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Bo the Golfer
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My wife is the head of a montessori school and they have a fundraiser this time of the year annually. We live near the Adidas headquarters so some of her parents work there and donate some TaylorMade goods. Last year she won a package that included a new R11, free golf, and 2 dozen Pro V1s. This year they did the driver separately and lo and behold they pull her number. Nice new R11s for me. Turned in the year old R11 for credit towards a new Rocketbalz 3 wood. Played 9 with both once and I love them. The 3 wood really is a rocket. Just wanted to share my good luck. Thanks hunny....keep em coming!

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6

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Very cool.... New golf equipment is awesome, especially when you don't gotta pay for it!

Tristan Hilton

My Equipment: 
PXG 0211 Driver (Diamana S+ 60; 10.5°) · PXG 0211 FWs (Diamana S+ 60; 15° and 21°) · PXG 0211 Hybrids (MMT 80; 22°, 25°, and 28°) · PXG 0311P Gen 2 Irons (SteelFiber i95; 7-PW) · Edel Wedges (KBS Hi-Rev; 50°, 55°, 60°) · Edel Classic Blade Putter (32") · Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour · Pinned Prism Rangefinder · Star Grips · Flightscope Mevo · TRUE Linkswear Shoes · Sun Mountain C130S Bag

On my MacBook Pro:
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Congrats...If your wife wins again next year, everyone else is going to stop buying tickets.  You said she is the head of the school, is she also the one pulling the tickets?

:mizuno: MP-52 5-PW, :cobra: King Snake 4 i 
:tmade: R11 Driver, 3 W & 5 W, :vokey: 52, 56 & 60 wedges
:seemore: putter

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She always has the MC pull all the winners-she doesn't want the appearance of anything untoward. She is a lucky charm for sure though!

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6

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Wow, the 'head of the school' holding the fundraiser has her name in for prizes!?  That's not right...

Driver:  :callaway: Diablo Octane
Fairway Wood:   :adams: Speedline 3W
Hybrid:   adams.gif A7OS 3 Hybrid 
Irons:   :callaway:  2004 Big Bertha 4-LW

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Gresh, she bought $100 dollars in raffle tickets which all goes to benefit the school. Always at least one negative comment on every thread in this forum.

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6

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Originally Posted by Bo the Golfer

Gresh, she bought $100 dollars in raffle tickets which all goes to benefit the school. Always at least one negative comment on every thread in this forum.

Sorry you think it's negative.  I think it is in poor taste.  In every other situation, paying for them or not, administrators would not be eligible.  My wife too is a school administrator.  There are several different benefits and fund raisers we attend and donate to as well.  She is not eligible, nor would she even want to try to win, any raffle.  It's a conflict of interest that looks bad.

Just put them in your name.

Driver:  :callaway: Diablo Octane
Fairway Wood:   :adams: Speedline 3W
Hybrid:   adams.gif A7OS 3 Hybrid 
Irons:   :callaway:  2004 Big Bertha 4-LW

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Sorry Bo but I have to agree with Gresh.  While it's cool she won and I'm sure it's on the up and up it's just not appropriate for the head of a school sponsoring a fundraiser to win a prize on the raffle.   If it were me I'd refuse the prize and suggest they select another name or at least do as Gresh suggests and have them placed in your name.

Joe Paradiso

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It wasn't placed in anyones name they pulled numbers...board members won signed Red Sox jerseys and other teachers won dinners, and tickets to area attractions. These are the people that keep her school going by donating the money via raffles and silent autions. If the theme is to have a raffle of goods and a silent auction to make money for the school should all the emplyees give back the various things they won? If these people didn't give the money they did they never would have gotten near the $20k they raised. Remind me never to have a Sandtrap member on my jury if I ever get in that situation.

BO THE GOLFER

In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6

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I do not think it is in poor taste. She is donating the money and having someone else draw the tickets. She is buying the tickets to support the school not because she knows she will win. I hope she keeps winning the drivers for you.

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I agree that it is in really poor taste. I am sure that every other single person in the raffle is suspecting that your wife rigged it. I mean, it's cool that you got those things but it definitely looks suspicious.

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It's just good karma. Congrats.

What's In My  Stand Bag

 

Driver:  FT-iZ 9*

Hybrids: C3 3,4,5

Irons: C3 6-GW

Wedges: C3 58*/8 and 54*/12

Putter:  blade

Ball: Gamer V2

 

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I can't believe so many people on here would give this guy a hard time.  It is a raffle for a fund raiser.  Head of the school or not, the drawing could just as easily go to anyone else to bought tickets.  Considering all the other prizes won and the variety of people that won them I highly doubt anyone thinks she had the drawing rigged!  Congrats on your new Driver!

Driver: CALLAWAY Diablo Octane 9.5*

Woods: CALLAWAY Diablo Octane 15*

Hybrid: CALLAWAY Diablo Edge 21*

Irons: CLEVELAND TA7 3-PW

Wedges: CLEVELAND 588 51*, 56*, and (60* on standby)

Putter: ODYSSEY DFX 1100 mallet

Bag: NIKE Performance Carry (Lime green/Grey)

Ball: NIKE One Tour D

 

 

 

 

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Common policy and procedure is that the head of an orgnization does not enter into the contests.  As many have said it is a conflict of interests and looks bad. That person still gives to the cause but they do so without entering into the contests

With that said congrats on winning the driver. If no one has a problem with how things were done, then more power to all of you, but the statements that it is not the common policy and procedure are still correct. That doesn't make it wrong or immoral, its just not common

In my bag

Driver - c3 bullet 10.5 degree
Woods- c3 bullet 5 wood
Hybrids- 3dx 3 and 4Irons- 3dx 5-pwWedges- Purespin golf tour series gw,sw,lwPutter- antiguaBall - :taylormade: Burner TP

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Congrats on the drivers.

I don't think it's a big deal.  Sounds like many people involved with the school were in the raffle, and many others won.  Generally in a contest, anyone affiliated with the organization, as well as their immediate family members would be excluded from entry.  I know that this is not always the case, but in larger contests, such as on line giveaways from larger companies, it is usually in the fine print.  However, raffles are generally much more relaxed.  I've entered a ton of raffles where somebody working for the organization, or even running it, had won something.  It's for a good cause, so who cares?

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Originally Posted by jlh1508

Common policy and procedure is that the head of an orgnization does not enter into the contests.  As many have said it is a conflict of interests and looks bad. That person still gives to the cause but they do so without entering into the contests

That appears to be the case in the events I attend. I go to about a half dozen charity outings a year and members of the board of directors from the organiztion benefited by the event recuse themselves from the raffles in each case.

My Tools of Ignorance:

Driver: Ping I20 9.5*
Woods/Hybrids: Cobra AMP 3W and 3 HY

Irons: Cobra AMP 4-GW

Wedges: Callaway Forged Copper 56* and 60*

Putters: Scotty Cameron  35" (Several of the flow neck blade variety)

Ball: Bridgestone B330-RX and Srixon Z-Star

Bag: Nike Performance Carry

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