How to run a golf society
Practical guides for society secretaries, captains and anyone who ended up holding the spreadsheet: organising golf days, season competitions, handicaps, formats and trips.
Handicaps for Mixed-Ability Golf Days: A Simple Guide
A practical guide to choosing golf day prizes, running popular on-course contests and organising a prize-giving that keeps players engaged. Includes ideas for main awards, novelty prizes, charity games and golfer-friendly gifts.
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Golf Day Prize Ideas and On-Course Games
A practical guide to choosing golf day prizes, running popular on-course contests and organising a prize-giving that keeps players engaged. Includes ideas for main awards, novelty prizes, charity games and golfer-friendly gifts.
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How to Plan a Charity Golf Day That Actually Raises Money
A practical guide to running a charity golf day that raises real money—from setting a clear fundraising target and securing sponsors to adding revenue streams, controlling costs and delivering a day players will want to support again.
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How to Run the Draw and Tee Sheet for a Golf Day
A well-planned golf day draw keeps the pace moving, mixes the right people together and helps the whole event run smoothly. This guide explains how to build a fair tee sheet, choose between tee times and a shotgun start, balance groups and handle the last-minute changes that always seem to happen.
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How to Organise a Corporate Golf Day: Budget, Format and Checklist
A practical guide to organising a corporate golf day that impresses clients and reflects well on your business — covering goals, budget, format, sponsorship, prizes, hospitality, scoring and the day’s running order.
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How to Set Up a Live Leaderboard for Your Golf Day
Set up live scoring for your golf day so players can enter scores from the course and follow a real-time leaderboard on their phones and the clubhouse screen.
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Golf Day Formats Explained: A Guide for Event Organisers
A clear guide to the most popular golf day formats, including Stableford, Texas Scramble, Better Ball, Match Play, Foursomes and Greensomes — with advice on who each format suits and the recommended handicap allowance to use.
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How to Organise a Golf Society Day: The Complete Guide
Organising a golf society day is one of those jobs that looks simple from the outside and turns into a hundred small decisions the moment you volunteer for it. Where do you go? How much do you charge? What format keeps a 6-handicapper and a 24-handicapper both enjoying themselves? Who's collecting the money, and what happens when three people drop out the night before?
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