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PORTUGUESE
FEDERATION IN LANDMARK AGREEMENT
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Left
to right: Manuel Agrellos, President of the Portuguese Golf
Federation and EGA President Elect, Andrew Palmer, Chairman
of Open Links Internet Limited and Julio Mendes, President
of the Handicap Committee of the Portuguese Golf Federation.
Photograph taken on 2 February 2000 at the offices of the
Portuguese Golf Federation in Lisbon
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London-based
Open Links Internet Limited today announced the signing of
a ground-breaking agreement to provide, install and manage an Internet-based
National Handicapping System for the Portuguese Golf Federation
(PGF).
The system,
which is the first of its kind in the world, will show the way forward
for National Golf Unions in Europe. The new system has two main
components: the installation of golf club management software in
all clubs affiliated to the PGF, and secure access, via the PGF
Web Site, to handicap information for members of each club.
Open Links will
take over the operation of the PGF Web Site in order to implement
the new system. Portuguese golf clubs will also be offered managed
web pages linked to the main PGF Web Site.Club web sites will give
controlled access to all members with Handicap, Diary, Events, Competition
and Tee Times bookings.
The project
is the brainchild of the PGF, whose President, Exm Sr Manuel Agrellos,
is also President of the European Golf Association. The recent
establishment of a National Handicapping Committee set out clear
guidelines, and the contract was awarded to Open Links Internet
Ltd after the PGF had considered 15 alternative bids.
Open Links Chairman,
Andrew Palmer, said “We are particularly pleased to have won this
prestigious contract for Portugal, a country that is home to many
of the leading golf courses in Europe. We believe that this new
system will benefit all golfers playing in Portugal. This contract
is a clear victory for British technology and will, we believe set
the standard for the rest of Europe".
Open Links Internet
Ltd is supported by a number of international technology companies,
including Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Cisco.
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