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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER NINETY TWO . . . GoforGOLF
Newsletter Number 92 from GoforGOLF ************************************************************************ Now in our 8TH YEAR with over ** 41,000 ** scorecards entered and courses from over 54 countries . . . and growing by the day. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE CREATED THIS GOLFING ENVIRONMENT . . . ************************************************************************ IN THIS ISSUE *** Tiger Continues *** Competition Winner *** Holes in One and Eagles *** WIN the GoforGOLF sponsored ONE Dozen Premium Golf Balls *** HandiTIPS *** More Golf & Sports Links *** Kick ************************************************************************ *** TIGER CONTINUES Tigers run of PGA Tour victories continues with his eigth consecutive PGA Tour Victory in the Buick Invitational. The FedEx Cup points are starting to accumulate, with Charles Howell III leading from Vijay Singh, and Tigers win getting him into the top 5. It will be interesting following the points during the season, and GoforGOLF will update the top 5 each week. See the resutls and FedEx Cup points on Slice o' News http://www.goforgolf.com/a_sliceonews.asp .......... I do invite and encourage you to send me your views on my comments to email greg@goforgolf.com Greg Paul __________________________________________________________ *** JANUARY COMPETITION There winner of the January Spot the Ball contest is Damon Lweis of Auckland, New Zealand The winning position was f 8 Your one dozen gold balls will be on there way to you shortly. See below for details of the FEBRUARY Spot the Ball Contest. __________________________________________________________ *** HOLES IN ONE and EAGLES A HOLE in ONE in January: 12st Jan Palmerston North Golf Club 17th White Tee Ash Falk said, "I played an 8 iron into the 140 meter 17th hole, the ball took a slight kick to the left and into the hole". I did sak for a short description. Ash is a 57 year old grandfather, having played golf for 30 years, for this first Hole in One. And a number of Eagles: 1st Jan Bathurst Golf Club 12th Mens Tee 5th Jan Shandon Golf Club 10th White Tee 17th Jan Kennedy Bay Golf Club 13th Gold Tee 20th Jan Little Grove Golf Course 17th 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). _________________________________________________________ *** FEBRUARY COMPETITION Presently sponsored by GoforGOLF ONE Dozen 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 14) ? 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 GoforGOLF Newletter Editor has identified the spot. The Editors decision is final. Yes that is me. (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 *** SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS & COMMENTS If you have any questions or suggestions on how to use GoforGOLF to help your golf, please email them to me at greg@goforgolf.com REMEMBER the more scorecards you enter, the better the analysis you will receive from GoforGOLF. __________________________________________________________ *** MORE GOLF & SPORTS LINKS While the Northern Hemisphere warms up, the US Tour is now in full swing with the New FedEx format . . . the European Tour journeys through the East. Down Under the Jacob's Creek Open is in Adelaide, Australia and then the NZ PGA Championship is in Christchurch. (While testing, many of these links did not connect the first time, but all did on the second attempt - please try again). The 2007 USPGA Tour for February: 1 to 4 Feb FBR Open TPC Scottsdale, AR http://www.phoenixopen.com/ http://tpc.com/daily/scottsdale/stadium_course.html 8 to 11 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/ 15 to 18 Feb Nissan Open Riviera Country Club. CA http://www.lajcc.org/nissan/ http://www.therivieragolf.com/ 21 to 25 Feb WGC - Accenture Match Play Champs Dove Mountain, AZ http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/ http://www.dovemountain.com/ 22 to 25 Feb Mayakoba Golf Classic Riviera Maya, Mexico http://www.mayakobagolfclassic.com/ http://www.mayakobagolf.com/ 1 to 4 Mar The Honda Classic Palm Beach Gardens, FL http://www.hondaclassic.com/ http://www.gardensgolf.com/ The 2007 European Tour continues with co-sanctioned events: 1 to 4 Feb Dubai Desert Classic Emerates GC, UAE http://www.dubaidesertclassic.com/ http://www.dubaigolf.com/dgo/dgosite.nsf/pages/egchome 8 to 11 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Saujana G & CC http://www.maybankmalaysianopen.com/ http://www.saujana.com.my/ 15 to 18 Feb Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open Damai Indah G & CC http://www.damaiindahgolf.com/ 21 to 25 Feb WGC - Accenture Match Play Champs Gallery G C, AZ see above 1 to 4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Blue Canyon CC, Thailand http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com/ http://www.bluecanyonclub.com/ Other 2007 Australasian Tour events: 15 to 18 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Champs Kooyonga G C http://www.jacobscreek.com.au/ click - Event Details http://www.kooyongagolf.com.au/ 24 to 27 Feb New Zealand PGA C'Ship Clearwater Resort, Chch http://www.pgachampionship.co.nz/ http://www.clearwaternz.com/course.htm The 2007 South African Tour: 1 to 4 Feb Nashua Masters Wild Coast CC, Port Edward http://www.suninternational.com/ click golf from menu 15 to 18 Feb Vodacom Championship Pretoria CC, Guateng http://www.vodacom.co.za/sponsorships/sport/sport_golf.jsp http://www.ptacc.co.za/act_golf.php 22 to 25 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Country Club, Johannesburg http://www.pgatour.co.za/ http://www.ccj.co.za/ And some other sporting events, http://www.irbsevens.com/ Rugby Sevens New Zealand 2-3rd http://www.sevens.co.nz/ then USA 10th http://www.super14.com Sthn Hemisphere Rugby - starts 2nd Feb http://www.rbs6nations.com/ Nthn Hemisphere Rugby - starts 3rd Feb http://www.superbowl.com/ Superbowl XL 4th Feb - Colts vs Bears http://www.nz.cricket.org/ NZ Criket continues with tri nations against England & Australia *** 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. __________________________________________________________ *** KICK " A bounce of the ball in an unfavourable direction, usually followed by a somewhat delayed but much more favourable second lick " 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 NINETY TWO . . . GoforGOLF