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Newsletter Number 14 from GoforGOLF Keeping you up to date with developments and news from our website. ******************************************************************************** IN THIS ISSUE *** NEW Features on GoforGOLF *** Competition Winners *** Holes in One and Eagles *** Win a Dozen Wilson Staff Titanium Core Golf Balls *** Slope Handicapping System update *** Slope Ratings and Course Ratings *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Sports Links *** Career Path ******************************************************************************** *** NEW FEATURES on GOFORGOLF Photo Gallery Discussion Forum Newsletter Archive Visit our Photo Gallery and Discussion Forum - click the button bar at the bottom of each page. Photo GALLERY - help us grow our photo gallery by sending us YOUR photos of great holes, great courses, great shots and great golfers. http://www.goforgolf.com/gallery.asp Discussion FORUM - Ask questions of your fellow GoforGOLF players about golf rules, swing problems, courses or whatever. Tell us about upcoming events, and golfing stories (your hole in one or trip to exotic places). Advertise your equipment for sale. - Or respond to the questions with ideas, comments and advice. http://www.goforgolf.com/links.asp __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to the winner of our July competition. This month's winner is from Auckland plays at the Hauraki Golf Club. Your Proline Compact Ball Retriever will be on their way to you shortly. Should be useful on a few of the holes at Hauraki if you stray. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES YES - A hole in one for Ted Grant on the par 3 10th hole at Waitangi Golf Club in the Bay of Islands, off the white tee on 7th July 2000. Ted recalls, "I used my ... 4 iron on the 10th and was really angry because I hadn't got on the green on any of the previous par 3s for 1 that day. So I walked up to the tee and dropped my ball on the ground (no tee) and hit the ball . . . I didn't look where it went and neither did my friend. Just as my friend was about to hit his ball we heard a cheer from the group in front of us. We didn't know what they were cheering about so we walked down to the green and asked them if they saw my ball. They asked who teed off first and I said me. Then they said 'Well Congratulations'. I said 'What for?' and they said 'the Hole in One'. So I walked over to the hole and looked in and sure enough there was my 'Titlist 4 Tour Distance 100' sitting in the hole. I was so happy. Well Done Ted. I'll try that method myself next week. EAGLES - 'The Eagles Return'. A number of eagles were scored in early July. Waiuku Golf and Squash Club - 7th (Blue Tee) Westport Golf Club - 4th - (White Tee) Manawatu Golf Club - 9th - (White Tee) Waitangi Golf Club - 3rd - (White Tee) - Yes the same chap. Palmerston North Golf Club - 11th - (White Tee) Well done to you all. (Our promise of confidentiality does not allow us to publish your names, without your permission). _________________________________________________________ *** AUGUST COMPETITION A chance to win a Dozen Wilson Staff Titanium Core Golf Balls. The 2000 Senior British Open - held at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland was won by a player from Ireland. While there were 5 players from the Senior Tour who played in the British Open, an interesting talking point has been what is considered to be the unique situation of a Knight of the Realm playing in both the British Open and the Senior British Open in the same year, (and in consecutive tournaments). *** Answer these two simple questions to be in the draw *** for a Dozen Wilson Staff Titanium Core Golf Balls a) Who won the 2000 Senior British Open ? b) Who was that golfing Knight ? 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 now as usual the small print?) No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** Slope Rating & Handicapping System GoforGOLF is ready for 1st September 2000. Goforgolf is ready for you to enter your scorecards once the Slope Rating and Handicap System is introduced by the NZGA on 1st September 2000. Enter your Handicap / Handicap Index into GoforGOLF in the same way as present, and your corrected score and stableford points will still be calculated by GoforGOLF. What is more, you no longer have to go back to the home page to change your handicap. When you are about to enter your score, you can now enter your new handicap, and by ticking the tick box alongside, your master information will be updated with the new handicap. Well done NZGA GoforGOLF congratulates the NZGA for undertaking the introduction of the Slope Rating and Handicapping System. It has been a huge endeavour to rate all the affiliated golf clubs and provide access for all of them to the central computer system so that they can enter members handicap information into the one database. What does it mean for the player? The Slope System was developed in the USA and implemented in 1987. Over 40 countries worldwide have since adopted the Slope System. It is considered by the NZGA to greatly improve the inconsistencies in the present system, between scratch and other player handicaps, and the differences between the difficulty and conditions of courses. The El Nino weather conditions of recent years has show the present system to have several weaknesses. The research undertaken by the NZGA handicapping committee established the USGA Slope Rating and Handicapping System was the best available, offering a consistent system worldwide and true portability. It will allow players to compete in a much more equitable way on any affiliated course and against players of all different skill levels. It will even allow players to compete playing off different tees, as the is a Slope Chart for each and every tee, mens and ladies. It will ultimately mean that NZ players will be able to travel to any country using the Slope System, and compete using their official NZ handicap. How does it work? For the player, little changes when filling out your scorecard. The NZGA have recently distributed an explanatory brochure to all registered players. (Only registered players can have an official NZGA handicap). For further information visit the GoforGOLF website. For my simple guide http://www.goforgolf.com/slopedetail.asp *** For the Interested There are a number of web sites that have information on the Slope system. These include simple overviews and historical articles, through to detailed explanations with full formulas etc. The USGA website has their Slope Manual online. I have listed a number of websites that include articles and information on the Slope System in our 'News & Links' section. Just click - http://www.goforgolf.com/links.asp Or Click the 'News and Links' button at the bottom of each page for a list of links to websites all over the world. *** What to do. For non slope countries, simply ignore the USGA Slope option. But if you are in a Slope Rating country, go to your master record, and tick the box - 'Normally use USGA Slope Rating for score entry'. You can 'Change Your Details' by returning to the home page after 'Signing In' and select the 'Change Your Details' button. Have a look at the other interesting links while you are there. __________________________________________________________ *** Slope Ratings and Course Ratings HELP PLEASE HELP US UPDATE OUR DATABASE HELP Let me know the Slope Ratings and Course Rating of your golf course, or any course you play. We need both Course Rating and Slope for Every tee, mens and ladies. Please email me on greg@goforgolf.com Thanks - Your help will help your fellow players. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. Advanced Analysis FREE - as from Monday 7th August. - Advanced Analysis will be FREE until further notice. Try out the additional analysis you can get by completing the advanced analysis information. To enter Advanced information, tick the Advanced tick box alongside the usual 'Enter Score' button. To help, select your course from the course selector then Press the button below the club's scorecard to print the course scorecard including 'Advanced Analysis' facility, ready to record the extra information. Fairways Hit, GIR's, putting average and lots more. 2. Have a try - See what the Advanced Analysis can give you. Have a look at MY score analysis. Sign In with my Access Number - - - 100122 and password - - - justlook (must be lowercase) Select the 'Advanced Analysis' button, and try the analysis options. Available during August only. (Please don't change any scores, or laugh too loudly at the scores, these are my real scores). 3. Lost Your Password If you have lost your password or your access number, then just send me an email enclosing sufficient information for me to identify you, and I will email back you number and password. 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 SPORTS LINKS The British Open has now past, again with great coverage of that incredible St Andrews Old Course. Now only a week or two away is: The PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky - 17th August to 20th August http://www.artistsgolf.com/valhala.htm http://www.pgaonline.com/Tour/PGAofAmerica/Championship2000/index.html and World Golf Championship 21/27 August at Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com http://www.ohio.com/bj/sports/necgolf (includes a virtual tour) The other US tournaments in August. The International 3/6 August at Castle Pines Golf Club, Colorado http://www.castlepines.com/golf/golf.html Buick Open 10/13 August at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Michigan Greens.com Open 23/27 August at Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada http://www.montreuxgolf.com AND on the EUROPEAN Tour Victor Chandler British Masters 10/13 August at Woburn Milton Keyes, England (Victor-Chandler are a betting agency) West of Ireland Open 17/20 August at Galway Bay, Ireland Scottish PGA Championship 24/27 August at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland http://www.gleneagles.com/golf/index.html http://www.gleneagles.com/golf/spga/index.html BMW International Open at Golfclub Munchen, Nord, Eichenreid, Munich, Germany 31 Aug/3 Sept To prepare for the Olympic Games in Sydney Australia try: http://www.olympics.com/eng for the official website and, http://www.sydney2000.com The unofficial website - looks to be very good also. Find all these websites for easy access on our 'News & Links' section. *** http://www.goforgolf.com/links.asp *** If you find any other interesting web sites for these tournaments, please let me know. __________________________________________________________ *** Career Path "Real golfers go to work to relax." George Dillon __________________________________________________________ *** New Courses - World Wide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 170 United States courses, and increasing numbers from Canada and Europe. The course scorecards and directory now include, when available, their Course Rating and Slope Rating. If the course you have played is not yet on GoforGOLF, you can ADD IT, or send us the scorecards (mens and womens) and we will make sure the the course and all tees are loaded correctly. 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. greg@goforgolf.com Sports Information Management Ltd P O Box 25 198, Auckland, New Zealand. __________________________________________________________ *** TELL YOUR GOLFING BUDDIES ABOUT GOFORGOLF ***** Let your golfing buddies know about ***** ***** the GoforGOLF web site and its ***** ***** 'Golf Analysis for All'. ***** Regards & Good Golfing Greg PaulNEWSLETTER FORETEEN . . GoforGOLF . . GoforGOLF . . NEWSLETTER FORETEEN
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