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  1. Jim A

    Jim A
    Winona, MN

    What do you play at your club/course for tournaments?  Do you have regular tournament events such as a racehorse (plat your own ball and earn points), three or four man scramble or a 2 person Texas scramble (6 or 9 holes each, scramble, own ball and alternate shot) on holidays for example? 

    For some reason most events are leaning towards scrambles versus playing your own ball.  I understand this, but I prefer to play my own ball under tournament conditions.  How else does one find out how they hold up under pressure? 

    Our numbers are down as with a lot of courses.  So looking for other events to attract new players is on everyone's mind.  What are your thoughts?

     

    Jim A.

     

     

  2. Tyson F

    Tyson F
    Liberty, IN

    At my home course, all fundraiser type of tournaments are scrambles, mostly 4 an.  Most of the tournaments the club runs are best ball, 3 or 4 man teams, and 1 or 2 best ball, with hdcps.  Also the course does a few scrambles, 2 man round robin, where its a match play scramble for 9 holes against each team in the flight.  The scrambles bring in a lot of golfers who play very minimal and allow them to not hack it around all day and shoot 130.   I don't miss my tournaments, as it is a good way to raise money and have fun at the same time.  I'm ready for some break in the weather and this dang snow to melt. 

  3. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    We have multiple options. Each of the summer holidays we'll have a scramble open to all members, and they fill the teams based on handicap. At least one will have a barbeque picnic afterwards. Women's league will also have an adjunct group program in July for beginning golfers - primarily golf widows but open to the public. Men's league is scored both by individual and loosely organized teams (subs fill in where needed). That plays the whites but blues for the par 5s. Member guest is a 2 day tournament with outside ringers and some serious money. Every 3-4 weeks there is a Friday couples night, playing 2 person (couple) scramble. There is another individual competition that is a Saturday about every 3 weeks, and the course option is selected before the shotgun start. From all white to all black, we have 5 combinations to select. The course has 3 tees from the clubhouse, so 3-6-9-12-15 hole combinations can be played, not limited to 9 or 18. I can do 6 in the evening at the beginning and end of the seasons with shorter evenings.
  4. Cole W

    Cole W
    Winter Garden, FL

    At our course each weekend we have some sort of game going, then we have a few big tournaments throughout the year.  Club Championship, Member Guest, Member Member, Presidents Cup (season long match play event), just to name a few.  Our pro does a great job of having competitive tournametns and fun events all season long.

  5. tdogg21

    tdogg21
    Chambersburg, PA

    The courses around me are mostly four man scrambles.  They are easy to put on and can bring in the most money.  A lot of golfers don't want to play individual tourneys, so a scramble can pull from a larger pool of golfers.  There is usually one or two 2 man scrambles I'll play in.  Now there is one course that puts on a lot of shambles.  If you haven't played a shamble, it can be interesting.  Basically you play your own ball from the approach shot in (third shot and in on par 5s, second shot and in on par 4s, and entire par 3s) and take the best two scores in your group.

  6. Steve H

    Steve H
    Clearfield, UT

    We like to play a number of fun tournaments, that most everyone probably does as well.  In terms of individual play, and not a scramble, we have the Member/Guest 4-Ball, the Member/Member 4-Ball, 3 Chicago Tournaments, Match Play (lasts most of the season with the finals played towards mid August).  We have a number of great Sponsors who have successful businesses and they will add $500-$1,000.00 additional monies for a Saturday Tournament etc.  However.....my MOST FAVORITE, and the one that seems to get rave reviews, mixed reviews, and the negative reviews, is our annual "Red Tee" Tournament.  Two days, 18 holes each day.....from  the Ladies Tees.  It's amazing how this funny little tournament brings the best golfers to their knees.  Hope that helps!!!

  7. Jim A

    Jim A
    Winona, MN

    Steve H said:

    We like to play a number of fun tournaments, that most everyone probably does as well.  In terms of individual play, and not a scramble, we have the Member/Guest 4-Ball, the Member/Member 4-Ball, 3 Chicago Tournaments, Match Play (lasts most of the season with the finals played towards mid August).  We have a number of great Sponsors who have successful businesses and they will add $500-$1,000.00 additional monies for a Saturday Tournament etc.  However.....my MOST FAVORITE, and the one that seems to get rave reviews, mixed reviews, and the negative reviews, is our annual "Red Tee" Tournament.  Two days, 18 holes each day.....from  the Ladies Tees.  It's amazing how this funny little tournament brings the best golfers to their knees.  Hope that helps!!!

     

    Steve,

    What is the Chicago Tournament?  I am familiar with the rest.

    Jim

  8. Steve H

    Steve H
    Clearfield, UT

     

    Steve,

    What is the Chicago Tournament?  I am familiar with the rest.

    Jim


    1 point for bogey, 2 for par, 4 for birdie, 6 for eagle.  36 is the magic number to begin with (18 holes, parred everything would equal 36 points).....minus your handicap.  Mine is 4 so I need to get 32 points to be "0".  anything over is a plus (so if I have 36 points after the round it would be +4)....and the HIGHEST SCORE is your winner. If I came in with only 30 points...it would be -2 meaning I did not make my points.  I'm sure it's called something else in other places of golf.  That's what we call it in my neck of the woods.....
  9. Jim A

    Jim A
    Winona, MN

    Steve H said:

     

    Steve,

    What is the Chicago Tournament?  I am familiar with the rest.

    Jim


    1 point for bogey, 2 for par, 4 for birdie, 6 for eagle.  36 is the magic number to begin with (18 holes, parred everything would equal 36 points).....minus your handicap.  Mine is 4 so I need to get 32 points to be "0".  anything over is a plus (so if I have 36 points after the round it would be +4)....and the HIGHEST SCORE is your winner. If I came in with only 30 points...it would be -2 meaning I did not make my points.  I'm sure it's called something else in other places of golf.  That's what we call it in my neck of the woods.....

     

    Thanks,  that is what we call out Racehorse Tournament. 

     

    Jim

  10. Christopher T

    Christopher T
    Sapulpa, OK

    The course I play at has a men's association and we have several formats for the tournaments we play.  Most are stroke play, so we can establish handicaps and such for seeding for club championships.  But we have now thrown in some two and three man best ball team events, so we can play with our friends.  I think one of these will be a blind draw this year, so we can get to meet others in the association and to mix things up.  I have been pushing to have one four man scramble event, pick your own team, but everybody just groans, because they know some ringers will come out.  I personally like to change things up and play all the various formats, it makes things more fun, and I think it brings more members. 

  11. Wade W

    Wade W
    Roanoke, VA

    We have a Thursday evening game (nine holes, different format every week) that draws a regular crowd.  They like NOT knowing what the format will be until they arrive.

    Lots of our members like the shamble format.  Anyone else play that way?

    WW

  12. MichaelM

    MichaelM
    Reno, NV

    Hi Jim,

    Most of the club events that my club hosts are stroke-play events where it is either individual stroke play in various flights, or 2-person or 4-person best-ball.  They sometimes have different formats such as the Chicago game in these events, but the majority of the events are tailored where folks can play their own ball for the entire round as opposed to the scramble format.  There are lots of different options for making the stroke play events fun such as the Chicago points game, Stableford games, and then with teams, 1-best ball, 2-best ball, 3-best ball, and 4-best ball formats.

    Hope these events help you to attract more players to your club.

    Good luck!

    --Michael

  13. Jack K

    Jack K
    Trumbull, CT

    Typically its a scramble. The men's league does a bracket(similar to ncaa tournament bracket) teams of two  play match play winner advances. It's a fun format.

  14. pulplvr

    pulplvr
    Spring, TX

    Military

    I belong to two courses and one golf group.  One course has only been running an individual match play tournament for the past couple of years, and I am the current Senior champion.  The other course has a wider variety of tournaments, and is trying to develop them into city-wide, quality events. The past two years, they have held an individual stroke play, 2-man fourball, 2-man Stableford, and 2-man scramble tournaments.  They have also run an adult-junior tournament.  The golf group has two tournaments each year:  a Ryder Cup-type event and a year end championship, with prizes for both gross and net.  I am also the current champion of this event.

  15. msalejandro1201

    msalejandro1201
    Hampton, VA

    Military
    I play anything that comes up that is open to public players and isn't too expensive. Any chance I get to play in some type of tournament, I always jump in. Any format, singles, match play, doubles, scramble, captains choice, best ball, etc. I do it because a lot of times its for charities, but also so I can vary who I play with. I get more experiences, plus you get to see 2-4 different choices for a shot when playing scramble. You may not be the one hitting all the shots, but the collective mindset gives good experience to see how other people play and manage a course and try to mitigate "bad shots" and how they think. I used to play on an intramural league, but the schedule was too conflicting for work. Matches were scheduled during the week, so it was hard to coordinate. We were off by one match into getting into the playoffs.

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