GOLF TODAY MAGAZINE
May, 2003
Scratch
Offs are a Success!
PRODUCT REVIEW: FANTASY GOLF SCRATCH OFF CARDS
Written by Bob Koczor, Publisher
This
is the new Fantasy Golf Scratch Off Card which I'm positive
you'll be seeing a lot more in the future. This
scratch off card is just like any score card found at
any golf course, except you don't have to drive to the
course and you don't have to play the game itself to shoot
that coveted 65. All you have to do is scratch off one
of the four circles provided directly underneath each
hole, and then tally up your score.
If you're in a group of golfers and top prize for lowest
score is a round-trip all-expense paid golf trip to Kauai,
you win! Some contest hosts will even give prizes for
the highest score as well, since this is strictly for
fun and for prizes. It's up to you how you run the contest!
Give away prizes for the highest score scratched off,
the lowest score, most pars, most eagles, etc.
It's a great way to make
money at charity tournaments, because you can sell a card
for $1, or five cards for $3 and 10 cards for $5, with
the money itself going to the charity itself. But feel
free to charge whatever you want for these cards - it's
up to you! A worthwhile prize like a set of new Nike Irons
donated by a golf business or golf organization is the
grease that sells these cards and makes this wheel go
smoothly and without a hitch.
I myself obtained more
than 5,000 of these cards so that all the players in one
of Golf Today Magazine's sponsored tournaments can have
yet another way to win some of the fabulous prizes given
at each tournament. The cards will be given free to all
participants.
The Fantasy Golf Cards
can be used for much more than at tournaments, and I'm
talking about for use at golf shows (both trade and consumer),
I'm talking about for golf trips, and how about at golf
resorts and golf courses? Anywhere golfers congregate,
these Fantasy Scratch Off Cards will be a hit!
On one-half of the back
of the scratch off card is space for the promotion of
an advertiser or sponsor of the event, which is yet another
way to raise funds for the charity tournament.
Fantasy Scratch Off Cards
can be obtained in generic form or custom-made for your
golf group or the special golf event. A Deluxe Dedicated
card has everything customized on it, including the golf
course, a picture of one hole on the course, the exact
yardage, tournament logos and sponsors' logos.
No two Fantasy Golf cards are alike
since there are more than 20 million numerical combinations.
Every card is a potential winner! (Scratch Off Works will
give you the odds for your contest). Delivery takes only
one week.
Scratch Off Works, a family owned
and operated scratch off printing business for over 20
years, has designed and developed these Fantasy Golf cards.
They hold the copyright to them. "We've only been
on the market with them since January of this year,"
says Christine Kozak, Vice President, "and they've
had universal appeal in tournaments throught the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico and Australia."
Christine says the wide acceptance
of these scratch off golf cards lies in the fact that
both the sponsors and golfers "really love these
cards!"
Tony Kozak, President, agrees:
"The sponsors like them becuase it's a completely
new product and something they feel gives them a lot more
exposure than just having some signage on a hole. The
golfers love the cards becuase they're so competitive
and fun."
Clients can order as few as 100
cards on up to over 50,000 cards. "It's a win-win
situation," Christine says, "because everyone
benefits from these cards: the sponsors, the golfers and
the charities involved."
What great philosopher said "Fantasize
and it shall come true?" ---- Here comes my 65....
