Improve your game while spending 4 days golfing under the guidance of Golf Pro Darrell Dalton, your personal PGA mentor and coach throughout the trip. Organised by Brisbane-based firm, Exceed Marketing, you will stay at luxury villas in the heart of Seminyak. This unforgettable tour takes you from tee to green at three of Bali’s finest courses. Each course boasts a view like no other, with tropical flora and fauna lacing seaside fairways, and a spectacular view of distant volcanoes and the Indian Ocean. For non-golfing guests, a range of daily spa and pamper packages will be available, ensuring complete indulgence from head to toe.

 The package also includes an adventure day trip either whitewater rafting down a 10km stretch of the Ayung river, through untouched jungle and rice paddy terraces, or cycling down the notorious Batur volcano mountain, through local villages and temples, to the traditional Balinese town of Ubud.

Whether you’re an avid golfer or simply looking to be indulged, this is guaranteed to be a truly unforgettable experience.

About Golf Pro Darrell Dalton: Darrell has been playing golf for over 40 years and boasts a number of impressive achievements in both his amateur and professional career. Now serving as a fully accredited Australian PGA member, Darrell will provide professional clinics to help improve your game. Combined with his love of travel,  Darrell’s PGA credentials and knowledge of international golf courses make him the perfect host for you Balinese golfing getaway. Step up your game with four golf clinics, and take notes from the pro as you golf alongside Darrell.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast each morning, prepared with fresh local produce

• Two local evening meals – seafood feast on the beach and restaurant banquet

• Four pre-game golf clinics for all experience levels

• Prepaid green fees (includes caddy and cart) for each round of golf

• One on one coaching available 3 pampering massages per person

• Four extra day spa packages for non golfers

• Plenty of free time to explore all Bali has to offer

• Luxury accommodation including pool and free laundry services (plus twin share ensuite)

• Tour guide, car and driver

• Airport transfers

• One adventure day trip

Costs:

• Single (Twin Share) $3,569.00* AUD per person

• Upgrade to Single room $500.00* AUD extra per person

• Double (Twin Share) $7,138.00* AUD per pair

• Upgrade to 2 Br Private Villa $2000.00* AUD extra (Includes housekeeper)

• Upgrade to 3 Br Private Villa $2500.00* AUD extra (Includes housekeeper)

• Drinks not included | Strict guest numbers apply: maximum limit of 20 guests | 50% deposit must be paid to secure a position on the tour | Final payment must be made 30 days prior to arrival | See full Terms and Conditions below

Itinerary | 1 – 8 September, 2012:

• Bali Nirwana (2 rounds) | www.nirwanabaligolf.com

• New Kuta Golf (2 rounds) | www.newkutagolf.com

• One adventure day trip:

Ayung River Whitewater Rafting or Batur Mountain Cycling Tour

Limited Numbers still available.
For More information contact: Geoff Napier – geoff@golfingpassport.com.au or click on link: http://www.golfingpassport.com.au/contact_golfing_passport.html

 Airfares:

• Airfares are not included

• All participants must provide their flight itinerary and travel insurance details 7 days prior to arrival

• All patrons must be covered by travel insurance for the duration of the tour

This Month – we are promoting

Gold Canyon Golf Resort in Gold Canyon Arizona USA.

The resort’s 85 unique Hotel rooms offer a variety of amenities such as Indoor or Outdoor Spas, Suites, Wood Burning Fireplaces, and Private Patios with splendid views of the majestic Superstition Mountains. Carved out of the foothills of the scenic Superstition Mountains.

The 36 holes of Desert Mountain Golf at Gold Canyon offer two distinct playing options. Dinosaur Mountain, rated 4.5 stars by Golf Digest takes golfers into the high Sonoran Desert with dramatic tee-to-green elevation changes. Sidewinder, Four Star Rating by Golf Digest, runs through the land’s natural arroyos and dry creek beds, providing a pristine desert golf experience.

Gold Canyon Golf Resorts Amenities include Hiking, Biking, Swimming Pool, Jeep Tours, Massage and Spa Services, Fitness Center and much more!

Enjoy spectacular views while Dining at Kokopelli’s Restaurant, The Bar & Grill or The Ledge at Dinosaur Mountain.

Located just 35 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, this very special mountainside resort is close enough to the Valley of the Sun, yet far enough away to let you experience the peace and unmatched beauty of the high Sonoran Desert. Come and enjoy a true Arizona Golf Resort experience.

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Happy Golfing.

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Head over to http://transoceanchallenge.com.au/charity/ and get bidding!

If you would like to add something – please drop us an e-mail: play@golfingpassport.com.au

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This week we will look at the top of backswing and the transition movement to the downswing.
Continuing on from last week, as we progress past the halfway mark on the backswing, or hip height, we will continue to turn our shoulder and our hands swing up and away from our body. Our front arm remains comfortably straight through out, why our back arm bends at the elbow and remains close to the body.

Our weight is now fully on our back leg, and our front knee has continued to turn and ideally should be pointing just inside the ball.

Now we are in position to start the transition to the downswing, it is a crucial part of the swing and requires a good tempo.

A common error for many golfers is to “hit from the top”, meaning once we have completed the backswing we fire to early and the back arm or shoulder come away too early and we hit across the line, resulting in a fade or slice, and more importantly a loss of power.

There are different thoughts as to why this is so common, many believe that at this stage we start thinking of hitting the ball, instead of swinging through the ball.
As a practice drill, complete your full backswing as per usual, and then try to get your back elbow, to your back hip, as the first movement of the downswing.

Weight will be on the front foot as you complete your follow through.

As always from the team at Golfingpassport.com, happy golfing,  and remember, the people who first gave us golf and called it a game, are the same people who gave us bagpipes and called it music.

Golf Pro

So let’s swing away!

Combining a series of moving parts in an athletic movement is never easy, when we look at children learning to walk, to run, or even learning to throw, the movements are often stiff, or wooden. Over time however, children, as we all were, progress and these movements become second nature and require very little thought, this is no different from our golf swing.

Let’s look at the take away or the first move this week.

The initial take away should feel as we are sweeping the club away from the ball, the shoulder turns towards the chin as the arms, hands and club move as one.

Stop half way through your back swing, at hip height, and look and where the position of the club head and your hands are.

The club shaft ideally should be parallel to our feet, or our alignment line.
If our club shaft is behind this line we have turned too sharply, and we are inside the line, most likely resulting in an inside out swing, drawing or hooking the ball.

If we are outside the alignment line, the outside swing line will most likely result in a fade or slice on the ball.

You should also have felt your weight start to transfer to your back foot, and your front knee has turned slightly towards the ball.

As in our earlier blogs with set up, one of the drills was to have a club shaft on the ground on our line, this is a great time to incorporate our take away check.

So the key points to remember:

Feel as your shoulder, arms and club move away as one.

Your head stays central and still.

Your body weight has started to transfer to your back foot.
At the half way mark, or hip height, your cub shaft is parallel to your alignment line.

Next week we will look at the top of the back swing and the transition to the downswing.

As always from the team at Golfingpassport.com, happy golfing, and remember the biggest problem in golf, is standing too close to the ball, after you have hit it.

GolfPro

 

 

Calling all Amateur Australian & New Zealand Women Golfers willing to Battle for the Inaugural Women’s Trans Ocean Golf Challenge’

Date: 15th – 21st July 2012 – Tournament Format – 72 Hole – 2 Ball Ambrose

Tournament Package includes:

* 6 Nights Accommodation at the RACV NOOSA RESORT with daily Breakfast

* 4 Rounds of golf on two of the finest Resort Courses on the Sunshine Coast Australia

* Motorised Carts

* Lunch each Day of Tournament

* Elect to take a Pro Drive on one Hole each Day of Challenge

* Fancy Dress Round

* Welcome Packs full of wonderful sponsor goods and voucher

* Two Inaugural 2012 Women’s Trans Ocean Golf Challenge Logo Shirts

* Welcome Cocktails and BBQ Dinner

* Gala Dinner & Presentation

* Entry into Sponsor’s Grand Prize Draw

* Great Tournament Prizes including Daily – NTP’S, LONG DRIVES and Approaches

* and MUCH MORE

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE

For Details and Entry go to – www.transoceanchallenge.com.au

Situated halfway between Sydney & Brisbane on the beautiful Coffs Coast, Bonville Golf Resort is the ideal location for your next individual or group golfing experience, wedding & reception, conference, dining experience, short stay accommodation or a long relaxing holiday.

Golfing Passport has put together 2 packages for your enjoyment – 2 Night and a 3 Night Stay and Play.

Package One:
2 night Bonville Golf Resort (BGR) Stay & Play Package.
Consisting of 2 games of 18 holes golf including twin share electric cart hire, 2 full hot breakfasts & 2 nights twin share accommodation in a resort room.

Midweek Cost per person $ 390.00

Weekend Cost per person $ 475.00

Package Two:
3 night Bonville Golf Resort (BGR) Stay & Play Package.
consisting of 3 games of 18 holes golf including twin share electric cart hire, 3 full hot breakfasts & 3 nights twin share accommodation in a resort room.

Midweek Cost per person $ 570.00

Weekend Cost per person $ 705.00

To book click here:

All packages are subject to availability at Time of Booking.
If you require futher information please give us a call.