Help Needed - Planning a Society Day

[znuffzz]

I have organised a golf day at work at my local course, we've got about 20 names in the frame at the moment without throwing it open to friends and relatives. Now i'm panicking slightly as i want to make it an enjoyable day and we have a real mixed bag of standards.

Has anyone done anything similar and/or got any experience of adminstering such a day including what medals etc you gave out and what not.

thanks in advance

 

[Aztecs27]

Never done it, but have attended a fair few.

The last thing you need to worry about is the "mixed bag of standards". As long as you're not playing somewhere like Wentworth, you should be O.K.

Some guys from my office played here: http://www.theplayersgolfclub.com/matt/index.html

last September in an FSB Corporate day. (I had to attend a stupid wedding!)

It's a nice course by all accounts, and a couple of the guys who played play golf once every 3 or 4 years.

I would also ask the club's advice/suggestions for organising food etc...

For prizes, I would personally offer "golf" prizes rather than trophies etc (or as well as).

 

[funkyfred]

I would recommend that you play a stableford competition as opposed to strokeplay, that way people can have a bad hole (s) but still feel that they have a chance of winning or doing well.
Must clubs will offer a food option, depending on how many are playing and how many holes you intend to play. I have just organised our Spring meeting which has a bacon roll with coffee to start. 9 holes, sandwiches and chips, then 18 holes. After the comp we have a two course meal with our prize giving.

 

[robbest3offthetee]

Znuffzz, have do this a few times myself and would not go much more than the 20 names you have already,I would suggest playing stableford as your format as its easier for everyone,they can then either choose who they play with or do a draw yourself,I always used to put out a low,mid and high h/capper out together as this brought on the higher h/capper(always believe if you play with better players you learn more),maybe get a few little trophies,nearest the pin,longest drive(nice to take a trophy home)that type of thing,collect all the money before everyone tees off then theres no argument and then enjoy the day,as for food the club should have a set menu for society days so sort that out with them....

 

[richart]

I would recommend that you play a stableford competition as opposed to strokeplay, that way people can have a bad hole (s) but still feel that they have a chance of winning or doing well.
Must clubs will offer a food option, depending on how many are playing and how many holes you intend to play. I have just organised our Spring meeting which has a bacon roll with coffee to start. 9 holes, sandwiches and chips, then 18 holes. After the comp we have a two course meal with our prize giving.

That's what we are doing for the Blackmoor Meet. Good format.

 

[znuffzz]

cheers guys!

 

[bobmac]

Don't try and do everything yourself.
ask for volunteers to help with starting, sorting out the cards etc etc and dont fogrget to enjoy the day too.
9 times out of 10, people are only too pleased to help out.

 

[Marko77]

You could go with an individual and a team theme.

Individual - best stableford

Team - best 2 or 3 counting per hole. To make the team up, spread the standard of golfer amongst the teams.

A nearest the pin and longest drive competition is always quite good too.

As for prizes, voucher for the pro shop, golf balls, bottles of wine...?

 

[stevelev]

For our society days I get golf towels, with the society name, date, and what prize they won. They only cost a few quid and last longer than most other prizes.

You can usually buy them from small indelendat golf shops, or uniform suppliers. If you want the name of the place I used PM me.

 

[Smiffy]

9 times out of 10, people are only too pleased to help out.

All of the days I organised must have been divisible by 10 then

 

[bobmac]

9 times out of 10, people are only too pleased to help out.

All of the days I organised must have been divisible by 10 then

That's because you hang out with a right bunch of Arfur Daleys

 

[richart]

Don't try and do everything yourself.
ask for volunteers to help with starting, sorting out the cards etc etc and dont fogrget to enjoy the day too.
9 times out of 10, people are only too pleased to help out.

Got you down for starter, score cards and a bit of waitressing with Smiffy in the evening if that's ok Bob.

 

[bobmac]

Don't try and do everything yourself.
ask for volunteers to help with starting, sorting out the cards etc etc and dont fogrget to enjoy the day too.
9 times out of 10, people are only too pleased to help out.

Got you down for starter, score cards and a bit of waitressing with Smiffy in the evening if that's ok Bob.

Nah, I'll be too busy flogging V-Easys .

Can't speak for smiffy though.
Leftie did tell me one day he looks rather good in a skirt.
(That's an image I hope doesn't stay with me too long)

 

[rickg]

Nah, I'll be too busy flogging V-Easys .

So will I.......

Only kidding....I wouldn't have anywhere to put my headcovers if I sold it......

 

[SwingSlow]

If you've got a real mixed ability group then it helps to add Straightest drive - ask the club if they can mark a line down the middle of one fairway - a couple of tent pegs and some line works just as well; and nearest the pin in two on a short par 4.

Have fun

 

[Swinger]

If you've got a real mixed ability group then it helps to add Straightest drive - ask the club if they can mark a line down the middle of one fairway

Dog legs work best for this.

 

[znuffzz]

excellent suggestions guys thanks

for the nearest the pin, how do you actually measure this?

 

[Bacardibatman]

excellent suggestions guys thanks

for the nearest the pin, how do you actually measure this?

Measuring tape

measure reel

nearst pin/longest drive marker flags

nearest pin/longest drive flags

i have used scorecard recoder/society manager

to help record /plan keep society details (there is a trial version )

*disclaimer - i have nothing to do with any of the auctions / software, just giving views on experiences of what we've done used previously


and when we chose longest drive hole we picked one with a narrowish fairway so your not looking across a wide one trying to work out if the balls further than the marker flag

but not too narrow (where most will miss it) or with too many dangers either side (you want to have ppl go for it ..after all its about fun), but not destroy their hole if they do mess up) its just what we did

 

[viscount17]

excellent suggestions guys thanks

for the nearest the pin, how do you actually measure this?

talk to the club, they will almost certainly have markers available.

guessing you'll play off the yellows? talk nicely to the greenkeeper beforehand and he might set the course up for you, some tasty par-3 pin positions for nearest the pin.

straightest rather than longest is better, keeps everyone in with a chance.

prizes, if golf, get them from the pro shop - a bit of quid pro quo doesn't go amiss.