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Preparing For A Golf Tournament

As a learner golfer you may want to compete in golf tournaments someday,  by dedication and practicing each and everyday you will almost certainly achieve this ambition.  While it is very easy to sign-up to play in golf tournaments, once your actually there, you will learn who you are competing against and just how tough it can be to stay the distance in the game.  If you have limited experience in playing golf,  you could find yourself eliminated very quickly.

But despair not,  here are a few ways to prepare yourself for a golf tournament. First thing you need to do is visit a few tournaments to get an idea of what they are like,  the caliber of golfers that participate, and also the golf course you will be using.  If you have the luxury of time, say a few months to a year to prepare,  play the course a few times to gain experience of playing it.  Even though the course is always changing due to weather conditions and degree of dampness on the surface,  you can still get a good idea of what it will be like to play during the tournament.  If  it’s at all possible,  try to discover who you will be competing against so you can learn more about their style and experience.  This will help relieve some of the nervousness of playing against others who may have been playing longer or just more experienced than you.

The other way to prepare for a golf tournament is to realize your strengths and weaknesses in order to make adjustments before the golf competition. You can do this by playing with others and asking for their honest opinions, hiring a coach, using golf analysis software, or reading golf magazines, watching DVD’s, or reading books by professional golfers. The more prepared you are, the better you will perform during the tournament.

After a few months of practice, you should be ready to play.  Once you arrive at the tournament,  you will need to register in order to let those organizing the event so that you are marked as present and ready to play.  After everyone signs in, the schedule will be created. When you win a match,  you will be going up against another usually better player. The higher you climb the better the opposing player will be.

Even if you don’t win the tournament,  you will walk away with invaluable experience and knowledge that will last your lifetime. You can of course enter more tournaments or you can stick to perfecting your game by playing on a variety of  different courses.  There are many skill levels in golf,  you should choose a level you are comfortable with in order to become the best golfer that you know you can be.

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Tips For Planning A Charity Golf Tournament

FREE GOLF TOURNAMENT planner plus quick tips and how to advice on organizing a charity golf tournament. If done properly,  a charity golf tournament can be a huge fundraiser, but planning ahead is essential.

Have you ever been to a golf tournament where:
• You were late because you had bad or no directions.
• All you received for tee prizes was a golf ball and some tees.
• You were put in a group that was too serious & had no fun.
• The food or beverages were gone before you got in line.
• They ran out of carts before you got one, so you had to walk.
• There were not enough tables for everyone.
As you are aware, these and worse things can happen. If any of these things have happened to you, I am sure you left the event feeling that someone did a poor job.

There are various factors to consider, so I’ll stick to the four main ones for this article. The success of your charity golf event revolves around maximizing player turnout, increasing pledge sizes, obtaining sponsored prizes, and planning tips.

Player Turnout
Your success depends on how many players your golf event draws and how actively you have your players solicit sponsors for their own rounds.

To maximize turnout, you need to get major publicity for your event. That means putting out multiple press releases, getting local media coverage from newspapers and television stations, and placing ads in the sports section of the local paper.

For the best results, put your press releases out through PR Web. Appoint a spokesperson to handle all media contacts and follow-up. For more tips, read my article on fundraising publicity.

Charity Pledges
The key is getting each player to collect a certain amount of pledges. I recommend a minimum of $100 per player in pledges. I’ve also played in tournaments where that number was $250 per player.

Obviously, you want to motivate the participants to raise as much money as possible. Some groups offer incentives for the top pledge getters. Others seek corporate sponsorships for that firm’s players.

Pledge amounts determine the success of your charity golf event, so get input from experienced golfers and golf pros in your area.

Top Golfer Prizes
Generally speaking, you’ll draw more golfers if you have great prizes for longest drive, closest to the hole, hole in one, lowest team score, lowest actual score, and best adjusted score (handicap).

You solicit local merchants to sponsor those prizes. Work with an insurance-related prize company for things like the hole-in-one contest. That way you can offer a bigger prize for a much lower outlay.

Aim to get 100 golfers (25 foursomes) and your small group could easily raise $10,000 or more. Larger turnouts will net even more with some charity golf tournaments drawing 500 golfers competing for big prizes.

Plan Ahead
Obviously, bigger pledges, more golfers, corporate sponsorships combined with massive publicity will work wonders for the bottom line of your charity golf tournament. With the right combination of these factors and good advance planning, you can certainly raise $75,000 or more for a charitable cause.

Contact local courses for group rates. Be sure to mention that you are planning a charity event and ask for discounts on cart and greens fees. Once you decide on your preferred location, reserve the date and tee times well in advance.

Charity Golf Event – Final Tips
Plan ahead to maximize the success of your charity golf event. For best results, pick a weekday when courses and large blocks of tee times will be easier to reserve. You’ll often get the best rates by going to the course in person and talking to the pro or pro shop manager.

Corporate sponsors are another good way to go. Get some celebrities to golf with corporate bigwigs and you can easily raise $100k-$150k. Of course, convincing celebrities to donate their time takes some doing, but it’s well worth it.

If it’s your first golf tournament, be open to suggestions from other golfers. Consider working with a fundraising consultant who specializes in organizing charity golf tournaments. They work for a percentage of the gross, but you usually end up raising more funds due to their experience and sponsor contacts.

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Nike Hybrid Golf Clubs

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Nike Hybrid Golf Clubs are available in two versions of two different models, for a total of 4 product lines. These include the Slingshot Hybrid and Slingshot Tour Hybrid, the CPR3 Wood and CPR3 Iron-Wood. This article will review the attributes of each of these hybrid golf clubs.

Slingshot Hybrid and Slingshot Tour Hybrid

Both of these clubs are available with either steel or graphite shafts. The Slingshot Tour is targeted for low handicap golfers, and the Slingshot is for less skilled players. Both clubs aim to deliver a center of gravity (CG) that is low and as far back behind the face as possible. This type of club head design is geared to making the ball get up into the air easier and to be forgiving of off-center hits. Both clubs look like a hybrid or small fairway wood with the upper back section removed. This is readily evident on the company’s web site. The weight thus removed is then redistributed in a thick sole and a thick bar around the back of the clubs called a Slingback bar. The result of this design is to have 70% of the mass of the club head below the equator of the ball. The face plate on both clubs is made of 455 stainless steel which is normal for high-end hybrid clubs like these.

There are 5 clubs available in the Slingshot line. These are 2-6 hybrids. Perhaps it bears repeating that hybrid clubs are designed to replace long irons that are difficult for most golfers to hit solidly on a consistent basis. A 3 hybrid will replace your 3 iron, for example. All the clubs in the Slingshot product line are available for both left and right handed golfers. There is no women’s version of this model available, or for any of the Nike hybrid golf clubs models for that matter. Of course both steel and graphite shafts are available. Custom fitting options exist for club length (-1/2” to +2” from standard) and for lie angles (-2 to +4 degrees from standard). One would need to have a custom club fitting to know if he needs to order any of these changes. This is a good idea in any case for a person thinking of investing in a set of new golf clubs.

As stated, the Slingshot Tour Hybrid is for low handicap players. In fact Nike notes that their Tour staff requested such a model be developed. Four clubs are available in 1-4 hybrids. The shafts on the Slingshot Tour Hybrid are slightly heavier than on the Slingshot. The same options to customize club length and lie angle can be chosen.

CPR3 Wood and CPR3 Iron-Wood

These two hybrids are also available with steel or graphite shafts. The CPR3 Wood clubs have a deeper sole and have more of a wood bottom footprint, thus the name. The upper back section is cut out, and thus again weight can be redistributed around the periphery of the sole to lower the CG and move it back. 2-5 hybrids are available, and all lofts come in left handed models. No women’s versions of this product line are available, nor are there any options for customization as there are with the Slingshots.

The CPR3 Iron-Wood has a smaller footprint which is more like a typical hybrid club. This version is targeted to lower handicap golfers and is available in 1-4 hybrids in either steel or graphite shafts. Left handed clubs are available, and as with the CPR3 Wood, there are no custom options for club length or lie angle.

Nike Hybrid Golf Clubs do not come with versions to provide a hook bias to help golfers with a consistent slice, or adjustable club head weight versions as is offered by Taylor Made, for example. It will be interesting to see if the popularity of those design features or the demand for women’s hybrids will be high enough to motivate Nike to add these types of clubs to their product offerings. Nike is certainly a top rank golf company, however, so if one of their models fits you properly, you will be playing with excellent clubs.

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