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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER SIXTY EIGHT . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 68 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ Now in our 6th year with over 31,000 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 *** 2005 Holden NZ Open *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Choke ************************************************************************ *** New Zealand Open The Holden New Zealand Open takes place next week, 10 to 13 Feb. The venue is the spectacular course of Gulf Harbour, just to the north of Auckland City, New Zealand. A co-sanctioned event with the European PGA Tour, the event has attracted the strongest ever field for a New Zealand tournament. I list just some: From the European Tour, recent winner Nuck Dougherty - Eng, Niclas Fasth - Swe, Pierre Fulke - Swe, Gregory Havret - Fra, Paul Lawrie - Sco, Jean-Francois Lucquin - fra, Louis Oosthuizen - SA, Constantino Rocca - Ita and Camillo Villegas - Arg. From Australia, Greg Chalmers, Peter Fowler, Nick O'Hern, Peter O'Malley, Craig Parry and Lucas Parsons, and from New Zealand, Steve Alker, Michael Campbell, Brad Heaven, Eddie Lee, Gareth Padison, Mahal Pearce, Stephen Scahill and David Smail. *** GOFORGOLF WILL BE THERE *** * GoforGOLF CHIPS Photo Gallery * I will be attending all days of the tournament with my camera to cover the event and bring to you some of the spectacular scenery and golf that will be on view. View my Photos daily from the 2005 Holden New Zealand Open in the GoforGOLF CHIPS Photo Gallery. http://www.goforgolf.com/chips.asp I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on my comments to email greg@goforgolf.com Greg Paul __________________________________________________________ *** JANUARY COMPETITION The winner for January was Kris White, Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. The winning answer of the GoforGOLF website Spot the Ball was e 7. Your Golf Balls are on their way to you. See below for details of the February Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES One GoforGOLF Hole in One during January: 31st Jan Tauranga Golf Club 5th Blue Tee And a number of Eagles: 9th Jan Takapuna Golf Course 7th Blue Tee 13th Jan Russley Golf Club 1st White Tee 15th Jan Waikanae Golf Club 5th White Tee 17th Jan Tauranga Golf Club 7th Blue Tee 30th Jan Campsie Golf Club 13th Yellow 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). _________________________________________________________ *** FEBRUARY 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 k) ? 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. __________________________________________________________ *** HYPNOSIS HELPS Here is one to check out. Grant Boddington is a very experienced hypnotist, entertainer, and public speaker. With an impressive CV, Grant offers a series of motivational CDs, including "Play Better Golf". Try it, I have. Have a look at Grant's website, full of info, but particularly, the "About Grant Boddington" item. I am sure you will be impressed. Try "Play Better Golf" http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. Entering a NEW Course - STROKE Many terms in golf vary from country to country. When entering a new course into GoforGOLF the term "stroke" is often missinterpreted as your first score. However, it is necessary to enter the course first, before you are able to enter your score. The term Stroke refers to "Stroke Index" which is aften also referred to as "Handicap" on many scorecards. This is the rating of each hole from 1 to 18, where 1 is considered the hardest hole and 18 the easiest. Each hole must have a unique stroke number. Don't get confused with PAR, also known as Par Rating, which is the number of shots a zero handicap player is expected to take on that hole, usually between 3 and 5, and dependent on the length of the hole and its difficulty. 2. Finding a Course on GoforGOLF Often courses may be entered under a different district/location to the one you expect. That is because we have tried to aline the districts to the district your Golf Association uses. To help check for a course, use the 'Search by Name' facility. a. Select the country b. Skip the location and enter the course name (or part of) in the 'Search by Name' box and Click the Search Button. This will list all courses in the country that match your course name. Check that that yours is not listed before entering a new one. 3. 2005 NZ OPEN Photos View our Photos from each day of the 2005 Holden New Zealand Open in the GoforGOLF CHIPS Photo Gallery. http://www.goforgolf.com/chips.asp Holiday Golf snaps - ALSO HELP us grow the gallery by sending in your golf holiday photographs. Also, check out the other special Photo features including photos of Tiger Woods' journey down under for the 2002 NZ Open. 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 We continue in our endeavours to develop and improve the Golf Update magazine. We have increased the Feature articles, the tuition section with specialist articles on psychology, fitness and junior tips, and for other leisure activites have monthly features on travel, motoring and finance. The magazine continues to be *** 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 FEBRUARY edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the FEBRUARY edition ? http://www.goforgolf.com/golfupdate.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P Subscribe now to receive the FEBRUARY 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 European Tour recommences with the present co-sanctioned Heineken Classic in Australia, followed by the Holden New Zealand Open next week, to be held at the spectacular Gulf Harbour course. (While testing, many of these links did not connect the first time, but all did on the second attempt - please try again). The 2005 USPGA Tour for February: 3 to 6 Feb FBR Open TPC Scottsdale http://www.phoenixopen.com/ http://tpc.com/daily/scottsdale/stadium_course.html 10 to 13 Feb AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Poppy Hills, CA http://www.pebblebeach.com/page.asp?id=704 http://www.pebblebeach.com/page.asp?id=709 http://www.poppyhillsgolf.com/ 17 to 20 Feb Nissan Open Riviera Country Club http://www.therivieragolf.com/ 24 to 27 Feb WGC - Accenture Match Play Champs La Costa Resort, CA http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/ http://www.lacosta.com/golf/default.asp 24 to 27 Feb Chrysler Classic of Tucson Tucson National GC, AZ http://www.tucsonnational.com/tucsonopen.html http://www.tucsonnational.com/ 3 to 6 Mar Ford Championship Doral Golf Resort, Florida http://www.fordchampionship.com/ http://www.doralgolf.com/golf/courses.asp The 2005 European Tour continues with co-sanctioned events: 3 to 6 Feb Heineken Classic Royal Melbourne GC http://www.heinekenclassic.com/ http://www.rmgc.com.au/ 10 to 13 Feb Holden New Zealand Open Gulf Harbour CC, NZ http://www.nzopen.org.nz/ http://www.gulfharbourcountryclub.co.nz/ 17 to 20 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Saujana GC, Kualar Lumpar http://www.carlsberg-malaysian-open.com/ http://www.saujana.com.my/golf/ 24 to 27 Feb WGC - Accenture Match Play Champs La Costa Resort, CA see above 3 to 6 Mar Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/ http://www.dubaigolf.com/dgo/dgosite.nsf/pages/egchome Other Australasian Tour events 17 to 20 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Champs Kooyonga GC, Adelaide http://www.jacobscreek.com.au/ click - Event Details 24 to 27 Feb New Zealand PGA C'Ship Clearwater Resort, Chch http://www.pgachampionship.co.nz/ http://www.clearwaternz.com/pgatour.htm The South African Tour: 3 to 6 Feb Nashua Masters Wild Coast CC, Port Edward http://www.suninternational.com/ click golf from menu 10 to 13 Feb Women's World Cup of Golf The Links, Fancourt http://www.womensworldcupofgolf.com/ http://www.fancourt.co.za/content.asp?id=119 17 to 20 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Woodhill CC, Tshwane, SA http://www.pgatour.co.za/default.asp?cid=6415&cl=yes http://www.woodhill.co.za/ 24 to 27 Feb Vodacom Tour Championship Woodmead Course, CC Jo'burg http://www.ccj.co.za/ And some other sporting events, http://www.irbsevens.com/ Rugby sevens New Zealand 4-5th then USA 12th http://www.superbowl.com/ Superbowl XXXIX 6th Feb - Patriots vs Eagles http://www.nz.cricket.org/db/NATIONAL/NZ/ Cricket For Coverage of the Australian tour of New Zealand - Starts 17th http://www.indyracing.com/indycar/ 2005 Racing commences 6th March *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** CHOKE " 1. To grip down on the shaft of a club. 2. To blow a lead after being needled by an opponent. 3. To grip down on his neck." Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory EVERY DAY. World Wide and NOW covering 54 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 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 SIXTY EIGHT . . . GoforGOLF