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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER THIRTY SIX . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 36 from GoforGOLF In our fourth year and with thousands of scorecards entered ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** A Legend passes away *** 65 and your out *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN a 15 ball pack of TopFlite Titanium balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Sports Links *** One Iron Play ************************************************************************ *** A LEGEND PASSES AWAY 1912 - 2002 A True Legend of world golf passed away last week at the grand age of 89. Sam Snead, known as "Slammin' Sam", was said to have the sweetest swing in the game, won 81 PGA Tour events, 7 majors and many more tournaments around the world. Along with many memorable events, he shoot his age in an official PGA Tour event at the age of 67, and followed it two day later with a 66. For more on Slammin' Sam's record try the following: http://www.pgatour.com/u/ce/multi/0,1977,5363515,00.html http://www.golfweb.com/players/bios/2119.html http://www.themasters.cc/samsnead.htm ************************************************************************ *** 65 AND YOUR OUT From next year, if your over 65 your out - of The Masters. Following my comments in last month's newsletter, I thank all those that sent me their comments. As I suspected, all but one, agreed - It should not be based on age BUT on current playing ability. A few replies: 'In this enlightened world, no person of average intelligence should have a problem understanding that age is a relative thing and should never be used as the soul criterior for exclusion. Winston Churchill was most powerful when he was of an age that most people were thinking retirement. There is no doubt, ability should be the major consideration, and don't forget about the mystic that "the great players' of the past bring to the major tournaments.' 'No - players should NOT be excluded because of AGE. Age is a state of mind. Players should have to play to an acceptable standard to be accepted.' 'In that I am 66 and just learning the game, I say age is NOT a factor.' 'No, players should NOT be excluded because of age. These guys have earned their place in the Masters. They and their families have made sacrifices and through their hard work, dedication and love of the game, they should be permanent members of the Masters Tournament. In fact the Masters should be HONORED to present these guys as "Masters of the game of golf." Thanks for the opportunity, because of my age, to air my grip.' 'Players should be admitted through form and not age, especially in the now where players take their fitness a lot more seriously, and in turn increase their longevity in the sport.' __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to the winner of our May competition. This month's winner is from Tokarahi Golf Club, Otago. Your prize of a Kiwi Head Cover . . . will be on its way to you shortly. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A GoforGOLF Hole in One in May 18th May St Andrews Golf Course - East 16th Ladies Red A Lady GoforGOLFER from Ontario And some Eagles 2nd May Crookhorn Golf Centre 17th Yellow Tee 11th May Levin Golf Club 6th White Tee 12th May Muriwai Golf Club 10th Yellow Tee Greg Long Greg Tells us, "Just over 3 years ago I decided it was time to begin playing this 'stupid' game of golf that my parents (avid golfers) had been at me to play. And so began the journey; being a high achiever personality type I set a goal of reaching single figures within 2 years of play; it took me 26 months to graduate from my official handicap of 27 to 6.7 Needless to say I am hooked on the game. After hitting a solid tee shot I left myself with a slightly uphill 115 metre pitch to the green. I used a 9 iron; it felt good right from the time I hit it but I thought it might be a little short. To mine and my two playing partners amazement it went straight into the hole (all 'net') hitting the bottom of the flag. Extremely satisfying! Not only me first eagle but my lowest score to date." I received Kevin's response too late for last month's newsletter. Kevin recalls, "The eagle was on the short par 4 seventh hole, at Mahunga Golf Club, measuring just 270 metres. I hooked my tee shot and finished up by the back of the 5th green, in the rough. I was fortunate to have a clear shot through the trees to the green, with just a shortish tree on line but not really in play. I hit a pitching wedge over the tree and saw it land on the green, roll up to and then into the hole." And also another slow Kevin, who made his eagle in March. "North Shore par 5 481 metre 7th hole. Pulled the tee shot into short rough on the left of the fairway. Played a 2 iron 5 feet passed the hole and holed the putt." Kevin adds, "Thanks for providing the site. It still proves that my up and downs percentage is @$#%$#@!! (as if I didn't know, but now it stares me in the face)." Congratulations to all successful GoforGOLFers. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission). _________________________________________________________ *** JUNE COMPETITION This month the prize is a 15 ball pack of TopFlight Titanium TX Balls *** Answer these two questions to be in the draw *** TopFlight Titanium TX Golf Balls One Swedish Lady has made a hugh impression on the US Tour this year with 4 wins 2 seconds and a third, and 8 top tens in 9 starts. This weekend in the Kellogg-Keebler Classic held at the Stonebridge Country Club, Aurora, Illinois, she showed her true class, winning by xx shots. She lead the tournament throughout, letting her competitors only get as close as 3 shots, before pulling away on the last 9 with 7 birdies in 11 holes. Check out tour results in our Slice o' NEWS section http://www.goforgolf.com/sliceonews.asp Answer these two simple questions, a) Who won the 2002 Kellogg-Keebler Classic ? b) What was the winning margin ? 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. How to improve your game - Compete against yourself. Commence now to record your hole by hole scores. Once you have four or five scorecards entered for your home course, or one you play regularly, then print out your score analysis. From this, you will be able to see which holes you score well on, and those which you have difficulty with. Now identify two holes that you think are the easiest for you to improve on. If you always bogey them, then you think you can par them. During the next rounds try particularly to par these two. When you have beaten them, choose the next two holes and attack them. Once you have succeeded on a hole, you will find you can do it more consistently. It worked for me. 2. Newsletter ARCHIVE If you have missed a past newsletter or want to have another look at the HandiTIPS, articles and links, just click on the 'Links' button, at the bottom of each page, or http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.newsletters.asp 3. Slice o' NEWS You want a quick reference to the leaders and winners of the major Tours from around the world, have a look at our Slice o' NEWS. http://www.goforgolf.com/sliceonews.asp 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 Another Major sneaks up on us, with the US Open Championship at Bethpage State Park, New York - 13 to 16th June. http://usopen.com/ and http://www.golfvr.com/ for a virtual tour of US Open course, Bethpage State Park. Then there is the Womens US Open in early July. The USPGA Tour for June 2002: 30 to 2 Jun Kemper Insurance Open TPC at Avenel, Potomac, MD http://www.kemperopen.com/ http://www.tpc.com/private/avenel/index.html 6 to 9 Jun Buick Classic Westchester Country Club, NY http://www.buickclassic.com/ http://www.buick.com/golf/tour/ 13 to 16 Jun U S Open Championship Bethpage State Park, NY http://www.nygolfshuttle.com/bethpage.htm 20 to 23 Jun Canon Greater Hartford Open TPC at River Highlands, CT http://www.canongho.com/index.php http://river-highlands.com/ http://www.tpc.com/private/river_highlands/ 27 to 30 Jun Fedex St Judes Classic TPC at Southwind, Memphis, TN http://www.hushyall.com/ http://www.tpc.com/private/southwind/ http://www.fedex.com/us/sports/stjude/ 4 to 7 July Advil Western Open Cog Hill Golf & C C, IL http://www.coghillgolf.com/ http://www.thewesternopen.com/ US Senior Tour: 6 to 9 Jun Senior PGA Championship Firestone CC, Sth Akron, OH http://www.pga.com/tour/PGAofAmerica/seniorPGA2002/ http://www.firestonecountryclub.com/ 14 to 16 Jun BellSouth Senior Classic Springhouse Golf Club, TN http://www.bellsouth.com/srclassic/tourneyinfo.html http://www.springhousegolf.com/ 21 to 23 Jun Greater Baltimore Classic Hayfields Country Club, MD http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s001/ http://www.hayfieldscc.com/ 27 to 30 Jun US Senior Open Caves Valley Golf Club, MD http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s512/ http://www.ussenioropen.com/ 5 to 7 July AT&T Canada Senior Open Champs Essex Golf & CC, Ontario, Canada http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s580/ http://www.rcga.org/senioropen/senioropen-tourninfo.htm The Ladies LPGA Tour 6 to 9 Jun McDonald's LPGA Championship DuPont Country Club, Del http://www.dupont.com/club/golf.html 12 to 15 Jun Evian Masters Evian Masters Golf Club, France http://www.evianmasters.com/ http://www.royalparcevian.com/index.php 20 to 23 Jun Wegmans Rochester International Locust Hill CC, NY http://www.rochesterlpga.com 28 to 30 Jun ShopRite LPGA Classic Marriott Seaview Resort, NJ http://www.shopritelpga.org/ http://www.seaviewgolf.com/home.html 4 to 7 July U S Women's Open Prairie Dunes CC, KS http://www.uswomensopen.com/ http://www.prairiedunes.com/ for great coverage The 2002 European Tour: 6 to 9 Jun The Compass Group English Open Marriott Forest, Eng http://www.europeantour.com/Tournaments/latest.sps?iTourNo=2002030 http://www.marriotthotels.com/CVTGS 20 to 23 Jun The Great North Open De Vere Slaley Hall, England http://www.devereonline.co.uk/hotel_slaley/golf.htm 27 to 30 Jun Murphy's Irish Open Fota Island, Cork, Ireland http://www.murphysirishopen.ie/ http://www.fotaisland.ie/ 4 to 7 July Smurfit European Open The K Club, Dublin, Ireland http://www.kclub.ie/fullgolf.html Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites, Tennis, Soccer, Soccer and more Soccer http://www.frenchopen.org/ Roland Garros Tennis - to 9 June http://www.wimbledon.org/ Wimbledon Championship - starts 24th http://www.fifaworldcup.com/ World Cup Soccer - to 30 June http://www.wldcup.com/ For news http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/ and more news http://www.worldcupjapankorea.com/ portal to all the world cup stuff you are likely to want And while you wait for the next game, try Solitaire GOLF http://www.solitairegames.com/golf.html 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. __________________________________________________________ *** ONE IRON "When I'm on a golf course and it starts to rain and lightning, I hold up my one iron, 'cause I know even God can't hit a one iron." Lee Trevino - thanks to www.golfjokes.co.uk __________________________________________________________ *** 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 SIX . . . GoforGOLF