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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER ONE HUNDRED & NINE . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 109 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ Now in our 8TH YEAR with over ** 45,000 ** scorecards entered and courses from over 62 countries . . . and growing by the day. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE CREATED THIS GOLFING ENVIRONMENT . . . ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** THE 2008 OPEN *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Handicap ************************************************************************ *** THE 2008 OPEN Happy 1st Birthday to Sam Alexis Woods Get Well soon to Tiger Woods What will the absence of Tiger do to THE OPEN ? Well, I decided to review the entries, and list a few I thought would have a chance, based on their present form as well as past form in the Majors. Here goes . . . alphabetically . . Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Paul casey, K J Choi, Steward Cink, Tim Clark, Nick Dougherty, Ernie Els, Niclas Fasth, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson, Nick O'Hern, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker, Lee Westwood, and based on his last few tournaments in Europe, Colin Montgomerie, yes Colin. That's 28 out of around 130 entries. 6 of those are Australian. Whooow. What does this say. THE OPEN is going to be a closely fought tournament with something like a quarter of the players with a good chance of Winning on the day. . . . It will be compelling viewing. I am going to pick Adam Scott . . . a close neighbour . . . when not playing golf . . . of a couple of early GoforGOLF members. *** BE IN TO WIN * * * *** BE IN TO WIN * * * Email me at greg@goforgolf.com with the "subject" - "THE OPEN" WITH your pick for the winner, and be in to win a copy of the CD "Play Better Golf" by hypnotherapist Grant Boddington http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html I'll let you enter until the start of the saturday round. If there is more than one correct entry, I will draw a winner . . . The Winner of the US OPEN competition is Penny Joyce, only 1 of 2 who took my advice, and chose Tiger Woods. . . . . . . I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on events, or on my comments . . . to email . . . greg@goforgolf.com Enjoy your Golf Greg Paul GoforGOLF __________________________________________________________ *** JUNE COMPETITION The June Spot the Ball had a number of correct entries, however, the one drawn was that of Frank Plieger of Otago. The winning position was b 4 Your prize will be on its way to you shortly. See below for details of the JULY Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A couple of Eagles in June 15th Jun Morrinsville Golf Club 16th White Tee 25th Jun Pickens Country Club 7th Blue Tee Congratulations to all. We would like to hear about the occassion. Email me with a short description for inclusion in the newsletter. (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). _________________________________________________________ *** JULY COMPETITION Presently sponsored by GoforGOLF ONE Dozen 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 a and l) ? b) Down - (between 1 and 11) ? 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 GoforGOLF Newletter Editor has identified the spot. The Editors decision is final. Yes that is me. (and there is the usual small print?) You can submit more than one entry, but they must be done separately. Include your address . . . how else can we send you the prize. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS *** Following on last months HandiTIPS . . . and as a lead up to the RYDER Cup I try to explain the format of each days golf. All games are played under MATCH PLAY Rules, where the results are determined by the number of holes won. Played over 3 days, the first two days involve FOURBALL in the morning and FOURSOMES in the afternoon. The Final day is SINGLES format. If you are like me and haven't played in many Club events, you are probably thinking what is the diifference between these 3 formats. This month I cover FOURSOMES (This is in my words, not any technical stuff) "Foursomes" play is a match between two teams of two players each, where the team players play together using one ball only. The golfers play alterante shots until the hole is completed, and the players takes turns to hit the Tee Shot. Tactically this might mean, a particular team member is better suited to the odd holes because it means he Tees off on the most par 5's. Or perhaps one player is more suited to playing fade shots off the Tee. As with Fourball, the lowest score on a hole wins that hole. The same score and the hole is "halved". 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. __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS We Again cross the Atlantic for the next major, The British Open - known in UK simply as . . . THE OPEN Starts 17th July at Royal Birkdale, North West England http://www.opengolf.com/ for the R&A coverage and And for another incredible entry list, click below. http://www.opengolf.com/players/entry_list.sps?ipage=0 (Watch out for the special 'THE OPEN' GoforGOLF Newsletter) The USPGA Tour for July 2008: 26 to 29 Jun Buick Open Warwick Hills G&CC, M http://www.buickopen.pgatour.com/ http://warwickhills.org/ 3 to 6 Jul AT&T National Congressional CC, MD http://www.attnational.org/ hosted by Tiger Woods http://www.ccclub.org/ 11 to 13 Jul John Deere Classic TPC at Deer Run, IL http://www.johndeereclassic.com/ http://www.tpc.com/daily/deere_run/ 17 to 20 Jul The Open Royal Birkdale, England http://www.opengolf.com/ http://www.royalbirkdale.com/ With intro video coverage See special GoforGOLF newsletter for more interesting links 17 to 20 Jul U S Bank Championship Brown Deer Park GC, WI http://www.usbankchampionship.com/ http://www.browndeergolfclub.org/ 26 to 29 Jul RBC Canadian Open Glen Abbey GC, Ontario http://www.thecanadianopen.ca/ http://www.glenabbey.com/ wasn't working when I tried 31 to 3 Aug Reno-Tahoe Open Montreux G&CC, NV http://www.renotahoeopen.com/ http://www.montreuxgolf.com/club/golf_cc.html 31 to 3 Aug WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Firestone CC, OH http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/ http://firestonecountryclub.com/ The 2008 European Tour: 26 to 29 Jun Open de France Le Golf National, Paris, Fr http://www.opendefrance.fr/ http://www.golf-national.com/ 03 to 06 Jul European Open The London GC, Kent, England http://www.europeantour.com/ http://www.londongolf.co.uk/ 10 to 13 Jul The Barclays Scottish Open Loch Lomond, Scotland http://www.barclaysscottishopen.co.uk/ http://www.lochlomond.com 17 to 20 Jul 137th Open Championship Royal Birkdale, Scotland http://www.opengolf.com/ http://www.royalbirkdale.com/ 24 to 27 Jul The Russian Open Le Meridien GC, Moscow http://www.russianopen.ru/ nice intro http://www.lemeridien-mcc.com/ 31 to 3 Aug WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Firestone CC, OH http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/ http://firestonecountryclub.com/ The 2008 US Ladies Tour: 26 to 29 Jun U S Women's Open Interlachen CC, MN http://www.2008uswomensopen.com/ http://www.interlachencc.org/ 04 to 06 Jul P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Champs Pinnacle CC, AK http://www.pgbeautychampionship.com/ http://www.pinnaclecc.com/ 10 to 13 Jul Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Highland Meadows GC, OH http://www.jamiefarrowenscorning.com/ http://www.highlandmeadows.com/ 17 to 20 Jul LPGA State Farm Classic Panther Creek CC, IL http://www.lpgastatefarmclassic.com/ http://www.panthercreekgolf.com/ 24 t0 27 Jul Evian Masters Royal Evian GC, France http://www.evianmasters.com/ http://www.evianmasters.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=12 31 to 3 Aug Ricoh Womens British Open Sunningdale GC, England http://www.ricohwomensbritishopen.com/ http://www.sunningdale-golfclub.co.uk/ The 2008 European Ladies Tour 4 to 6 Jul The Oxfordshire Ladies English Open Oxfordshire GC http://www.ladiesenglishopen.co.uk/ http://www.theoxfordshiregolfclub.com/ 11 to 13 Jul AIB Ladies Irish Open Portmarnock Hotel & Golf http://www.aibladiesirishopen.ie/ http://www.portmarnock.com/ 17 to 20 Jul BMW Ladies Italian Open Argentario Golf Resort http://www.bmwladiesitalianopen.com/ Great Intro http://www.isolarossa.co.uk/isolarossa/monte_argentario/golf.html 24 t0 27 Jul Evian Masters Royal Evian GC, France http://www.evianmasters.com/ http://www.evianmasters.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=12 31 to 3 Aug Ricoh Womens British Open Sunningdale GC, England http://www.ricohwomensbritishopen.com/ http://www.sunningdale-golfclub.co.uk/ Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites during July 2008 . . . http://www.wimbledon.org/ Wimbledon Championship - FINALS http://www.letour.fr/ Tour de France commences 5th July http://www.allblacks.com/ The Tri Nations Rugby Tournament 5 Jul NZ vs South Africa then Australia http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/trinations/ Southern Hemisphere Rugby http://www.earthrace.net/ Earthrace smashes the around the world Record by 14 days . . . 27th June 2008 Future Major Events: http://en.beijing2008.cn/ 2008 Olympics - 8th to 24th August http://www.rydercup.com/ 2008 Ryder Cup - 16th to 23rd September *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** HANDICAP " An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same golf course " Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory - more added EVERY DAY. AND NOW over 88% of New Zealand Courses. ADD A COURSE World Wide NOW covering 63 countries. Why not add yours ? 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 !!!! let us know. If you don't tell me . . . HOW do I know to fix 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 ONE HUNDRED & NINE . . . GoforGOLF