Tournament Tips
Everlasting Impressions…
Keep the Golfers Coming Back! Remind golfers why they are golfing in your event and why they should return every year. Golfers can play in several tournaments each year, often because they have been invited by a friend. Sometimes they are unaware of who benefits from the funds raised. While we are honored to help [...]
Real-time Scoring & Live Leaderboards!
Real-time Scoring for Your Golf Tournament If you are looking for something totally new to distinguish your golf tournament from all the other events, you need to use GameBook, the real-time scoring AND live leaderboard system. GameBook elevates the atmosphere of regular golf tournaments with a tour-like scoring experience. This unique scoring system keeps track [...]
Making a list and checking it twice!
Do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about your golf tournament? Your tournament may be over for another year, but I know every tournament host worries about all of the work that needs to be done to orchestrate a fantastic golf tournament. Here are a few tips to relieve some of [...]
Do You Provide Your Sponsors with Enough Visibility?
In a recent ‘tournament tip’ we emphasized that securing sponsors is about relationships and offering value, but getting a sponsor to say “yes” to your tournament is hard work too. So why, after months of working with a sponsor, would a tournament host neglect showing off the key sponsors who helped make the event a [...]
Do You Have a List of Sponsors?
Do You Have a List of Sponsors? We get this question a lot. There is no list of sponsors lining up to support golf tournaments. The likelihood of someone, outside of your organization, having a list that would sell sponsorships on your behalf is 0%. Now it’s time to face the facts: Raising the cash [...]
How Branding Can Help a Charity Stand Out
Our Capture Action team recently helped a newly launched non-profit organization with some creative branding at their golf tournament. We reinforced the message of its mission to provide deserving children with a quality outdoor adventure experience, by using a little camouflage. The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a “name, term, sign, [...]
Motivating Volunteers
In an earlier blog post we talked about the value that volunteers contribute but how can you keep volunteers involved and motivated? When it comes to recruiting volunteers to be a part of your event’s committee, be sure that they are fully aware of the time-commitments required, and are willing to share valuable contacts for golfers [...]
The Value of Volunteers
Picture this: an amazingly well-run golf tournament, where the golfers are excited, treated like VIPs and everything is running exactly according to schedule. Now imagine this: a well-intentioned event where nothing is exactly coordinated and the golfers are a bit let-down and the golf course staff is not delivering and the tournament committee is stressing [...]
What are the Odds?
More than 70% of golf tournaments offer a Hole-in-One contest – golfers expect to have a chance to take their shot at an ‘ace’. So what are the odds of getting the ball in the hole in a single shot? How hard is it to make a hole-in-one? Obviously insurance companies that sell “hole-in-one insurance” [...]
Choosing the Right Course ~Part 1
What is the very first thing every committee must consider when planning a golf tournament? Sponsors? Players? Tournament style? The answer, while obvious, may not be something that is often given much thought: the golf course. The golf course is the very first impression any potential golfer has concerning the quality of any golf tournament [...]