Golf Contests and Offers the Week of March 26th, 2012

     Michigan golf weather has went a little skitzo over the last few days and I am not complaining but wonder what took so long that we have had a great run but more spring like weather scheduled over the week leading to Easter.

This weekend will see the final days of Carl's Golfland and demo days. It has been great meeting many of the sales reps of the various companies and their passion for their craft. The final Demo Days is scheduled for this weekend. I am in particular looking forward to speaking with the Taylor Made Rep as I have several of their clubs in my bag. I did purchase the new RocketBallz Driver. For more details, Carl's website and Taylor Made is tagged below.

http://www.taylormadegolf.com/products/irons/rocketballz-irons

http://www.carlsgolfland.com/

To have an opportunity to win a free RocketballZ 5 Iron, here is the link.
http://www.taylormadegolf.com/products/irons/Rocketballz-irons/RocketBallz_Factor?form=true


     I met plenty of super people at the Michigan Golf Show recently and one enthusiastic person I met was Erik Meland of the Mulligan Golf Tour. There are plenty of leagues that feature Tours for student athletes but not many for adults. This has changed over the last decade. Scratch golfers have found plenty of action but now handicap tours are sprouting up and Eric Meland has given us the skinny on his Tour.

Meland's Tour has an annual membership fee of $120 or less depending on when you join and how much you play. The fields are small with limited players capped at as few as 30 with some larger fields of 100 plus players. The tournaments do not pay a lot of money depending on the numbers but according to Meland the 2011 Money Titleist played in 24 events, placing in the money 9 times, including 2 wins for his efforts..

The Mulligan Tour tries to incorporate what Meland likes about the PGA Tour. He names the tournaments and has perpetual ones with the winners names engraved each year. The first 12 tournaments played back in 1999 are still played today. There will be new title sponsors for the 2012 season and they boost the prize fund above the players entry fees. The newsletter Meland publishes for the Mulligan Tour is smart and player focused so the bogey golfer can feel like a champ.

  

For golfers who want competition but know they are not PGA Tour material, the Mulligan Tour is a recreational golf league. Some rules are altered from the golf rule book with the players in mind and to speed up play. To find out more including the complete schedule, rules and possible participation, contact them at http://www.mulligantour.com/