How To Plan For A Golf Tournament

How To Plan For A Golf Tournament

Golf continues to skyrocket and so does the popularity and acceptability of golf shirts as a staple of corporate casual dress codes. With the numbers of people playing golf today, the odds are in your favor that the majority of your team will-at the very least-be wearing your golf shirt on the green. Just consider these stats about golfers:

- 21.5 million men
- 5.1 million women
- 43% hold Professional/Management/Administrative occupations

To get the biggest bang for your custom golf sportswear and and golf tournament buck this year please read on.

With the increase in popularity of golf it is not surprising that golf outings have become one of the most successful fundraising vehicles for your sports program. A properly coordinated golf event will get results. The leisurely pace of golf lends itself to forge stronger relationships with alumni, parents and supporters.

Budgeting For A Tournament

Golfing events are usually priced on a per-person basis. The price typically includes the "greens fee, cart rental, and sometimes food and drinks and a pro shop credit for prizes. The greens fee/cart costs generally start at about $30 per person and can exceed $150 at the finest golf courses. In formulating the budget, you'll need to account for golf course expense items and then tournament signage and prizes.

Golf Course Expense Items:

Green fees and cart rentals; food and beverage; for box lunches before the outing, roaming beverage carts and dinner after the event; tournament services for scorecards, scorekeeping, and scoreboard management; usually, this is a per-person fee (for a purely recreational outing in which scores are not being kept, this item is unnecessary);

Tournament Gifts and Signage Make A Big Impression

Of the $20 billion a year that Americans spend on golf equipment, clothing and products, about $25 million is spent on the gifts and tournament prizes that are for golf outings, according to the National Golf Sales Representatives Association.

These gifts run the gamut from useful accessories such as caps, towels, golf shirts and golf balls to lavish awards such as high-end golf clubs. Event organizers should give careful thought to the gifts and awards.

Signage and merchandise associated with a golf event should have a company name or logo on it. Many gifts and tournament awards have dual logos -- those of the sponsor and the event itself. and of the event or the resort where the event is taking place. You can often find sponsors to underwrite the costs of some of the gifts. Sponsors appreciate the visibility they receive via their logos on signage and golf merchandise used during the event.

Golf Gifts and Tee Signage That Make The Biggest Impression

Golf gifts are given before, during and after the event. Tee gifts, usually of a practical nature, are given on site before the golf outing or tournament begins. They are often meant to be used by participants during and after the event.

Awards and prizes, typically of greater value are given to tournament winners (always members of the first-place foursome, but often, too, the second-place finishers and other runners-up). Usually there is an awards cer emony following the tournament. Awards and prizes also are given to winners of individual contests held during the tournament, such as Longest Drive, Longest Putt and Closest-to-the-Pin.

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Golf Caps/Visors

Golf caps and visors can make you feel stylish, hip and happening. They protect you from the sun, cover our bald spots and hide a bad hair day and make a statement about who we are and what we like. Wearing company Logo'd golf caps and visors have never been more popular or fashionable. More companies are getting the message that embroidered caps can turn employees and customers into walking billboards.

Golf Tournament Checklist

One Year Prior To Event:
Select and reserve a golf course to hold your event. Determine if you need a director or coordinator for the event.

Nine Months Prior To Event:
Set a budget for your event. Allocate money for food and beverage, gifts, prizes, green fees, carts and photography. Put together a guest list and have invitations printed. Select event format; ie scramble, stroke play, match play, etc. Get volunteers to help on day of the event.

Six Months Prior To Event:
Coordinate food and beverage menus. Arrange for sponsorship (tee signs, hand-outs) or any other benefactors you may have. Select any contests you may want; ie hole in one, longest drive, closest to the pin, etc. Obtain hole in one insurance if necessary and select prizes for the contests, give aways and tournament winners.

Three Months Prior To Event:
Meet with tounament director and course staff to finalize arrangement with course times and banquet facilities. send out invitations at this time. Send directions to course and specific times along with invitations. Order any tee prizes, awards, give aways and tee signs at this time.

Two Months Prior To Event:
Check progress of any outside vendors providing tee prizes, awards, give aways, tee signs, etc. Finalize menus and any beverage or snack carts on the course. Do a walk-through of the course facilities. Tabulate preliminary number of players based on invitation responses.

Two Weeks Prior To Event:
Finalize preparations of all tee prizes, awards, give aways and tee signs and have them delivered to the tournament director or to the course. Set up a preliminary player list and begin selecting team captains and flight players according to their ability.

Two Days Prior To Event:
Finalize player list and send to course. Double check any final details with course. Review jobs for vounteer staff. coordinate any timing issues to insure the event runs smoothly; ie lunch, dinner, awards ceremony, etc.

Day Of The Event:
Arrive at least two hours prior to guests. Be ready for any no shows, cancellations and last minute changes. If you are playing in the event, be sure you are the first group to finish and get back to the clubhouse to check on dinner preparations and awards ceremony. Don't forget to have some fun!