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What is Meet & Play?

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Meet & Play:  Sharing your Golf Experience with other Golfers

GK Meet & Play
GK Meet & Play: Bringing Golfers Together

Golf doesn’t have to be a solitary sport.  Share your experience with other like-minded golfers.

Have a tee spot available?  Consider Greenskeeper.Org’s Meet & Play.

Meet & Play is just that.  Meet other golfers and play some golf.  Create lasting friendships with other golfers in your area.  Play competitively or not.  Play golf and share the experience.

Meet & Play was originally conceived as a way to get golfers together playing golf in a less structured and more informal manner.  Just like playing as a single at a golf course, Meet & Play pairs you with other golfers with tee times.

Have a tee time where your buddies backed out?  Still want to play?  No worries.  Post it here on Meet & Plays and find players interested in play a little golf with you.

Since it is informal there are no sponsored GK contests or prizes; only the opportunity to play with other golfers who have a tee time.

It’s very simple use.

  1. Join Greenskeeper.org.  Membership is free.
  2. From the homepage, click the Meet & Play tab.
  3. Join with other golfers playing golf in your area.  Meet & Play outlines available tee times that members in our community have space available.  Think of it as ride-sharing without the transportation and more playing golf.
  4. Communicate with other golfers through the internal GK Messaging system.
  5. Play some golf.

You’re just a few mouse clicks away.

Goose Creek Golf Tee Times
Goose Creek Golf Tee Times

Now if Meet and Plays is not your cup of tea, be sure to check out our latest GK Plays at Goose Creek Golf Club this August 31 2015.  Have the time?  Join us!  Space is limited.  But if you’re unable to attend our latest GK Plays consider our upcoming GK Plays.  Great Golf is in your future!

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Golfing Healthy – 6 Tips For Healthy Travels

Golfing Healthy with Cate Ritter

TheLEAN18green - Cate''s Nutrition KitchenTheLEAN18green - Cate''s Nutrition KitchenWhether you’re traveling for a golf tournament, a business meeting or a family vacation, it can be challenging to find convenient food options that keep you energized and satisfied. Although you’re not likely to find a “par-fect” plate of grass-fed steak, baked sweet potato fries, GMO-free ketchup and a side of organic steamed kale, you can still make better choices that are healthy and delicious. Eating more nutritious foods will help improve your energy, reduce stress and set you up for a restful night’s sleep — all challenges for a golfer living on-the-go. By following the simple tips below you improve your daily performance on and off the course.

 

  1. Stay Hydrated
    Stay Hydrated with a little lemon in your water
    Stay Hydrated with a little lemon in your water

    Stick with water as your main beverage. Not only does water support your body, it also prevents you from drinking beverages high in refined sugars, artificial sweeteners and other toxic ingredients. Sparkling water and unsweetened teas are also healthy options. Add lemon wedges, sliced cucumber or flavored stevia for variety.

  1. Plan Ahead
    Search for grocery stores near your destination for a healthier meal or to stock up on supplies. Research restaurant menus ahead of time to create a meal from the healthier selections. Try combining sides or appetizers, such as two eggs with a side of bacon and a cup of fruit.
  1. Protein First
    Increase metabolism and decrease appetite by eating protein first. Next, enjoy plenty of non-starchy vegetables with a small amount of natural fat. Lastly, enjoy non-starchy veggies, grains, beans, legumes, and fruits at the end of your meal. Eating foods in this order helps stabilize blood sugar, increase satiation and prevent overeating. For example, you’re much less likely to gorge on a giant potato after you’ve finished a grilled steak with asparagus and butter.
  1. Include Veggies
    Add vegetables to your meal to increase nutrients with fiber, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and antioxidants. The more veggies (spinach, broccoli, asparagus) on your plate, the less room you’ll have for insulin-spiking refined carbs (bread, white rice, pasta or chips). Boost nutrients with greens instead of grains by choosing salads and lettuce wraps. If you can’t resist bread, select sourdough or “sprouted” varieties and make it a half sandwich.
  1. Learn to Lemonize
    Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to water, tea, salads, chicken, fish, and vegetables for extra flavor. Lemons support weight loss, improve digestion, aid detoxification, and provide a decent amount of vitamin C and potassium.
  1. Eat Slowly
    When you improvehow you eat, you’ll naturally improve what you eat. Start by being mindful of your first three bites and practice putting utensils down between bites. It’s this combination of awareness and small changes that produce the most effective results.

 

On-The-Go Examples

Airport breakfast: cheese omelet with spinach, mushrooms, tomato; side of fruit
Road trip cooler: beef/bison jerky, sliced bell pepper, walnuts and a banana.
Grocery grab: rotisserie chicken with cherry tomatoes, guacamole, and an apple.
Drive-thru: lettuce-wrapped double burger with tomato, pickles, and onions.

 

Cate Ritter - Director of Nutrition MTT PerformanceCate Ritter runs THE LEAN 18 Nutrition program at MTT Performance, A Golf Channel Academy located in Pebble Beach, CA. With a successful career as a top junior and collegiate golfer, Cate knows the importance of nutrition when it comes to having a competitive edge on the course. Cate’s work has been featured on ABC15 News, U.S. News and World Report, Wall Street Journal, Golf Digest, GolfWRX, Golf Tips, Golf Today Northwest, PopGolf Mexico, GolfPunk UK, and The Arizona Republic.

Keywords:  golf healthy lifestyle, travel tips, hydrate, plan ahead, protein, veggies, eat slower, lemon

MTT Performance

 

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Greenskeeper.org Bringing Golfers Together

Social Golf

Golf is Really Social?

The Inaugural Group at River Ridge Golf Course and GK Plays Tee Times
The Inaugural Group at River Ridge Golf Course and GK Plays Tee Times

Golf is a solitary sport or so I thought.  On it’s most primitive level it pits you against the golf course and what she has to throw at you — mano a mano.  Sometimes the course can be nice but oftentimes fickle and that is putting it nicely.

There is an aspect of golf however that is social as well.  Golf is not really all that solitary.  You play in groups.  Oftentimes a round of golf is with friends or even colleagues.  My dad told me years ago that English may be the language of business but it’s golf that seals the deals.  You want to close a deal; take them out for a round of golf.  So there is a social aspect to golf as well.

At the start of the round we may not know someone but after the round we have a keener insight into those individuals.

Golf Social with GK Events
Golf Social with GK Events

I have seen a good deal of golfing apps really put a focus on the social aspect of golf.  Their attempt is to create instant camaraderie with total strangers.  Personally I find that a difficult task.  I liken it to a blind date or some mysterious box of chocolates — “You never know what you’re gonna get.”  I for one need some time to warm up to total strangers.  I don’t know their level of skill when it comes to golf and aside from the stock chit-chat and the occasional “Nice shot,” that’s pretty much my interaction.

That is until you get comfortable with your group.  It’s hard to explain but eventually you warm up to your group.  You’re stuck with them for the next 5 hours so possibly it’s surrendering to that inevitable fact.  Whatever it is, you begin to interact.  You’re all connected by a single thread — you enjoy golf.  You survive the emotional roller coaster that can be a round of golf and at the end of the round your group has somehow endured those peaks and valleys with you.

This is where Greenskeeper.org excels.

What does Greenskeeper.org do?

Join GK Plays Tee Times - Discounted Golf Tee Times
Join GK Plays Tee Times – Discounted Golf Tee Times

Greenskeeper.org not only prepares a golfer on what to expect at the golf course they are playing.  Greenskeeper.org not only helps golfers decide where to play their next round of golf.  Greenskeeper.org also creates events where golfers with a similar passion for the sport we love can play and interact.

We do have competitive events for those individuals that crave competition but we also create events that stir camaraderie and oftentimes lasting friendships.  And unlike competing sites we provide a regular venue that allows golfers of all skill levels tied by their love of golf to play and enjoy their round of golf — together.

How do we do it?

That is very simple.  We play golf.  We offer an opportunity for our members to interact online in our very active forums, but we also offer our members the opportunity to play golf at premiere golf locales like Monarch Beach, Angelus National or Sandpiper just to name a few.  Greenskeeper.org creates golf venues or more exactly opportunities for golfers to interact.  From our Meet & Play, GK Events, to our newest GK Plays or our GK Match Play.  We offer all levels of golfer a way to play golf and meet like minded folks with a similar if not fanatical love of golf.

Join GK Plays Tee Times - Discounted Golf Tee Times
Join GK Plays Tee Times – Discounted Golf Tee Times

Let’s look at each of these types of venues.

On a casual note, we offer our Meet & Play.  It’s an opportunity for any golfer with a tee time to invite other golfers to play.  Say your buddies backed out and you have an extra slot available.  You just post the Meet & Play and one of our members may bite at the chance to play that golf course.  Many of our GK Staffers will post a Meet & Play.  Check it out.  Click HERE to find out more information.

GK Events
GK Events

Our GK Events is our Cadillac golf venue.  Play some great golf with spectacular conditions at some of California’s most prestigious golf courses.  Originally called our GK Causal Golf Outing, it offers golfers who want to play competitively the added dimension of tournament play with a ceremony afterwards as well as a social aspect of mixing with like minded golfers before, during and after the round.  This is our 8th year sponsoring venues like GK Events.  Click HERE to find out additional information.

GK Match Play takes competition to a new level.  Currently based here in Southern California, it pits North, South, East and West sections of Southern California against each other to win the coveted GK CUP.  It’s just a cup but it represents several regional competitions culminating a free round of golf at one of California’s premiere golf locations for the lucky finalists.

GK Plays Tee Times - Discounted Golf Tee Times
GK Plays Tee Times – Discounted Golf Tee Times

Finally there is our latest creation – GK Plays.  GK Plays operates on a smaller scale and at local golf courses.  You still have the structure of playing in a tournament but the focus is more on playing a round of golf with friends.  It’s Greenskeeper.org’s latest endeavor to bring golf to the golfer.  It is designed to create additional opportunities to play golf, all they need is you.  We choose the course when it’s at its best playing condition.  You get the advantage of playing some great golf when conditions are at their best and you get to tell us how it was by writing a golf course review afterwards.  Interested in GK Plays?  There are several tee times still available, check them out HERE.

Golfing social is not only possible but very probable with Greenskeeper.org.  Play some great golf courses.  Interact with folks that share the same passion for golf.  Play in some great conditions.  All this because you joined one of Golf Social Networks largest vibrant online golf community.  Check us out.  Sitting on the fence, take the leap of faith and join us at one of our upcoming events.

We are Greenskeeper.org and now you Know Before You Go!