Viva the Slam

Gentleman

obviously all minds are on the Hole in One but I thought I would just let you know the current state of savings for the Slam. We now have about GBP10k and NZD10k. Excluding interest I think we will save about another NZD23k before we embark on the journey. If we allocate about $2k per person on air tickets we will have the better part of $30k to survive the 3 week odyssey (incl getting there). Transport and accommodation will be our biggest costs. All in all it all looks good. 

Update!

We are now within 24 months of takeoff! Our savings are excellent. We now have nearly our budgeted airfares and we also have 10k British pounds. Not shabby.

Over the coming 12 months I'll be proposing the tour schedule and well also be able to make some early bookings.

Great work!

The first milestone reached!

Gentlemen, we have reached our first $10k of saving, nice work.

Nearly set to hit the 5 figures in savings!

Great news as the savings continue to grow. We pretty well have saved enough for one man! 5 more and we'll be away. Well done everyone.

Some thoughts...

At the Xmas drinks at Trev's (well done mate for a very enjoyable evening), Spid, Stephen and I were discussing the issue of the Open being incorporated into the Slam. We thought an even greater idea would be to play the Open and the HIO simultaneously with the final round of both these tournies played at St Andrews! Epic thinking. Would look like this;
Round 1 at Celtic Manor is the 1st leg of the Open
Round 2 at Carne in Ireland could be leg 1 of the HIO
Round 3 at Royal County Down could be the 2nd leg of the Open
Round 4 at Royal Birkdale or Troon could be leg 2 of the HIO
Round 5 at Saint Andrews could be the final leg of both those tourneys!


The final round of the tour, which is likely to be Wentworth as it is close to Heathrow, will be the final leg of the Slam!

Welcome feedback on this..

Latest news!

We now have 6 confirmed savers. Our funds have now gone over $5k, awesome result. Every month takes us closer to the golfing holiday of a lifetime. Well done boys, you are all inspired individuals and I'm happy to be going on this mission with you all.

The Seagull scratched

Breaking news, the Seagull has scratched himself from the Slam quoting the extreme cost of funding his childrens education amongst other factors. Clearly he should have packed them off to Ranui High School and saved money....