SEPTEMBER 2004
Sawasdee!
He's done it again. Thailand's Wonder of WAP, the
sagacious Callum Laing, has come up with yet another one of
his Absolutely Fabulous ideas to help you play better
golf. It's best described as a "mini-me" on the driving
range...
PUFF! After the smoke clears, you find yourself at the driving range working on
your swing. Suddenly, you pop one up into the range roof. The whole
range turns around and stares at you. Next, you shank one into
the ball dispenser. Now people begin to take cover every time you
hit a shot. So what do you do? Your Golfthink
Instructor's at home preparing a candlelit dinner with his
3-wood, but thank the golf gods to WAP technology and Thailand's real
Big C (Laing), you take out your oh-so-groovy GPRS enabled mobile
phone, log on to your personal lesson WAP page filled with golf tips
and drills from your latest lesson and B.I.N.G.O, you're
swinging it smoother than butter.
If you have absolutely no idea of what I'm talking about (I struggle
myself sometimes), click www.golfthink.com/wap.htm
and see how your mobile phone can cure the shanks and
enable you to have me in the palm of your hand...
Have a great month and let me know WAPS up with you!
Kim
In This Edition...
If you've
got the first tee jitters thinking about taking one of our Performance Enhancement
Programs, then check out www.golfthink.com/testimonials.htm and see
what golfers are saying about the Golfthink
instructional experience. All programs now include a personal
performance enhancement analysis web page created especially for each player, and
if you give us a big smile, we'll also give you your very own WAP page
for your mobile phone. This means you can check out your latest
golf lesson tips whether you're at the range, on the course, in
the office or while feeling uncomfortable holding
your wifes handbag in the lingerie section of the local
department store.
This
month you can buy the ball used to win all four of this years major championships, and what Phil Mickelson described as "The
best ball that's ever been created", the Pro V1 and Pro Vx for just THB
1,599.-
And you're right, it's not the cheapest ball out there,
but using expensive golf balls can actually save you money, and more
importantly, save you shots! I'm surprised by golfers who reach for their oldest golf ball whenever they have a water hazard
to carry. This is like admitting to yourself you're going to hit
it in there before you've hit the shot. Next time you're faced
with a possible ball-losing shot, pull out a Pro V1 and do
everything you can to make sure you don't hit it in the wrong
spot.
Email proshop@golfthink.com if
you're wanting to buy golf clubs or equipment in Bangkok at below-retail
prices.
Arthur Hill's The Vintage Club
. Located about 30
km on the Bangna Highway (From Bangkok take the elevated tollway to Chonburi and take
Exit 4 to Bang Bo and U-Turn at the signs), The Vintage Club is one
of Bangkok's least played courses, partly due to the entry road under
construction, which is now nearing completion.
Because of this, locals have stayed away, and in their drives.
Even on weekends, you'll find few groups on the course and
many of our golf lesson and golf holiday customers have
found the extra drive time well worth it as they have the
course to themselves and can proceed at their leisure. It's
about 15-20 minutes further than most courses, but you'll more than make
up for that in the time it takes you to play.
The course is great for higher handicappers and golfers wanting to have
fun. It's relatively short, but has some excellent short holes and
an Augusta National-like approach to one of the Par 5's on the front nine.
The course is always in good condition, and during all of our visits
there in the last few months, we've struggled to see another
group on the entire course.
The General Manager,
Pro Pasda, is the only
Thai to have won the Thai Open as an amateur, and won the
Thailand Amateur three
consecutive years. Look out for him to
play the Thai Senior PGA
Tour when he turns 50 next month. Call or email Golfthink for contact
details.
Surprisingly, we couldn't think of anything to whinge and complain about this month, so here's a few tips if you're thinking about, or are currently taking a golf lesson (from anybody).
Sympathize For Singh - After winning US$1,125,000 and his third major, Vijay gives himself one day off and then he's back on the range two days after his victory. Golf is a never ending journey of improvement requiring a little more than a one hour video analysis.
Think About Tiger - When Tiger underwent his swing change after winning his first Masters, he won just one PGA event from the summer of 1997 to February 1999. We all know what he did after that. If you take a lesson and make a commitment to change, you're going to hit bad shots because you're not used to doing the things that you're learning. In most cases, you're going to get worse before you get better.
Feel For Phil - 10 years as the best player never to win a major (42 of them). If you want to get better, you've got to have patience, perseverance, belief, and a lot of it.
This Month...A Moment Away From Golf To Reflect
On Really Serious Issues That Touch Our Lives In Such a Way, It Changes
Us Forever. Gulp.
Finally, they might stop sticking ice cubes in our beer in
Bangkok. Pittsburgh Brewing Co and Alcoa, the world's largest
manufacturer of aluminum, have come up with a beer bottle that keeps beer
colder for almost an hour longer...If I could just shed the label "Two Can
Kim", I might be excited when it reaches here...
Steroids, motorcycle accidents and judges who can't...If everyone's really a
winner, whats the use of having different colored medals? I
did feel sorry for the Hungarian who can throw the discuss
into eternity, but can't seem to pee when someone's looking at
him. Maybe it was all the humanity they
were celebrating...
Being single again, I'm thinking about getting myself Artificial
Life Inc's virtual
girlfriend for my mobile phone. Apparently you have
to sweet talk her, send her virtual flowers and diamonds
to keep her 'alive'. Sounds like
high maintenance, but I think I could get away
with leaving the toilet seat up, plus I'm sure she wouldn't insist
I go buy feminine hygiene products from the Seven Eleven during a British Open playoff...
See you next month and remember to let me know
how you're doing!
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Tel: +66 2 258 5200 Mob: +66 1 485 5189
E-mail: info@golfthink.com URL: www.golfthink.com