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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER EIGHTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 84 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ Now in our 8TH YEAR with over 35,000 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 Soccer World Cup (ooops the US Open) *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Home Course ************************************************************************ *** The Soccer World Cup One of the biggest World sporting events commences in a few days, on the 9th June, and continues through to the Final on 9th July. It consists of 32 countries and 64 matches. During this time, there is the French Tennis Open at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the start of Le Tour de France cycling, the international Rugby season, with matches against Ireland and Argentina and the annual Tri Nations & Bledisloe Cups. Add to this the Formula 1 motor racing, the Indy Series and Nascar, and the NRL Rugby League series. For USA and Canada, there is the Finals of the famous Stanley Cup, a best of series for the NHL, the Ice Hockey season, starting 5th June and going to the 19th if required. And I am also sure I have missed some ! So how am I, and you, going to fit in 4 days of watching the US Open, from Winged Foot Golf Club, and the progress of the defending champion New Zealand's Michael Campbell . . . ? ? ? And then be ready again for THE OPEN, at Royal Liverpool golf course, Hoylake on The Wirral, starting on 20th July. . . . . . I am not going to try and pick a winner for this one. Best just to say, it will probably be one of the top 10, or someone out of the pack. . . . . . * * * BE IN TO WIN * * * Another Special US Open Competition * * * Email me at greg@goforgolf.com with the "subject" . . . "US Open" WITH YOUR PICK for the winner, and be in to win a copy of the CD "Play Better Golf" by Top hypnotherapist Grant Boddington http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html (In the case of more than one correct entry, I will draw a winner, or 2) Enjoy the Golf Greg Paul I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on my comments to email greg@goforgolf.com __________________________________________________________ *** MAY COMPETITION The winner of the May Spot the Ball is Kris White of Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. Your one dozen golf balls are on there way to you. The position of ball was . . . e 6 See below for details of the June Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES May has produced a few Eagles: 8th May Corhampton Golf Club 14th Yellow Tee 19th May Delcastle Golf Club 5th White Tee 29th May Orange Park Country Club 1st Blue 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). _________________________________________________________ *** JUNE COMPETITION The prize is sponsored by the NZ Golf 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 n) ? 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 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. Include your email address . . . how else can we notify the winner. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. __________________________________________________________ *** HandiTIPS 1. Slope Handicap System GoforGOLF is completely set up to use the US Slope Rating handicap system. All courses that have a slope rating have a Slope Rating Chart available on their web page. Also, by selecting to use the Slope Rating System, your handicap index will automatically be converted to your "course handicap", and your stableford calculated using this. To use the Slope System, click 'Change your Details', and tick the 'Use USGA Slope Rating for score entry' box. If you only sometimes play a rated course, click the button anyway, to ensure the Slope Rating system will operate Whenever it is available. 2. What does that Mean ? There are some regular questions asked about golfing terms, and how GoforGOLF interpretes them. Many commonly know actions, terms and expressions, have different names in different countries in the world. If you can not find an explanation of a term used on GoforGOLF, either in "GoforGOLF HELP" or in the HandiTIPS in previous newsletters, see 'Newsletter Archive', OR would just like an explanation of a golfing term, then email me, and I will attempt to create an international dictionary. 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. __________________________________________________________ *** NEW ZEALAND GOLF MAGAZINE We continue in our endeavours to develop and improve the GOLF 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!! The June edition is now available in bookshops and service stations. What's in the JUNE Edition http://www.goforgolf.com/nzgolfmagazine.asp SUBSCRIPTIONS - including P & P Subscribe now to receive the JUNE 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: admin@nzgolfmagazine.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.nzgolfmagazine.co.nz __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS The US Open is only TWO weeks away: For updated news try: http://www.usopen.com And course coverage: Winged Foot Golf Club: http://www.wfgc.org (Some sites don't seem to load on the first attempt - try a second time) The USPGA Tour for June 2006: 1 to 4 Jun Memorial Tournament Muirfield Village GC, OH http://www.thememorialtournament.com/ http://www.nicklaus.com/design/muirfieldvillage/ 8 to 11 Jun Barclays Classic Westchester CC, NY http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r027 http://www.westchestercountryclub.net/ a private club 15 to 18 Jun U S Open Championship Winged Foot GC, NY http://www.usopen.com/ http://www.usopen.com/course/hole_by_hole.html#course Click the image for each hole http://www.wfgc.org/ 22 to 25 Jun Booz Allen Classic TPC Avenel, MD http://www.boozallenclassic.com/ http://www.tpcatavenel.com/ 29 to 02 Jul Buick Championship TPC River Highlands, CT http://www.buickchampionship.com/ http://www.tpcatriverhighlands.com/ 30 to 3 Jul Cialis Western Open Cog Hill Golf & C C, IL http://www.cialiswesternopen.com/ http://www.coghillgolf.com/ The 2006 European Tour: 1 to 4 Jun Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open Celtic Manor, Wales http://www.walesopen.com/ http://www.celtic-manor.com/golf/ 8 to 11 Jun BA-CA Golf Open Fontana GC, Austria http://www.ba-ca-golfopen.at/ http://www.fontana.at/golf/ 15 to 18 Jun Aa St Omer Open St Omer GC, France http://www.golfopensaintomer.com/ http://www.aa-st-omer-golfclub.com/ 22 to 25 Jun Johnnie Walker Champs Gleneagles, UK http://www.johnniewalkerchampionship.com/ http://www.gleneagles.com/ 29 to 02 Jul Open de France Le Golf National, Paris, Fr http://www.opendefrance.fr/ http://www.golf-national.com/gnhtml/ 06 to 09 Jul Smurfit European Open The K Club, Dublin, Ireland http://www.kclub.ie/golf/european-open.asp http://www.kclub.ie/golf/ The 2006 US Ladies LPGA Tour 2 to 4 Jun ShopRite LPGA Classic Marriott Seaview, NJ http://www.shopritelpga.org/ http://www.seaviewmarriott.com/ 8 to 11 Jun McDonald's LPGA Championship Bulle Rock GC, MD http://www.mcdslpgachampionship.com/ http://www.bullerock.com/ 22 to 25 Jun Wegmans Rochester International Locust Hill CC, NY http://www.rochesterlpga.com/ Look for the neat feature of this front page http://www.locusthillgolfcourse.com/ 29 to 02 Jul U S Women's Open Newport CC, RI http://www.2006uswo.com/ http://www.newportscountryclub.com/ 6 to 9 Jul HSBC Womens World Match Play Hamilton Farm GC, NJ http://www.hsbcwomensworldmatchplay.com/ http://www.hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com/ Many of the above courses are in the GoforGOLF course directory And other sporting sites, http://www.rolandgarros.com/ French Tennis Open - underway - to 11 June http://www.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/ Soccer WORLD CUP starts 9th June The Official website with everything you do or will need to know http://www.allblacks.com/ International season commences against Ireland on 10th June http://www.nhl.com/ The finals of the Stanley Cup, 5th to 19th http://www.volvooceanrace.org/ Yacht Race Around the World - continues http://www.wimbledon.org/ Wimbledon Championship - starts 29th June http://www.letour.fr/ Tour de France commences 1st July This website gives you all the info Check it again when the event starts *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** HOME COURSE " A place where your chief handicap is that everyone knows exactly what it is " Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** More New Courses - Worldwide The Course Directory - more added EVERY DAY. AND NOW over 87% of New Zealand Courses. ADD A COURSE World Wide NOW covering 54 countries. Why not add yours ? 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 EIGHTY FOUR . . . GoforGOLF