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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER for THE OPEN . . . GoforGOLF
A Special GoforGOLF Newsletter for THE 135th OPEN ************************************************************************** *** THE OPEN *** AT ROYAL LIVERPOOL GOLF CLUB *** *** THE OPEN *** AT ROYAL LIVERPOOL GOLF CLUB *** THIS WEEK, at Hoylake, Wirral, England - 20th to 23rd July Just a . . "FERRY across the MERSEY" . . Just a . . "FERRY across the MERSEY" . . (The Beatles) -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Official Website is, of course: http://www.opengolf.com Includes Leaderboard, teetimes, players, the course, history and webcams . . . For course coverage the Club website is very good: http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/ The PGA Coverage http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2006/ Great coverage including a Full Course Tour, with video and commentary. THESE THREE WEBSITES COVER EVERYTHING YOU WANT OR NEED TO KNOW Including Some terrific course coverage But, for some local flavour, http://http://www.open06.co.uk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Some Tee Times / groupings of Interest 07:36 Sergio GARCIA . . . Paul Casey . . . Fred Couples 07:58 Edoardo Molinari . . . Luke Donald . . . ERNIE ELS 08:10 Vijay SINGH . . .David Howell . . . Zach Johnson 08:58 John Daley . . . Colin MONTGOMERIE . . . Stuart Appleby 09:20 Phil MICKELSON . . . Darren Clarke . . . Yasuharu Imano 13:09 Michael CAMPBELL . . . Nick Dougherty . . . Miguel Angel Jiminez 14:09 Nick Faldo . . . Shingo Katayama . . . Tiger WOODS 14:42 Retief GOOSEN . . . Tom Watson . . . Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 15:37 Jeff Sluman . . . David SMAIL . . . Markus Brie Check out the http://www.opengolf.com for the full player list ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorabilia and History: First place to visit http:/www.britishgolfmuseum.co.uk/ http://www.opengolf.com/history/timeline.sps For another version http://www.standrewsgolf.co.uk/british_open_history.php News and Coverage: The usual http://www.europeantour.com/ http://www.pgatour.com/ and news sites http://british-open-news.newslib.com/ http://www.thisiswirral.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/default.stm http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/britishopen/2006 Weather: Looking fine with light winds http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ Enter Wirral in the 5 day search http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/northwest.html District: http://www.britinfo.net/index_Hoylake.htm For a map - look for the red arrow: http://www.uk-golfmaps.com/jbt_new.html?+25856+168 There is the Hoylake Lifeboat http://www.hoylakelifeboat.org.uk/ There is the local Wirral council website http://www.wirral.gov.uk/ and http://www.wirralcam.com/frame.htm for photos If your going to be there, watch out for the speed cameras http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/database/nwm/nwm045.htm If you are there, please take some photos and send them to me. greg@goforgolf.com If you loose this email you will find it on http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.newsletters.asp __________________________________________________________ * * * BE IN TO WIN * * * PICK THE WINNER * * * BE IN TO WIN * * * PICK THE WINNER EMAIL me at greg@goforgolf.com . . . with the email "subject" entered as "THEOPEN" with your pick for the winner of the . . . THE 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 some winners One entry per person, thanks __________________________________________________________ *** The Bunker "A hazard consisting of an area of ground along a fairway or adjacent to a green from which soil has been removed and replaced with something designed to trap golfers. If such a hazard occupies more than 2000 square feet and traps golfers permanently, it is refered to as a "condominium". Definition from "Golf'ing - a Duffers Dictionary" __________________________________________________________ *** JUNE / JULY - SPOT THE BALL - COMPETITION The prize Sponsored by the New Zealand GOLF Magazine WIN ONE Dozen Premium Brand Golf Balls " SPOT the BALL " TO ENTER - CLICK on the banner advert or menu item on GoforGOLF http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/contest.asp _________________________________________________________ *** RESULTS For snipets of news and results from THE OPEN and other tours try our Slice of NEWS http://www.goforgolf.com/sliceonews.asp __________________________________________________________ *** TELL YOUR GOLFING BUDDIES ABOUT GOFORGOLF ***** Let your golfing buddies know about ***** ***** the GoforGOLF web site and its ***** ***** 'Golf Analysis for All'. ***** http://www.goforgolf.co.nz http://www.goforgolf.com Regards & Good Golfing Greg Paul __________________________________________________________GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER for 135th THE OPEN . . . GoforGOLF