A Kauai Golf Vacation Provides the Perfect Hawaii Golf Vacation Destination
By admin | July 10, 2008
If you are a golfer looking to take your golf vacation in a tropical paradise, then a Hawaii golf vacation on Kauai will fit your plans to a tee.
Kauai is the fourth-largest, northernmost Hawaiian island and boasts the most beaches per miles of coastline. What really makes the island special - besides its world-class golf courses - is that ninety-seven percent of Kauai remains undeveloped. Because of this, Kauai is known as the “Garden Island”.
Golf courses on Kauai are not just a pretty postcard image to send home to friends and family. Golfers will find that Kauai golf courses utilize this natural beauty to produce challenging layouts along with amazing backdrops. Course designers like Jack Nicklaus and Robert Trent Jones Jr. seamlessly meshed fairways and greens with tropical valleys, ocean cliffs, lava formations and rock gardens to produce beauty and beast.
Course designers also took advantage of the pacific climate. Many long par fives become reachable to golfers who lack Tiger’s power by making the most of the northeast tradewinds that are ever present on the Hawaiian Islands. However, this advantage can quickly become a disadvantage. When these tradewinds reverse direction and become Kona winds, those long holes become very long holes.
Beauty and challenges are not the only traits Kauai golf courses have going for them. The golf world also recognizes the island for its high quality of golf. Three of the top five golf courses in Hawaii are on Kauai. In fact, Kauai is not only known for some of the best golf courses in Hawaii but also in the world. The Poipu Bay Resort Golf Course is home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and is rated as one of the top eighteen golf courses in the United States. Princeville Resort and Kauai Lagoons Golf Club also received awards and high rankings from Golf Digest. High-handicappers should have no fear however, as golfers of all skill levels will find a playable golf course on Kauai.
The proximity of many world-class golf courses to each other is another reason a Kauai golf vacation is so enjoyable. Because travel time is short to each of Kauai’s golf courses, golfers will be able to get in a couple of rounds and still have time to enjoy many of the island’s outdoor activities. If you love hiking, biking, snorkeling, surfing and other outdoor activities, then this is the island for you. At a minimum, plan a visit to the Waimea canyon or trek to the top of the Makawehi Lithified Cliffs. Then at the end of the day enjoy a drink on one of those fabulous Kauai beaches.
With the perfect year-round climate for golf, first-class accommodations and golf resorts, world-class golf courses and undeveloped tropical environment; a Kauai golf vacation is the perfect golf vacation.
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Tags: golf, hawaii golf courses, hawaii golf vacation, kauai, kauai golf courses, kauai golf vacationJack Nicklaus
By admin | July 9, 2008
Before Tiger Woods came along to re-define what golf dominance is all about, the man who used to stand head and shoulders over everybody else in the world of golf was Jack Nicklaus. They called him “The Golden Bear” and his shadow loomed large over professional golf, specifically on the PGA Toiur for over two decades, from the sixties to the late-eighties. After retiring from the Tour, he then lorded it over the Champions Tour for retired golf pros, from the late-eighties to the nineties. Woods may be closing the gap fast but, for now, the Golden Bear is still widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time.
Born in Ohio, Nicklaus attended public schools as a young child and had to overcome a mild case of polio. He started playing golf at the age of 10 and shot a score of 51 for his first nine holes, which is phenomenal for a first timer, whether adult of child. He won the Ohio Junior State title at age 12 and went on to win the same title five more times. He won the US Amateur title twice and an NCAA Championship once while he was still a student at Ohio State University.
He made his pro debut in 1962 and went on to win 18 major tournaments (three British Open Championships, four U.S. Opens, five PGA Championships, and six Masters) a record that still holds to this day, despite the recent assault of Tiger Woods on the record books. Nicklaus is only one of five golfers to win all four majors golf tournaments in their career (the “Career Grand Slam” as it is known). He is only one of two golfers (the other being Tiger Woods) who has won all four major tournaments more than once. However, he stands alone as the lone golfer to ever win all four major tournaments at least three times. Nicklaus also owns the distinction of being the oldest player to ever win The Masters which he set in 1986 at the age of 46. Overall, Nicklaus won 46 top-3 finishes in major tournaments (including 19 second-place finishes and nine third-places), 56 top-5 finishes, and 73 top-10 finishes.
Jonathon Hardcastle writes articles on many topics including Golf, Fitness, and Sports
Tags: Games, golf, Jack Nicklaus, PGA championships, SportsHis Money Winnings Soared
By admin | July 8, 2008
Do you know who the first professional golfer was to hit the 9 million dollar mark?
My guesses would have been Arnold Palmer or possibly Jack Nicklaus.
It was Tom Kite.
Tom has had a remarkable 19 PGA wins, 7 Senior PGA wins and 1 major, the 1992 US Open. Tom also shot 62 four times while playing on tour.
In the 1980’s he played in 53 consecutive events without missing the cut, which tied him for sixth overall with Vijay Singh in the PGA record books at the end of 2004.
Tom’s consistency and his great short game have been his biggest strengths.
How has Tom Kite been able to continually play winning golf throughout his career?
Kite is a big fan of the most basic principles of mental toughness: positive self-talk.
He says, “You have to think effectively. Seeing the negative side of what happens on the golf course is not effective thinking.”
How To Stay Positive on the Golf Course
There are two steps to learning the art of positive self-talk.
The first is understanding that your thoughts and beliefs have a profound impact on your decisions.
Psychological studies on self-talk (the idea that what we say to ourselves matters) over the past 25 years has shown that human beings don’t do things based on what happens to us.
We do things based on what we THINK will happen to us.
We don’t go to work because we get paidwe go to work because we THINK we’ll get paid. You don’t miss a putt because you missed your last one.
You miss it because you missed your last one and you THINK you will miss your next one. This is no small distinction.
The second step to learning how to positive self-talk is to genuinely understand what positive thinking IS.
Positive thinking doesn’t mean that telling yourself you’re playing well when you aren’tor telling yourself you’re confident and cheerful when you aren’t.
It means telling yourself that the negative events you are going through are temporary.
If you hit a bad drive, you think, “Now my nerves are settled so I can really drive the ball.”
If you hit a bad putt, you think, “I can use what I just learned about reading the green on my next putt.”
This is the essence of positive thinking: making sure you view negative shots as a natural, yet TEMPORARY phenomenon during your golf game.
It worked for Tom Kite. Why not you?
I’ll talk to you again soon.
Your friend,
Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is a professional speaker, author and coach who helps
people realize their deepest aspirations through mental toughness training. Visit her golf site at http://www.golfgamesecrets.com