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Once you have completed all of your preparation for the event, it is important to choose a format for your golf event that fits your audience. There are several factors that go in to this decision. First you may want to have a theme for the event. This might reflect the cause or charities that you are supporting or it may reflect the type of feeling you want your guests to have. A themed event can provide an easy to follow plan for your event. If it is in support of a hospital you might want to have a medical theme, a sports program at a school, try a sports themed event. This theme can help you decide what types of gifts, decorations, and signage you want to have at your golf event.
The other major decision is choosing a golf format. A lot of this decision is based on how many golfers you have playing, and the time you have to hold the event. If you have all day and a small number of players a golf marathon is a great way to raise large amounts of money. Typically, with a group of 144 players, you will want to have a 4 man scramble event. Late in the day and only 48 golfers, try a nine and dine event. Play nine holes and then have dinner. This is a great idea when you do not have to have a competitive event and just want to have some fun entertaining customers. Many times the golf facility that is holding your event will be a good source for format ideas. Below are some ideas on more common formats for golf events.
- Scramble, each team member tees off, then everyone plays the next shot from the best of those tee shots. You all continue in this manner until the ball is holed out. This is a great format for golfers with varying skills and keeps play moving. You can expect this format to take about 4 ½ to 5 hours depending on the number of players and the golf course you are playing. This also is a great team building concept and keeps everyone involved all day. TO ensure everyone stays involved, event the lesser skilled player, include a rule that says everyone’s tee shot must be used at least once!
- Shamble, like a scramble but the group only uses the best tee shot and plays their own ball the rest of that hole.
- Best Ball, each player records his or her score on the individual hole and the best score are kept as the team score. This is a good format when you have a lot of like ability players.
- Callaway, this is a confusing handicap system and often miss-understood. You want all of your guests to understand how they can win a prize.
This brings up a good point on handicaps. Handicaps are number used to determine how close to par you shoot on average. If you are a 10 handicap then you normally shoot around 10 over par, or in the low to mid 80’s. It is important if you are playing a handicap event of some type that the tournament director or golf course staff verifies the handicaps. The last thing you want in your event is someone taking advantage of the rules. Remember, it is more about the fun that the competition!
