February 26, 2008
Golf joke
Got this joke via email today from Graydon:
Golfers can be a callous lot !!!
Verne was teeing off from the men's tee. On his downswing, he realized that his wife, Lucrecia, was teeing up on the woman's tee directly in front of him. Unable to stop his swing, he nailed it, and hit her directly in the temple, killing her instantly.
A few days later, Verne got a call from the coroner regarding her autopsy.
Coroner:" Verne, your wife seemed to have died from blunt force trauma to the head. You said you hit a golf ball and hit her in the temple, is that correct?"
Verne: "Yes, sir, that's correct."
Coroner: "I also found a golf ball wedged up her @rse."
Verne: "Was it a Titleist 3?"
Coroner: "Yes, it was."
Verne: "That was my provisional."
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February 10, 2008
PB +11
Yay today @ Gordon with MC SC my new PB +11, when will I brake the magic 10 :)
And playing with Vision UV Yellow
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November 29, 2007
Triple Crown 07 #3
Came back this monday from again a full weekend in Canberra with the Australia Triple Crown
players, but most of all the Dutchies!! (Jenno, Jelle etc...)
It was a great weekend, except for my speeding ticket.. *cough* (lost points there..arrgh)
The Dutch Crew had chipped in for a place to stay and shouted me the the dinner with all the Triple Crown players! Thanks guys, that was superb!
Had a couple of great nights out with the guys, also with the local Aussie players and the Irish champs!
Monday morning I drove back to Sydney (300k), accompanied by the sisters Esther and Irene, throwing some music culture at me (AbbA & Queen:) whom I both dropped off at the Australian Youth Hostel in Sydney City!
Ive got a couple of days to recover again, and will catch up for one more time later this week.. have to give my body some rest somehow :)
Overall it was an fantastic tournament, and to me its the power of the community who makes it all happen. Going to keep my eye open to this way of playing.. its got superb potential IMO (In My Opinion)
Super credit to Jenno and Jelle for being so much of a Vision suporter, and played both many games with our vision balls! The Irish say they are going to test after the tournament season what they can do with the ball, and most of our shirts and caps were happily worn during the triple crown. The french were already playing the Xpert2 and giving them away printed with the logo of the french on it to their opponents.
Ps Jenno Wolters has updated his photos!
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November 22, 2007
Triple Crown 07 upd
Got myself and VISION and the Vision UV Yellow, the first Australian Golf title:
"Australian Matchplay Champion 2007"
Men’s B Division
Gosh, that was a great tournament.. ive never expected it to be so good! The Short Course Golf (aka Pitch and Putt) community is a super bunch of dedicated SC Golf people.
We've played from Thursday to Saturday and an average of 3 matches a day, conform Matchplay rules. Matchplay is a very mentally though golf game, were you score a point per hole or square the hole (even) or loose the hole. This means out of 18 holes you need to win most holes.
I've met so many great people, and most of my time I spend with the dutch crew :) naming Jenno Wolters and his girlfriend Kirsten, Kirsten’s brother Niels, Jelle Wabnitz and dutch top woman player Esther Newsum. (ps all "A" Division players)
Boy did I had a good time with those guys.. pff, was great talking some plain ol dutch again.. spend most evenings after the tournament at the hotel and campsite of the guys having a few beers :P. The guys had smuggled some typical "Groningse gedroogde worst" into the country(dried sausage, bit like the south african drywors), gosh what a fantastic suprise.. half of the stack got conviscated by the customs, a shear sacrifice for the stash that made it through.. lol (Groningen 1 - Aussie customs 0 :P)
Interesting note was I played with the Vision UV Yellow in a precision golf game on an very high quality course at Terrey Hills. The ball performed really well although its more leaning towards a longer straighter game. I could stop the ball pretty much everywhere !!!!!
Other interesting note, my semi-final against a french guy was undecided after 18 holes and took 3 playoff holes and had only 5 points total, the rest was all square.. amazing great game that was, my hart was pumping at the end and shaking all over.. sunk a 6 ft put to birdie and take the win!
The final was a breeze compared to all other games.. didnt even gave the poor english (living in france) guy a chance.. after 10 holes it was 8 points for me and 2 squares.. lol he conceded obviously :)
The sunday we went with the whole crew plus Jim Judge (IRE) to explore Sydney.. again just having a few quiet beers with the crew.. lol
The crew is up to Canberra now to play the second and third leg of the Triple Crown tournament, maybe I can drive up this weekend to cheer the guys on.
Ps.. the dutch crew looooooove the vision balls YAYAY .. !!
PPs.. beating a Pro V1 player with a UV Yellow feels goooooood !!
PPPs.. sleeping with Jelle in one bed, crashed out on beer is safe.. :P
Links:
Jenno Wolters - Website - more photo's and stories !!
Jelle Wabnitz - His Pitch and Putt Course in Oostwold.
Esther Newsum - Website - more stories, photos later !!
Australian Pitch and Putt Accociation
Australia Triple Crown site
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November 14, 2007
Triple Crown 07
Because im such a good golfer *cough* 4x !, I am going to participate in a National Championship!
owkay, owkay, owkay.. it is for Short Course Golf, aka Pitch and Put aka Par3 Golf, but nevertheless it has very serious participants and it draws world wide crowd from Australia, Canada, Ireland, France and even Holland aka The Netherlands :P !
Anyway, we got a spot offered to play as being a sponsor, as we develop and test our new balls on our local Par3 course at Terrey Hills and got involved with Short Course Golf players for testing purposes on short game needs.
The Terrey Hills Par3 Course is very much like a normal golf course, with greatly challenged smaller mostly elevated greens, but you only need a wedge and a putter to play, as its longest hole is prolly 88 meters.
So as of tomorrow, ive got a National Championship - Match Play game under my belt too.. lol well, atleast I play 4 times before I will get knocked out :). I better give myself the NickName Per "Bye" van Duijn..lol as some of them play around -10 on a round.. hmpfff.. thats atleast 10 birdies grrr..
See my draw - one dutch guy in there too :)
Website: Australian Pitch and Put Association
BTW, again..this form of golf to me has massive potential to be big every where.. it doesnt need that much space, it gives a fantastic challenge, it covers the biggest part of the normal golf, and you can facilitate it better also for night golf with lights plus you can play it in just two hours, ideal for after work or work catch up, or just with friends instead of a movie or with the partner you name it.
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November 13, 2007
handicap 18
Yeah, ive done it.. within 2 years of proper golf, I reached handicap 18! Was aiming to get my handicap down before Xmas 2007 to 18, and my last trip to Canberra already done it.. my handicap is 17.9 at the moment, so no more shots help on any hole.. its me and the course now!
To be honest, if I get my wasted shots down a bit, I must reach 12 asap..
so lets focus on that first, concistancy is the keyword now, and 14 the goal... prolly go up first again lol,.. thats golf!
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November 2, 2007
Ultimate weekend
Tonight im celebrating my friend Brendan's Bday @ The Belgian Beer Cafe in Cammeray. We go by cab, and going to try as much Belgium beers as we can with nice cooked mussels Belgium style!! :)
The morning after though I get picked up at 6 am, for a boys golf 
weekend away at the famous Tallwoods Estate. We've got 16 blokes and 4 Villa's plus 2 BBQ's with many many many Beers, and 3 days of Golf booked on the estate...YAY
The golf course is ranked in top 25 finest of Australia, and its as famous as it is feared.
The ride towards Tallwoods, should be around 3.5 hours.. so hopefully that will clear my head enough to pump a great score!
Back Monday.. bye!
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October 10, 2007
Canberra Golf UPD
Great weekend, my favorite course would be Gold Creek, although Yowani was stunning too.. played very solid during the weekend 92-94-92, very happy with the result... won a good chunk of money back, took out all prizes :)
Played with the new Vision Xpert2 for a while and it performs well, very impressed! I am just to hooked and used to the performance and ez to find Vision UV Yellow.
Canberra is a fun place tho, but all places work when your in great company.
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October 4, 2007
Canberra Golf
Alright been a busy week @ Vision, time for some ultimate RnR .. Long weekend golf in Canberra and surroundings, with the guys from the Corner Club ..
Friday morning early drive to:
Murrumbidgee Country Club - what a boring website grr..
Saturday hit off at: Gold Creek - no comment
Sunday: Yowani Golf Club - bit better
Weather is going to be hot, I recon the game too, as last weekend we went away (Hunter Valley & The Entrance) I took the overall prize on the last day on the last hole due to an extra shot on that hole ;), and there is some1 who really wants it back :)
Never been in Canberra, looking forward.. early rest 5 am rise and shine! :)
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June 21, 2007
visiongolfball.com
After an amazing journey, and some brilliant and always very pleasant co-operation from the vision golf ball team, we yesterday launched with great pleasure and pride www.visiongolfball.com !!
A joomla CMS, with a JS template, completely restyled and filled with my created graphix based on visions superb core designs, embedded with kewl and clear texts, is resulting in an absolute highlight in my web and design career.
We will continue iron out some small browser issues and now we will start our online journey with vision! There is a great future ahead of us.
Tomorrow morning my flight leaves to Holland, YAY.. I prolly sleep the whole flight, as the last months been very hectic, but looking forward meeting my family and friends back in the Netherlands… Hertog Jan here I come!
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February 19, 2007
Fantom goes TopShots
Good move from the Bosley's! YAY
http://www.iseekgolf.com/news/11221
Well done guys!
I probably wont be able to reach you this week on the phone, having your cell # exposed to millions of golf fanatics :)
Good luck mate!
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January 6, 2007
Good Start
Good start of 2007, not a great one but a good one... im talking about poker and golf today.
golf
First of all my golf is getting better, and took out first prize for the 3rd time in a row now. Handicap is down to 22, and i just have to get it to 18 within the next two months (my own set goal). Scored solid points on my second go at Long Reef (iseek golf link) and the last time Mona Vale (iseek golf link), and today played the massive goat track at Northbridge (iseek golf link), and won again. Putting is getting heaps better (had 5 one puts this round, rest two puts and one 3 put), and trying to play a bit more controlled now instead of reaching big distances, even then im long enough.. so why should I push. Challenge now is the stuff ups... too many wasted shots on the card. Have to stay focused.. I had two wipes this day and 3 wipes the other week (wipe is no Stableford score a hole, Par = 3 points mostly for me at this stage, Bogey is 2 points and double Bogey is 1 points on most of the holes)Still playing with default small driver and old putter, and very happy with it.
Wayne let me try a great Titleist driver the other day, with a firm graphite shaft, that belonged to one of the trainee - pro's at Turramurra GC, and that was a better performance than my big driver, but so far im better of staying with little default one, just to print in some proper muscle memory for my swing. But when the time is there, I would love to handle one of those babies! Hooyah
Next week we play at Muirfield Golf Course, Ive never been there so thats going to be a big test to keep my progress up.
poker
As stated in previous poker message, i was getting second a bit to much lately and even Nick, he starts to call it the "Per disease", coming second.. grr.
Well last week on Thursday we had a fantastic poker night playing for the Australian Poker League instead of the National Poker league we usually play for. We didnt do good in the main event, but after the main event they start little "sit and go's", and Nick came second :) in his one, and I came first in my one.. hahaha.
Finally cards start to connect when i have to, I mean many many times in the past, i went in the battle knowing I was ahead, and always lost.
Now I even got very lucky on the last two cards when I apparently was not ahead going in, and in heads up mode I get the upper hand with my play style.
This was at a new venue in Castle Hill where Chris, Nick and I caught up for a little chat, dinner and a bit of poker.
Funny part was that Nick was talking about a little system he played if he played roulette, and I said I used to play a little system too.. both not fancy very simple ones, so after poker we tried to combine the two simple systems, and we invested 10 bucks each. Surprisingly when my system failed his system backed up, and visa versa.. but the double whammy came when we both hit. After 20 minutes of play we reached the hundred bucks and split it. It was more good fun then it was real gambling actually, if you are getting scared reading this... dont worry Im not really interested in those games.
Any way it was a great night out catching up with the guys, and playing one of our hobbies and making some money aside.
Im not playing online that much lately, I tend to just have one in a couple of days or even a week.. but I played the other day a poker tournament and won that also, so looking forward to the next chapter of this season it looks promising.
world premiere
As im typing this im also preparing a "world premiere" if im quick enough.., im very excited about this.... and it has to do with the band May I was telling about earlier on my blog, the story attached to it is even as great as the premiere, so hopefully I finish my piece on that one quickly... so pls stay tuned, this is going to be good!!.Posted by Per at 10:40 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
December 18, 2006
Vision Yellow Colour
This is what the Vision Yellow Golf Ball looks like on a cloudy day, the ball becomes more radiant, and really stands out in the environment.
The same effect happens early morning or at twilight, giving atleast a half hour extra play both ways.
I finally could capture the real effect and colour of this ball.
During bright daylight the ball shifts more towards yellow and becomes more visible in that way.
Had to show :)
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December 5, 2006
Northbridge
Played Golf on Northbridge again last weekend for the "corner club", gosh i really like that course.. its a goattrack to walk, being set on a cliff, we played from the medal tees, what made it way more interesting.
Didnt score enough to take a bite out of my handicap of 25 atm, im way to sloppy in my short game for that.
I did win the B grade 1st prize tho.. happy enough with that.
Last prize gets the horse head club cover, had that one for two weeks ..lol
This saturday we play Mona Vale again, lots of water but nice big fairways.. I put my big driver back in the closet and using my default little driver, have to try to stay save a bit more.
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November 26, 2006
2 cards
Another 2 cards in for the "corner club", and a big reality check.. still sitting on 25, today the short game fell to pieces and last week we played on newly cord greens, and just couldnt get the normal puts going.
We did play on some stunning courses along the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Last sunday we played on Mona Vale Golf Club, and today we played on the nearby Long Reef.
Mona Vale is a very though course with very big water area's and also very strong tree lines. Course management is a must, and although many holes look you can rip your driver down the fairway, you mostly end up with a tough hook or draw to play to reach ur destination. But a great pleasure to play, and the back nine gives you a nice sea breeze as refreshment.
Long reef is a Links course, not many trees and built on a cliff towards the sea. It has a very own style to it, and has some nice old "St Andrews" characteristics
The wind is always the extra factor, and today there was plenty. The greens were lightning fast, prolly the fastest I ever played on.. Although u can miss a fairway or two and would be able to get back, the course really has some very nasty traps embedded.
Next week we play North Bridge again, the aka the Goat track.. atleast ive been there now.
Lookin forward to play again.
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November 4, 2006
Handicap?
In a couple of hours I tee off for my first card to calculate my official handicap for golf.
After 2 years of playing unofficial, trying to get a game in its time to see what all those hours have for result.
Alex hooked me up with the "Corner Club", this is a socialclub that play's every saturday morning on different courses through out Sydney North Coast. This socialclub calculates the handicap through golflink.com.au.
This morning, Tee off time is 5.30 AM.... whut!, yea.. 5.30.. and as I said in a couple of hours I tee off, I'm already up. I tried to get some sleep.. but going to bed at 10pm isnt my cup of thee.
We play at Northbridge this morning, and I've never played there, so lets see what all these factors have for result on my first scorecard.
If i'm right they take my first 3 cards to calculate my handicap, so in 3 weeks we will know.
What GOLF handicap will i score?? any guesses?
*** UPDATE ***
Wow that was a very tough course, what the picture doesnt show its built on a cliff that drops like 200 mtrs.
I was completely exhausted after a round, and have seen almost every OB (Out of Bounce) out there, I lost 4 balls on this course.
They gave me a handicap of 25, and with that I scored 31 points on stableford scoring.
Although it was tough, I really liked the course.. one of the most challenging ive played on.
One card in..
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