Pace-of-play management is arguably the toughest challenge facing golf course operators today. A substandard pace-of-play, or even a reputation for having one, could mean endless headaches, if not doom, for even the most highly-regarded facilities in this country. Slow play is driving avid golfers from the game and intimidating beginners from ever starting. Simply put, slow play jeopardizes the growth of the game… and your business.  Over the past four years we at On-Course Technologies have been perfecting what leaders in our industry have called “the easiest, most effective, and most affordable pace-of-play management system available in golf today.” Our system consists of a solid and complete methodology based around the implementation of a self-pacing tool called the Personal Ranger.  After one season of beta testing the Personal Ranger in 1999, we rapidly acquired 25 full customers. We refer to our customers as “Pace Partners.” As a testimony to our steady growth and success please review our course list and testimonials contained on this Web site. Our customers are happy to expound the virtues of this exciting system.  The Personal Ranger creates the anchor to an effective pace-of-play policy. The Personal Ranger continuously provides a golfer with information detailing his/her elapsed round time and expected location on a course. By always knowing where they should be throughout their round, golfers are armed with the tool that allows them to succeed in managing their own pace. It’s Simple…and It Works.   Today, Personal Ranger is helping to manage the pace-of-play at all types of courses across the United States. Our clients experience consistently positive results including an average of 15 to more than 30 minutes in pace improvement. Course marshals now have an objective basis for communicating with golfers about pace. Personal Ranger has made the marshals’ jobs easier and their efforts more effective. Feedback has shown this to be an invaluable benefit to the Personal Ranger system. Golfers are more satisfied knowing that a club is actively attempting to manage the pace-of-play. Our clients’ customers indicate that they simply enjoy knowing where they are on the golf course relative to the course’s pace goal. Some of our clients include management companies such as Walter’s Golf Management (with five courses in St. Louis), Billy Casper Golf (with three courses in New Jersey), Club Corp, Kemper Sports Management, Vail Resorts, and most recently, American Golf. Our system has been installed coast to coast at courses such as the Legacy Golf Links in Pinehurst, North Carolina; The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and The Greg Norman Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California. Our goal is to help you develop and maintain a reputation as a facility with an effective pace policy whereby your customers can feel confident that they will be able to complete their round in a reasonable amount of time. Ultimately, we feel this product is for the good of the game and will help stimulate growth in rounds played and improve the overall golfing experience for everyone. Improving the pace and increasing throughput has many additional benefits as well, including financial. Through the thoughtful application of technology, we are successfully fulfilling our mission to help course operators make the total golf experience as good as it can be for as many new and existing golfers as possible. We look forward to helping you “keep the pace” in 2001! Scott Grundberg President On-Course Technologies, Inc.