Best Practices for Golf Tournament Planning and Setting up Online Registration for Your Golf Event
We help thousands of golf charity fundraising events, corporate golf tournaments and golf outings set up and execute successful events each year. We have compiled our best ideas in this helpful planning tool with tips on how to increase the number of players and sponsors for your event. We have best practices on setting up online registrations for your golf event, tournament or outing, including accepting online credit card payments from players and sponsors.
This guide includes sample golf event budgets, sample spreadsheets, timelines and ideas for player arrival gifts. You'll learn how to find items that can be customized including golf balls, golf bags, golf signs & banners, hole sponsor signs and other unique items.
The Golf Digest Planner is the first free online golf planning tool for golf event organizers. If raising more money for your golf event is your goal, we can help... if entertaining your clients or customers is your goal, we can help!
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Testimonials from Golf Tournament Organizers & Fundraisers
- "When I found myself 'volunteered' to run a fundraising golf
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Dan Knauer Houston County High School Bear Boosters Scramble
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Lorilynn Laupola Waimanalo, Hawaii
- "We have had our event for 17 years. This is the first year we
offered on-line registration and players loved it. We had our most
successful event ever using the Golf Digest Planner"
Jim Healy Tournament Director Henry Ford II Memorial Classic
- "Just having a golf tournament is not nearly enough. The entire
day, from how our guests are greeted right down to their departure has
to be nothing short of an extraordinary experience. Providing a Player
Gift Shop not only sets your event apart from the crowd but makes the
golfers feel special, catered to and takes any tournament to that next
level."
Katie Spillane-Knight Tournament Director 39th Annual Sinai-Grace Hospital Golf Day
- "Through the player gift program we give our golfers the
opportunity to choose a gift that best suits them … The Henry Ford II
Memorial Golf Classic has raised over 1.2 million dollars and sold out
every year since we began to offer the player gift shop 4 years ago.”
Mike Wooley, CEO The Detroit Institute for Children
- "The Golf Digest Tournament Planner and Tournament Shop are the
difference between the average golf outing and an incredible golf
tournament experience."
Christin Miller Slippery Rock University Alumni Relations Board of Directors
- "On behalf of the Father's Auxiliary of Jack and Jill Morris County
Chapter, I can't thank you enough for making our first tournament a
roaring success. Your staff (especially Janine), went over and above
the call of duty in assisting us.
Everything we ordered from
your tournament shop (signs, prizes and arrivals gifts) were of the
highest quality and arrived so very timely. Your tracking system was
remarkable. As we discussed we are definitely using your
services again next year. Not only that, but we are planning on
expanding your role with us. So again thank you, and we look forward
to working with you for a long time to come. "
George Blair Father's Auxiliary of Jack and Jill Morris County Chapter
- "First of all-I love your website! I have us all logged on and spent two nights this week until 3am getting it all set up. We have always filled our tournament but in our very first e-mail blast about our July 11th golf event, we have on the Parings List 16 foursomes signed up [12 only show on Players] and I have about 6 more e-mails from people that like this and are signing up. So we're nearly 1/2 full in just one day of sending this out."
Brad Trahan Minnesota 6th Annual RT Autism Awareness Foundation Golf Benefit
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Golf Tournament Tips:
1. It is important to have a golf event or tournament registration website that will accept online payments from players and sponsors. We see a significant increase in player and sponsor participation in golf outings, tournaments and events that offer the ability to pay online by credit card. The transactions are quick, easy and secure.
2. Planning a successful golf event, tournament or outing usually take 6 months or more. The Golf Digest Tournament Planner will send you task lists based on your event date to keep you on schedule. Assign tasks to committees with the ability to follow up to make sure all talks for your golf event are done in a timely manner.
3. Players will come back if they have a great experience at your golf event, tournament or outing. Successful events provide player arrival gifts including customized shirts and golf bags. They also schedule many contests and events including hole in one, putting, long drive and closest to the pin contests and shootouts. Prizes and awards are important for post event activities.
4. Print out player pairing lists before the event. Be sure to print a copy with the golfers by their last name so your check-in and registration will move quickly and smoothly. Print out golfers who have paid online on your golf registration website so you'll have the records handy.
5. The majority of fundraising revenue for a golf event comes from sponsorships. Set up great golf event sponsorship opportunities for your golf event or tournament in order to raise the most money. Be sure to offer online registration for sponsors on your free Golf Digest Tournament Planner website.
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