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Media Kit
Welcome to the GolfInvestors on-line corporate media kit. This page is designed for the online, print, radio, and TV journalists, as well as GolfInvestor partners and affiliates.
On this page you will find a GolfInvestors factsheet, operational timeline, corporate news & press releases, flyers, and online ads issued by GolfInvestors. In addition, you will be able to obtain downloadable logos, photographs, and screen shots for use by the media. If you have any questions, see the bottom of this page for the press contact person.
Information provided herein is copyrighted. You can not use any information or files on or associated with this page for your own commercial use without permission from GolfSolutions.com, LLC.
Factsheet
The GolfInvestors concept was founded in 1999 under the corporate umbrella of GolfSolutions.com LLC by John Mueller and Mark Miller.
GolfSolutions.com, LLC is physically located in Longmont, Colorado (USA).
GolfInvestors can be found on the Internet at: golfinvestors.com.
GolfInvestors can be accessed via wireless WAP devices at: giwap.net.
Additional domains which GolfInvestors has: faninvestor.com, faninvestors.com, fantasygolfinvestor.com, fantasygolfinvestors.com, fantasygolfstock.com, fantasygolfstockmarket.com, fanvestor.com, fanvestors.com, ginvest.com, ginvestors.com, giwap.com, golfdebt.com, golfequity.com, golfinvestor.com, golfinvestor.org, golfinvestors.net, golfinvestors.org, golfvestor.com, golfvestors.com, pgastockmarket.com, tourinvestor.com, tourinvestors.com.
Important Figures
- GolfInvestors has been online since February 4, 1999, 3,537 days (as of today)
- Over 1,900 registered users (as of January 1, 2007)
- More than 11.5 million page views since January 2004 (as of January 1, 2007)
- Have run over 45 stock markets (as of January 1, 2007)
- Over 45 million shares traded, over 5.7 million executed orders, with a dollar value of more than US $7.4 billion (as of January 1, 2007)
- More than 1,650 player (golfer) offerings on simulation markets have raised over US $770 million (as of January 1, 2007)
- Over 9,600 players (golfers) are in the system (as of January 1, 2007)
- 427,201 rounds recorded with more than 31.5 million strokes hit in 1,583 tournaments, which have paid out over US $2.4 billion to players (as of January 1, 2007)
- More than 23,500 offsite news articles are indexed (as of January 1, 2007)
Main Sections on Site
- Home Page - The page provides in summary the latest information regarding the stock markets, players traded on the market, discussions, and news and analyst reports.
- My Account - This section is where investor users control their trading activity, view information about their portfolio, current orders, and order history. In addition, users can keep an investor journal and an array of personal bookmarks.
- Markets - This section lists all the active and finished stocks markets which GolfInvestors runs or has run.
- News - This section has news about offerings, analyst reports, and an index of offsite news about players and tournaments.
- Tournaments - This section provides detail information about tournaments and associated tours. Includes real-time leaderboards of current tournaments.
- Players - This section provides detail information about players (golfers) and their results.
- Prizes - This section provides information about the prizes that can be won on each market run by GolfInvestors.
- About - This section provides information about GolfInvestors, including detailed information about how to trade on the stock markets and who manages the stock markets and the web site.
Main Features (for investor users)
To learn more about other types of accounts, goto the "Get Started" page and click on "Learn More" on any of the type of accounts.
Technology
GolfInvestors uses a variety of different protocols and applications to run the GolfInvestors technology. The proprietary software code which runs the GolfInvestors trading engine and platform is written to run on an open source software standard (note: the proprietary software code is not available as open source).
We credit the following open source technologies in helping GolfInvestors power up and go:
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Operating System
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Linux
www.linux.org
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Web Server
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Apache
www.apache.org
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Programming/Scripting Language
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PHP
www.php.net
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Java
www.java.com
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Database
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MySQL
www.mysql.com
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Wireless Protocol
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WAP
www.openmobilealliance.org
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Operational Timeline
- 2006
Seventh year of GolfInvestors. Running the 2006 Season Market and 8 tournament markets.
Started two real markets: Development Market I and Seniors Market I. However, no offerings were made on these markets over the course of the year as we did did not market them fully to the public.
Fully covered all of the tournaments sanctioned by the major tours around the world. Namely added the coverage of the Ladies European Tour (LET) and European Challenge Tour.
Added several mini-tours (NGA Hooters Tour, Tightlies Tour, and Gateway Tour).
For the year, 434 tournaments were played which distributed $748.4 million to 7,086 players that played 165,653 rounds. Over 12.8 million strokes were hit. The average payout per player for the year was $105,319.
Have over 9,500 golf players profiled in the system.
For the year, the site had 1,049,362 page views shown in 337,083 sessions from real users (not robots, spiders, or crawlers). That is an average of 3.1 page views per session. It also means that on average there were 2,874 page views and 923 sessions per day.
Started the "GolfInvestors Blog".
Created an additional ancillary web site: Golfin' News.
- 2005
Sixth year of GolfInvestors. Running the 2005 Season Market.
Added female golf players to the system, along with results from female golf tournaments. Several female players are traded (or will be traded) on the 2005 Season Market, including Annika Sorenstam [ ANSOM ], Cristie Kerr [ CRKER ], and Se Ri Pak [ SEPAK ].
Added online Live Help to the site to be able to answer questions from users in real-time.
Added Tee Times to the tournaments.
Have over 6,000 golf players profiled in the system.
Added ability for golf equipment vendors to sell their products via GolfInvestors.
Designed 'Gi' icon and introduced a new web site design based upon the new icon.
Created ancillary web sites to help users get the information they want: Golf CLi (golfcli.com), Equipment in the Bag (equipmentinthebag.com, golfstaffbag.com.com, and staffbag.com), and Golf Watercolors (golfwatercolors.com).
- 2004
Fifth year of GolfInvestors. Over 1,000 registered users (in April). Ran the 2004 Season Market. Ran tournament markets for the majors: Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship. Again started the season market for the coming year in November (2005 Season Market).
Have over 3,500 golf players profiled in the system.
Added the ability to show live leaderboards for any tournament which is in the GolfInvestors system. Included this information in the Current Tournaments column on several of the pages, including the OrderBook and the investor's Portfolio.
Added Quiz Questions to the allotment of entertainment of the site, with over 600 questions in the database.
Started charging a fee for the first time to investor users (for access to Advanced Trading Features). Basic trading features still free.
Continued to add new features based upon user feedback.
- 2003
Fourth year of GolfInvestors. Ran the 2003 Season Market. Ran tournament markets for 3 of the 4 majors: Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open. Started the 2004 Season Market before the beginning of the 2004 calendar year (in November) to get the ball rolling early putting players on the market. This was a success.
Continued to add new features based upon user feedback.
- 2002
Tough year for Gi admins. Mueller focused on other GolfSolutions.com, LLC operations and sister companies (i.e. SmartBond) which took away from the time he could spend on GolfInvestors. So kept the bare minimum going on GolfInvestors, including market operations and tournament result updates.
- 2001
Second year of GolfInvestors. Launched GolfInvestors new market technology.
Ran a year long season market along with tournament markets for the majors: Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship.
There was a small increase in the number of active investors involved in these markets compared to the previous year. However, the most important accomplishment during 2001 was the ability to cement the new technology infrastructure for the market along with the addition of a large amount of user friendly features.
Continued to add new features to make the investor environment and the administration interface more user friendly.
- 2000
First basic GolfInvestors markets begins: Season Market and Tournament. With a positive reaction from this 1991 World Cup test market, GolfSolutions opened its Tour 2000 Season and Tour 2000 Tournament markets in January 2000. These markets started with the top 25 money winners on the 1999 PGA tour being traded. 3 additional players had IPOs during the first quarter of 2000.
Built player profile, news, and scoring technology around market technology to provide users more information which effects the decisions investors make in buying and selling golfers.
German technology partner had problems with their license of the technology they used for running GolfInvestors. Their problem took down the GolfInvestors market. John Mueller decided to develop new market technology base. Doing so allowed GolfInvestors to not be tied to another entity outside of the company regarding its core compentency: the stock market. The decision allowed for better integration of the player profile, news, and scoring technology that had already been built by staff from GolfSolutions.com, LLC (the owner of GolfInvestors). As well allowed for better adaption to the golf environment rather than using a generic market interface.
- 1999
Test market with 1999 World Cup in November.
Enter into a parternship agreement with a German company. The German company had developed online stock markets for the 1988 World Cup held in France. They had success with their technology and Mark Miller knew the founders of the company.
John Mueller and Mark Miller came up with the idea for GolfInvestors.
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Corporate News & Press Releases
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Flyers
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Online Ads
Name: Nasdaq a wild ride? | Dimensions: 468x60 | Date: 2000-06-13
Name: It's a Game. Come Play! | Dimensions: 468x60 | Date: 2000-06-13
Name: You, the stock market, and the golfers | Dimensions: 120x60 | Date: 2000-06-13
Name: The Walrus and the Monty | Dimensions: 468x60 | Date: 2000-05-25
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Logos
Below are files for GolfInvestors logos, icons, and decals. They are provided in 100 dpi, 300 dpi, and 600 dpi formats depending on the use of the image. Higher dpi images are better for printer material.
GolfInvestors' logos, icons, and decals are one of its most valuable assets and a form of intellectual property. A GolfInvestors "Trademark and Logo Usage Requirements" applys to media as well as all third parties making reference to GolfInvestors' Trademarks. Please contact us to request the "Trademark and Logo Usage Requirements" document. It is your responisibility to use the GolfInvestors logos, icons, and decals in accordandce with the "Trademark and Logo Usage Requirements" document. So it is recommended that you request the "Trademark and Logo Usage Requirements" document so you understand how you can use and can not use the GolfInvetors logos, icons, and decals.
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Photographs and Images
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Screen Shots
- GolfInvestors Home Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (240 KB) | 300 DPI (1.3 MB)
- GolfInvestors Market Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (210 KB) | 300 DPI (1.3 MB)
- GolfInvestors OrderBook Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (290 KB) | 300 DPI (1.6 MB)
- GolfInvestors Portfolio Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (200 KB) | 300 DPI (1.3 MB)
- GolfInvestors Current Leaderboards Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (170 KB) | 300 DPI (1.1 MB)
- GolfInvestors Tournament Leaderboard Page
Downloads: 72 DPI (195 KB) | 300 DPI (1.2 MB)
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Contacts
John Mueller
+1-303-651-0200
[ obtain press email address from the Contact Us page ]
GolfSolutions.com, LLC
P.O. Box 1425
Longmont, Colorado 80502
USA
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