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It’s that time again, time to get out there and start planning or continue arranging your corporate, employee, neighbourhood or charity golf tournament.

As was the case last year, golf will be a major outing for both sport and as a safe outing for you, your company and your clients.

Regardless of your target, and yes we did say neighbours, in order to plan and execute a proper tournament, you should at least flip through the sites we have curated for some tips.

Neighbourhood

Fun is the name of the game. You want your friends to have a great time, and that means it starts with you having a good time planning. Keep it simple, make sure you get some help, and depending on timing, have some good socially-distanced (or not), time together afterwards (like a picnic, or BBQ). Most courses will help you a LOT in your planning and making all the arrangements, they are after all, experts.

Employee

Employee events, like neighbourhood ones, are all about the fun. The best thing is it is usually easier to get help. Remember to ensure your management sponsor is vocal, and the team are not worried about skill level - golf is a game against yourself, not your co-workers. With this type of tournament it is fun to have special goofy prizes, and contests that tackle the sting out of the day for any non-golfers so everyone can have a blast.

Client

Client or Supplier tournaments are great to show off your company's appreciation for both groups of businesses you deal with. While a bit more formal in their preparation and requiring a lot more help and planning, fun is still high on the agenda. You need to make it an event that people remember, talk about highly, and want to attend again. Courses can help with a lot of the work involved with the actual tournament structure and logistics, but you still need to make sure that all the SWAG is right, the communication is timely and all the guest needs are accounted for. The articles below will be especially helpful to you if you have never done it, or as a good reminder if you have. 

Charity  

Charity tournaments are a great blend of Corporate, and Neighbourhood in the way they are managed. Fun is a top consideration, but the focus is still on a well-run tournament that people want to attend year after year, and GIVE to the charity. The biggest wrinkle here is the addition of sponsorship. Prizes and support to pay for the day are required and can be a lot of work for your team. Make sure you leave plenty of time to contact and arrange your prizes and monetary support. In addition, getting the right local or industry celebrities is critical, do this right and you are halfway there to good attendance. SWAG and prizes top off the event and help make it even more memorable.   

We know it’s tough sometimes to get your head around planning and executing, so we put together a great set of assets to help you plan, as well as a bunch of swag to give to the players.

Great articles about planning and running a tournament:

Golf Digest - How to host a golf outing

Royal Ashburn - How to plan a successful Corporate Golf tournament

EventCaddy - How to run a golf tournament  

BestOutings.com - Organizing a successful golf 

Here are some pages with great SWAG, but please do not think this is all, we have tonnes of promotional items you and your sponsors can deliver to your golfers.

Need more help, we have awards, tents and flags and great advice too, just give us a call (905) 361-2925 or email us at [email protected] and we can help you with all your tournament needs.