rejoice! Golf and Mapping Powerhouses Join Forces to Release Invaluable Golf CD-ROM
YARMOUTH, Maine, May 24, 2000 -- Golf Digest, DeLorme and IntelliGolf® have combined resources to create a powerful software program that will surely become as essential to golfers as a favorite putter. Golf Digest's Places to Play Travel Planner combines information on over 16,000 golf courses with detailed DeLorme digital maps and IntelliGolf scorecard software. People in search of the perfect golf experience will delight in using this novel new program.
Golf Digest's Places to Play is the preeminent guide to golf courses in the U.S. In it, the people who know best - avid golfers from all over the country -- rate more than 6,000 public and resort courses. Golf Digest Places to Play Travel Planner includes the comprehensive information from that guide with 28 categories that include green fees, yardage and ratings. Users will also be able to search for, locate and review information about 10,000 other courses throughout the U.S.
Golf Digest's Places to Play Travel Planner is built on DeLorme's renowned digital mapping software. Using that technology, people will be able to:
IntelliGolf, Golf's #1 Scorecard Software, joins Golf Digest and DeLorme by providing its unrivaled application to Golf Digest Places to Play Travel Planner. With it, users can track scores, putts and drive lengths, calculate approximate handicaps, round averages and view over 60 game-improving statistics on their PCs. They can also use IntelliCourse™ to access over 7,000 golf course scorecards worldwide.
"This is a terrific partnership for the avid golfer," says Bob Carney, Executive Editor Golf Digest Special Projects. "The planner contains the best course information, the best mapping software and the best stats software all in one package. It's a golfer's dream."
Golf Digest's Places to Play Travel Planner is the ultimate tool for people who love to golf and travel. For only $39.95, golfers can become familiar with courses before they play them. The program is available on CD-ROM and can be purchased directly from DeLorme, 800-452-5931, or the DeLorme Web site, www.delorme.com. It will also be available at major computer retailers.
DeLorme is America's leading map publisher, serving consumers, businesses and professionals. Other DeLorme CD-ROM titles include 3-D TopoQuads®, XMap® Business, Street Atlas USA® 7.0, DeLorme Topo USA® 2.0, Solus Pro 1.5 and Eartha® Global Explorer®, with several titles also available on DVD-ROM The DeLorme Earthmate GPS Receiver is designed to work with DeLorme software. The company publishes the Atlas & Gazetteer® series of paper topographic maps, available for all 50 states, as well as other paper atlases and maps.
With a record 1.56 million circulation, Golf Digest is the largest golf publication in the world. The magazine is
published by The New York Times Company Magazine Group, Inc., a subsidiary of The New York Times Company.
| Contact: | Andy Sturtevant |
| DeLorme | |
| (207) 846-7000, ext. 2170 | |
| andys@delorme.com |