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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER FIFTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 54 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ NOW In our FIFTH year and with 24,000 scorecards entered and courses from over 47 countries . . . and growing by the day. You are welcome to pass this newsletter on to friends. ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** Have a Happy Festive Season *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Travel and Travel Covers ************************************************************************ MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ************************************************************************ *** Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year The quiet time of the year - for golf. The Northern Hemisphere Tours have drawn to a close, with only the odd special tournament and the qualifying tournements still underway. While the Southern Hemisphere starts up, with the Mastercard Masters in Australia and Ernie Els Invitational in South Africa kicking off the respective tours. For us downunder, we approach christmas and our summer holidays. I am looking forward to a break and playing a few games of golf. Sice o' News will not be updated for two weeks from Christmas, but, luckily there are no tournaments during that time, and all will be back to normal for the first tournaments of 2004, in New Zealand and Hawaii. http://www.goforgolf.com/a_sliceonews.asp Have a great holiday and good golfing I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on my comments to email greg@goforgolf.com Greg Paul __________________________________________________________ *** COMPETITION The winner of the November Spot the Ball is Robert Lane from Glendene, Auckland, New Zealand. Your prize of one dozen Premium Brand Golf Balls will be on their way to the you shortly. See below for details of the December Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES TWO GoforGOLF Hole in Ones during November 16th Nov Summerlin Ridge Golf Centre 14th White Tee 29th Nov Takapuna Golf Course 4th Blue Tee and TWO Eagles 6th Nov Cambridge Golf Club 3rd White Tee 17th Nov The Grange Golf Club 12th Red 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). _________________________________________________________ *** DECEMBER COMPETITION This month the prize is sponsored by the Golf Update Magazine ONE Dozen Premium Brand 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 k) ? b) Down - (between 1 and 10) ? 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 identified 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. New Members - Welcome To help you enjoy GoforGOLF I make the three following suggestions: a. Tick the 'Use USPGA Slope Rating for score entry' This will make GoforGOLF automatically calculate your course handicap from your handicap index. b. Select your Home or Default course. This can be the most used course you play, and it will automatically load when you 'Sign In'. You can still select other courses in the usual way, but, this will save you time when you play your own/usual course. Both these are accessed through the 'Change your Details' button on the green menu, once you have 'Signed In'. c. You can change your 'Handicap Index' at the time you enter your score. Just tick the box alongside the 'Handicap Index' once you have selected the course you played and have entered the date you played, and your master information will be updated, ready for next time. 2. Holiday Golf Don't forget to collect an extra card when you visit new courses on your holidays. This way you will be able to submit your score for handicapping while at the course you play, and take the other one home to load into your Golf Record on GoforGOLF. If the course you play is not on GoforGOLF, YOU Can ADD IT, or mail or email it to us, and we will add it. Our address is at the bottom of this newsletter and on the website. *** Once a course is loaded it is ready for the next time you visit, or a fellow GoforGOLFer visits that course. 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 __________________________________________________________ *** NEW ZEALAND GOLF UPDATE MAGAZINE With the enormous growth in Golf as a sport, and its attendant categories in golf products, apparel, and leisure activities we have made the magazine *** Bigger - Better - Brighter *** - all designed to make it more informative, very pleasant to read and enjoy, without impacting on our core subject GOLFING!! Now a MONTHLY MAGAZINE - The DECEMBER edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the DECEMBER edition ? http://www.goforgolf.com/golfupdate.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P Subscribe now to receive the December Edition. New Zealand subscribers - NZD 74.00 (1 year - 11 issues) Australia & South Pacific - NZD 128.00 (1 year - 11 issues) Rest of the World - NZD 158.00 (1 year - 11 issues) To subscribe, email: subs@golfupdate.co.nz or Mail to: P O Box 36 257, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand or Phone: 0064 (09) 480 9264 __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS AS the Northern Hemisphere tours draw to an end, we have had the usual end of season TOUR Championships, The World Cup, and President's Cup and now the Q-school. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Australasian and South African Tours warm up. The USPGA Tour for December 2003: 11 to 14 Dec Target World Challenge Sherwood CC, CA http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r478/ http://www.sherwoodcc.com/ 18 to 21 Dec Wendy's Three Tour Challenge Dragon Ridge, NV http://www.wendys.com/w-7-1.shtml http://www.dragonridgegolfclub.com/ Australasian Tour 4 to 7 Dec MasterCard Masters Huntingdale Golf Club, Vic http://www.mastercardmasters.com/ http://www.huntingdalegolf.com.au/ 11 to 14 Dec Australian PGA Championship Hyatt Regency Coolum, http://www.pga.org.au/default.asp?pg=champ&spg=default http://coolum.regency.hyatt.com/coolu/golf.html 18 to 21 Dec Australian Open Championship Moonah Links http://www.moonahlinks.com.au/ 15 to 18 Jan Holden NZ Open The Grange Golf Club, NZ http://nzopen.nzoom.com/ http://www.grangegolfclub.co.nz/ South Africa 16 to 17 Dec Ernie Els Invitational Fancourt GC, George http://www.ernieels.com/ernie_els_content.asp?content=invitational http://www.fancourt.co.za/ 15 to 18 Jan South Africa Airways Open Erinvale GC, Somerset West http://www.erinvale.co.za/html/golfcourse.htm Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites Some Southern Hemisphere Players http://www.ernieels.com/ Ernie Els - South Africa http://www.peterlonard.com/ Peter Lonard - Australia http://www.badds.com/ Arron Baddeley - Australia http://www.cambogolf.com/ Michael Campbell - New Zealand http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/ 2003 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race http://www.nz.cricket.org/ Pakistan tour New Zealand 19 Dec http://www.aucklandtennis.co.nz/asb_bank_classic/ 5 to 10 January http://www.ausopen.org/ Starts 19 January 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. __________________________________________________________ *** TRAVEL COVER "Durable, impact-resistant case designed to protect a set of golf clubs from damage while being transported by an airline to a continent other than the one on which its owner was planning to play" Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory is growing all the time, now with over 1200 United States courses and increasing numbers from Australia and United Kingdom, and over 48 other countries. Why not add yours ? AND NOW over 85% 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 FIFTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF