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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER SIXTY NINE . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 69 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 *** The Majors soon *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** Suggestions, Questions and Comments *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Forecaddy ************************************************************************ *** THE MAJORS SOON The Majors are just around the corner, with the Players Championship, in a couple of weeks, followed by The Masters in early April. Things are looking good for a competitive season, with Phil Mickelson showing great form while Tiger hits a 9 under par to be within 2 shots, at the start of the 4th day of the Ford Championship, with Vijay Singh just a few shots further back. And in the European, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie are showing good form, chasing Miguel Angel Jimenez in Dubai. I look forward to the upcoming clashes. *** N Z OPEN * GOFORGOLF Was THERE *** * GoforGOLF CHIPS Photo Gallery * View our Photo coverage of 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 __________________________________________________________ *** FEBRUARY COMPETITION The winner for February was Richard Wylie, St Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand. The winning answer of the GoforGOLF website Spot the Ball was f 9. Your Golf Balls are on their way to you. See below for details of the March Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES One GoforGOLF Hole in One during February: 28th Feb Onewhero Golf Club 15th Blue Tee And a couple of Eagles: 16th Feb Taupo Golf Club - Centennial course 7th White Tee 27th Feb Buckinghamshire Golf Club 6th 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). _________________________________________________________ *** MARCH 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 m) ? b) Down - (between 1 and 12) ? 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. Advanced Analysis - Fairways Hit The Advanced Analysis has the facility to enter the fairways hit, 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. Many course are being rerated, so let us know if it has happenned to yours. 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 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 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 7th April. The USPGA Tour and more for March 2005: 3 to 6 Mar Ford Championship Doral Golf Resort, Florida http://www.fordchampionship.com/ http://www.doralgolf.com/golf/courses.asp 10 to 13 Mar Honda Classic Country Club at Mirasol, FL http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r010/ http://www.mirasolclub.com/Ch_golf.html 17 to 20 Mar Bay Hill Invitational Bay Hill Club, Orlando, FL http://www.bayhillinvitational.com/ http://www.bayhill.com/ includes 3D view of each hole 24 to 27 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 31 to 3 Apr BellSouth Classic TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r022/ http://www.tpc.com/private/sugarloaf/index.html 7 to 10 Apr The Masters Augusta National GC, Georgia http://www.masters.org/ The 2005 European PGA Tour: 3 to 6 Mar Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/ http://www.dubaigolf.com/dgo/dgosite.nsf/pages/egchome 10 to 13 Mar Qatar Masters Doha Golf Club, Qatar http://www.qatarmasters.com/ http://www.dohagolfclub.com/ 17 to 20 Mar TCL Classic Yalong Bay GC, China http://www.yalongbaygolfclub.com/ 24 to 27 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesian Open Cengkareng G C, Indonesia http://www.cengkarenggolfclub.com/ 31 to 3 Apr Estoril Open de Portugal Oitavos Golfe, Quinta da Marinha http://www.quintadamarinha-oitavosgolfe.pt/ The Ladies LPGA Tour 4 to 6 Mar Mastercard Classic Bosque Real CC, Mexico City http://www.bosquereal.com/ 17 to 20 Mar Safeway Int'l Superstition Mountain, AZ http://www.safewayclassic.com/international/ http://www.superstitionmountain.com/ 24 to 27 Mar Kraft Nabisco Championship Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA http://www.kncgolf.com/ http://www.missionhills.com 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://www.nz.cricket.org/db/NATIONAL/NZ/ Cricket For Coverage of the Australian tour of New Zealand http://www.maxicatamaran-orange.com/ Around the World Sailing Record attempt http://www.formula1.com/ 2005 Formula 1 season starts 6th March http://www.indyracing.com/indycar/ 2005 Racing commences 6th March http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/polargolfer 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. __________________________________________________________ *** FORECADDY " A caddy sent ahead on a hole so he can immediately signal that he doesn't have a clue where an errant drive ended up instead of wasting five minutes pretending to know where it landed" 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 NINE . . . GoforGOLF