Filed under: In the News | Tags: aerial images of golf courses, golf course database, Golf Course Files
After much internal discussion we’ve decided to do something – either completely insane or really smart, let me explain.
Every year since we launched www.Eyespygolf.com we’ve had nothing but extraordinary comments, I’ll spare you all the self congratulatory speech here – let’s just all agree that what we’ve built is pretty cool right. Over 16,000 golf courses all hooked up to their locations on Google Earth is just a simple and really effective way to get the attention of the Golf market. In fact, if our traffic numbers are anything to go by then we’ll again see an average of about 3,000 people a day visit Eyespygolf.com when the golf season starts to ramp up.
So..we started thinking, what if we just made it possible for other websites in other industries to place all of our files on their sites, think about it.
The Travel
Industry -Executives and millions of travellers look for golf courses to play when they are travelling, by placing 16,000 satellite images of golf courses in the US you immediately appeal to your markets interest.
The Real Estate Industry - How many people buy a house based on it’s proximity to a golf course? OK..maybe right now is the wrong time to be asking that question, but when this recession eases up you better believe that PEOPLE LIKE TO LIVE NEAR GOLF COURSES!
The Autmotive Industry – Do you think there is a cross over with people who buy luxury cars and people who play golf – kind of a no brainer there
Essentially, there are litterally hundreds of industries that are connected to the golf industry and if they’re not, they want to be.
Here’s what we’re doing – and the good part is – it requires next to no tech skills (actually, the really good part is that it won’t take you 2 years to be able to gather all the course locations on Google Earth.)
You can have ALL of our files to place on your site, just let us know which of the following scenarios best suits your needs.
1. Monthly Rental – For $250 a month – $200 a month if you give us a link on your site
2. Yearly Lease – For $2,500 a year – $2,000 a year if you give us a link to your site
3. Buy Outright – For $4,500 one time payment – $4,000 if you give us a link on your site
Once we’ve confirmed part payment we’ll send you all of our files + instructions on how to get them uploaded onto your site – and if you still need some help we’ll give you a hand with the upload and even do it for you.
The only condition we have is this – we have to approve your site first, no porn sites and we will be limiting the number of sites we allow to use our files to 20 per industry, so we’re really interested in sites with strong Page Rank.
To express interest all you have to do is either leave us a message here on the blog or contact us at usoffice@eyespygolf.com
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Golf Course Directory, Golf Course in Las Vegas, golf courses, Golf Courses in California, Golf Courses in Florida, Golf Courses in Nevada
There are golf courses all over in just about every location across the country. With golf being a major tourist attraction golf courses have become more and more popular these days. There are people who will travel many miles to just about any location to try out a good golf course. The design of golf courses can be very important in the way a game is played. When you play golf on a good golf course you can tell the difference between one like this and a poorly designed golf course. Most true golfers search for the best design of golf courses. This improves their game and makes playing golf a pleasure.
The design of golf courses can make or break a good game of golf. Depending on the layout of the golf course and its design it can be absolutely the best golf course to play on or the worst. People of all ages love playing golf and they search for great designs in golf courses to improve their game. The way a golf course is set up and designed can make it a world class golf course. They can be designed to provide the best golf games and still look great in appearance. You can find golf course designs and layouts online. This is a good way to see which golf courses you may want to try out. It gives you an idea of what each golf course has to offer and if it is one that you think would be worth traveling to get to. When you look at golf courses online it will tell you all the things you need to know about each golf course and may provide you with an aerial view of the golf course so that you can better see its design and layout.
The design of golf courses are not the only thing that is important when searching for a good golf course. You need to think about the layout and the slopes and hills on the golf course. You want a challenge when you play golf and these things are important to give you that. By adding design to a golf course it can have everything that is needed to improve your game of golf. Each golf course is planned out very carefully and there is a lot of work that is put into every golf course. The design of golf courses are very important in how popular and well known the golf courses will become.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2008 Buick Open, flyover tour of Warwick Hills, Michigan golf courses
Golfers all over Michigan can now see aerial images of almost 1,000 golf courses in Michigan. Also see a tee to green flyover tour of Warwick Hills Golf Course, home of the 2008 Buick Open.
Go to this link for satellite images of all the golf courses in Michigan ( 960 of them!)http://www.eyespygolf.com/Public/Search.aspx?State=MI&City=
Go to this link for flyover tours of the entire 2008 PGA Tour – very cool stuff. http://www.eyespygolf.com/CMSContentPage.aspx?nodeId=58
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Knowing The Design of Golf Courses gives Golfers the Advantage
There are golf courses all over in just about every location across the country. With golf being a major tourist attraction golf courses have become more and more popular these days. There are people who will travel many miles to just about any location to try out a good golf course. The design of golf courses can be very important in the way a game is played. When you play golf on a good golf course you can tell the difference between one like this and a poorly designed golf course. Most true golfers search for the best design of golf courses. This improves their game and makes playing golf a pleasure.
The design of golf courses can make or break a good game of golf. Depending on the layout of the golf course and its design it can be absolutely the best golf course to play on or the worst. People of all ages love playing golf and they search for great designs in golf courses to improve their game. The way a golf course is set up and designed can make it a world class golf course. They can be designed to provide the best golf games and still look great in appearance. You can find golf course designs and layouts online. This is a good way to see which golf courses you may want to try out. It gives you an idea of what each golf course has to offer and if it is one that you think would be worth traveling to get to. When you look at golf courses online it will tell you all the things you need to know about each golf course and may provide you with an aerial view of the golf course so that you can better see its design and layout.
The design of golf courses are not the only thing that is important when searching for a good golf course. You need to think about the layout and the slopes and hills on the golf course. You want a challenge when you play golf and these things are important to give you that. By adding design to a golf course it can have everything that is needed to improve your game of golf. Each golf course is planned out very carefully and there is a lot of work that is put into every golf course. The design of golf courses are very important in how popular and well known the golf courses will become.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: aerial images of golf courses, golf, golf courses, local knowledge of golf courses
The features of golf courses can draw golfers in from all directions. The way a golf course is laid out can attract many people with a lot of interest in the way the golf course looks. Many golf courses are set in a nice peaceful environment with fairways, hills, sandy hollows and water around them. Aerial images of golf courses can really make things interesting for the golfer with a shot of the entire golf course and its lay out. These images give the golfers a way to learn what the golf course has to offer to them. Images are taken from overtop the golf course by an airplane or a helicopter. The images are taken of the entire golf course showing its size and layout and everything the golf course has in and around it.
These aerial images of golf courses can tell the golfer a lot about the golf course. It shows them the way the golf course is set up and all the risks involved with the route of the golf course. It helps the golfer to see all the hills of the golf course in a different way and the distance between everything on the golf course. It points out the boundary of the golf course and what is around it. The aerial images of golf courses can help the golfer to understand the golf course better and have a better game of golf. Depending on where the golf course is located there may be a big or small layout of the golf course. There may be more or less hills on the golf course because of where it is located.
Aerial images of golf courses help to highlight all the features of the golf course and the surrounding area. This can help you decide the golf courses where you would most want to play a game of golf. These images show you what is around the golf course and can show you exact areas where you will need to hit the ball. Along with showing you the layout and features of the golf course the aerial images of the golf courses can also show you the beauty of each golf course and can be a great way to learn more about each golf course. Now you can go online and see aerial images of certain golf courses. This can help to bring golfers in from all locations to visit these golf courses.
Filed under: In the News | Tags: Big Media, Cool golf products, eyespygolf, golf, Golf Course, MSNBC, New York Post, The New York Sun
Ever since www.Eyespygolf.com got mentioned in the New York Post as ‘Golf Porn’ we’ve been getting a lot of coverage in many of the major news outlets around the country, such as;
The New York Sun
http://www.nysun.com/related_results.php?term=NYP+Holdings%2C+Inc.
ABC 7 – Chicago http://finance.abc7chicago.com/abclocal?Account=wls&ChannelID=3210&GUID=5188763&Page=MediaViewer
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24115758/
So, things are really starting to pick up for us. This week we’re speaking with some of the bigger golf advertisers and adding quite a few new ‘cool golf products’ to our shopping cart, I keep telling my partners that ‘it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon’, ESG is definately hitting it’s stride.
Till next time, thanks for keeping up with what we’re doing – CW
See Aerial Images of over 16,000 Golf Courses in the USA at www.eyespygolf.com
Filed under: Uncategorized
In the Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Edition of The New York Post journalist Steve Viuker referred to www.eyespygolf.com as ‘Golf Porn’ – and we’re just fine with that!
The article, found here http://m.nypost.com/ms/p/nyp/nyp/view.m?pid=21214&storyid=106269 was talking about Eyespygolf as a cool site for golfers to be able to see what the courses look like before they play them.
Here’s the text from the story:
Green day
As Tiger Woods continues to add to his $500 million-plus career take in endorsements and career golf winnings this weekend at The Masters, hundreds of entrepreneurs are working in hopes that they, too, can profit from the sport.
Chris Watson and Robert Nelson are two of those folks.
Both have formed companies that allow golfers to fly over their favorite golf courses – because they plan to visit the course soon or they just get excited looking at a beautifully laid-out course.
Insiders call this golf porn.
“Golfers are fanatics,” said Watson, CEO of Eyespygolf.com, which uses Google Earth Flyover (a free download) to fly over courses as if they were in a helicopter. “In the US, there are an estimated 26 to 37 million golfers and we want to provide them with as much information for as many courses as are out there.”
Watson’s rival, GolfFlyover.com, also uses Google Earth to allow visitors to change altitude as they flyover.
Both plan to add ancillary businesses to their sites, and both hope to one day become profitable, but so far the only green attached to their sites is the plush grass of the courses. Steve Viuker
And what did we have to say in response – here’s a link to our press release: http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=140078
New York Post Suggests Eyespygolf is Something Special for the Obsessed Golfer
ATLANTA, April 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — The Sunday – April 13th, 2008 edition of the NY Post ran a story on a new golf course website, Eyespygolf.com, that referred to the service as ‘Golf Porn’.
As demeaning as that description may appear, CEO of Eyespygolf, Chris Watson, agrees.
“The story that ran in the Post was referring to the fact that golfers can be a little bit obsessed with the game of golf; I think anyone who has a golfer in their family would agree with that sentiment. The fact that they referred to our services as Golf Porn is pretty much accurate — golfers seem to be addicted to the free service we’ve created. Our traffic is surging and over 50% of our users save us to their favorites.”
The question is WHY
Eyespygolf.com has created a Google Earth golf course directory that has hooked up over 16,000 U.S. golf courses to their locations on Google Earth. Each course has been given its own page complete with directions, green fees, contact details, weather forecast, Google Maps, and the all important link to Google Earth. Now golfers don’t have to troll through Google Earth to find their courses. Eyespygolf has taken the legwork out of it for them.
Flyover Tours of every course on the 2008 PGA Tour
In addition the site has created tee to green flyover tours for the entire 2008 PGA Tour. Watson explained, “These 2008 PGA Tour flyovers are pretty amazing, they allow our users to click on a button and be taken on hole by hole tours of some of the most famous golf courses in the world, including Augusta National, Pebble Beach, TPC Sawgrass and 40 others on the tour.”
Ahh, nothing like a bit of weird press huh.
Filed under: Golf products | Tags: Cool golf products, CS1, eyespygolf, Golf products, golf training club, hard to find golf products, Hillshot golf, schwetty balls, unique golf products
Well this is a day we’ve been waiting to blog about for a long time. Our long awaited unique Golf products shopping cart is finally here, just in time for the golfing season. Here’s the idea, see what you think. We all know that there are thousands of golf products out there, and there are even more sites trying to sell you golf products. But the thing we thought was missing was a store that specialized in really obscure golf products – golf products that make you sit up and say, ‘Wow, why didn’t I think of that’. The store, located at http://shop.eyespygolf.com/
We are intent on only accepting the best and most unique products to be part of the Eye Spy Golf Shop. To start things off here’s a few of the products in the shop.
The UPro GPS http://shop.eyespygolf.com/UPro_GPS_Device-details.aspx
The uPro uses state of the art technology with GPS, aerial and satellite photography of thousands of golf courses. The uPro’s 2.2 inch color screen displays golf course hazards, multiple viewpoints of the fairway, and accurately generates distance markers. With no additional drivers or software to install and the easy to use features, the uPro is the perfect tool to improve your golf game.
The CS1 Training Club (for both practice and play)http://shop.eyespygolf.com/CS1_Golf_Club-details.aspx
The CS1 is the 1 club that teaches you the perfect golf swing each and every time. By ensuring an ideal swing plane and an absolutely square clubface from the start to finish of your golf swing, the CS1 improves every facet of your game
The Hillshot Golf Trainer (as seen on Fore Invetors Only)
http://shop.eyespygolf.com/Hill_Shot-details.aspx
Take Your Game to a Whole New Level
From the dunes of the Old Course to the meticulous fairways of Augusta, uneven lies have always been a part of the game. Uphill, downhill and sidehill lies affect a golfer’s balance, stance, swing plane, loft, distance, direction, club selection and confidence.
The Condor Driver Turbo Tip (big butt) – made with an ARMOR-PIERCING COATING – How Cool is THAT!
http://shop.eyespygolf.com/Condor_Driver_Turbo_Tip__big_butt-details.aspx
New square-head driver uses an armor-piercing coating derived from one used by the military that is 70% harder than titanium. On average, the club increased distance 5%, and accuracy 27%
The Travel-L-Light Golf Bag - Travel one mile or 10,000 miles with it – then play from it!
http://shop.eyespygolf.com/NGC_Travel_L_Lite_Golf_Bag-details.aspx
And of all the novelty products out there – we just couldn’t go past…….
Schwetty Balls – hey, it’s funny – next time your playing partner askes you what you’re hitting try telling him ‘A Schwetty Ball’ and see if they can keep their mind on the game.
http://shop.eyespygolf.com/One_Dozen_Schwetty__Balls-b-details.aspx
We are adding to the Eye Spy Golf Store every week and are always on the lookout for cool, unique golf products. So if you think your product can make the cut please drop us a line at this link http://www.eyespygolf.com/CMSContentPage.aspx?nodeId=66
Filed under: In the News | Tags: 2008 PGA Tour, Aerial Tours, Augusta National, eyespygolf, golf courses, Google Earth, Virtual Tours
Golfers all over the world can now click a play button to watch tee to green flyover tours of courses on the 2008 PGA Tour.
We have released our series of virtual flyover tours for the entire 2008 PGA season. Using Google Earth technology, Eyespygolf.com has created individual tee to green flyover tours that give golf fans a unique experience. Users can click on a link, be directed through to Google Earth, see marked tee off areas and green locations, then hit a play button to watch the screen as they are taken on a hole by hole tour of almost all of the 50 courses on the 2008 PGA tour schedule.
The tours can be located at http://www.eyespygolf.com/CMSContentPage.aspx?nodeId=58
www.eyespygolf.com is a free to use online directory that has created individual pages for over 16,000 golf courses in the US. Each course page gives contact details, green fees, weather forecasts and a Google Map. Unlike other online golf course directories, Eyespygolf.com has gone the extra mile to link all of these courses up to their specific location on Google Earth, giving golfers the freedom to pan in and out to get a better feel for the courses at which they are looking.
Included in the 2008 PGA Tour Flyover series are the following tournament courses:
- Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii - 2008 Sony Open
- The Classic Club, La Quinta, Palm Desert, California - 2008 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
- Torrey Pines (South and North Course), San Diego, California - 2008 Buick Invitational
- TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona - 2008 FBR Open
- Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California - 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
- Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California - 2008 Norther Trust Open
- El Camaleon, Riviera Maya, Mexico – 2008 Mayakoba Golf Classic
- The Gallery at Dove Mountain, Tucson, Arizona – 2008 World Golf Championship – Accenture
- PGA National Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – 2008 Honda Classic
- Innisbrook Resort – Copperhead, Palm Harbor, Florida – PODS Championship
- Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida – Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Coco Beach Golf & Country Club, Rio Grande, PR – 2008 Peurto Rico Open
- Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida – 2008 World Golf Championship / CA Championship
- TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana – 2008 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
- Redstone GC Tournament Course, Humble, Texas – 2008 Shell Houston Open
- Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia – 2008 Masters
- Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, South Carolina – 2008 Verizon Heritage
- TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas – 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship
- Quail Hollow CC, Charlotte, North Carolina – 2008 Wachovia Championship
- TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida – 2008 The Players Championship
- TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia – 2008 AT&T Classic
- Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas – 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
- Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio – 2008 Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley
- TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee – 2008 Stanford St Jude Championship
- Torrey Pines (South Course), San Diego, California – 2008 US Open
- TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut – 2008 Travellers Championship
- Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan – 2008 Buick Open
- Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland – 2008 AT&T National
- TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois – 2008 John Deere Classic
- Brown Deer Park GC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 2088 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee
- Royal Birkdale GC, Lancashire, UK – 2008 British Open
- Glen Abbey GC, Oakville,Ontario, Canada – 2008 RBC Canadian Open
- Montreux G&CC, Reno, Nevada – 2008 Legends Reno-Tahoe Open
- Firestone CC (South Course), Akron, Ohio – 2008 World Golf Championships, Bridgestone Inv
- Westchester CC, Harrison, New York – The Barclays 2008
- TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts – 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship
- Bellerive CC, St. Louis, Missouri – 2008 BMW Championship
- East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia – 2008 Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky – 2008 Ryder Cup
- Mission Hills Golf Course – 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup
- Annandale GC, Madison, Mississippi – 2008 Viking Classic
- Atunyote Golf Club, Verona, New York – 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship
- LaCantera GC, San Antonio, Texas – 2008 Valero Texas Open
- TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada – 2008 Shriners Hospital for Children Open
- Grayhawk Golf Club – Raptor, Scottsdale, Arizona – 2008 Frys.com Open
- Conservatory Course, Palm Coast, Florida – 2008 Ginn sur Mer Classic
- Magnolia GC, Lake Buena Vista, Florida – 2008 Childrens Miracle Network Classic by Wal-Mart
Filed under: In the News | Tags: aerial images, awards, eyespygolf, Fun Site of the Day, golf, golf courses, golfer, Smart Computing.com, Virtual Tour
It’s been quite a Christmas for Eyespygolf, we’ve recieved more highly acclaimed recognition, that of ‘Fun Site of The Day’ for Dec 29th, 2007 – by Smart Computing.com.
This is what the review had to say:
“Fun Site Of The Day – Dec 29, 2007
If you’re an avid golfer, you probably have a favourite course you frequent. And since you use a particular course, or maybe even courses, often, you have come to know them pretty well. You’re familiar with the fairway, the roughs and the bunkers. And knowing a course can be a huge advatage. Things change, though, when you’re in another city and you want to play a few rounds. Because all courses are laid our differently, it can make using a new one a real challenge. Now there is a way, with the help of Google Earth, to look at nearly every golf course (16,000+) in the United States.Just as you can see any other geographic location worldwide with Google Earth, you can now see a course from the air, which helps you decide if it is one you would like to try. This site includes other relevant information such as the course’s address, the type of course (public or private), any fees, and the number of holes. And if you’re planning on going out that day, there is a detailed weather forcast. (You will need to download Google Earth to see everything.) As if that wasn’t enough, there are many tips available for the beginning and experienced golfer to make the experience just that much more enjoyable.
