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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER 2006 U S OPEN . . . GoforGOLF
A SPECIAL - 2006 U S OPEN Newsletter from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ 2006 U S OPEN 2006 U S OPEN 2006 U S OPEN ************************************************************************ *** THE 2006 US OPEN As I stated in my June Newsletter, " 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. " I will be in front of the TV, however, so I don't miss a minute of coverage. All the top guys are performing, Phil having stamped his mark so far this year. Vijay has just won the last tournament. Tiger has been in good form, but, we haven't seen much of him so far this year, except for us in New Zealand, where he has been racing cars, and I expect enjoying some Kiwi hospitality. (Now that won't help his golf). Ernie has been showing out after his injury, while not quite sparkling, I suspect that is close. And there is the defending champion, Michael Campbell from New Zealand, who also not sparkling, has been putting in some solid results. Add a bunch of South African, headed by Retief Goosen, and another group of Australians. My heart says Michael Campbell . . and my gut says Ernie Els. (And my wish says Fred Couples - this is a tight course - go Freddie). ************************************************************************ STILL . . . To HELP YOU enjoy the 2006 US OPEN at Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York JUNE - 15th to 18th ************************************************************************ *** TRY THESE LINKS *** (I've found some sites do not load 1st time, so try again, it works) The OFFICIAL website - for scoring, history, players and course. http://www.usopen.com/ The course / the website: http://www.usopen.com/course/ An interesting coverage, including hole flyovers. There IS a live webcast - try http://www.usopen.com/webcast/index.html The Scoring, history and Player coverage looks great THEN there is the Winged Foot website http://www.wfgc.org Try THESE websites for some photos of the course and scorecard http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/usopen/photos/golf_winged_foot http://www.sexton-studios.com/html/wfgcsplash.html ************************************************************************ *** For some other interesting sites *** WHERE - You were wondering where Winged Foot Golf Club was. It is in Mamaroneck which is on Long Island Sound, New York One tradition says the community was named after a local chief; others say it is an Indian term variously translated as "the place where fresh water falls into salt" or "the place of rolling stones" or "he assembles the people" Although the Dutch discovered Mamaroneck, the English bought it from the Indians in 1661 (It sounds to me that the Indian's actually found the place). It has long been a boatbuilding and sailing center For a Map: http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/10543/zip-code-10543.asp There is the local weather: http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Mamaroneck.html http://ny.weather-forecast.ws/mamaroneck and for the New York Radar http://ny.weather-forecast.ws/kokx-radar THE district: http://www.village.mamaroneck.ny.us/ http://www.townofmamaroneck.org/ Everything from the Town Hall http://www.city-data.com/city/Mamaroneck-New-York.html Lots of Stats And for History http://www.townofmamaroneck.org/history.html and for a village history with many links try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaroneck_(village),_New_York http://www.usopen.com/news/stamping_foot_2.html for some Winged Foot history AND for something different . . . Boats for Sale in Mamaroneck http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/Mamaroneck/5 ************************************************************************ *** FOR AN INTERESTING COVERAGE OF GOLF HISTORY and more . . . http://www.answers.com/topic/timeline-of-golf-history-1851-1945 INVESTIGATE this website more . . . you could be lost for days exploring all the links available in this website. I didn't see a reference to Winged Foot, but, I am sure if you follow all the links you will find that the US Open was played at Winged Foot in . . . 1929, 1959, 1974 and 1984 Won by Bobby Jones, Billy Casper, Hale Irwin and Fuzzy Zoeller respectively. 1851 to 1945 - that's before I was born . . . Great history For those into real Golf history, try: Click the link to the HISTORY 1353 - 1850 and More recently, from 1945 - 1999 ************************************************************************ * * * BE IN TO WIN * * * Email me at greg@goforgolf.com . . . with the email "subject" entered as "USOPEN" with your pick for the winner of the . . . US OPEN and be in to win a copy of the great CD "Play Better Golf" by hypnotherapist Grant Boddington http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html In the case of many winners, I will draw out a winner or 2 ************************************************************************ *** GOFORGOLF You can get all sorts of information about courses, handicaps etc etc., from Other websites . . . BUT YOU CAN'T enter YOUR scores and create your OWN Golfing Record . . . AND get analysis "Just Like the Pros". You NEED GoforGOLF for THAT ************************************************************************ *** JUNE - SPOT THE BALL - COMPETITION Win ONE Dozen Premium Brand Golf Balls " SPOT the BALL " TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert or menu item on GoforGOLF or http://www.goforgolf.com/contest.asp ************************************************************************ *** TELL YOUR GOLFING BUDDIES ABOUT GOFORGOLF ***** Tell your golf partners about ***** ***** GoforGOLF's 'Analysis for All' ***** ***** and Record of your Games ***** I HOPE YOU ENJOY the GOFORGOLF coverage of the 2006 US OPEN Greg Paul __________________________________________________________GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER 2006 U S OPEN . . . GoforGOLF