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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER THIRTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 34 from GoforGOLF Approaching our fourth year and with thousands of scorecards entered ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** Slice o' NEWS *** Craig Perks - "Your unbelievable . . . Absolutely unbelievable" *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** How to Fix Your Slice *** WIN Rex Gould's book Top New Zealand Golf Courses *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Sports Links *** Golf Bug ************************************************************************ *** Slice o' NEWS GoforGOLF introduces a NEWS section. For those snippets of news check GoforGOLF's Slice o' NEWS. We will bring you the leaders and results from the various golf tours, along with bits and pieces of golf news from around the world. If you come across some news of interest to GoforGOLFers, email it to me for inclusion. http://www.goforgolf.com/sliceonews.asp __________________________________________________________ *** CRAIG PERKS - "Your unbelievable . . . Absolutely unbelievable" I had to say something about Craig Perks' finish at The Players Championship. If he wanted to give New Zealand a heart attack, he did his best. Having lead several times during the last round, the short putt on the 15th seemed to end his chances. Then to chip on the 16th from 6 inches from the drop to the water, to once again go into the lead, and hit the most fantastic putt on the island green of the 17th . . . and then put his tee shot into the tree . . . what more could happen. Had he given the championship back to Stephen Ames. No, he just manages to chip onto the fairway and then puts his approach shot into the rough at the back of the green . . . Then chips in !!! for the win. Congratulations Craig, on a deserved win after many years of graft on the various US tours. __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to the winner of our March competition. This month's winner is from Waikouaiti, Dunedin. Your prize of a Jack Newton Putting Partner . . . will be on its way to you shortly. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES More Eagles in March 3rd Mar Northland Golf Club 8th White Tee 10th Mar Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club 12th Blue Tee 11th Mar Hong Kong G C - Old Course 6th Blue Tee 25th Mar Chisholm Park Golf Club 11th Terracota Tee 29th Mar North Shore G C - Gold Course 7th Blue Tee 29th Mar Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club 12th White Tee No Hole-in-Ones this month, but how about a Boat-in-One. Brenda tells us of an impromptu 'Boat in One' contest at Taupo while on their golfing tour to Gulf Harbour and Wairakei Golf courses by a group from Sanctuary Cove Golf Club in Queensland. "A member offered his boat moored some 150 metres off shore and the contest was to land a golf ball on the boat. . . my husband celebrated after aceing it with a 5 iron" See the photos in the GoforGOLF Photo Gallery. John advises us that he scored a hole-in-one on 26th Feb on the 8th hole at Waikanae - Remember to enter your score into GoforGOLF to keep a record of your day. Congratulations to all successful GoforGOLFers. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission). _________________________________________________________ *** HOW TO QUICKLY and EASILY FIX YOUR SLICE If you've got a slice you'll know how frustrating it is. Well, I've found this new system that guarantees to fix your slice in 21 days. I've had a look at what is offered, and it is substantial, easy to follow and I am sure if you follow the system, it will fix your problem. What's more, the author says, if you haven't fixed your slice and gained at least 17 yards in distance after 21 days of following his instructions, he'll not only refund your money, BUT, he'll also give you an extra $25 back. Now to offer a guarantee like that you've got to either be crazy or very confident that the product is going to work. Remember, you need to follow the instructions, but if you do, you will be hitting the ball longer and straighter. Give it a look at - just click: http://www.how-to-fix-your-golf-slice.com/ls/c1.cgi/gfg_gpc __________________________________________________________ *** APRIL COMPETITION This month the prize is the NEW edition of Top New Zealand Golf Courses By NZPGA Professional Rex Gould JUST Released Rex reviews the top 50 golf courses in New Zealand as well as the 5 stunning new courses. The criteria for selection covered factors such as location and atmosphere, course quality and year-round playing conditions, the suitability of the course for a range of playing abilities, and clubhouse facilities. All courses have to accept visitors in order to be included. *** Answer these two questions to be in the draw *** for a copy of Top New Zealand Golf Courses With the 14th winner in as many tournaments this year, many of the top players are starting to show in readiness for the first Major in two weeks time. At The Players Championship, at the TPC at Sawgrass, we saw Rocco Mediate 3rd, Sergio Garcia T4, Nick Price T9, Michael Campbell T11 and Tiger Woods T14. At the Shell Houston Open at the TPC at the Woodlands, a number of other players showed up, Justin Leonard T6, Nick Price T14, Fred Couples T17 and Jose Maria Olazabal third. Of course the winner, from Fiji, finished going away, 6 shots ahead of the Irish contender. Answer these two simple questions, a) Who won the 2002 Shell Houston Open ? b) Who was second at the 2002 Shell Houston Open ? TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert on the GoforGOLF website http://www.goforgolf.co.nz or go direct to the entry form at http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/contest.asp The winners will be drawn from the correct entries by the management of Sports Information Management Ltd. The results will be final. (and there is the usual the small print?) No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. Coaching Tips After a break undertaking upgrade work at the Manukau Golf Club, our resident Golf Professional, Rex Gould, has forwarded some Coaching Tips. These will be added to the website in the next few days. http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/tips.asp 2. Advanced Analysis - Fairways Hit The Advanced Analysis has the facility to enter when you hit the fairway, and to enter the distance hit. To register a fairway hit, just click in the box. It is usual to only record distance when you tee shot ends up in the fairway. This will give you a percentage of faiways hit, and the longest and average distance hit. Note: You can tick the fairways hit, without entering a distance. Your percentage will be updated while not effecting the average distance. (The distance is only updated when a distance is entered). Email me on . . . greg@goforgolf.com . . . and I will help you with any problems you may have with registering and entering your scorecards and courses. REMEMBER the more scorecards you enter, the better the analysis you will receive from GoforGOLF. __________________________________________________________ *** SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS & COMMENTS Suggestions, questions and comments are welcomed. If you have any questions or suggestions on how to use GoforGOLF please email them to me at greg@goforgolf.com __________________________________________________________ *** MORE LINKS Only 2 weeks to the first major . . . The Masters . . . Augusta http://www.masters.org Try also for great coverage, hole by hole and a description of the changes to each hole since last year, with great graphics. Includes Pin positions for each day. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/augusta The USPGA Tour for April 2002: 4 to 7 Apr BellSouth Classic TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r022/ http://www.tpc.com/private/sugarloaf/index.html 10 to 13 Apr Masters Tournament Augusta National G C, GA http://www.masters.org 18 to 21 Apr Worldcom Classic Harbour Town Golf Links, SC http://golfnews.lowcountrynow.com/worldcom/ http://www.seapines.com/enter_golf.html 25 to 28 Apr Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Forest Oaks CC, NC http://www.ggcc.com/ 2 to 5 May Compaq Classic of New Orleans English Turn Golf Club http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r018/ http://www.englishturn.com/ US Senior Tour: 5 to 7 Apr Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf The King & Bear, FL http://www.libertymutual.com/legends/ http://www.honoursgolf.com/courses/kingandbea 19 to 21 Apr World Senior Invitational TPC at Piper Glen, NC http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s516/ http://www.tpc.com/private/piper_glen/index.html 26 to 28 Apr The Countrywide Tradition Superstition Mountain, AZ http://www.countrywidetradition.com/ http://www.superstitionmountain.com/ 3 to 5 May Bruno's Memorial Classic Greystone Golf Club, AL http://www.brunosmemorialclassic.com/ http://www.greystonecc.com/ The Ladies LPGA Tour 5 to 7 Apr The Office Depot El Caballero CC, Tarzana, CA http://www.goforgolf.com/courseinfo.asp?course=1832 18 to 21 Apr Longs Drugs Challenge Twelve Bridges G C, Lincoln, CA http://www.longsdrugschallenge.com/ http://www.twelvebridges.com/golf_course/index.html 3 to 5 May Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Eagle's Landing CC, GA http://www.eagleslandinggolf.com/ The 2002 European Tour: 4 to 7 Apr Algarve Open de Portugal Vale do Lobo, Portugal http://www.substancia.com/valedolobo/ 19 to 21 Apr The Seve Trophy Druids Glen, Wicklow, Ireland http://www.sevetrophy2002.com/ http://www.druidsglen.ie/ Great graphic 3D representation 2 to 5 May Novotel Perrier Open de France Le Golf National, Paris http://www.french-golf-open.com/ http://www.golf-national.com/us/index.htm Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites, http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/ The official website http://www.daviscup.com/ The 2002 Quarter Finals and for the motor racing fans amongst us http://www.formula1.com/ An unofficial website http://www.f1-live.com/ Includes Pit Babes and more http://www.cart.com/ The official Cart racing site http://www.scottdixon.co.nz/html/ And for the Kiwis Find all these websites and more for easy access on our 'News & Links' section. *** http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.asp *** If you find any other interesting web sites for these tournaments, or other sports sites, please let me know. __________________________________________________________ *** GOLF BUG " The golf bug has many insidious symptoms and manifests itself by filling your head with dreams of greatness - "If I'd only started younger, I'd be another Faldo ..." It also covers your hands with calluses and fills your house with accoutrements you'd never heard of last year, and will probably never need next year. Tom O'Connor - from "From the wood to the tees" __________________________________________________________ *** New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 650 United States courses and increasing numbers from Australia, United Kingdom, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay. AND NOW over 80% of New Zealand Courses. If the course you have played is not yet on GoforGOLF, you can ADD IT, or send us the scorecards (mens and/or womens) and we will make sure the course and all tees are loaded correctly. ERRORS: If you find a course error or missing info !!!! If there is an error with a scorecard, the stroke rating has changed, the distance is now wrong, or the Course rating or Slope rating is missing, please let us know so we can correct it. Email greg@goforgolf.com Sports Information Management Ltd P O Box 25 198, Auckland, New Zealand. __________________________________________________________ *** TELL YOUR GOLFING BUDDIES ABOUT GOFORGOLF ***** Tell your golf partners about ***** ***** GoforGOLF's 'Analysis for All' ***** ***** and Record of your Games ***** Regards & Good Golfing Greg Paul __________________________________________________________GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER THIRTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF