The Golf Organizer's Playbook

Practical strategies for running fairer games, building stronger groups, and creating a golf experience people look forward to every week.

Whether you're organizing a weekly foursome or managing a 60-player league, the Playbook is designed to help you build a golf group that lasts.

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A Full Tee Sheet Isn’t the Same as a Healthy Golf Group Perspective Essay10 min read Bingo Bango Bango: A Practical Guide for the Organizer Practical Article10 min read Blind Draw Payouts: Set the Rule Before the Scorecards Come In Practical Article9 min read Build a Golf Group People Want to Come Back To Practical Article10 min read Build a Season Race Your Players Will Follow Practical Article9 min read Build Golf Traditions Your Players Won’t Want to Miss Cornerstone Guide10 min read Build Pairings That Give the Whole Game a Better Day Cornerstone Guide10 min read Build the Field Before You Build the Purse Practical Article9 min read Carryover or No Carryover? Choose the Skins Game That Fits Your Group Practical Article9 min read Cha Cha Cha: The Team Game That Keeps All Four Players Involved Practical Article10 min read Chapman: The Partner Game That Makes Both Players Matter Practical Article10 min read Chicago Quota or Traditional Quota? What Actually Changes Practical Article9 min read Choose the Golf Game That Fits the Day Cornerstone Guide11 min read Collect the Money Without Chasing the Group Cornerstone Guide9 min read Fair Isn’t Always Equal Perspective Essay9 min read Fix the Small Stuff Before It Changes Your Golf Group Practical Article9 min read Full Handicaps or Play Off the Low? Choose the Game Your Group Will Trust Practical Article8 min read GHIN® Without the Guesswork: What Every Golf Organizer Should Know Practical Article9 min read Give Everyone a Reason to Come Back Practical Article10 min read Give the Whole Group Something to Play For Practical Article10 min read Give Your Golf Group a Reason to Look Ahead Practical Article10 min read Give Your Golf Season a Few Rounds That Truly Matter Practical Article9 min read How Great Golf Organizers Build Trust Cornerstone Guide11 min read How Strong Golf Groups Change Without Losing Their Identity Practical Article9 min read How to Build a Golf Group That’s Still Playing Decades From Now Practical Article9 min read How to Change the Game Without Losing the Group Practical Article10 min read How to Create Accountability Without Creating Drama Cornerstone Guide10 min read How to Grow Your Golf Group Without Losing What Makes It Work Cornerstone Guide12 min read How to Handle a Sandbagger Accusation Without Splitting the Group Practical Article9 min read How to Handle a Vanity Handicap Without Making It Personal Practical Article10 min read How to Handle the Player Who Complains About Everything Practical Article10 min read How to Keep Competitive Golf Fun Practical Article8 min read How to Make Every Player Feel Like They Belong Practical Article11 min read How to Prepare Your Golf Group for a Leadership Transition Cornerstone Guide10 min read How to Recover From a Bad Golf Day Practical Article5 min read How to Recruit the Right Golfers for Your Group Practical Article11 min read How to Run a Golf Game That Feels Fair Cornerstone Guide11 min read How to Run a Nassau Without Losing the Group Practical Article9 min read How to Run a Quota Game That Holds Up All Day Practical Article10 min read How to Run a Scramble That Stays Fun, Fair, and Moving Practical Article10 min read How to Run a Skins Game That Stays Clear and Competitive Practical Article9 min read How to Run a Wolf Game Without First-Tee Confusion Practical Article10 min read How to Run an Ambrose That Feels Fair on the First Tee and the Final Green Practical Article11 min read How to Say No Without Losing the Golf Group Practical Article10 min read How to Settle a Disputed Scorecard Without Losing the Group Practical Article9 min read How to Settle a Golf Rules Dispute Without Taking Sides Practical Article10 min read How to Welcome a New Member Into Your Golf Group Cornerstone Guide10 min read Irish Rumble: A Complete Organizer’s Guide Practical Article8 min read Keep the Game Competitive Without Losing the Group Practical Article9 min read Keep the Money Competitive Without Making It Uncomfortable Cornerstone Guide6 min read Keep the Players Who Built the Group in the Game Practical Article9 min read Make the Weekly Game Feel Easy Practical Article9 min read One Good Round Builds Excitement. One Great Season Builds a Community. Perspective Essay5 min read Random or Balanced Pairings? Make the Call Before the First Ball Is Hit Practical Article10 min read Run a Better Golf Game Without Making It Your Second Job Practical Article9 min read Run the Golf Game Without Becoming the Group Accountant Practical Article9 min read Run the Golf Trip Without Missing the Golf Practical Article10 min read Running the Game Is Only Half the Job Practical Article9 min read Scotch: The Organizer’s Guide to a Better Two-Person Game Practical Article11 min read Set the Expectations Before the First Group Goes Off Practical Article9 min read Settle the Rules Before the First Tee Cornerstone Guide9 min read Stableford Golf: A Practical Guide for the Organizer Practical Article11 min read Team Game or Individual Game? Choose the Format That Fits the Day Practical Article10 min read The Anatomy of a Weekly Golf Game That Lasts Cornerstone Guide10 min read The Best Formats for a Golf Trip That Stays Competitive Practical Article11 min read The Best Golf Games for High-Handicap Golfers Practical Article9 min read The Best Golf Games for Low-Handicap Players Practical Article11 min read The Best Golf Group Isn’t Always the Biggest Perspective Essay9 min read The Decisions Golf Organizers Regret Most Practical Article10 min read The Difference Between Being Popular and Being Fair Perspective Essay9 min read The Early Signs Your Golf Group Is Losing Its Identity Practical Article11 min read The First 90 Days of a New Golf Group Practical Article10 min read The Five Stages of a Golf Group That Lasts Practical Article10 min read The Golf Organizer’s Playbook Cornerstone Guide8 min read The Handicap Conversation Is Really About Trust Perspective Essay10 min read The Late Withdrawal Text: Keep the Game Together Without Losing the Player Practical Article10 min read The Members Who Keep Your Golf Group Standing Practical Article9 min read The Mistake Your Group May Still Be Talking About in Ten Years Perspective Essay8 min read The Mistakes That Make a Golf Game Harder Than It Needs to Be Practical Article10 min read The Most Important Round of the Year Isn't Always the Championship Perspective Essay5 min read The New Member Sees What Your Regulars Don’t Practical Article9 min read The One Event Your Golf Group Will Talk About All Year Practical Article10 min read The Organizer’s Annual Calendar Cornerstone Guide10 min read The Organizer’s Guide to Communication Cornerstone Guide11 min read The Organizer’s Guide to Making the Weather Call Cornerstone Guide10 min read The Organizer’s Pre-Event Checklist Cornerstone Guide12 min read The Player Everyone Wants in Their Foursome Practical Article4 min read The Round Ends When the Organizer Says It Does Cornerstone Guide6 min read The Small Rituals That Hold a Golf Group Together Practical Article10 min read The Small Wins That Keep a Golf Group Coming Back Perspective Essay9 min read The Stories That Keep a Golf Group Together Cornerstone Guide11 min read The Unwritten Rules That Hold a Golf Group Together Practical Article9 min read The Words That Turn a Golf Game Into a Group Perspective Essay10 min read Turn Your Members Into the People Who Grow the Group Practical Article10 min read Vegas: How to Run Golf’s Fastest-Swinging Team Game Practical Article9 min read What Every First Tee Announcement Should Cover Cornerstone Guide6 min read What Friendly Competition Really Does for Your Golf Group Practical Article9 min read What Happens When the Organizer Burns Out Practical Article9 min read What New Golf Organizers Usually Get Wrong Practical Article9 min read What Players Really Want From Your Golf Group Practical Article8 min read What to Do When Attendance Starts Falling Practical Article11 min read What to Do When One Player Wins Too Often Practical Article10 min read What to Do When Your Golf Group Starts Feeling Stale Practical Article11 min read When a Good Friend Becomes a Difficult Member Practical Article8 min read When a Player Is No Longer a Good Fit for Your Golf Group Practical Article10 min read When Cliques Start Forming in Your Golf Group Practical Article10 min read When Everyone Knows Everyone, the Game Changes Practical Article10 min read When It’s Time to Change the Game Practical Article10 min read When One Player Keeps Leaving You a Man Short Practical Article9 min read When One Player Starts Hurting the Group Practical Article9 min read When One Player Takes Over Every Conversation Practical Article9 min read When One Player Takes the Competition Too Seriously Practical Article9 min read When Should You Step In? Practical Article10 min read When the Group Is Split, Keep the Game Together Practical Article10 min read When the Right Call Isn’t the Popular One Practical Article10 min read When Two Players Don’t Get Along Practical Article10 min read When Your Golf Event Becomes a Golf Community Cornerstone Guide11 min read Why Every Golf Group Needs a Commissioner Practical Article10 min read Why Golfers Keep Coming Back Practical Article10 min read Why Golfers Keep Coming Back When They Aren’t Winning Perspective Essay9 min read Why Good Golf Groups Stop Growing Practical Article10 min read Why Good Golf Groups Survive Bad Seasons Perspective Essay10 min read Why Good Members Quietly Leave Golf Groups Practical Article10 min read Why Great Golf Groups Celebrate More Than Winners Practical Article9 min read Why Rivalries Make a Golf Game Better Perspective Essay9 min read Why Some Golf Groups Feel Bigger Than Their Roster Perspective Essay9 min read Why Some Golf Groups Have Waiting Lists Perspective Essay9 min read Why the Best Golf Groups Look Easy Practical Article9 min read Why the Simple Game Usually Wins Perspective Essay9 min read Why Transparency Keeps Golf-Group Drama in Check Practical Article9 min read Why Your Best Golf Formats Are Worth Repeating Practical Article9 min read Why Your Golf Group Needs a Sense of Humor Perspective Essay8 min read Why Your Golf Group Needs Consistency, Not Perfection Perspective Essay10 min read Your First Five Players Set the Group’s Future Practical Article9 min read Your Golf Group Is Recruiting, Even When You Aren’t Perspective Essay11 min read Your Golf Group Needs a Few Characters Perspective Essay10 min read Your Golf Group Needs Competitors and Connectors Perspective Essay9 min read Your Golf Group Needs to Know What Kind of Game It Is Cornerstone Guide10 min read Your Group’s Most Valuable Player May Never Win the Season Perspective Essay9 min read