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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER FORTY THREE . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 43 from GoforGOLF In our fourth year and with thousands of scorecards entered and courses from over 45 countries. You are welcome to pass this newsletter on to friends. ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** 2002 and the start of the 2003 Season *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN One Dozen TopFlite Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Follow-through ************************************************************************ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003 2003 HAPPY NEW YEAR ************************************************************************ *** 2002 and the start of the 2003 SEASON GoforGOLF Thanks You All for your support during 2002. Registrations have increased by 60%, new courses by 40% and scorecards entered by over 60% now totalling 17,000. We now have several GoforGOLFers with in excess of 200 scorecards entered with one having entered 345 scorecards. Well Done. The interesting statistic is, that the percentage of Men to Women, has changed little since the start of GoforGOLF, with 89% being men to 11% women. We will continue to work on GoforGOLF and improve the facilities provided during 2003. 2003 What can we expect this year? Will Tiger continue his superiority? or will Ernie Els show some more of his 2002 form and edge closer to Tiger. And what about the likes of Phil Mickelson, Vijah Singh, and the young ones, Sergio Garcia, Charles Howell III, rookies like Peter Lonard and the Kiwi Kontent, with Phil Tataurangi, Michael Campbell, David Smail. And then there is the European Tour with Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington, Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie and Eduado Romero and Sergio. The young ones again making a run, Adam Scott and Justin Rose. Include the Ladies, Annika Sorenstam being chased by Se Ri Pak, Karrie Webb, Grace Park, Juli Inkster and Laura Diaz, and all those that I have missed, and I do not think we will have any problem in 2003 in following some terrific golf. And don't forget Lynnette Brookie, Sam Hunt & Eddie Lee. Keep up with the results in Slice o' NEWS http://www.goforgolf.com/a_sliceonews.asp MY ONLY GRIPE - Course Maintenance After having had a great holiday break, with 6 rounds of golf in 9 days, as many games as I have had in the previous 11 months, I didn't want to say anything negative. (I nearly remembered how to swing a club). I appreciate the efforts of the course maintenance staff and support and acknowledge their work, and their need to interrupt ones play from time to time. That is not in question. HOWEVER, Since I have a forum to do it, I want to plead to the course maintenance managers and staff to make a small change to their training and procedures. PLEASE "MOW the course and greens in the reverse order of the holes". This will mean that any player or playing group will only get disturb ONCE in their round. Isn't this logical? - Unfortunately, on one occassion, the man on the mower mowed our green as we tried to hit our approaches . . . FOR THREE holes in a row. Since my form was just coming back, it was a disturbance I could have done without, and I do feel it is not too much to ask. If you have any response, or suggestions and comments please email me on greg@goforgolf.com Wishing you all a great 2003 of GOLF. We hope that GoforGOLF helps you enjoy your golf. Greg Paul __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION The winner of the December competition is F Dodunski of Te Aroha. The correct answer was 4 L Your two dozen TopFlite golf balls will be on there way to you soon. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES TWO GoforGOLF Holes in One in December 11 Dec Waitoa Park Golf Club 12th Red Tee Frank Plieger 15 Dec Te Kowhai Golf Club 7th White Tee Herb Allerby Frank says, "Strange how thinks work out . . . after playing for 22 years, and then have 2 in the space of a couple of months. This time it was on the shortest par 3 at Waitoa Park, the 109 meter 14th. I hit a p/w straight but I thought that it was short and muttered something to that effect under my breath, when the ball took a bit of a bounce and ran on and disappeared." Herb tells us, "I used an eight iron on the 7th, it had a couple of bounces then in the hole." AND a couple of Eagles 1 Dec Windsor Golf Club 10th White Tee 28 Dec Ashburton Golf Club 7th White Tee Congratulations to all successful GoforGOLFers. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission - let us know if you make a hole in one, eagle or albatross). _________________________________________________________ *** JANUARY COMPETITION This month the prize is sponsored by the Golf Update Magazine ONE Dozen TopFlite Golf Balls " SPOT the BALL " To enter the contest, enter the coordinates of the position you think the ball is. Choose only one coordinate across and one down. a) Across - (between 1 and 18) ? b) Down - (between a and n) ? TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert or menu item on GoforGOLF http://www.goforgolf.co.nz or go direct to the entry form at http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/contest.asp The editor of New Zealand Golf Update magazine has picked the spot. The editors decision is final. (and there is the usual the small print?) You can submit more than one entry, but they must be done separately. Make sure you enter you email address . . . how else can we notify the winner. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. The MORE scores entered . . . The MORE analysis The more scores you enter into your golf record, the better the analysis you will receive. If you have forgotten your access number or password, just email me. You can review your golf record, using the 'Summary' Report, for the period you choose, OR you can analyse your results by 30, 60, 90 days etc or all games entered, using the 'Standard' report, or select the period you require, using the 'Advanced' analysis. 2. REMEMBER TO TICK SLOPE If you live in the country that uses the USGA Slope Rating system, make sure you tick the box 'Use the Slope Rating for Score Entry'. If you haven't, the 'Sign In' and click the 'Change your Details' button on the green menu. The advantage is that if you are in a Slope Rating country, that, when you are enter you score card, and you enter you 'Handicap Index', GoforGOLF will calculate your 'Course Handicap", and apply it to your scorecard entered, to give you the correct stableford points, and corrested score. 3. FINDING YOUR COURSE Your course or the course you are trying to find may not be in the exact district that you expect. We have used the Golf Association districts in our course finder, and have sub districts within those districts. So if the course you seek is not showing in the expected district, select the larger / main district, and click Go. This will display all courses in the larger district. The Course Finder has been improved and now gives further options. The input boxes have been numbered to help. 1. Select a Country - All selections from now will search the country selected. This will have defaulted to your own country, if you have selected a default district. 2. Then you can select: BY LOCATION - just as before OR - SEARCH by NAME - enter part of the club name OR - VIEW FULL DIRECTORY - Which will list all courses for the country either by Name or Location Click on the Club / Course name on the list created and you will return to the 'Select a Course' page with that course displayed in the 'COURSE' box. 3. ENSURE the course you seek is displayed in the Box 3 If the course you seek is not already displayed in the 'Course' Box, you can click the arrow, and select a course from the same location or commence again. VIEW - Once you have the chosen course displayed in '3' you can 'VIEW Course Information. OR . . . if entering a score, go to the next section on the same page to start the INPUT SCORE SECTION. 4. CHIPS PHOTO GALLERY Remember, GoforGOLF will be at the New Zealand Open from the 16th January, and will be posting photos in the Chips Photo Gallery each evening during the Open. Holiday Golf snaps - Also help us grow the gallery by sending in your golf holiday photographs. http://http://www.goforgolf.com/chips.asp __________________________________________________________ *** ADVERTISING SPACE AVAILABLE Advertise your product here . . be seen by thousands of GOLF players The GoforGOLF newsletter is monthly and goes out to Golf enthusiasts __________________________________________________________ *** 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 __________________________________________________________ *** NEW ZEALAND GOLF UPDATE MAGAZINE Quite possibly the FIRST golf magazine ever produced with extensive feature articles on New Zealand courses, international resorts, player profiles and extensive tuition which is a must for all keen golfers. New Zealand Golf Update magazine is of the highest quality and would like to offer all GoforGOLFers a FREE GOLF GIFT for all new subscribers worldwide. The December/JANUARY edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the December/JANUARY edition: Includes a FREE Copy of the NZ Open programme http://www.goforgolf.com/golfupdate.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P New Zealand subscribers - NZD 39.95 (1 year - 6 issues) Australian subscribers - NZD 49.95 (1 year - 6 issues) Rest of the World - NZD 54.95 (1 year - 6 issues) To subscribe, email: golf_update@xtra.co.nz or Mail to: P O Box 27 527, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand or Phone: 0064 (09) 626 5776 __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS Yes, the 2003 US PGA Tour and the US Senior Tour are commencing in Hawaii, while the Southern Hemisphere continue their 2002/3 tours in Australasia with the NZ Open and in South Africa. That's not to forget the Asian Tour with the Davidoff Tour. The USPGA Tour for January 2003: 9 to 12 Jan Mercedes Championship Plantation course, Kapalua, HI http://www.kapaluamaui.com/golf/mercedes http://www.kapaluamaui.com/golf/courses/plantation.html 16 to 19 Jan Sony Open in Hawaii Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, HI http://www.hiltonhawaii.com/sonyopen/ http://www.gvhawaii.com/waialae/waialae.htm 23 to 26 Jan Phoenix Open TPC of Scottsdale, AZ http://phoenixopen.com http://tpc.com/daily/scottsdale/stadium_course.html 30 to 2 Feb Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA West-Arnold Palmer course, Bermuda Dunes, Indian Wells & La Quinta http://www.bhcc.com http://www.bhcc.com/bdcc.html http://www.pgawest.com/golf/APintro.asp http://palmsprings.com/golf/indian1.html http://www.bhcc.com/lqcc.html 6 to 9 Feb AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Poppy Hills, CA http://www.pebblebeach.com/1a.html http://www.pebblebeach.com/1e.html http://www.ncga.org/poppy.htm US Champions (Senior) Tour: 23 to 26 Jan Conagra Food Skins Game Wailea Golf Resort, Maui, HI http://seniorskinswailea.com/ http://waileagolf.com/pages/w_golf.html 30 to 2 Feb Mastercard Championship Hualalai Golf Club, Kona, HI http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/s524/ http://www.hualalairesort.com/ 6 to 9 Feb Royal Caribbean Classic Crandon Park Golf Club, Key Biscayne, FL http://www.royalcaribbeanclassic.com/ The South African Tour continues: 9 to 12 Jan SAA Open Golf Champs Erinvale GC, South Africa 16 to 19 Jan Dunhill Championship Houghton Golf Club, J'burg http://www.houghton.co.za/ 23 to 26 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am Gary Player CC & Lost City GC http://www.didataproam.com/ http://www.suninternational.com/golf/default.html 30 Jan to 2 Feb The Tour Championship Leopard Creek CC, Transvaal http://www.leopardcreek.co.za/ The Australasian Tour continues: 16 to 19 Jan Holden New Zealand Open Auckland Golf Club, NZ http://nzopen.nzoom.com/ http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/courseinfo.asp?course=178 30 Jan to 2 Feb Heineken Classic Royal Melbourne GC http://www.heinekenclassic.com/ http://www.rmgc.com.au/ 6 to 9 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales GC http://www.anzchampionship.com/ http://www.nswgolfclub.com.au Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites http://www.atptennis.com/auckland/ Heineken Tennis Open, Auckland, 6 to 11 Jan http://www.ausopen.org/ Australian Tennis Open, Melbourne, 13 to 26 January. http://aroundalone.com/ Around Alone Yacht Race arrives in NZ http:/lvcup.com/ The Louis Vuitton Cup Final, in NZ http://www-nz.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/NZ/ India Tour NZ 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. __________________________________________________________ *** Follow-through "The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit but before the club has been thrown". Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 990 United States courses and increasing numbers from Australia and United Kingdom, and over 45 other countries. Why not add yours ? AND NOW over 82% 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 FORTY THREE . . . GoforGOLF