When I play sports I feel like I am in my place. I'm always in the zone, ready for whatever task is ahead of me whether it be putting a basketball in the hoop or hitting a golf ball into a hole. Sports are my true love in life, well not just sports but being active. As long as I'm outside I feel great. I am an athlete and that would be the only way I could truly describe myself. I love being active, playing catch with the baseball with my dad or throwing the football around with my friends are
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traditional low-tech solutions while requiring minimal behavior change of golfers. The Distance Only xCaddie offers GPS readings for distance by combining GPS system and golf course maps. It offers benefits that ten times better than existing low-tech solutions like yardage markers and sprinkler heads. First, it offers better golf experience by knowing the exact distance to the green, golfers were more likely to choose the appropriate club, leading to more accurate shots and lower scores. Second,
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Scenario: As the VP of Marketing for Canadian Golf Tours Inc, you have been notified that membership numbers are not meeting expectations, notably the GTA Amateur Tour. The President has asked you to prepare a plan of action to increase participation in the GTA Amateur Tour. You must present these ideas to the President of the company and persuade him to proceed with the new marketing strategy. Memorandum The GTA Amateur Tour was created to offer everyday golfers the opportunity to test themselves
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September 17, 2011 Compare and Contrast Essay The professional golfers association contains many talented players throughout the world; two of the most known players are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Growing up as a child I always was watching the golf channel with my father and the players he always told me to look out for on the top of the leaderboard were Tiger and Phil. Truth be told my father was right almost every tournament I saw at least one of those two players in the top ten. They both
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Kevin Giancola, Head Mens Golf Coach Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut 20 June 2012 Dear Coach Coach Giancola,, My name is Eric Dietrich and I am a varsity golfer entering my senior year at Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut. I am writing to express my interest in attending Central Connecticut State University and initiating the recruiting process. For the past 3 years I have dedicated myself to becoming a competitive golfer and continue
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Altius Golf and the Fighter Brand A. Current Situation The retail channel for golf is composed of two broad categories: on-course and off-course. Altius maintained a steady position in the on-course market with nearly 100% penetration of outlets, where no other competitor had a presence in more than 80% of on-course shops. Conversely, Altius’ market share in the off- course channel is clearly eroding, falling by more than five points between 2008 and 2012. Altius’ loss of off-course market share
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JOHN T. GO URV ILLE JERRY N. C ONOV ER GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf It was a sunny May afternoon in 2002 as the employees of GolfLogix—all six of them—assembled around the company’s conference table in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was 106!F outside, but it was comfortable inside—partly due to the air conditioning, and partly due to the company’s finally gaining traction in the market. After three years and nearly $2 million in investments, things were looking up. GolfLogix was founded in
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the mind and character.” I believe there are many parallels between playing golf and working in the field of medicine: both require a strong mind and character. They also require patience, precision, discipline, and a continual thirst for learning. The strong academic curriculum path I have chosen and my four years participating on the varsity golf team have helped prepare me for a successful career as a physician. Golf is a sport that, no matter how good you become, will never be perfected. Every
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parks, and for maintaining golf courses, while there are people out there who struggle to just take a bath. About half a billion people live in countries where the water is scarce and by 2025 it is estimated to increase to three billion because of the increasing population, which is expected to be 9 billion by then (Hanjra, 2010). Using up 50 billion gallons of water every year for golf courses alone, recreational things account for a lot of wasted water (Kaufman, 2009). Golf courses aren’t the only
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Golfcare. This law requires every citizen of the United States buy a membership to a golf course by April. Since only the upper one percent of Americans were capable of having a golf membership up until now, Golfcare now allows for affordable golf memberships, since no one group of people should be able to own a golf membership. Don't forget that if you already have a golf membership somewhere, you get to keep that golf membership, until April. This law will cost about one grand to three grand depending
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