Unlike generic Home Exchange sites that concentrate almost exclusively on their Members' property, SeniorGolfExchange.com places equal emphasis on the Members themselves - what is there in their interests and outlook that will make them compatible exchange partners, whether you are contemplating a home exchange or hospitality exchange.

April's Member Bio features Gary and Jan Wallis from Melbourne Australia.

For Members wishing to learn more about Gary and Jan's exchange offer, they can be found at Member ID 43 here.

Gary and Jan are perfect examples of keen golfers, with great connections and interesting backgrounds, that we are delighted to welcome as Members of SeniorGolfExchange.com.

Gary has exhibited a high degree of skill at most sports, including Australian Rules Football at the highest level - at the most famous of all Clubs - Collingwood.  Golf however continues to challenge him - as it does all of us.

Jan is in a unique category - she coaches golf part time on a professional basis, while retaining her amateur status.  So you not only enjoy Jan's hospitality, but you may get a couple of lessons as well.

Gary and Jan are natural and generous hosts.  As part of their business commitments they run Corporate Golf Days and Golf Tours, having recently returned from hosting their second trip to the 12 course Mission Hills Resort in China.

As this is published, Gary and Jan are in Augusta, enjoying their first trip to The Masters.

In summary, with Gary and Jan you tick all the boxes:-

-         very comfortable, well located family home

-         long time members of Heidelberg Golf Club, with access to other sought-after courses

-         great hosts with an intimate understanding of what the travelling senior golfer appreciates

-         flexibility in the timing, length and type of exchange they will happily consider

So, why not contact Gary and Jan and start the ball rolling on what could be your first exchange facilitated via SeniorGolfExchange.com.

If you were looking to coincide a trip to Melbourne with one of the many golf events close by, here are some to consider:-

• July 08 - Victorian Women's Amateur Championship - Peninsula
• September 08 - Australian Men's Senior Match Play - Barwon Heads
• October 08 - Victoria Men's Senior Amateur Championship - Rosebud

Alternatively, for attractions and events outside the world of golf, explore the Visit Melbourne website here

Not surprisingly, as we introduce the home and hospitality exchange concept to Senior Golfers with no exchange experience, we have detected some concerns about "handing over our home to people we really don't know yet".

From our early research with Senior Golfers we took the decision to offer our Members the widest range of exchange options, namely:-

-         home exchange - a reciprocal arrangement to exchange vacant possession of each others home, simultaneously or not.

-         hospitality exchange - one member stays home and hosts the other, and later the roles are reversed

-         hospitality exchange without accommodation - one Member hosts the other, introducing them to the local golf community, enjoying golf and other shared interests, but without providing accommodation within their home.

This third option allows for situations where a Member's home is unavailable, short or long term - perhaps you're accommodating a family member or major renovations are taking place - or where you want to participate in the golf travel experiences, expanding your circle of golf friends, but are not yet ready to provide in-home accommodation.

So if you wish to start without accommodation involvement, that's perfectly OK - or perhaps you're comfortable with Hospitality Exchange but not Home Exchange just yet.

Completely your decision - our system enables you to nominate the exchange type you are seeking.

Serving Two Masters

Even though there is a huge difference in the natural talent and mechanical skills within this wide range of golfers, there is a common denominator that allows me to help all of them. All golfers, including Tiger Woods, experience a certain degree of negative emotions, which adversely affect their brain's chemistry and performance.

The more you learn to master your emotions, the better you will play at any level. The more you master your mechanics, the lower you will score. It doesn't get any simpler than that.

In golf most negative emotions originate from concern of the outcome. The key to controlling your emotions is to realize that you can not serve two masters and be effective. You can choose to be process oriented or remain concerned with the outcome.

The only purpose that the outcome has is to give you direction and feedback to make the necessary adjustments to improve your mechanical and mental games. If you train your mind to focus solely on the process of improving and do the work, it is only a matter of time until you achieve your desired outcome.

If you insist on serving two masters by being concerned with the outcome while you are trying to improve the process, you greatly diminish your chances for success.

If you have not read "The Mental Keys To Improve Your Golf", you will benefit greatly from my book by seeing the whole picture instead of just pieces contained in my mental tips.
I guarantee it! So order now and lower your score.

©  2001 by Michael Anthony.  All rights reserved.  www.mentalkeys.com

Score

John and Bob were two of the most competitive rivals at the club.  Neither man trusted the other's arithmetic.

One day they were playing a heated match and watching each other like hawks. After holing out on the fourth green and marking his six on the scorecard, John asked Bob, "What'd you have?

Bob went through the motions of mentally counting up. "Six!" he said and then hastily corrected himself,." No, no....a five."

Calmly John marked the scorecard, saying out loud "Eight!"

"Eight?" Bob said, "I couldn't have had eight."

John said, "Nope, you claimed six, then changed it to five, but actually you had seven."

John told him, "One stroke penalty, for improving your lie."

"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented." - Arnold Palmer.

As a new exchange operation, particularly one servicing just Senior Golfers, we need your help to spread the word about us, and for everyone's advantage, to grow our Member numbers, and hence the choice of exchange opportunities.

Please forward this Newsletter to all your golfing friends (you can use the "Forward email" link below), or if you have any other suggestions on how we can market our Club to Senior Golfers, please contact us here.  We sincerely appreciate your help.