Posts Tagged ‘contest’

Creative Email Addresses

Yesterday, Houston Golf Nut had its first in-store promotional event – a raffle for a free 4some to Longwood Golf Club (cart fees included, Mon-Thurs).  It was at the Golfsmith golf and tennis superstore in the Galleria area (Richmond and West Loop).  Thanks to Jay, WahSun, and the rest of the staff for making it a lot of fun.

We had great customer participation.  Imagine that?  I mean, who wouldn’t want a shot at free golf, right.  The winner of the free 4some at Longwood Golf Club is:

Mark McConnell

Congrats Mark!  And thanks to everyone who entered.  Even to the old guy who was playing around and put his email address as:

And here’s a quick pic of my setup at the store:

Oh, and I was wearing pants the whole time.

The Shark Attacks

Okay, this last trivia question was a softball.  Almost everybody got it right, but there were a few sad sacks out there who didn’t.  For a refresher, here’s the question again.

Who holds the most weeks at the number 1 world golf ranking after Tiger Woods?

(A) Jack Nicklaus
(B) Greg Norman
(C) Nick Faldo
(D) Phil Mickelson

As stated in the intro of the trivia page, the World Golf Rankings didn’t start until 1986.  That pretty much eliminates Jack.  Everyone should know that Phil has never been #1, although it’s in his sights this weekend.  That leaves Greg and Nick.  I found this perfect chart on Wikipedia:

Now we know that Greg Norman is the correct answer (and by a long shot).  And I think we can also see how Tiger Woods has treated the rest of the PGA like a red-headed stepchild with a glass eye and a wooden leg.

Out of all of the correct entrants, 2 winners were chosen at random.  And the Houston Golf Nut Trivia Contest – May 2010 Part 3 winners are:

Dale Morrison – Free Round of Golf for 4 (including green free, carts, and range balls) at Blaketree National Golf Club (Tuesday – Friday)

Stephen Schulz – One Round of Golf with Cart for 4 Players at Houston National Golf Club (Mon – Thurs)

The next Trivia Contest will start on June 1st, so come back soon.

May Winners – Houston Free Golf

"Give me an X!"

The 2nd Houston Golf Nut Trivia contest of May just ended and the 2 lucky winners (chosen at random from over 30 correct entrants) are:

Belinda Leatherwood – Free 4some at Bear Creek Golf World

Steve Perry – Free 4some at Southwyck Golf Club

Visit the Contests page to see a list of all the winners and to review old trivia questions and answers.

Wanna get your name added to the winners list?  You’re in luck because the 3rd Trivia Contest of May starts today and runs through Sunday, May 30th.  This is another double whammy with 2 prizes – free 4some’s at both Blaketree National and Houston National.

Click here to enter.

Sorry Steve, had to do it.

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.

Win Free Golf in May Guess That Hole Contest

The Houston Golf Nut May 2010 Guess That Hole contest is officially open from now until Sunday, May 9th at 10pm CST.  Winner gets a free 4some on the featured course.  I think everyone knows how this works.  Here’s a hint:

Nothing short about the course.

The teebox pic is here, but the Guess That Hole Contest page has both pics, along with rules and regulations.  Click on the above link or the banner in the header to enter.  Good luck!

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.

Trivia Winner and More Free Houston Golf

April Trivia Contest part 2 ended yesterday.  Here’s a recap of the question:
Through the green, the player may lift his ball without penalty in which one of the following?

(a) Another ball in motion, might be stopped or deflected by his ball.
(b) The player thinks his ball will interfere with another player’s play.
(c) The player thinks his ball will assist another player’s play.
(d) The player is never entitled to lift his ball without penalty when it lies through the green.

The correct answer is “C” – Rule 22.  Here are a couple of screenshots from the USGA site about Rule 22.

We know it’s not “A” because the rule clearly starts, “Except when a ball is in motion, if a player…”

We know it’s not “B” because the Note of 22-2 states, “Except on the putting green, a player may not lift his ball solely because he considers that it might interfere with the play of another player. If a player lifts his ball without being asked to do so, he incurs a penalty of one stroke for a breach of Rule 18-2a, but there is no additional penalty under Rule 22.”  The other player needs to ask you to move it, you can’t think your ball will interfere.

This question came straight from a USGA quiz.  Only 6 people got the answer right.  By random drawing of correct entrants,  the winner of the 2nd Trivia Contest of April 2010 is:

Glen Jaquay

Enjoy that free 4some at Bear Creek.

Oh, and one more thing.  The new Houston Golf Nut trivia contest is starting today. There will be 2 winners this time.  The 2 prizes up for grabs are a free 4some at Blaketree National and a free round at Clear Creek.  You can always get to the active contest by clicking on the banner up top or going through the Contest page.

Good luck!

More Free Golf in April

Okay, Houston Golf Nut has a few announcements today.  First, let’s talk about the April Trivia Contest.  I think practically everyone got the answer right: Nick Faldo in 1996.  That’s the year when the Shark totally collapsed and Sir Nick Faldo was there to pick up the pieces.

There were over 25 correct entries to this contest and the winner, chosen at random, is Scott Simmons.  Congrats to Scott who won a free 4some at Longwood Golf Club.

Now to some even better news.  Houston Golf Nut is starting April Trivia Contest Part 2 today!  This contest will run through Sunday, April 25th.  Go to the Trivia page to find out the question, read the rules, and enter the contest.  Good luck to everyone!  (Oh, the winner of this contest gets a free 4some to Bear Creek Golf World, an awesome prize indeed.)

Win Free Golf at Longwood

In honor of the Masters just ending (and me sick of hearing the word “patrons”), our next Trivia contest is about the Masters.  To see the question and enter the contest, either click on the banner in the top, click from our Contests page, or click directly to the Houston Golf Nut Trivia page.

The winner gets free golf for a 4some at Longwood Golf Club.  Good luck!