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Caddyshank Employee Appreciation Day

Ryan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:45:12 +0000

Last night was great. We took some time off from Caddyshank to go see U2 last night at the Rogers Centre. It was a last minute decision to go and almost looked like we wouldn’t make it. I secured tickets the night before through craigslist. When we checked the day of the concert the prices had gone up. There were more people looking for tickets than selling tickets. Talk about the opportunity for revenue management. Word must have spread that U2 put on an amazing performance the night before so obviously demand goes up, plus all the people that attended and wanted to go again. So the perfect opportunity for scalpers to charge prices based on demand. We ran into quite a large problem as we when we went to the agreed meeting spot at no one showed up to exchange our tickets for money. We waited for 30 mins but were stood up. So we were all a bit disappointed and it was looking like we would just go have a nice dinner as we didn’t want to pay the high scalper prices. In a last ditch effort we searched craigslist and made a call to a guy who had 4 general admission tickets. Amazing, luck was on our side. We met him at 5pm, got our tickets and made our way to Rogers Centre. We got in relatively early and found a good spot facing the middle of the stage.

Caddyshank at u2

Warming the crowd was the band Snowpatrol. They put on a good show and the lead singer even joked around that he was hungover from experiencing our wonderful Toronto nightlife the previous night.
Then there was about a 45min wait where the stage was being setup for U2. The crowd started to get bigger and bigger, eventually filing the entire Rogers Centre. I estimate that almost 99% of the seats were filled, so probably 50,000 people in the stands and another 8,000 in general admission standing room only. When U2 came out, everyone cheered. They started with songs from their most recent album and then moved on to the classics. The atmosphere was electrifying. Bono even brought a kid on stage for a song. The played a 23 song set. Wow, can’t believe the band does so many songs. Great value and awesome experience. No one wanted to leave. But finally the performance had to end. We were all impressed with how great Bono sounded in the Rogers Centre. The music sounded amazing even better than the prerecorded songs that are done in the studio. The whole time we were there, the crowd was cheering, dancing and singing along. The 360 stage was fantastic, as we could see many camera views of the band on the moving screen above the band. It almost felt like we were part of a U2 music video or more recently the U2 BlackBerry commercials. If you have a chance to see U2, you should do it. Highly recommended. One of the best live bands today and an awesome experience.

CourseCaddy iPhone golf application is LIVE

Ryan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:06:13 +0000

Woo Hoo! We just got word from Apple that our iPhone application was approved. Thanks to all our beta testers who gave valuable feedback and helped us improve the app to where it is today. We are focused on bringing the best and latest technology to golfers to make life easier and play more golf. This is our first iPhone application and complements the launch of our website. Below is what CourseCaddy is about and how it works:

-ONE click GPS to search for courses near you

-SEARCH for courses by city, course name or both

-CREATE a favorites list

-ACCESS course information

-CALL courses to book tee-times

-RETRIEVE 4 day weather forecast

-GET directions to golf courses

And best of all it’s FREE! We hope you enjoy using our iPhone golf app as much as we enjoyed making it. We would like to hear from you about what other features you would like to see in the next release. We are hoping to add tee-time booking through the app for the 2010 golf season. Look out for caddyshank, this is just the beginning.

Here’s the link to our app on iTunes (Note if you do not have iTunes you will be taken to the iTunes download page first):

http://bit.ly/coursecaddy

Here’s our youtube video showing CourseCaddy:

Cheers,

Team caddyshank

It’s a beautiful day to golf

caddyshank.com the new online golf portal

Ryan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:01:28 +0000

Let’s start off by describing who we are and what we are trying to do. We are 3 MBA’s that have a passion for technology and a love for golf. We would like to bring the new e-commerce and internet technologies that surround us, to the golf industry. By creating an online golf portal, we want golfers to have access to all things related to golf. Searching for golf courses, booking tee-times, and interacting within our community are just some of the features that we are looking to provide. Our goal is to create a place on the internet where golfers can come to get their golfing fix. Our first product is an iPhone app, CourseCaddy. We are awaiting Apple’s approval,so it should be on iTunes any day now.

Why have we decided to do this?

Well we see a market out there for golfers. Everywhere you look consumers are using the internet to purchase anything and everything these days. From flights, to vacations, to books, to electronics, to movie tickets. Everything that you can think of is purchased on the internet. So we asked ourselves, why not golf? As golfers, we want to see more transperancy of tee-times and eliminate the task of calling 4-5 golf courses everytime we want to play. I want to be able go to a website, look for a golf course and tee-time that fits my availability and my budget and book. Easy, simple and hassle free. And we at caddyshank are looking to provide that service. I would also like golfers to be able to search and find great deals on caddyshank.com. The goal is to make it easier for people to play more golf. For golf courses, we would like to provide an amazing marketplace to show the world your golf course. We are working very hard to bring you our vision. If you have any thoughts, comments or features that you would like to see give us a shout.

Cheers,

Team caddyshank