La Quinta Resort Mountain Course - La Quinta, CA
Sunday, May 20th
Shotgun Start: 11:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 40 players.

Entry Fee: $54 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- One of my favorite desert courses with some jaw dropping holes. Excited to have our first GK Plays La Quinta Resort at this world class facility. We are going to have awesome prizes by our sponsors Linksoul and GolfMoose.com plus others. Come join in!

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Coyote Springs Golf Club - Las Vegas/Mesquite, NV
Saturday, June 16th
Shotgun Start: 8:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Lunch, Drink, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $65 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- Played this course for the first time this year, amazing track, had to set up a GK Plays outing for it. The weather could be in 90's or maybe low 100's, fortunately not very hot because we are teeing it up in the morning. June is one of the best times of the year to play Coyote Springs because the course is in fantastic condition at that time. Come join in on the fun! GK Plays Las Vegas! We are going to have awesome prizes by our sponsors Linksoul and GolfMoose.com plus others.

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Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA
Sunday, January 7th
Tee Times: 10:50am - 12:10pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Recap:
Hi Everyone,

Just want to thank everyone again for coming out to Rams Hill Golf Club to kick off the 2018 GK Plays outing year!

I posted some photos, please check them out. Lighting was really bad for the prize photos so don’t have any of those, sorry.

I want to thank all of you that donated prizes such as Uncleeddboy23 for the very cool golf bag and Abbacat for the golf balls. Huge thanks as always to AndrewZ28 for the amazing Linksoul gear. Thanks to Golfmoose as well for the gift cards. Boy it was a loaded prize “piano” for sure!

On Course Contest Results:
Hole 5 – Closest To The Pin: Bob Fink: 7ft, 6in
Hole 6 – Long Drive: JohnnyGK
Hole 9 – Closest To The Pin: sdscratchorbust: 7ft, 3in
Hole 10 – Closest To The Pin: Kevbig: 3ft, 8in
Hole 11 – Long Drive: sdscratchorbust
Hole 16 – Closest To The Pin: JohnnyGK: 12ft, 10in


LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Best golf gear around.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Great Deals – Click Here!

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La Costa Resort & Spa (Legends), Carlsbad, CA
Saturday, December 9th
Shotgun Start: 12:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Wait List
1. Loutheman
1. putt4dough
1. Solinari619
1. dconnally

Entry Fee: $75 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- GK Plays La Costa Resort & Spa Legends Course - Overseeded and in great shape. We’ll have prizes sponsored by Linksoul, Clevelend Golf and Golf Moose! This a unique golf experience from it sister course Champions. Its known as the "Members" course. Excited! – Join in on the fun!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Best golf gear around.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- Latest CBX Cleveland Golf Wedges!
More Info CBX Wedges – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Great Deals – Click Here!

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La Costa Resort & Spa (Champions), Carlsbad, CA
Saturday, September 2nd
Shotgun Start: 1:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $75Sold Out

Note from JohnnyGK:
- GK Plays La Costa Resort & Spa Champions Course + plus its GK’s 15th Birthday! - The Champions Course should be in great shape! We’ll have prizes sponsored by Linksoul, Clevelend Golf and Golf Moose! So fired up about this one! – Join in on the fun!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- One men's and one women's just released Cleveland Golf Smart Sole 3C Wedges.
More Smart Sole Wedge Info – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Growing Fast In SoCal – Click Here!

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Yocha Dehe Golf Club - Brooks, CA
Saturday, July 22nd.
Tee Times: 1:50pm - 2:50pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 28 players.

Entry Fee: $65 [ SOLD OUT ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- Overdue. Its been overdue for a GK Plays in Northern California and long overdue to visit "the" most decorated golf course with GK Awards in Northern California - Yocha Dehe Golf Club. We are going to have awesome prizes by our sponsors Linksoul and GolfMoose.com. After the round we will be hanging out having a great time. $65 to play this world class golf course is a bargain. Join in! Can't wait!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Growing Fast In SoCal – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned

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PGA WEST (Nicklaus Tournament) - La Quinta, CA
Sunday, May 7th
Shotgun Start: 2:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 44 players.

Entry Fee: $59 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- I want this to be the biggest GK Plays outing we've ever had. PGA WEST is a world class resort and recent host of a PGA Tour event. We are going to have awesome prizes by our sponsors Linksoul, Srxion and GolfMoose.com plus others. The course will be in excellent condition. The weather should be beautiful. After the round we will be enjoying Ernie's Bar and Grill. And without a doubt $59 is a steal. Join in! Lets make this a big GK party in the desert!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Growing Fast In SoCal – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned

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Boulder Oaks Golf Club - Escondido, CA
Sunday, April 23rd
Shotgun Start: 12:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Fun way to start the 2017 GK Plays season. Thank you to everyone that came!

Normally we kick it off with a high-end golf experience, this time going with a low dough outing. But it certainly was not a low dough prize table. LOL. Big thanks to Linksoul.com and GolfMoose.com for the bulk of the prizes.

It was exciting to see so many first time GK Plays outing participants. 15 in total. Almost half the outing! Many new friendly faces.

Been reading lots of your reviews already – thanks so much. And I know the golf course appreciates them too.

Big thanks to ringworld for helping me out a bunch Sunday. Thank you to Dconnally and Dcricket for donates some prizes.

Short turn around for our big GK Plays PGA WEST on May 7th. 44 Players. Sold Out. But I am going to start a waiting list. Going to be awesome!

I’m working on lining up a June GK Plays outing. But already super exciting about our GK Plays NoCal outing at famous Yocha Dehe Golf Club on Saturday, July 22nd. Space is very limited on that one. Only 24 spots. Bucket list course. Just $65.

Results:

Hole #2: Closest To Pin: Hillary Ockey: 8ft, 4in

Hole #3: Long Drive: JohnnyGK

Hole #4: Closest To Pin: Andrew Bacher: 22ft 11in

Hole #9: Closest To Pin: rstang06 11ft 6in

Hole #11: Closest To Pin: mpisarski01 14ft 10in

Hole #13: Closest To Pin: abbacat: 20ft 1in

Hole #16: Closest To Pin: gary00: 8ft 2in

Hole #17: Long Drive: franplaysgolf


Field: 32 players.

Entry Fee: Full [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Note from JohnnyGK:
- Kicking the 2017 GK Plays outing season off with low-dough outing yet no shortage of fun! Can't wait to see so many of you.

Boulder Oaks Golf Club overseeded this year and should be in great shape. We’ll have raffle prizes, games and fun as always. After the round they are setting us up on a discounted price for their high quality burger, fries and drink combo to enjoy during the giveways. On top of that they are including $1 off domestic draft beers and a $5 bounce back coupon to apply to a future round at Boulder Oaks.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Growing Fast In SoCal – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned

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Rams Hill Golf Club - Borrego Springs, CA
Sunday, December 11th
Tee Times Starting: 10:00am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 32 players.

Another GK Plays season in the books. What a year 2016 was … I’m so glad we ended it like we started it at Rams Hill Golf Club and you can get bet we will be back in 2017!

Been reading many of your reviews already – thanks so much. And I know the golf course appreciates them too.

We caught a beautiful day in December that was so nice I was wishing I was wearing shorts. The course conditions immaculate, service wonderful and amenities excellent.

I must thank ALL of YOU first and foremost for coming out! – Seeing GK’ers enjoying a day of golf together is as good as it gets for me.

Big thanks goes out to our sponsors Linksoul and GolfMoose. Loved the Linksoul.com gear and very generous of Golfmoose.com to give out $25 certificates on their already very discounted golf packages.

Big thanks to sixpez for donating some of his highly coveted new 2017 calendars. Make sure to follow his GolfNomad blog adventures.
Click Here GolfNomad Blog

Thank you very much to abbacat who donated some golf balls to give away and to rudyclub for donating a smart watch. Thanks to Aliante Golf Club for providing comp twosome to give out.

Special thanks to Rams Hill Golf Club for an outstanding golf experience as always.
I’ve already starting planning the GK Plays outings in 2017. I’m planning on the first one in late March BUT if an opportunity pops up to play more desert golf, I’m on it! Just can’t get enough of those beautiful conditions.

Results:

Hole #5: Closest To Pin: abbacat: 2ft, 1in

Hole #6: Long Drive: colmcd

Hole #9: Closest To Pin: mpisarski01: 3ft 0in

Hole #10: Closest To Pin: HmtGolfGuy 6ft 2in

Hole #16: Closest To Pin: Osamabinhacking: 8ft 3in

Hole #18: Long Drive: rstrang06


LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose.com
- TEN! - $25 Golf Moose Certificates
Growing Fast In SoCal – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- RTX Wedges
More Info About RTX Cleveland Wedges – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned

Note from JohnnyGK:
- We’re back! – We kicked off 2016 here, it was the best outing of the year so far IMO, so why not see if we can top it by capping off the year here too!

The golf course will be simply…Immaculate. The weather should be perfect. They have huge appreciation for greenskeeper.org members. Normally $175 to play, this outing is priced at $95. Thank you very much Rams Hill Golf Club for this deal.

We’ll have great raffle prizes, games and fun as always. After the round we’ll be out on their beautiful patio enjoying some food and drink during the giveways.
I’m extremely excited about this one. Will be sharpening up my game for sure – man those greens are pure :)

Please join in.

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Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort - Nevada, NV
Sunday, November 13th
Tee Times: 9:07am - 9:50am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 24 players.

Entry Fee: $95 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- RTX Wedges
More Info About RTX Cleveland Wedges – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned


Note from JohnnyGK:
- Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort has been for over a decade Greenskeeper.org members most reviewed and often times most admired golf facilities in Las Vegas. Host of 3 fantastic 18 hole courses we will be playing the original 18 that myself, sixpez and many GK’ers consider their favorite. This is a spectacular discounted rate for GK’ers plus it’s loaded with all the fun you’ve come to expect from a GK Plays outing. Experience what many feel is one of best desert golf experiences anywhere and join us! Space is limited. We can not increase the number of spots available.

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TPC Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, November 12th
Tee Times: 10:50am - 11:38am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 28 players.

Entry Fee: $95 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- RTX Wedges
More Info About RTX Cleveland Wedges – Click Here!

More Prizes
- Working on more Prizes - Stay Tuned


Note from JohnnyGK:
- Known for some of the best greens in Las Vegas and a former PGA Tour host, TPC Las Vegas is a premier golf experience. We’ll be playing the course months after it’s overseed with playing conditions expected to be exceptional. This is a spectacular discounted rate for GK’ers plus it’s loaded with all the fun you’ve come to expect from a GK Plays outing. Come “Play Where The Pros Play” and join us! Space is limited. We can not increase the number of spots available.

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Mt. Woodson Golf Club - Ramona, CA
Sunday, October 16th
Shotgun Start: 11:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $49 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Srixon
- NEW - RTX-3 Wedges! + plus Soft Feel Golf Balls
More Info About RTX-3 Cleveland Wedges – Click Here!

Maderas Golf Club (San Diego)
- We have TWO complimentary single rounds of golf to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Conestoga Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- The new ownership at Mt. Woodson Golf Club has been investing a lot of money and dedication into bringing the course back to it's formal glory. With one of the most unique and beautiful layouts in Southern California located in a scenic mountain terrain, it is one of my personal favorites. We've has two GK outings here in the past that were tremendously successful so don't miss this one. Our GK Plays are always loaded with fun and prizes. In addition we have a shotgun start which saves time and keeps us all together. Join in!

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La Purisima Golf Course - Lompoc, CA
Sunday, July 17th
Shotgun Start: 9:00am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 24 players.

Entry Fee: $68 - SOLD OUT

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Srixon
- Srixon new/improved pre-store Srixon Soft Feel Golf Balls
More Info About Srixon – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary foursome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Conestoga Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!


Note from JohnnyGK:
- La Purisima Golf Course is probably the most decorated golf course on Greenskeeper.org with positive reviews and awards. The price is right at $68 for prime weekend tee times. Our GK Plays are always loaded with fun and prizes. We’ve had some of our most memorable and enjoyed outings on the California’s Central Coast. A lot of GK'ers make a weekend of it in the area with some fun get-togethers. Don’t miss this one!

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Los Serranos Country Club (South) - Chino Hills, CA
Thursday, June 30th
Tee Times Start: 12:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 20 players.

Entry Fee: $39 - SOLD OUT!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
- Cleveland Golf TFI 2135 Putter
More Info Cleveland Golf Putters – Click Here!

Srixon
- Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info Srixon – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- For over 10 years since launching Greenskeeper.org I had never played Los Serranos CC South Course despite positive reviews. But two years ago I finally did, and then did again, and now I am in love with this course. June is a great time of year from a conditions standpoint to play it and the vibe is just pure golf. As a par 74 it gives you many chances to flex the driver on a fun layout. It’s also a very rare "weekday" GK Plays so those of you that can only play on the weekdays, here’s hopefully your opportunity to join in. At $39 to play, it’s a total steal. Hope to see you there!

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Champions Club at The Retreat - Corona, CA
Saturday, May 21st
Tee Times: 11:10am - 11:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contests and Prizes!
Format: 2 Person Team Play (Better Ball or Scramble)

Field: 12 players.

Entry Fee: $40

Our first team play GK Plays and although strangely not participated in by many GK'ers it was a total success and blast!

“NEXT TIME” to those of you that were on the fence.

Course was in very good shape and the day could not have gone better. Check out the reviews.

Very cool was of the 12 players, 5 were first time GK Plays participants!

Big thanks to GK’er AndrewZ28 of linksoul.com who send me a nice small care package of Linksoul gear for this GK Plays and to Srixon for the hook up on the Z-Stars.

And HUGE thanks to Scott Wasco, the GM of the course that set us up on two, no restriction comp twosomes to raffle off and surprised us with a table with complementary appetizers when we came in. Now that is course that appreciates GK’ers!

Results:

Team Play Two Person Scramble: JohnnyGK and GDR23" – 6 for a 66.

Closest To Pin #5: larryq2001– 15ft, 17in

Closest To Pin #15: joeydietrich – 5ft, 5in


LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Srixon
- Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info Srixon – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- ONE $50 voucher to winning team
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

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CrossCreek Golf Club - Temecula, CA
Sunday, May 15th
Tee Times: 12:00pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $59 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Srixon
- A brand new Srixon Driver! + plus Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info About The Drivers – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have TWO complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Conestoga Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- ONE $50 vouchers
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- A return to CrossCreek Golf Club long overdue. Last time we had an outing here it was in May 2011 in which case we were treated to a great golf experience. We should be catching the course in excellent with great weather. CrossCreek is a very popular golf course on Greenskeeper.org and rightfully so.
This will be our first shotgun start in a long time. 12:00noon giving many of us that I am sure will be traveling a bit to be there in plenty of time. With the long days we’ll finish with lots of day light to spare and time for some cold refreshments afterwards.

We've got tremendous prizes sponsors with Cleveland Golf/Srixon, Linksoul, a comp twosome from Conestoga Golf Club and others.

Remember GK Plays outings are open to all players so feel free to bring a friend or two.

Going to be a great day!

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PGA WEST (Greg Norman Course) - La Quinta, CA
Sunday, May 1st
Tee Times: 12:30pm Shotgun Start!
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $75 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Srixon
- A brand new Srixon Driver! + plus Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info About The Drivers – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- ONE $50 vouchers
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Siena Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Arroyo Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!


Hey Everyone!

A day late in recapping our GK Plays than normal for me so my apologies. I already read some golf course reviews about the day which are greatly appreciated and instrumental to my efforts to organizing these outings. More reviews the better.
I think we really made the right call having this Sunday as opposed to Saturday. It’s my understanding the weather was very winding the day before and the area was a madhouse with the Stagecoach music festival. Instead we caught perfect weather, little crowds and beautifully maintained golf course.

We even had our 3rd ACE in a GK Plays by Nickesquire (Nick’s 2nd Ace ever).

I want to give a big thanks to Clevelend Golf/Srixon and of course Linksoul.com for the extremely generous sponsorships. I’m noticing many more GK’ers where the fine Linksoul clothing.

Also need to thank GolfMoose.com and Aliante Golf Club as well as other Las Vegas courses for donating twosomes.

btw - thanks stickboy for helping out with the raffle.

Results:

Long Drive #2: TeaGal

Closest To Pin #4: Jeff-Fassel – 11ft 5in

Long Drive #8: Itslikeimsayin

Closest To Pin #7: davidbrte109 - 24ft 9in

Long Drive #12: joshcourney09

Closest To Pin #13: sixpez – 42ft 5in

Long Drive #16: Allan_Grant

Closest To Pin #17: Nickesquire – 0ft 0in – ACE!

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Desert Willow GR (Firecliff) - Palm Desert, CA
Saturday, April 9th
Tee Times Start: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 32 players.

Entry Fee: $90 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

Consider the Combo Deal of this GK Plays PGA WEST (5/1) and GK Plays Desert Willow (4/9) for a $20 GK Plays saving, $69 total savings, for $145
[ Purchase Combo - Click Here ]

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

Cleveland Golf
Hey exciting news, more GK Plays sponsorship support from our friends at Cleveland Golf! What we will doing is giving away a men’s and women’s 60 degree RTX 588 Rotex 2.0 wedge. To win it wedge will have a pitching prior to the round in the short game of Desert Willow Golf Resort. These are beautiful wedges.
More Info About The Wedges – Click Here!

Srixon
- A brand new Srixon Driver! + plus Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info About The Drivers – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- ONE $50 vouchers
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Siena Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Arroyo Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Many More Prizes Coming!

Hey Everyone!

Another great outing and I really appreciate the support in coming out! Big thanks to Linksoul, Cleveland Golf/Srixon, GolfMoose and others. That was one loaded prize table!

Desert Willow Resort treated us terrific and their service was excellent. I like the added touch of providing us 15% off discount off any posted rate they have on their website for a future tee time. It was also great of them to set us up in an enclosed semi-private room when they anticipated the rain (although it barely rained). But I have to admit, like most of you, I was disappointed by the unexpected small tine aeration and bunker condition. I was made aware that the bunkers were to be prepared for a May renovation about a month ago but had the impression the bunkers would play very firm and would still be properly maintained which IMO they were not. Seems they had not been machine raked/turned in long time. As for the greens, this was most disappointing. Although in good shape overall, they would have been exceptional despite the recent small tines aeration had they been cut and rolled that morning. I understand the logistics of turf management and wish Desert Willow Golf Resort would have be able to proceed with small tine aeration after our GK Plays or a little more in advance of it. I can’t blame the tournament director I work with on this. He simply has no control over when a minor procedure to the greens it going to take place. Many times a small tine aeration is done with no advance warning.
Despite this let down in conditions not meeting high expectations I thoroughly enjoyed my day. They are great longtime supporters of GK and wonderful people to work with. It’s also a fabulous layout.
Our PGA WEST Greg Norman GK Plays is right around the corner. Less than 3 weeks. There are spots open so please join us. I’ve already called them and they said they won’t aerate the greens until June 20th.

Results:

Long Drive #1: mpisarkie01

Closest To Pin #3: RudyClub - 8ft (estimated)

Long Drive #7: zgolfinman

Closest To Pin #8: Kg1791 - 9ft 8in

Long Drive #13: RudyClub

Closest To Pin #14: Caligolfer1031 – 9ft 3in

Closest To Pin #17: Sixpez – 19ft

Long Drive #18: JohnnyGK

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Rams Hill Golf Club - Borrego Springs, CA
Sunday, January 10th
Tee Times Starting: 10:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Originally planned for 28 players, decided to give 32 players a shot and increased to 36 players with not a single cancellation...way out in Borrego Springs CA. 470 miles round trip drive for me from Ventura County yet not as far as Uncleddboy23 who came in from Peoria, Arizona. El Nino decided to makes us a little nervous early in the week but come Sunday it was nice to play golf. The course certainly lived up to its billing, the Rams Hill Staff was super accommodating and friendly, everything about the day was wonderful. It goes without saying Rams Hill is an annual stop on the GK Plays outing schedule.

Thanks everyone for coming out. Big thanks to GK’er AndrewZ28 for hooking us up was so many LinkSoul.com beautiful clothing. Big thanks to Cleveland-Srixon Golf for the setting us up on new Srixon driver and Z-Star golf balls. Thanks to Aliante Golf Club for the 3 comp Vegas twosomes. Thanks to T-Link for the wearable GPS watch. Take a look the prize table pic, man was it loaded!

I am loving our outings so much. Made some calls today already to try to line up something in March.
Want to thank everyone who helped me out and who offered. Special thanks to Hammer74 for being the volunteer photographer. Another thanks to Kviser for helping hand out raffle tickets.

Many of you have already posted golf course reviews. Thanks so much. That is so important to helping me continue to get great rates for us to play. Also I started a new initiative to spread the word more about our outing on social media, #gkplays, if you have not already made a post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or wherever with #gkplays, please do, it’s just another tool for us to show golf courses and those that support our outings, our support for them…plus so much of the fun we are having!

Results:
Closest To The Pin:
5. mpisarski - 5ft, 5in
9. Hammer74 – 18ft.
10. Kevbig - 5ft, 10in
16. Kevbig – 13in (wow!)

Long Drive:
2. beadieye
6. mpisarski01
11. Stickboy
18. mpisarsk01

Entry Fee: $85

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

TLink
- World's Lightest GPS Golf Watch - ONE to raffle off
More Info About TLink – Click Here!

NEW - Srixon
- A brand new Srixon Driver! + plus Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info About The Drivers – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- TWO $50 vouchers
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have TWO complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

More Sponsor Prizes On The Way!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- When we teed it up here in March, I knew instantly we would be back for another outing, this course is just too pure. What I did not anticipate was how soon. The reason we have returned is because despite the immaculate conditions Rams Hill was in this spring, it’s going to be in even better condition and a more grand experience in January. That’s because the golf course closed from the summer into November for yet more investment in turf enhancements, landscaping and major clubhouse improvements. In addition this outing will be loaded with many more raffle prizes and goodies!

So please make the drive to Borrego Springs so we can bring in the GK 2016 outing season in style!

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Indian Wells Golf Resort (Celebrity), Indian Wells, CA
Tee Times Starting 10:30am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Italian Buffet, Games and Prizes!
Format: Open Play
Games: Closest-To-The-Pin (every par 3) and Long Drive (every par 5)
Money Hole: $10 Buy-In Split Pot Winner Closest-To-Pin (hole #16)

Field: 32 players.



Our year end GK Event was another great success with a gorgeous golf course in great shape, beautiful weather and of course all of you that participated. I don’t think we've ever had a prize table so loaded down with excellent goodies. Big thanks to AndrewZ28 hooking us up with beautiful Linksoul clothing. Warm welcome and big thanks to Clevelend Golf-Srixon for the donating a top-of-the-line driver and Z-Star Golf Balls. Big thanks to HmtGolfGuy for setting everyone up on Essence water and the cases of water as raffle prizes. Thank you very much to GolfMoose for all the $50 certificates. Big thanks to T-Link for donating a GPS watch. Thanks to Aliante Golf Club, Conestoga Golf Club and Revere Golf Club for the comp twosomes. See the photo of the prize table - crazy!

I want to give a special thanks to Sixpez for once again donating his year-end GolfNomad calendar as prize gifts and all the help provided with photos and raffle at our GK Event.

Normally this event caps off the year and we wait until Spring next year before our next outing. Not anymore, we are going to keep the fun going, so if you have not already saw the Rams Hill GK Plays for January 10th (less than a month away) – please do!

One last thing, it’s very important for me, is for you to write a golf course review of your experience at Indian Wells Golf Resort. The reason we get great rates for our outings is because the golf courses want your reviews. Even if you have never wrote a golf course review on Greenskeeper.org before, make this your first.

Thanks!

Results:

Closest To The Pin:
6. Marcus-Navarro - 5ft, 10in
12. Itslikeimsayin - 16ft, 0in (par 4!)
16. Andrew1 - 4ft, 8in

Long Drive:
4. mcross86
16. Mpisarsk01


Sponsors

ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

NEW - Srixon
- A brand new Srixon Driver! + plus Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info About The Drivers – Click Here!

NEW - Essence Water
- Essence pH10 is a premium nutritional alkaline water.
More Info About Essence – Click Here!

TLink
- World's Lightest GPS Golf Watch - ONE to raffle off
More Info About TLink – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- TWO $50 vouchers
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

The Revere Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have TWO complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Conestoga Golf Club (Mesquite, NV)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

More Sponsor Prizes On The Way!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- Our third straight year at Indian Wells Golf Resort for our big year-end bash. Incredible facility. Immaculate golf course, stellar service, fabulous clubhouse...this place is tops! Join us!

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Goose Creek Golf Club - Mira Loma, CA
Sunday, November 22nd
Tee Times Starting: 11:48am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest & Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 28 players.


28 players, beautiful weather, super fun course, great conditions…I’d love to do an outing just like this one 3 times a month. Thank you everyone that came out. Big thanks to GK’er AndrewZ28 coming out to play and totally hook us up with Linksoul golf apparel (be sure to head over the linksoul.com and use the promo code GKLINKMAS for 25% off). Thanks to our newest GK Plays/GK Events sponsor Cleveland-Srixon Golf (be sure to check out their video on our home page). Thanks to GolfMoose.com (be sure to take a look are all their GolfMoose.com and Costco.com deals listed on the Specials-Coupons page). Thanks to T-Link (be sure to swing over their site to get $10 off a watch GPS using promo code GKXMAS). Thank you Scott Bridges PGA Member instructor for donating some golf lessons. AND of course thank you Goose Creek Golf Club for having us out again. We love your course (please write a review everyone).

I’ve gone ahead and posted the photos for our GK Plays Goose Creek already. We’ll be following this up with a GK Facebook and GK Blog post about the outing as well. In addition you may have already seen two video posted called: The HotDog Putter vs. Quintic Putting Launch Monitor & The Art of 4 putting for Bogey.

Results Closest To The Pins:

#2 Brian-Andrews: 6ft.4in
#5: lotrgolfer48: 6ft
#9: Andrew1: 11ft
#11: SBogey: 2ft.2in
#16: AndrewZ28: 42ft


Sponsors

ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

TLink
- World's Lightest GPS Golf Watch - ONE to raffle off
More Info About TLink – Click Here!

NEW - Srixon
- Z-Star Golf Balls
More Info – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- ONE $50 voucher
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

The Revere Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- This is a first for GK, we are heading back to the same course we’ve already had a GK Plays at this year...but can you blame us, it’s Goose Creek! Their reseed went very well in October and it’s time to show off the course! Our last GK Plays at The Goose was on a Monday so hopefully a lot of you that missed the first one because of work can make this one. The $55 rate is a big savings on their normal rates (normally $78 at the times we are playing). We’ll have sweet prizes and a GK Plays is always a good time. Come out and join us! Kick-off your Thanksgiving week right!

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Green River Golf Club - Corona, CA
Friday, October 23rd
Tee Times Starting: 12:34pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Contest and Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 28 players.

Entry Fee: $32

Sponsors

ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

TLink
- World's Lightest GPS Golf Watch - ONE to raffle off
More Info About TLink – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- One voucher for a free golf package valued up to $50
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

The Revere Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

More Sponsor Prizes On The Way!



Hi Everyone,

This was our first attempt at a low cost GK Plays and I considered it a success. Being it was a Friday afternoon on a popular course with beautiful weather, I anticipated not the fastest pace of play. But overall I really enjoyed the playing experience. Judging by the many reviews already posted which I very much appreciate (and so important for GK) looks like most agree.

Have to say after the round was a blast too with most GK'ers being able to stick around. Big thanks to LinkSoul.com GK’er AndrewZ28 for hooking us up with all the great gear and discount purchase cards. Also big thank you to TLink.com for coming on as a new sponsor. I tried out the TLink on the course and found it very accurate with yardage. We’ll have many more to give away.

Something that really impressed me with Green River Golf Club was how accommodating they were. They had everything set up for us perfect making my life easier and what most of you don’t know is they kept the bar/grill open just for us as it normally closes around 5:00pm. Their service was excellent. I even got to talk with the GM and Superintendent before the round.

We had some fun again with pictures and videos. I’ll be posting much of those in the coming days/weeks on our Greenskeeper.org Facebook Page (please LIKE it) and of course here in the GK forums.

I've already posted so photos on the GK Events page.

Closest To Pin Results:

Hole #2: Dconnally (8ft, 3in)
Hole #4: Nobody (are you kidding me!)
Hole #8: TomHooter (14ft, 11in)
Hole #13: Itslikeimsayin (1ft, 4in – shot of the day!)
Hole #16: TimSullivanPDF (22ft, 5in – that hole was a beast)

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Sandpiper Golf Course - Goleta, CA
Sunday, September 20th
Tee Times Starting: 11:00am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, and Raffle Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 20 players.

Entry Fee: $95

I was not sure how well received an outing like this, on short notice, high priced and long drive would be embraced. Well 19 out of 20 players and a bunch of fun was the result. Thank you to everyone who participated!

In my opinion, and my review will be more detailed, PLEASE remember write a review…fantastic layout and service but the drought has had an impact on the playing conditions of the fairways and aspects through the green. Although still in good shape overall, having played Sandpiper many times, it’s always been in much better shape. I think the coming El Nino rains are going to have a very positive impact on Sandpiper. We will be revisiting Santa Barbara for an outing coming in Spring.

I want to give a BIG thanks to our sponsors Linksoul for a terrific package of clothing and golfmoose.com for the $100 certificate. This may have been a small outing but it was NOT short on prizes! Also thank you to sixpez for helping out with the raffle tickets and ringworld for snapping many photos. Also thank you to wrangster for snapping pics!

With GK Plays they are not scoring events, but we do closest-to-the-pin on every par 3:

Hole 4: Mattias (34 ft, 11in)
Hole 6: Stickboy (20ft, 9in)
Hole11: DannyAfflalo (13ft, 0in)
Hole 18: Mattias (23ft. 0in)

I hope everybody had a great time! – Thanks again for coming!

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- One voucher for a free golf package valued up to $100
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- Sandpiper...for under $100 on a weekend morning...enough said. Well, of course it goes without saying when GK'ers get together it's always a great time so make the drive to beautiful Santa Barbara and enjoy this spectacular course on the ocean. Side note, keep in mind although that the conditions of greens, around the greens, bunkers and tees should be fantastic. But Santa Barbara has been hit very hard by the drought so fairways and rough will be dry and not up to typical Sandpiper Golf Course standards.

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Goose Creek Golf Club - Mira Loma, CA
Monday, August 31st
Tee Times Starting: 1:30pm
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Short Game Clinic and Gifts!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $50 [ Purchase - Click Here ]

12:00 Short game clinic
12:30 Lorena Ochoa Golf Academy Tour
1:30 First Tee Time

ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- One voucher for a free golf package valued up to $50
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- First off, just want to thank Goose Creek Golf Club for making this unique golf experience possible. They've invited us out to play the same day, under the same conditions, as the USGA Mid-Am Qualifying. The course will be immaculate, the greens super slick and the rough...punishing. They will also have the special qualifying tees open for those of you the want the full experience (low index players please). I will be playing the blue tee...no thank you to the tips - lol. In addition we get a free 1/2 hour short game clinic and a free tour of the Lorena Ochoa Golf Academy (place is sweet). I can't wait! - Please join me.

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Redhawk Golf Club - Temecula, CA
Sunday, August 16th
Tee Times Starting: 10:57am
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Games and Prizes!
Format: Open Play - No Scoring
Games: Closest-To-The-Pin (every par 3)

Field: 20 players.

We put this little outing together about a month and half ago, started it at 16, grew to 20 and in the week of the outing Linksoul.com apparel came on as GK Plays & GK Event sponsor to totally hook us up! Btw – big thanks to AndrewZ28.
I was concerned about the scorching heat wave but everyone showed up, stayed well and enjoyed the day. Afterwards I introduced our “Everyone Wins a Raffle Prize” process and proceeded to act like Santa Clause for the next 45 minutes. What a great time it was playing the course and hanging out in the Redhawk Golf Club Cantina. Good food and drinks. It was buzzing with us GK’ers talking and laughing it up! – To think how much fun just 20 GK’ers can have. Love it. Thanks Everyone!

With GK Plays we only do one contest and that is closest to the pin. But in ALL my years doing them, never have I seen so many so close! We were in the last group and we would come up to a hole and say WHAT???

Hole 4. Dkiewiez – around 4 feet
Hole 8. Thingstodo – around 4 feet
Hole 12. AndrewZ28 – inside a foot
Hole 17. Lotrgolfer48 – inside 2 feet

I’ve gone ahead and uploaded the photos so check them out!

Can’t wait for Monarch Beach Golf Links this Thursday and Goose Creek on 8/31!

Sponsors

ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

LinkSoul
- Various Linksoul apparel given out. Mostly shirts.
More Info About Linksoul – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- One voucher for a free golf package valued up to $100
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

Note from JohnnyGK:
- One of my personal favorite layouts in SoCal. Excited to put on this fun little get together. Thinking of hanging out after in their Mexican Cantina. Come out and enjoy the day. Would love to see you.

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Riverwalk Golf Club - San Diego, CA
Sunday, June 14th
Tee Times Starting 12:00pm-noon
Course: Presidio-Mission Combo
Includes: Green fees + Cart, Range Balls, Games and Prizes!
Format: Individual Flights Gross + 1-2-3 Best Ball Team Play
Games: Closest-To-The-Pin (every par 3), Long Drive (every par 5), Complementary Skins and more!

Field: 36 players.

Entry Fee: $65

Remember you MUST be a member of Greenskeeper.org to play. If it's your first time playing in one of our outings, all we'll need is your real name and average score.

Men play: (Middle Tees: 70.0/123 – 6156 yards)
Women play: (Forward Tees: 71.3/115 – 5427 yards)

Sponsors


ALL raffle prizes only require your presence at our post event and are (free) INCLUDED with the entry fee of the event.

NEW - LINKSOUL Golf Apparel
- We have ONE voucher for over $100 of LINKSOUL golf apparel of your choice. Take a moment to check out there quality stuff
More Info – Click Here!

Riverwalk Golf Club (San Diego)
- We have TWO complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

The Revere Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Aliante Golf Club
- No restrictions voucher - great course in Las Vegas. We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

Conestoga Golf Club (Las Vegas)
- We have ONE complimentary twosome to raffle off.
More Info – Click Here!

GolfMoose
- One voucher card for a free golf package valued up to $100
More Info About GolfMoose.com – Click Here!

More Sponsor Prizes On The Way!

Note from JohnnyGK:

I want to say right from the start, thank you everyone that came out! For close to ½ of the field this event was pretty local. For me, a 3 hour drive…but worth it!

Lots of new players for this one and some longtime GK’ers I finally got to meet.

I loved this entire event. I know the pace would be considered slow but I hardly noticed being surrounded by so many great people. The golf course, being my first time playing, exceeded my expectations in conditions and challenge. I definitely want another crack at it.

Big thanks to sixpez helping out inputting all the scores and assisting with the raffle. Big thanks as always to TheBigDog for setting up our score sheets.

So far I’ve read some of your reviews and can’t say how much I appreciate them. It’s our reviews that make these events affordable and possible so please write one.

I already got the photos posted!

Also check out the results!

GK Event: Riverwalk Golf Club - Results
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First Place Tie - Team #5: ( -12 )
Team #6: sr129, jerry64, weber2323 and adb0406

A1: rgm2525 ( 76 )
A2: weber2323 ( 76 )
B1: CaysterGolf ( 79 )
B2: mpisarski01 ( 84 )
C: bwaldera ( 91 )
D: TooBaked ( 103 )

On Course Contests:

Hole #2 Presidio: Closest to Pin: Itslikeimsayin (7ft – 5in)
Hole #3 Presidio: Longest Drive: mdkaplan90
Hole #6 Presido: Longest Drive: darceo10
Hole #8 Presidio: Closest to Pin: weber2323 (12ft – 0in)
Hole #4 Mission: Longest Drive: mdkaplan90
Hole #5 Mission: Closest to Pin: rstang06 (6ft – 1in)
Hole #7 Mission: Closest to Pin: RudyClub (8ft – 1in)
Hole #9 Mission: Longest Drive: TooBaked

Fewest Putts: sixpez, SBogey, darceo10 (27)

Skins:

Hole #7 Presidio: Kauapaupili (birdie)
Hole #8 Presidio: weber2323 (birdie)
Hole #1 Mission: jpcali10 (birdie)
Hole #3 Mission: SBogey (birdie)
Hole #5 Mission: thingstodo (birdie)
Hole #7 Mission: RudyClub (birdie)
Hole #9 Mission: mpisarski01 (birdie)

Raffle Drawings:

Linksoul Package: RudyClub
Conestoga Golf Club Twosome: sr129
Revere Golf Club Twosome: TooBaked
Aliante Golf Club Twosome: RobStretch
GolfMoose $100 Gift Card: jpcali10
Riverwalk Golf Club Twosome: dcricket
Riverwalk Golf Club Twosome: weber2323

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