The First Free Golf Event Planner for Charity and Corporate Golf Events and Tournaments

Our golf event planner is a complete system that will help you plan and organize your golf event including a free website to promote your event and accept online player and sponsor registrations. Over 15,000 fundraising events and tournaments use our free planner every year to raise more money. Just click on "Start Here" to start planning your event for free!

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Promote Your Fundraising Golf Event Online to Thousands of Players and Sponsors in Your State!

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Ideas for Great Golf Events including Sample Budgets, Fundraising Ideas & Marketing Tools

As the leader in golf tournament planning, we are happy to provide you with helpful information to plan a successful charity golf event. We've gathered all of our best tips in our e-book, “How to Raise More Money at Your Fundraising Golf Event.”

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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 tournament, I became very anxious. But the Golf Digest Planner came to the rescue. It is fantastic. First, a web site to help advertise the tournament. Second, an organizing tool to help track the 101 things needed for the tournament itself. Three, the ready supply of prizes and other proven fundraising options. Fourth, a hole-in-one Shootout feature that can immediately become the 'big draw' that your tournament needs. Golf Digest's customer service response is quick and accurate. And all of it free! Unbelievable, but true.If you're planning a golf tournament, don't even think about it without the Golf Digest Planner. It turns your knee-knocker into a gimme."

Dan Knauer
Houston County High School Bear Boosters Scramble
Remarkable! I'm so thankful! Next year's event is already the talk of the town! Thank you so much for your quick response, help and support! I can’t wait to start working with you next year, you take the "pain in the neck" out of this whole ordeal.
Also, just to let you know, I have some friends who are Event Planners and I asked them to outsource their "Golf Tournament Planning" to me, since you've made planning so easy. I'm sure we'll be in touch and doing future business together.
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.

Have a great event!