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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER for THE OPEN . . . GoforGOLF
A Special GoforGOLF Newsletter for THE 137th OPEN ************************************************************************** *** THE OPEN *** AT ROYAL BIRKDALE *** *** THE OPEN *** AT ROYAL BIRKDALE *** THIS WEEK, Southport, Mersyside, England - 17th to 20th July Just North of Liverpool, south of Blackpool, not far from the Blackburn Rovers, and Wigan Rugby League. A little further to the east is Manchester and Manchester United. http://www.uk-golfguide.com/england/26419.html Use the controls on the map to enlarge an explore. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Official Website is, of course: http://www.opengolf.com Includes Leaderboard, teetimes, players, the course, history and webcams . . . TRY the World Map Link, right hand side of Home page. An Interesting look at the world distribution of the entries to this years OPEN. Zoom out a little to get the whole world covered. Then play with the on off switches, and zoom in on the countries to click on the indivdual markers. A bit of fun, as well as informative . . . For course coverage the Club website is very good: http://www.royalbirkdale.com/ Great Video coverage of the course and clubhouse on their home page and a terrific photo gallery, including some good old fashion black and while shots. The PGA Coverage http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2008/index.html Great coverage including a Full Course Tour, with video and commentary THESE WEBSITES COVER EVERYTHING YOU WANT OR NEED TO KNOW Including Some terrific course coverage . . . Where is Royal Birkdale . . . try this and click "show Labels" http://www.golfworldmap.com/europe/england/royalbirkdale/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Some Interesting Facts Oldest Winner - Old Tom Morris - 1867 - 46 years & 99 days Youngest Winner - Young Tom Morris - 1868 - 17 years, 5 mths, 8 days Champions in 3 Decades - Harry Vardon - 1896, 1903 & 1911 J H Taylor - 1894, 1900 & 1913 Gary Player - 1959, 1968 & 1974 Most Victories 6 - Harry Vardon 5 - James Baird, J H Taylor, Peter Thomson & Tom Watson Check out the http://www.opengolf.com for the full player list ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Some FIRST DAY Tee Times worth following 06:41 Philip Walton, David Smail, Michael Letzig 07:14 Niclas Fasth. Mark O'Meara, Michael Campbell 07:58 Steve Striker, Robert Allenby, Benjamin Hebert (a) 08:09 Adam Scott, Zach Johnson, Pablo Larrazabal 09:20 Sergio Garcia, Ryuji Imada, Sean O'Hair 12:47 Justin Rose, Tom Watson, Aaron Baddeley 13:09 Padriag Harrington, Retief Goosen, Justin Leonard . xx note 13:31 Hunter Mahan, Vijay Singh, Reinier Saxton (a) 13:42 Martin Kaymer, Scott Verplank, Ernie Els 14:20 Nick O'Hern, Ian Poulter, Paul Goydos . XX note 14:31 Phil Mickelson, Hideto Tanihara, Paul Casey 14:42 Colin Montgomerie, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir . . . xx note Check out the tee times on http://www.opengolf.com * * AND the neat "floating local time indicator" * * Highlight the group of interest, and it tells you the Tee Time for your own TV coverage. Adam Scott tees off at 8:09 am UK Time, which is 7:09 pm New Zealand Time. And for us Kiwis . . . Watch Tee Times . . . NZ time: David Smail . . 5:41 pm . . friday evening Michael Campbell . 6:14 pm Adam Scott . . . 7:09 pm Sergio Garcia . 8:20 pm Ernie Els . . . 12:42 am . . . saturday morning MY PICK TO WATCH IS . . . Nick O'Hern and Ian Poulter - 08:09 NZ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorabilia and History: First place to visit http:/www.britishgolfmuseum.co.uk/ http://www.opengolf.com/history/timeline.sps For another version http://www.standrewsgolf.co.uk/british_open_history.php News and Coverage: The usual http://www.europeantour.com/ http://www.pgatour.com/ and news sites http://british-open-news.newslib.com/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/ Weather: Looking like light rain, light rain and partly cloudy on sunday http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Southport-UKXX0139 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/nw/ District: For a map of the close district http://www.golfworldmap.com/europe/england/royalbirkdale/ Zoom IN to see each fairway and bunker, or Zoom OUT, to see the surrounding towns and district For district background try: http://www.answers.com/topic/southport-1?cat=travel For Photos go to this site http://www.southportpast.com/ And for something a little different: Have a look at this local business website http://www.birkdale-trophies.co.uk/ If you are there, please take some photos and send them to me. greg@goforgolf.com If you loose this email you will find it on http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.newsletters.asp __________________________________________________________ * * * BE IN TO WIN * * * PICK THE WINNER EMAIL me at greg@goforgolf.com . . . with the email "subject" entered as "THEOPEN" with your pick for the winner of the . . . THE OPEN and be in to win a copy of the great CD "Play Better Golf" by hypnotherapist Grant Boddington http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html In the case of many winners, I will draw out some winners One entry per person, thanks __________________________________________________________ *** A TIP "A free piece of advice offered by a fellow player, which is the only thing in the entire game of golf that is worth exactly as much as you paid for it." Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** JULY - SPOT THE BALL - COMPETITION WIN ONE Dozen Golf Balls " SPOT the BALL " TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert or menu item on GoforGOLF http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/contest.asp SPONSOR REQUIRED . . . 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