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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER SIXTY FIVE . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 65 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ Now in our 6th year with over 30,000 scorecards entered and courses from over 53 countries . . . and growing by the day. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE CREATED THIS GOLFING ENVIRONMENT . . . ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** The End of Season *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Golf Accessory ************************************************************************ *** THE END OF SEASON With the end of the Northern Hemisphere season, I thought it might be interesting to look at some stats. The line ups are not meant to be comparisons, just a couple of fun lists side by side Like: Longest Drive: USA 1 - Davis Love III - 476 yards . . Eur 1 - Ricardo Gonzalez - 313 USA 2 - Rory Sabbatini - 448 yards . . Eur 2 - Emanuele Canonica - 312 USA 6 - Ernie Els - 429 yards . . . . . Eur 4 - Angel Cabrera - 308 USA 9 - Tiger Woods - 425 yards . . . Eur 5 - Ernie Els - 308 yards USA 18 - Vijay Singh - 417 yards . . . Eur14 - Retief Goosen - 300 USA 33 - John Daley - 399 yards . . . Eur 17 - Padraig Harrington - 298 USA 95 - Phil Mickelson - 377 yards . . Eur 37 - Lee Westwood - 294 Either the American 'yard' is shorter than the European 'yard' or there are too many high altitude courses in USA . . . Putts per round: USA 1 - Brian Gay - 27.9 . . . . . Eur 1= - Christian Cevaer - 28.3 USA 2 - Greg Chalmers - 27.9 . . . Eur 1= - Rob Rashell - 28.3 USA 18 - Tiger Woods - 28.4 . . . Eur 3 - Angel Cabrera - 28.4 USA 19 - Ernie Els - 28.4 . . . . Eur 11 - Padraig Harrington - 28.7 USA 63 - Phil Mickelson - 28.8 . . Eur 28 - Ernie Els - 29.1 USA 66 - John Daley - 28.8 . . . Eur 44 - Retief Goosen - 29.3 USA 122 - Vijay Singh - 29.3 . . . Eur 59 - Lee Westwood - 29.4 Driving Accuracy: USA 1 - Fred Funk - 77.2% . . . . Eur 1 - Andrew Marshall - 71.9% USA 2 - Scott Verplank - 76.8% . . Eur 2 - Chris Gane - 71.8% USA 118 - Phil Mickelson - 63.2% . Eur 19 - Stephen Scahill - 65.8% USA 177 - Tiger Woods - 57.3% . . Eur 32 - Colin Montgomerie - 64.3% USA 149 - Vijay Singh - 60.7% . . Eur 69 - Ernie Els - 61.0% USA 184 - Ernie Els - 56.3% . . . Eur 70 - Retief Goosen - 60.7% USA 193 - John Daley - 53.2% . . Eur 97 - Padraig Harrington - 58.8% Scrambling: USA 1 - Retief Goosen - 66.7% . . Eur 1 - Ernie Els - 63.6% USA 2 - Stewart Cink - 65.9% . . . Eur 2 - Joakim Haeggman - 63.4% USA 3 - Phil Mickelson - 65.7% . . Eur 13 - Michael Campbell - 59.9% USA 6 - Ernie Els - 64.6% . . . . Eur 27 - Retief Goosen - 58.3% USA 18 - Vijay Singh - 62.6% . . . Eur 28 - Lee Westwood - 58.2% USA 42 - Tiger Woods - 61.0% . . Eur 37 - Padraig Harrington - 57.6% USA 155 - John Daley - 55.7% . . . Eur 72 - Angel Cabrera - 54.0% It is interesting to see that Ernie Els is well listed in both tours. And that Number ONE Vijay Singh is as low as 149th for Driving Accuracy on the US Tour. Is this trying to say, if you hit the ball a huge distance you can make up for your straying with your "scrambling" . . . ? Have a look at the scrambling stats above. They are all top rated players. They can all recover from a bad tee shot. Remember, most of us goforGOLFers, can't . . . we need the ball in the fairway, to have a chance of a hitting the green. Don't miss the TOUR Championship this weekend I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on my comments to email greg@goforgolf.com __________________________________________________________ *** OCTOBER COMPETITION The winner for October was Lisa Matthews from Dunedin, New Zealand. The winning answer of the GoforGOLF website Spot the Ball was G 9. Your Golf Balls are on their way to you. See below for details of the November Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A Hole in One in October 9th Oct Muriwai Golf Club 17th White Tee Greg Howell Greg writes ". . . put it on a billboard if ou want - I'm loving it. The 17th hole is a tricky thing which has bunkers at the front and toi toi scrub at the back. I hit a nice high pitching wedge and it bounced about 4 inches from the hole and jumped straight in. It all happenned very quickly" A few Eagles 10th Oct Feilding Golf Club 3rd White Tee 17th Oct Windsor Golf Club 4th Blue Tee 18th Oct Burhill Golf Club 14th White Tee Send me a short description of your event for inclusion in the next newsletter. 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). _________________________________________________________ *** NOVEMBER COMPETITION 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 l) ? b) Down - (between 1 and 13) ? 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. Enter you email address . . . how else can we notify the winner. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS*** 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 NOVEMBER edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the NOVEMBER edition ? http://www.goforgolf.com/golfupdate.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P Subscribe now to receive the NOVEMBER 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 As the Northern Hemisphere closes with the Silly Season, the Southern Hemisphere Tours get underway The USPGA Tour for November 2004: 4 to 7 Nov The TOUR Championship East Lake G C, GA http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r060/ http://www.eastlakegolfclub.com/ 11 to 14 Nov Franklin Templeton Shootout Tiburon GC, Maples, FL http://www.shark.com/fts/ http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/naples_golf_resort/golf/ 26 to 28 Nov Merrill Lynch Skins Game Trilogy GC, La Quinta, CA http://www.trilogylife.com/skins/ http://www.trilogygolfclub.com/ 25 to 28 Nov Korea Golf Championship JungMun GC, Juju Island, Korea http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r506 http://cheju.shilla.net/eng/ The European Tour: 18 to 21 Nov WGC - The World Cup Real Club de Golf de Seville, Spain http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r169 http://www.sevillagolf.com/ Australasian Tour commences 25 to 28 Nov Hillross Australian Open The Australian GC http://www.australianopengolf.com/ http://www.australiangolfclub.com/ 2 to 5 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Hyatt Regency Coolum http://www.pgatour.com.au/default.asp?s=tournamentdisplay&tid=45 http://coolum.regency.hyatt.com/coolu/golf.html South African Tour 25 to 28 Nov Nelson Mandela Invitational Arabella CC http://www.nelsonmandelainvitational.co.za/ 2 to 5 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge Gary Player CC, Sun City http://www.suninternational.com/golf/ Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites http://www.allblacks.com/ For coverage of the New Zealand tour to Italy, Wales & France http://www.nrl.com/ For coverage of the Tri-Nations Australia, New Zealand Lions http://www.nzcricket.co.nz/ For coverage of New Zealand against Australia http://www.daviscup.com/ Davis Cup Tennis Final - 3 to 5 Dec Spain against USA http://www.wrc.com/ Final round of the World Rally Championship, http://www.rallyaustralia.com.au/ Rally Australia - 11 to 14 Nov *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** LAY-UP "A shot that would have stopped safely short of a hazard, a line of trees, a ravine or some other trouble on a hole if you hadn't used a nice easy swing that knocked the ball 30 yards farther than you have ever hit that club in your entire life" Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory EVERY DAY. World Wide and NOW covering 48 countries. Why not add yours ? AND NOW over 87% of New Zealand Courses. ADD A COURSE 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 ? 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 SIXTY FIVE . . . GoforGOLF