There's No Golf Guilt Here!

Good morning! Just bounced out of the wonderful world of Twitter to bring you another one of my musings from Behnd the Green Scenes! By now you all know how much I adore Twittering, and I simply had to tell you about a cool new Twitterpal I met yesterday. His name is Brian Parker, and he runs a wonderful organization called ecoshare. He started following me on Twitter, and through that introduction I checked out his website and was blown away! ecoshare is a virtual community that shares all sorts of ideas, products and resources on everything and anything GREEN. It's Totally COOL, and a perfect partner for us to help spread the word about the CharityWorks Green House. The funny thing is that once we had exchanged numbers and actually had a conversation, I found out that he was a passionate golfer and was totally digging my Virtual Golf Room for the Green House! Bonus!

Anyhoo, I always get a little flustered when I talk with a REAL Green person...after all as you know I am a new disciple, trying to figure out the best way to recycle my lip gloss and hairspray containers when they're empty, but as usual I digress. Brian is the REAL DEAL, and his enthusiasm for both GOLF and GREEN really broke the ice. We ended up having a great conversation about Virtual Golf vs. Real Golf, and it turns out that Bryan has an entire group of green buddies who are also passionate golfers, but their love of the game holds a double edged sword. You see, I found out that there is such a thing as GOLFERS GUILT in the green community. These guys (and gals) who love the game are also wrestling with their consciences when they are out on the links. These eco-minded people realize just how much water waste there is when it comes to keeping the course green, and of course the fertilizers and pesticides that are used in parts of the country to keep those fairways fab, not drab are also a worry to them as well. To be honest, I never really thought about it that way, because as you all know by now I'm not a golfer by any means, but even to me this train of thought makes perfect sense. You can love the game but hate what maintaining the courses does to our Mother Earth. So when I explained further to Bryan about the concept of creating a Virtual Golf Room for the CharityWorks Green House, he was totally digging it: It's Golf without the Guilt!

Brian had played Virtual Golf Simulators before at places like Dave and Busters and really liked the concept, but when I told him that my system was actually in High Definition and he would be able to see every blade of (virtual green) grass, and every grain of (virtual, hazardous) sand on a 12' wide by 9' high screen he was blown away. Add in the fact that I told him that I can create an entire High Definition Virtual Golf Room IN HIS HOME...well, suffice it to say that I thought I would need to perform virtual CPR on the poor guy! Ha!

So, long story short, Brian is going to be doing a feature on my HD Virtual Golf Room coming up in the very near future on the ecoshare website (Yippee!) AND he was one of the first people I let in on a closely guarded secret! Here's the scoop: During the run of the CharityWorks Green House when it opens this October, I will be hosting private "Virtual Golf Cocktail Parties" and "Golf with a Pro" Events in my Virtual Golf Room, allowing your group to come in and have a private golf party playing my HD Golf Simulator. The cocktail parties will be held after hours for groups of 25 or less, and the Golf with a Pro events are limited to 10 people each. I'll be bringing in some of the best pros in the DC and surrounding areas who will give you tips on your game and just have fun hitting a couple of holes with you, and the cocktail parties are perfect for Corporate Groups to check out the ENTIRE Green House and play some Virtual Golf while nibbling and sipping the night away. How much fun will that be! To further ease your "Golf Guilt", you'll be happy to know that all proceeds from these events will benefit our CharityWorks partner, Friendship Public Charter Schools, helping the neediest children in the DC public school system. It's a triple win situation: Enjoy playing golf, Give poor Mother Nature a Break AND help some very deserving children who desperately need our help.

I'm still working on the final details of the events now, but suffice it to say Brian has already told me he's bringing up a group of friends from Virginia Beach who can't wait to see the ENTIRE Green House and play golf with me! If you want more information about these private events, or want me to plan one for your group please leave your information below in the comments section, or send me an e-mail at Lynni@Lynni.net. Be sure to click "Follow this Blog" on the right side of this page so I can keep you up to date with new scoop as it happens, and please continue to help me spread the word about this wonderful Green House project!

See you on the Virtual Links! No water needed!

xoxoxo,

Lynni
Keeping it real, one Green Link at a time!