Joined by two friends from Chicago, staffer Marvin Nicholson, and some pals from Hawaii, the Pessident Elect books golf vacation to Luana Hills Country Club in Kailua, Hawaii for a round of golf – the second golf outing of his week long golf vacation. The candidate, donned in khakis, a red polo, and a baseball cap, carried his clubs from his Secret Service motorcade to a waiting motorcade of golf carts.
With that, the entourage left the clubhouse for the “high risk/high rewards” 18-hole course that boats breathtaking views of nearby Mount Olomana and Ko’olau.
What does this Balckberry totoing President Elect know about booking a golf vacation that many other golfers may not know? Obama knows that in tough fiscial times, golfers can save a substaniatl amount of money booking a golf vacation.
What is even of greater value is the ability of the Obama staffers to reserve or book tee times when they booked Obama’s golf vacation.
Another benefit of golf vacation is golf vacation rentals that make golfing an experience. The moment you arrive, the golf resort’s goal is to make you feel like a part of an exclusive society. There is great staffing, exceptional clubhouses, and first-rate courses with breathtaking views! When booking a golf vacation, be sure to reserve you tee times, usually can be done from the golf vacation website of choice.
Golf discount trips are available in places like Arizona, Florida, California, Nevada, and Maryland. Create packages using the web while exploring more than 30 golf resorts in US, Canada, and Mexico. Include lodgings, golf course guides, prices and even scorecards. Everything is at your fingertips to make planning your golf vacations a piece of cake!
If golf is your game, golf vacation rentals will fit you to a tee. Some golfers dream of playing in the footprints of famous golfers like Tiger Woods on award-winning golf courses. Some golfers like to escape winter doldrums with a leisurely golf getaway in the tropics.
For really serious golfers, the more challenging a course, the better. Bring on the hazards, tricky shots and elements like wind, rain, sleet or even snow. Since golf personalities run the gamut, here are some initial questions to consider in matching a golf vacation to your personal preferences:
What do you consider the “perfect” golf vacation? Serious golf, leisurely play or a mix-and-match of golf and non-golf activities?
How long can you spend on your golf getaway? If time is limited to a few days, stay close to home and limit travel time.
Do you want to play a different course each day? Choose a destination with multiple courses within a 30-minute drive.
How healthy is your golf budget? Play at private courses is pricey. Look for public greens and discounts.
Will you be bringing along the family or other non-golfers? Look
The Obama staffers choose Your Travel Buddy Golf to book golf vacations and reserve tee times and frequently use Your Travel Buddy Vacation Rentals to search for golf vacation rentals.
“I wish we could get them to use Your Travel Buddy to book all those airline tickets for staffer and the press group, but a perk of being a President Elect is the free use of Presidential airplane” said Brent Vanderstelt, owner of Your Travel Buddy.
First of all there is no secret about how you win a handicap golf tournament. You win because you have the lowest Net score. The Net score is your Real score minus your Handicap Index. The USGA handicap system allows players with different skill levels to be able to compete with each other. It is the fairest way get two players to a level playing field. The system is not perfect. Mainly because your handicap is a mathematical formula that takes and averages your last 10 best scores. If you as a player can turn in one of your better than average rounds of golf you stand a better than average chance to win the tournament.
This is my winning strategy. Try to play a round of golf equal to or better than your average score for your last 10 best rounds. You should know what this score is before playing in the tournament. If you can post this score or better you have a good chance of winning the tournament. I know that I may have over-simplified this winning strategy. But, If you just follow my suggestions you may just find yourself in the winners circle at the completion of your golf tournament.
It is a fact that the average scores for golf tournaments are usually higher than a normal round of golf. This is a good indication that most players put more pressure on themselves during tournaments.
The better player understands this phenomenon and adopts the following philosophy – Take What the Golf Course will Give You on any Hole. This means that if you make a mistake on a hole don’t turn that mistake into a disaster. Accept a bogey or even a double bogey as the best that you can do on that hole. Don’t try to make an impossible shot in an effort to save par. Most of the time this only compounds the mistake and creates a disaster hole. If you do this just once in the tournament you could loose the tournament. Do it twice and you will definitely loose the tournament.
In my opinion, this strategy may be the difference between winning or loosing the tournament. When you play conservative golf you are more likely to score at or below the average of your last 10 best golf scores. Just remember that your competitors scores are likely to be higher than normal because of tournament pressure.
This is a very simple strategy and ironically most players never use this approach during tournament play. Everyone thinks they have to play their career best round in order to win.
Most of the time this just isn’t the case. Although, if someone does shoot a career best round you haven’t a chance to win that tournament.
I based this strategy on the experience of playing quite a few years as a member of the Northern Illinois Mens Amateur Golf Association. NIMAGA hosted handicap golf tournaments monthly during the golf season. A high percentage of the over 500 regular members never in their life time win a tournament. I was fortunate to have won 4 times, tied and lost in a playoff 4 times, and finished in second place numerous times. Although not foolproof, I can attest first hand that without adopting my tournament strategy I wouldn’t have won a single tournament.
Here is my challenge to you. Eliminate triple-bogeys or worse from your tournament and see if you can break through into the winners circle.
I'm Brian and when I started to get into the game of golf, I spent my time in the woods, my golf grip and swing was way off And boy, did that give me a hard time. Luckily for you I'm writing down all the tips I learned so you will have it much easier.
