Open letter to those involved in ministry using golf as a platform for outreach and discipleship;

Praise the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

We are called to present Him to the golf world during the  Masters in whatever way He inspires & equips us.

For my Brother Ron Wilcoxson & me, we believe the Lord has called us to engage with visitors to Augusta with the Gospel on the streets leading into the Masters. We have pocket New Testaments designed for golfers & distributed during this past year's US Open & we also have hundreds of Links Players Magazines.

Our first appointment will be @ Warren Baptist Church on Washington Rd 7:00 AM, April 7th to attend the FCA Prayer Breakfast.  We hope to meet you, Nick, Pete & Addison to visit together and coordinate our missions for the week.

We, then, intend to deploy to the streets thru Friday to engage with the "Patrons" & trust God's inspiration on where to go, who to speak with & what to say.  We will depart late Friday or early Saturday.

One other task of interest; we have established a website called Open Doors that can be visited at www.opendoorsforthemasters.com. we have attempted to identify our mission and ongoing process to introduce golfers to Jesus as well as inform about the efforts of other ministries to use golf as a platform for evangelism & discipleship.

Story from Heavy.com

Do you want Text Masters Updates?  Text MASTERS to the number 41411

Early April in the golf season means one thing: It’s time for the Masters.

The top players in the world will be at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, for the 79th edition of the golf season’s first major championship from April 9-12.

Bubba Watson is the reigning championship and also took the green jacket in 2012.

What isn’t known at the moment is if Tiger Woods will be playing. The 4-time Masters winner has been on a leave of absence from the PGA Tour, last playing in the Farmers Insurance Open in early February, though he withdrew from that tournament after 11 holes.

Tournament favorite and world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, 3-time champion Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006, 2010) and 2013 winner Adam Scott highlight the field, which has not been completely set.

Here is what you need to know about the Masters Tournament:

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The Basics

What:  The Masters

When:  Thursday, April 9, through Sunday, April 12

Where:  Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia

TV Times & Channel:First Round: Thursday, 3 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN
Second Round: Friday, 3 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN
Third Round: Saturday 3 to 7 p.m., CBS
Final Round: Sunday 2 to 7 p.m., CBS

Purse:  $9 million

FedExCup Points For the Winner:  600

Last Year’s Winner:  Bubba Watson

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What if you could receive phone text message updates on The Masters?  

Sweet!? 

That's what Kingdom.golf, LLC is providing for FREE beginning March 30, 2015 and finishing April 15, 2015.  What would you like to feature?  Who would you like an inside story about?  You can have that texted to you.  The expected frequency will be 5 times per day, but, depending upon your druthers, we can increase or decrease that frequency, annndddd...

You get a FREE Links Players Magazine for signing up and a discount coupon for the new Mulligan Magazine. We will also be engaging in 'community speak' under the hashtag #MastersSpeak and by participating in that community you could win a 2015 Masters Flag!!!

It's wicked easy to participate, just text MASTERS to the number 41411 on your text enabled phone. You will receive an acknowledgment text and a request for your email address.  Once you've done that, you will begin receiving messages on the morning of March 30th about Masters breaking news and information.  During the tournament, you will receive hyperlinks to videos and interviews and other unique information all about this years Masters.

(If you're confused about how to text MASTERS to 41411, click here and we'll help ya.)

You can GO to this year's Masters Tournament!!

Everyone we meet and tell "We're going to Augusta for the Masters this year."  respond with; "Oh my gosh , I wish I could attend. This is a dream of mine. I've wanted to do that forever."  Well you can go to this year's Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

Just show up!  Wanna go?  Text OPENDOORS TO 41411!!

That is what we're going to do. We have been to several Masters beginning back in 1986 and it is the most enjoyable golf tournament and experience one can have as an affectionado of this great game.

Admittedly, the first time we attended, we had been blessed beyond measure to win a coveted ticket through the military lottery conducted for soldiers at Presidio, San Francisco.  I believe it was a God-send! Because that was a major start to the way in which we found out that anyone can go to the Masters.  You just need to show up.

Open Doors for the Masters is the latest endeavor that Kingdom.golf will enter into in order to be present in Augusta during the 2015 Masters.

Our Spectators Guide is a keepsake to highlight many of the stories of those Believers on the Tour as well as a serving as a tool that may be used to map out the course, determine where to start, where to stay and watch, what the course looks like as well as an autograph booklet in case the holder of the booklet would like to have a keepsake from their attendance at the Masters.   We are very much looking forward to engaging with the some 800 to 900 people that will be at this wonderful breakfast on Tuesday morning April 7th.

For the rest of the week Kingdom.golf will be joining with a few local residents who have committed themselves over the past few years to join with the "Patrons" attending the Masters to introduce them to many of the magazines and booklets that highlight the fact that many people in the world of golf are serious about their faith in Christ and anyone can participate and support the organizations who specialize in presenting their ministry through golf.  In that regard, we will be handing out Links Players International Magazines, introducing the Mulligan Magazine, Pocket New Testaments that we developed for the US Open @ Pinehurst this past year, as well as our Spectators Guide for the Masters

That's all well and good you say for you, but you said that we could get into the Masters. No, I didn't say to get into the masters I said that you could go to the Masters and attend the Masters if you wanted to just show up. And we said show up because if you show up maybe God will provide you with a ticket to walk into the Masters. Or maybe you'll have the opportunity to visit with many other people that are attending the breakfast for free on Tuesday morning and you may be able to purchase a ticket from one of the vendors or the street folks that happen to be selling tickets so that you could walk in for an entire day. Or maybe if we hang out in the street and we just happened tp ask people as they walk out of the event if they will be using a ticket for the rest of the day maybe just maybe they may hand you the ticket and say; "Go enjoy!" 

Wouldn't that be nice.  

You can go to the Masters. 

Just show up, and, oh, by the way, join in the breakfast at Warren Baptist church on Washington Road about 7 AM in order to participate in Augusta's real celebration of golf at this year's Masters.

We're celebrating the REAL Master; Jesus Christ!!

Thanks and see you there.  Join us by contacting us here....

Just show up!  Wanna go?  Text OPENDOORS TO 41411!!

In Him

Bill