Playing More Golf

Research tells us that many of the folks visiting WorldAmGolf.com play more rounds of golf during the year compared to the average golfer. I'm talking about 50-60+ rounds/year. 

 

Understanding that you may not want to giveaway all of your "playing more golf secrets," I'm curious to learn from the greats what their approach is so I can possibly pass it along to the rest of us. Who knows, it may just be your idea that helps take the weekend warrior to that next level. 

19th Hole Food

Some changes for food options at this years 19th hole that I thought I would pass along. In addition to the typical food station staples scattered throughout the convention center, we will also be featuring a main eating area inside the main exhibit hall. A different restaurant will be featured within that area each night, offering more of a meal option, rather than just a featured item. I'm very excited about the change and excited to see how it works out. Best of all, the other food stations will remain, so it should be the best of both world's.  

Round Table Discussion @ 19th Hole

At last year's 19th hole, we featured round table discussions with some of our onsite celebrities including Dave Pelz, Charlie Rymer & TOUR Player Joe Inman.  It was a laid-back atmosphere of general golf conversation, and the crowds seemed to really enjoy it. 

 

With that said, we were hoping to add an amateur version to that same round table in 2008 and we want your help finding some interesting amateur golfers.  If you know anyone from your hometown who has led an interesting life in the world of golf, please send their name and email address to me.  Or, leave a comment for others to chime in too.

New Look For The Website
If you are reading this post, it is most likely because you linked in from our new look website.  As with all new      websites, it will probably take a little time in getting used to things.  Being a consumer myself, I want to thank those of you who visit our site often in advance, for your patience with that.  I remember how frustrated I got when Amazon.com changed things around.  The purpose in our change is to make the site look cleaner and become more friendly to the user.  There are still a few last minute tweaks to be made, but for the most part, the changes have all been completed.

What about the Bulletin Board?
I have received many emails about the bulletin board.  The bulletin board still exists and you can link directly to it by using www.worldambulletinboard.com.  For those of you that did email me, sorry for the short reply, but I wanted to get back to everyone as soon as I could.

Greetings!
Please don't let the recent article in Golf Magazine (describing me as a "buttoned down-straight arrow guy)" influence your perception about how interesting anything written by me can actually be.  I promise to partake in at least 30min of happy hour before my fingers touch the keyboard.  Hopefully that will lead to a long and interesting blog.

My take on me.
What that recent article didn't mention is that just like you, I am an amateur golfer.  I probably don't play as much (or as well), but I do love all the game provides.  And I can't remember being more excited about doing anything in golf, than my current task of serving as the World Am Tournament Director.

My take on the World Am.
The World Am and its participants have built a special culture over the past 24 years.  As far as amateur golf goes, one would be hard pressed to find an experience as large and as unique.  That is a good thing and I don't intend to screw it up.

What should you expect for the event this year?
There are a few things (issues) we hope to focus on in 2008.  

   1.    Providing you with the best golf course hosts we can.
   2.    A consistent tournament experience (including pace of play all four rounds).
   3.    An exciting 19th hole experience.
   4.    A celebration of 25 years.
   5.    Promoting accurate handicaps (we will leave it at that for now).

Some new things already in the works include:  A partnership with the San Diego Golf Academy, allowing a handful of their golf students to be at each host course to assist with pace of play, management, and general player assistance.   A change in exhibit company for a fresh look and layout to the 19th hole.  A different approach to Sunday registration including the management of the registration/goodie bag lines.  New host golf courses including Prestwick Country Club, Brick Landing and Founders Club.

This is just the start.  More updates to come.

What should you expect to see from this blog?
A large percentage of my posts will deal with the above issues.  There is way too much there to cover in one post, so I'll break it up over a period of time to make it more manageable.  Maybe mix in a few funny topics (it is just a game after all), guest posts, and tournament news too.

Comments will always be encouraged and you can also email me direct (although it may be tough to respond to all emails based upon the volume). 

Thank you again for checking in and I'm looking forward to chatting.