MULLIGANS & GIMME'S... 
"A collection of notes & quotes from our Top 100 adventures."

      Updated 7/7/08 - 10:04 p.m. PST ... (By Jim Allen) ... 2008 is already half over, but there has already been a years worth of activity on our GolfestOnline.com website and for our members.  What started out as a year where getting out to a golf course has hampered by mediocre weather or work, has shaped up very nicely.  For those of you at home keeping notes, here are some of the things that Golfest members have been able to pull off so far in 2008:
   ... Bob Potts started off the year strong by scoring his second career hole-in-one.  It took place at the Talon Course at the Grayhawk in Scottsdale. ...  Mark Suzda and Jim Allen traveled to Augusta, Georgia to watch the Masters Golf Championship.  If you ever get a change to go, our advice is "GO!" ... Golfest 2008 roared through Michigan and tackled the Great Lakes Tour on another great trip.  Seven more rated courses were played as we toured the entire state.  Even though the weather was a little on the cold side, it was a great trip. ... Jim Allen managed to work in a trip to Kauai in March to play the rated Kauai Lagoons course and another round at Turtle Bay.  At this point, he has played all of the ranked courses in Hawaii. ... Mark Suzda won a $42,000 Buick Enclave with a hole-in-one at "Tiger Jam" at Cascata Golf Course in Boulder City, NV ... An assortment of charter members loaded up to attend the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego.  Among them were Jeffrey Adkins, Jim Allen, Jim Dee, Joe Arellanes, Tony Fernandes, Mark Suzda, and Mark Pickering.  We had first class hook-ups with VIP Sports Marketing which made it an over-the-top experience. ... Kasey Scheidenlein is a changed man.  Not just in appearance, sporting a new beard, but on his scorecard.  Kasey has shaved about 10-strokes from his scores in less than a year. ... Art Taylor's game has been coming around also.  On June 30th, he shot a career best 92 at Woodcreek Oaks in Roseville, CA ...  Spanky Hayes is going to be a dad. ... Mark Suzda shot a career best 74 at Oak Quarry on June 20th.  And that included a pair of double bogeys on the back nine. ... We have added two new Golfest members to the mix -- Mike Rittner of Chatsworth, CA, and Mark Pickering of Yorba Linda, CA ... Our GolfestOnline.com website has scored an amazing 21,000+ hits in only one year. ... Mike Werner is still alive after nearly choking to death on his food in Michigan. ... Tony Fernandes and Joe Arellanes played the awesome Luana Hills Country Club on Oahu.  Although it isn't a rated venue, it should be. ... 
     Whats on the horizon?  Word has it that their are Top 100 excursions scheduled by Jim Dee at the Brickyard Golf Course in Indianapolis and Jim Allen is headed to Crosswater Golf Course in Oregon. Mark Suzda is trying to work his way into Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.  There is also a rumor of a Golfest FLY-BY taking place in August.  Stay tuned for details. ... A planned trip to Florida in October has been sidelined, because the meeting that we were originally going to attend got cancelled. ...

     By the way, have you checked out the GOLFEST 2008 TRIP REVIEW?  It has just been added!   
We have also added a course review on Arcadia Bluffs.

                           GOLFEST 2008 VIDEO

... There you have it -- a quick video-montage of Golfest 2008.  Seven-days, seven Courses, 14 golfers, 144 holes of Michigan's best ... and 877-miles of road show in about 12 minutes.  By the way, this is the rated version, which was reduced in size so I could actually post it on GolfestOnline.com
     The unrated version is of a higher quality ... and ... is another five breathtaking minutes longer.  It also features another 50 or so photographs, more music, and can be yours for the one-time ... low ... low price of only ... $29.95.  You'll never find a better deal and this exclusive product is not sold in stores.  Operators are standing by.
     But seriously ..., we don't have operators.  And, the video really doesn't do justice to a great trip.  Either way ... enjoy!  More is on the way.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: In the event you recognize someone in the video, they will probably be receiving a free CD, and you won't.  In the event you live with, sleep with, or just know one of the said persons, you may have to steal their copy to have one of your own. Just don't get caught.  Although some of the golfers in the video appear to know what they are doing and look good while posing on the follow-through, many of their balls were shanked, hacked, hooked, sliced and battered into the surrounding tree lines, lakes, and ravines.  None of the farm animals in the video were harmed in anyway, although one or more of the golfers may have had impure thoughts while we are driving by.  Arcadia Bluffs was included in the video despite the fact that their service sucks, their food is weak, and their course marshals couldn't fend for themselves at a miniature golf course.  We don't endorse that course in any way, shape or form and encourage Michigan travelers to spend their hard earned money at other courses such as Tullymore or Bay Harbor.  If for some reason you are offended by anything we show on the video or on this website, you need to get a life, and promise us that you will never sign-on again because you are a loser.  The term "five-putt" is not a joke, it actually happened, four of those from within two feet.  The perpetrator of that event is considering entering the Federal Witness Protection program and is undergoing intense therapy at the Dave Pelz Short Game School.  Any and all putter donations will be accepted.  The word "choker" is not a reference to Mike Werner's golf skills, but to his inability to chew meat.  All members attending future trips will be required to take extensive training in cutting Mike's food and performing the Heimlich maneuver.  Any unauthorized use of the images or likenesses of the Golfest golfers qualifies you as a stalker.  Void where prohibited by law.
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