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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER THIRTY SEVEN . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 37 from GoforGOLF In our fourth year and with thousands of scorecards entered ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** Tiger wins the Second *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN a Video about Old Tom Morris *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Sports Links *** The Wrong Ball ************************************************************************ *** TIGER WINS THE SECOND Tiger showed his superiority at the US Open at Bethpage, by taking the lead on the first day and holding it through the second, the third . . . and right through to the Finish, letting the opposition get no closer than 2 shots before pulling away and finishing with a bogey on the 18th. Tiger's game was solid, but not spectacular, his putting was letting him down. 36 putts on the 4th round was way below his usual level of around 29 or 30, and shows how much further ahead he could have been. (Putts per round 29.85 this year). Is anyone willing to bet against him picking up The Open (18-21 July) and the PGA Championship (15-18 August) for the Absolute Grand Slam ??? __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to the winner of our June competition. This month's winner is from Greymouth Golf Club Your prize of a 15 ball pack of TopFlight Titanium TX Balls . . . will be on its way to you shortly. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES GoforGOLF HoleS S S in One in June 8th Jun Greenwood Golf Club - Challenge Course 8th Blue Tee Bill Field 26th Jun Lochiel Golf Club - Hamilton 7th Red Tee Jack Wilson And Eagles from around the world 9th Jun Subhapruek Golf Course, Thailand 11th Yellow Tee Mark Robertson 16th Jun Falls Village Golf Club, Nth Carolina 7th Blue Tee An excited Bill email me, "Just had to pass on my great news; I got a hole-in-one today!! The only one I ever got. What a shock when you actually get one. I've seen it and heard about it many times, but never experienced it - what a rush. I got it at the 14th Wing Greenwood GC (Nova Scotia, Canada) on the #8 from the blue tees. A 160 yard par 3. I used a4 iron into a medium headwind and hit it onto the green and it rolled 10 feet into the hole. Yahoo!! " Jack, also shocked, tells us, "I was looking for my ball on the green and was unable to see it from my angle, but one of our opponents saw what he thought was half a ball against the pin and thought being a vets day, that a practical joker had left half a ball there . . . but when my partner sank his putt for a two, we both had 4 stableford points for an easy win. Alas, we lost the haggle! " Mark was so keen to tell me, I have had to edit it a bit. "I hit a big drive with a slight draw ending in the middle of the fairway which left me with around about 235 yards into the green where the pin was positioned at the back. The 11th hole has bunkers running all the way down the left hand side . . . right hand side of the fairway is dotted with bunkers with trees further to the right should you slice . . . I waited then struck the perfect shot. The ball landed on the top of the incline and ran on 10 yards to lie 8 feet to the left of the pin. I knew the ball was close to the stick, so when I got to my ball I marked it and then knocked the putt in the center of the cup." Congratulations to all successful GoforGOLFers. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission). _________________________________________________________ *** JULY COMPETITION This month the prize is a Video about Old Tom Morris KEEPER OF THE GREENS 'Old Tom Morris' won The Open 4 times, 1861-62-64 and 67. He was the Keeper of the Greens of Prestwick for 13 years, and for 40 years was Custodian of the Links at St Andrews. *** Answer these two questions to be in the draw *** for the Video about Old Tom Morris This weekend, 27 to 30 June, produced 4 ties and consequent sudden death play offs. Soren Hansen won a four way play off in Ireland that went to the 4th hole, Don Pooley won in USA after 3 extra holes, and Iain Steel won on the 1st in Canada. The most dramatic play off lasted 8 holes after a 3 way tie, when Neil Coles extended his record as the oldest winner on the European Senior Tour at 67 and 9 months. Check out the latest results in our Slice o' NEWS section http://www.goforgolf.com/sliceonews.asp Answer these two simple questions, a) Name one of the 4 tournamants that had a tie ? b) Name another of those tournaments ? 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. GoforGOLF, Your Golf Record with Analysis Enter your scorecards into GoforGOLF and you will create a record of your golf and has been designed to be very flexible. The more scorecards you enter the better the analysis you will be able to receive. The Summary Report allows you to select a course, as well as select a period, 'From . . . to . . . 'What ever period you wish, winter compared to summer, this month compared to last month etc. The Standard Report is a quick report for the last 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days, or all games. The Standard Report only displays hole by hole averages, for gross, corrected and stableford scores, and for some fun, your best score on each hole. The Advanced Report gives you full flexibility of being able to select a course and any period you wish. You can use the Advanced Report even if you haven't entered any 'Advanced Scores'. If you have entered Advanced scorecards, you will also receive analysis of your putts, fairways hit, Greens in regulation and more. Have a look at a sample report, click http://www.goforgolf.com/exampleadv.asp 2. Updated Scorecards . . . We do our best to keep scorecards updated. We rely on golf clubs, and yourselves to let us know of changes to courses, permanent or temporary. If your Home Course, when you Sign In, appears with three dots at the end, it indicates the scorecard has changed to some significant degree, and we have had to enter the new scorecard separately. Go back to the home page where you will find a 'Change your Details' button. Then change you 'Home Course' to the new scorecard entry. 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 Now we change to the other side of the Atlantic for the next major, The British Open, known in UK as simply The Open - 18 to 21st July at Muirfield Golf Links, East Lothian, Scotland http://www.opengolf.com/ for the R&A coverage and http://www.british-open.com/ But before that is the US Women's Open - 4 to 7 July at Prairie Dunes, KS The USPGA Tour for July 2002: 4 to 7 July Advil Western Open Cog Hill Golf & C C, IL http://www.coghillgolf.com/ http://www.thewesternopen.com/ 11 to 14 Jul Greater Milwaukee Open Brown Deer Park GC, Milwaukee http://www.greatermilwaukeeopen.com/ http://www.browndeergolfclub.org/ 18 to 21 Jul British Open Muirfield Golf Links, Scotland http://www.waimea.demon.co.uk/muirfield.html http://www.waimea.demon.co.uk/scotmap.html where is the course? 18 to 21 Jul B.C. Open En-joie Golf Club, Endicott, NY http://www.bcopen.com/ http://www.enjoiegolf.com/ 25 to 28 Jul John Deere Classic TPC at Deere Run, Silvas, IL http://www.deere.com/johndeereclassic/ http://www.playatpc.com/daily/deere_run/index.html 1 to 4 Aug The International Castle Pines Golf Club, CO http://www.golfintl.com/cpgc/cpgc.htm http://www.castlepines.com/ US Senior Tour: 5 to 7 July AT&T Canada Senior Open Champs Essex Golf & CC, Canada http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s580/ http://www.rcga.org/english/professional/senior.asp 12 to 14 Jul Ford Senior Players TPC of Michigan, Dearborn, MI http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s507/ http://www.tpc.com/private/michigan/ 19 to 21 Jul SBC Senior Open Harborside Int'l G C, Chicago, IL http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s555 http://www.harborsideinternational.com/ 26 to 28 Jul FleetBoston Classic Nashawtuc C C, Concord, MA http://www.fleetbostonclassic.com/ http://www.nashawtuc.com/ 2 to 4 Aug Lightpath Long Island Classic Meadow Brook, Jericho, NY http://www.lightpath.net/inside/liclassic/ The Ladies LPGA Tour 4 to 7 July U S Women's Open Prairie Dunes CC, KS http://www.uswomensopen.com/ http://www.prairiedunes.com/ for great coverage 12 to 14 Jul Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Highland Meadows GC, OH http://www.jamiefarrkrogerclassic.com/ 19 to 21 Jul Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Squaw Creek CC, Vienna, OH http://www.lpgaclassic.com/ 25 to 28 Jul Sybase Big Apple Classic Wykagyl CC, New Rochelle, NY http://www.sybase.com/sbac 1 to 4 Aug Wendy's Championship Tartan Fields GC, Dublin, OH http://www.wendyschampionship.com/ http://www.tartanfields.com/ 8 to 11 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Turnberry GC, Scotland http://www.womensbritishopen.com/ http://www.turnberry.co.uk/golf/index.html The 2002 European Tour: 4 to 7 July Smurfit European Open The K Club, Dublin, Ireland http://www.kclub.ie/fullgolf.html 11 to 14 Jul The Scottish Open Loch Lomond, Scotland http://www.lochlomond.com 18 to 21 Jul 131st Open Championship Muirfield GC, Scotland http://www.muirfieldgolf.com/ for exclusive Open product 25 to 28 Jul The TNT Dutch Open Hilversumsche GC, Netherlands http://www.tntdutchopen.com/ 1 to 4 Aug Volvo Scandinavian Masters Kungsangen, Sweden http://www.golf.se/masters/ http://www.kungsangengolf.com/ Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites . . . the soccer world cup is over http://www.wimbledon.org/ Wimbledon Championship - to 7th http://www.letour.fr/ The Tour De France - starts 6th July http://www.windiescricket.com/ New Zealand vs West Indies Cricket http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ The XVII Commonwealth Games Manchester, UK, starts 25th July http://www.commonwealthgames-fed.org/ The Commonwealth Games Federation http://www.commonwealthgames.ca/ Canadian Association http://www.ausport.gov.au/acga/ Australian Website http://www.cgcs.org.uk/ Scottish Team site http://www.olympic.org.nz/ New Zealand Team News http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/m2002/ Manchester News If that's not enough, try some golf humour and view some golf swings http://www.new1.com/jkohl/toons/luckypants.htm http://beauproductions.com/golfswingsws/ 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. __________________________________________________________ *** THE WRONG BALL "If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball" Jack Lemmon __________________________________________________________ *** New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 810 United States courses and increasing numbers from Australia and United Kingdom, and 36 other countries, why not add yours! 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 SEVEN . . . GoforGOLF