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My  publisher for "Going for the Green: How to Raise Money With Charity Golf" was bought out by a Canadian company. Not sure when it will be available again. We're talking about doing a new one called "Secrets of the Six-Figure Golf Tournament."

Till then, you can buy a copy of Going for the Green directly from me for $20 shipping included. I've got about 20 copies left.  Drop me a note in my inbox and I'll hook you up.

Tom King

I've been bombarded with member requests that come from largely Asian URL's. Not sure what the Chinese are up to, but I deleted everything since September 8 in the way of member requests.

If I deleted a genuine request, and you know about it tell them to try again. I'll try to make sure I get the real ones.

Tom

Somebody dropped the ball and failed to get the hole-in-one insurance BEFORE they offered the prize. Now the tournament committee, the golf course and the car dealer look like cheapskates. My bet? This tournament is history. - Tom

Tournament Stiffs Hole-in-One Prize Winner

I finally gave up trying to post a link on my author page and posted the sample signup sheet, budget worksheet and other sample documents on Box instead. You can find them here by clicking on the link:



Budget worksheet: https://app.box.com/s/ofh4i66ys3wkmltpjm9h

Volunteer Registration:…

Bob Hammer's "Have a Ball" Charity Golf Tournament benefiting cancer research is poised to set new six figure records for the tournament. 

Finally got my website up and have a stable place to put the downloads for volunteer signup, player signup, budget and such.  Will add some more as I move forward on new golf tournament projects.  Go to http://theorionproject.net and click on the "golf downloads" link and you'll go right to the download page.

Good luck with your tournaments.

Tom 

Online Charity Golf Insurer, Hole-in-One.com, faces five felony counts of selling insurance without a license after a Seattle area investigation and sting in which several local charities cooperated with police.  King County prosecutors claim Hole-In-One founder, Keven Kolenda, 54,failed to pay prizes when several Seattle-area golfers connected on hole-in-ones insured by the company. 

Prosecutor, Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, says Kolenda has been "on the…

The sample spreadsheets and text files from the old library page are at: http://tinyurl.com/4keul8n
 

I've been out of the saddle for several months now with a family health issue and a long bout with a string of very large kidney stones. In the meantime, Ning has reduced its features, adding a monthly price tag to the features we used to get included with the website. For now we're going to work on getting some participation on the forums and add the library archive and some of the other features we had before. In the meantime, we'll be looking for a sponsor or two to pay for the upgraded…