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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER FIFTY SEVEN . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 57 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ NOW In our FIFTH year and with 26,000 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 *** The Majors *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Practice Tee ************************************************************************ *** The Majors Things are heating up in the run in to the Players Championship, with Tiger Woods winning the Match Play Championship, while the Els's, Singh's Montgomerie's etc etc showing their form is winding up. A reminder of this is an email I received this morning, announcing the launch of the http://www.masters.org website. The 2004 site is said to feature Masters Radio and live video from the driving range and holes 12 and 16, a walking tour and a flyover of the Augusta National Golf Club. You can register and receive a regular email update. Will we see another 4 first time winners, or will the previous major winners come through ? It will be fasinating to watch. I am sure attention will also be on * Arnold Palmer's 50th Masters * 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 February Spot the Ball is Baily Sham from Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Your prize of one dozen Premium Brand Golf Balls will be on their way to the you shortly. As many have asked, the correct position was K 9. See below for details of the March Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A number of Eagles during February. 7th Feb Otaki Golf Club 2nd Blue Tee 7th Feb Royal Hobart Golf Club 12th Blue Tee 9th Feb Dell Urich Municipal Golf Course 3rd Blue Tee 13th Feb Judgeford Golf Club 17th White Tee 15th Feb Eastwood Golf Club 13th Blue Tee 28th Feb Blenheim Golf Club 10th 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). _________________________________________________________ *** MARCH 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 o) ? b) Down - (between 1 and 14) ? 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. Advanced Analysis - Fairways Hit The Advanced Analysis has the facility to enter when you hit the fairway, and to enter the distance hit. To register a fairway hit, just click the box. It is usual to only record distance when your tee shots end up in the fairway. This will give you a percentage of fairways hit, and the longest and average distance hit. Note: GoforGOLF is designed to be flexible and suit your own requirements. You can tick the fairways hits, without the need to enter a distance. Your percentage will update while not effecting the average distance. 2. Is your course missing !!! If your home course / club is missing, JUST ADD IT. Click 'Add a Course' on the Menu, and follow the instructions. If you do not want to add it, send the scorecard(s) to me and I will add it. Then make the course your 'home course' and it will automatically load each time your Sign In. If you play another course, use the course finder to find that course. To add the other Tees, return to the 'Select a Course' page, select the course (it should still be showing), and click the 'Add Tee' button in the Yellow box. Tick the box to add a 'Ladies' tee. 3. WE REQUIRE YOUR HELP We rely on clubs and GoforGOLFers (yourselves), to let us know of any changes to your course and errors in the information we have on GoforGOLF. Please help us by sending us up to date information. 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 MARCH edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the MARCH edition ? http://www.goforgolf.com/golfupdate.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P Subscribe now to receive the March 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 or Visit their website http://www.golfupdate.co.nz __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS The Majors are just around the corner with the Players Championship in a few of weeks, and The Masters on 8th April. The USPGA Tour and more for March 2004: 4 to 7 Mar Ford Championship Doral Golf Resort, Florida http://www.fordchampionship.com/ http://www.doralgolf.com/ 11 to 14 Mar Honda Classic Country Club at Mirasol, FL http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r010/ http://www.mirasolclub.com/Ch_golf.html 18 to 21 Mar Bay Hill Invitational Bay Hill Club, Orlando, FL http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r009/ http://www.bayhill.com/ includes 3D view of each hole 25 to 28 Mar The Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r011/ http://www.tpc.com/daily/sawgrass/index.html 1 to 4 Apr BellSouth Classic TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r022/ http://www.tpc.com/private/sugarloaf/index.html 8 to 11 Apr The Masters Augusta National GC, Georgia http://www.masters.org/ The Ladies LPGA Tour 11 to 14 Mar Welch's/Fry's Championship Randolph North GC, Tucson, AR http://www.tucsonlpga.com/ 18 to 21 Mar Safeway Int'l Superstition Mountain, AZ http://www.safewayclassic.com/international/ http://www.superstitionmountain.com/ 25 to 28 Mar Kraft Nabisco Championship Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA http://www.nabiscochampionship.com/ http://www.missionhills.com 2 to 4 Apr The Office Depot El Caballero CC, Tarzana, CA http://www.goforgolf.com/courseinfo.asp?course=1832 The 2004 European Tour: 4 to 7 Mar Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/ http://www.dubaigolf.com/dgo/dgosite.nsf/pages/egchome 11 to 14 Mar Qatar Masters Doha Golf Club, Qatar http://www.qatarmasters.com/QM/index.htm http://www.dohagolfclub.com/DGC/index.asp 18 to 21 Mar Caltex Masters Laguna National G&CC, Singapore http://www.caltexmasterspresentedbycarlsberg.com/ http://www.lagunagolf.com.sg/ 25 to 28 Mar Madeira Island Open Santo da Serra, Madeira http://www.santodaserragolf.com 4 to 6 Apr Algarve Open Du Portugal Le Meridien Penina G&R http://www.lemeridien.com/algarveopen/ http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_golf/algarve/glfpenina.html And from Downunder: 4 to 7 Mar AAMI Womens Australasian Open Concord GC, NSW http://www.womensaustralianopen.com/ http://www.concordgolfclub.com.au/ 11 to 13 Mar ALPG Players Championship Horizons Golf Resort http://www.horizons.com.au/tournaments/#11 http://www.horizons.com.au/ Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting events, http://www.superrugby.co.za/ One of many Super 12 rugby sites See more in our News and Links pages http://nz.cricinfo.com/db/archive/2003-04/rsa_in_nz/ Cricket For coverage of the South African tour of New Zealand http://www.trimaran-geronimo.com/ Around the World Sailing Record attempt http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/splashgolf_free For some Fun *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** Practice Tee "Mysterious place found on most golf courses where for some unknown reasonplayers who are incapable of hitting 97 shots in under 5 hours can easily hit 100 balls in less than 10 minutes" 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 87% 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 SEVEN . . . GoforGOLF