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Kids Play Free at Clear Creek

Clear Creek Golf Club is running a kids play free promotion.  Right now for every paying adult,  one  junior (15 and younger) plays free.  Good anytime Monday through Friday and Saturday/Sunday after 11am.

Call the golf shop for more information: 713-738-8000.

Play Like the 2nd Man

As noted in an earlier post, I haven’t been playing much lately because I’ve been working on new swing mechanics.  I mustered up enough courage to go out and give it the proverbial old college try.  Instead of Brock Park, ended up going to Gus Wortham.  You know that short par-3, Hole 8?  You have to clear some water.

One of my playing partners, Paul, hit a shot that landed short and rolled back.  We thought it for sure went in the drink, but no one saw the splash.  We went up there and the ball rolled into the most bizarre spot – under the wood but not quite in the water.  Safe to say that Paul took the penalty.

Another guy we were playing with, Michael Moore (although not the famous one), said one of the best lines I’ve ever heard.
He said, “We need to play like the 2nd man.”
I asked, “Who’s the 2nd man?”
Mike answered, “You know when you hit a shot off the tee that sucks, and you get pissed off, so you tee up another ball, and you just walk up to it and knock it without thinking.  And that shot always ends up in a great spot… That’s the 2nd man.”

Golf course wisdom at its finest.

Now for the winners of the 3rd June Trivia Contest.  The question was:

The current format of the U.S. Open is four 18-hole daily rounds.  In the past, the U.S. Open used different formats, including 36 holes played on each of two days and 18 holes on each of two days then 36 holes on the third day.  What year did the present format of four 18-hole daily rounds begin?

The answer from the U.S. Open website is (http://usga.usopen.com/2010/history/index.html):

The format of the U.S. Open has changed several times. The USGA extended the championship to 72 holes in 1898, with 36 holes played on each of two days. In 1926, the format was changed to 18 holes played each of two days, then 36 holes on the third day. In 1965, the present format of four 18-hole daily rounds was implemented for the first time.

The winners, chosen at random from the correct entrants, are:

Brent Paugh – One Free Round of Golf at Clear Creek Golf Club
Robert Rosado – Free Foursome with Cart at Blaketree National Golf Club

Next contest is starting Tuesday, July 6th. Grip it and rip it over the holiday.

New Golf Trivia Contest

Do you want to see how it feels to win the U.S. Open?  Okay, maybe not that cool, but the winners of the latest and greatest Houston Golf Nut golf trivia contest will win either a free round at Clear Creek Golf Club or a free 4some at Blaketree National Golf Club.

Enter the contest here.  Maybe you’ll get your name on the Houston Golf Nut Winner’s List who have won over 60 rounds of free golf in the Houston area!

LiveSTRONG Event at Clear Creek

Play in the LiveSTRONG event at Clear Creek Golf Club on Tuesday, June 22nd at 10am. Cost is $100 per player with $75 of that going to LiveSTRONG. Other Eagle Golf courses around the country are also participating and it should be the largest shotgun tourament in history, hopefully making it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Sign up at the Clear Creek site or call 713-738-8000 for more info.

Clear Creek Golf Winner

The first trivia contest of May 2010 ended yesterday.  There were 15 correct answers.  As a reminder, the question was:

The ball is in play, when the player has:

(A) taken his stance and grounded his club on the teeing ground.
(B) made a stroke with the ball from within the teeing ground.
(C) placed the ball on a tee peg within the teeing ground.
(D) found the ball at rest out of bounds.

The correct answer is “B”, as dictated by the Ball in Play definition in the Rules of Golf:

A ball is “in play” as soon as the player has made a stroke on the teeing ground. It remains in play until it is holed, except when it is lost, out of bounds or lifted, or another ball has been substituted, whether or not the substitution is permitted; a ball so substituted becomes the ball in play.

Thanks to the USGA site as a great resource for Rules questions and answers.

The winner, chosen at random from the correct entrants, is….

Ron Kurtz

Congrats to Ron for winning a free round of golf at Clear Creek Golf Club and thanks to Chris Lacher at Clear Creek for helping to organize this.

The next contest will be starting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 18th, so check back then.  Also, you can see all the results from past contests on the Houston Golf Nut Contest page.

Guess That Hole Winner and More Free Houston Golf

What Trace and his friends may look like when teeing off with their free rounds of golf

The correct answer for the May Guess That Hole contest is Longwood Golf Club, Pine #2.  Congrats to

Trace Lawrence

for winning a free 4some at Longwood and thanks to Karl and Jason at Longwood for sponsoring this contest.

For all of you looking for free rounds of golf in Houston, check out the new Trivia contest that is starting today.  The prize is a free round of golf at Clear Creek.

Thanks to everyone who visits the site and participates in the contests.  Trace is our 10th winner of free golf on the site and we’re averaging between 5 and 6 new winners every month now.

As new Houston golf courses get added into our program, we’ll have more winners every month.  If your favorite course isn’t on our list yet, have them contact Chris Koss at houstongolfnut@gmail.com for information on joining our Course Partnership Program.

TPC in TPC Sawgrass Stands for…

The Houston Golf Nut Trivia Contest – April 2010 Part 3 (that’s a mouthful) concluded yesterday.  The question was:

What does “TPC” stand for in “TPC Sawgrass”?

The CORRECT answer is “Tournament Players Club”.  The most popular WRONG answers were “Tournament Players Course” and “The Players Championship”.

From the TPC website (http://www.tpc.com/about.html):

Also, from a couple of Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_Players_Club
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_Championship

Since 1982 The Players Championship has been played across the road from Sawgrass Country Club, on the Stadium Course at the “Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass” (usually referred to as the TPC at Sawgrass). It is not uncommon for “TPC” in this context to be conflated with “The Players Championship” because they happen to have the same initials – in fact, this confusion was the reason why the tournament’s original name was shortened to just “Players Championship” prior to the 1988 event, although some confusion between the two still persists occasionally.

Out of the correct entries, the random winners are:

Glenn Emshoff – Free 4some at Blaketree National Golf Club

Tom Dane – Free round at Clear Creek Golf Club

This picture is a representation of Glenn and Tom winning their free golf.

Thanks to everyone for their participation and the next contest for free golf will be starting soon.

Be Part of History at Clear Creek

Play in the LiveSTRONG event at Clear Creek Golf Club on Tuesday, June 22nd at 10am.  Cost is $100 per player with $75 of that going to LiveSTRONG.  Other Eagle Golf courses around the country are also participating and it should be the largest shotgun tourament in history, hopefully making it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Sign up at the Clear Creek site or call 713-738-8000 for more info.

Clear Creek Demo Day – April 18th

Clear Creek Golf Club is having a demo day on Sunday April 18th from 10am until 2pm.  Callaway and Nike are two of the attendees.

Visit the site at http://www.clearcreekgolfclub.com or call 713-738-8000 for more info.