Hello! Looking for advice-planning a tourney

[jofarr]

Hi Everybody!

Just like you I'm very much looking forward to getting out and playing as much as possible this season. I'm in the process of planning a golf outing for my department at the company where I work. I've settled on a course, and we're going to play a 9 hole shotgun start scramble format.

Approximately how long do you think it would take for approx 70 golfers to play through 9 holes (we would have A groups and B groups)?

Any advice on anything related to planning this would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS!!!

[cdnputter]

Re: Hello! Looking for advice-planning a tourney

Welcome to TGN, great place to discuss the habit we all love.

9 hole shotgun? Plan on 2.5 to 3 hours, depending on the level of players. If you're sorting them by ability, you may want to go with 1 A player, 2 B players and a C player to round out the foursome. A - 0-10 handicap, B - 11-18, and C 19+ hdcp. Also for timing a best ball format might be more enjoyable since it could be faster for your group.

What did the course say where you're booked? They should be able to give you a time format for their course.

[GQuizzle]

Re: Hello! Looking for advice-planning a tourney

Welcome to the Forums! The course you plan on playing should be bale to help you coordinate the tournament - far better than I could anyway. See what they have available for you.

[Pingnut]

Re: Hello! Looking for advice-planning a tourney

I've heard of scrambles where each hole has 2 teams in groups of 3 - so 6 to a hole. Helps with the cheating and apparently didn't slow down play.

[Mule56]

Re: Hello! Looking for advice-planning a tourney

Hello jofarr,
Welcome to the board. Hopefully some of our more savvy tournament folks can help you with your quest.
Enjoy
Mule