Par 5 – 5 Questions with Jason Savidge
Bart Simpson once called an Australian boy to ask him if his toilet flushed clockwise or counter-clockwise. It made me curious…I wondered if putts in Australia lip out clockwise or counter-clockwise? So to get the answer (or not) I decided to contact Jason Savidge from Iseekgolf.com for the next installment of our Par 5 Series.
GL: Jason, how did Iseekgolf.com start?
JS: We started the site in response to a lack of online golf course directories here in Australia at the time. We personally were looking to play golf in different regions and could never find information about which courses were in in each area so we thought we would do it ourselves…it has grown from there to cover all areas of golf now.
GL: Was the growth immediate or did it take some time for people to catch on?
JS: It took a year or two to grow as we really grew with the internet usage in Australia. In 2000, people were still on dialup and the major telcos had the price of broadband so high that it took another few years for things to really happen and for internet usage to become the norm.
GL: What is the most popular area of the web site?
JS:The most popular areas of the site are the forums, the course directory and our user equipment reviews.
GL: What is next for iseekgolf.com?
JS: We are currently rebuilding the site from the ground up as it has really outgrown the current design. We’ll be adding in a live teetime booking system this year which will be a first for Australia and very exciting. We’ll also be adding an online lesson booking system to work with pros at various courses around the country – also a first here.
GL: Have you found that you play less golf, the busier the web site gets?
JS: Yes, sadly we barely play once a month now as things are so busy. A good problem to have I guess.
Bonus Question – Have you ever golfed in North America? If so, what are
the similarities/differences?
JS: We have never played golf in the US/Canada but have visited several times to cover tournaments. Will need to make sure we have another excuse to head over and play. 
GL: We will have the change that! Thanks and good luck Jason!
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Seeing that this interview was in March, it pains me to say that the forums at iseekgolf, as Jason said one of the most popular areas on the site, have died to the point that there is rarely more than one or two people on at any one time.
An inability to respect their regulars has ruined what could have been a great site.
Comment by Habeas Corpus — October 29, 2007 @ 9:35 pm