How to Plan For a Charity Golf Tournament
Looking for tips on planning a charity golf tournament? There are many factors to consider, so I’ll stick to the four main ones for this article. The success of your charity golf event revolves around maximizing player turnout, increasing pledge sizes, obtaining sponsored prizes, and planning tips.
Turnout of the players – The tournament’s success would be based on the number of your players and how they can attract sponsors. To increase your turnout, let the whole world know about your activity. Have it advertised in TV, radio and newspapers.
For you to have the greatest results, place your press releases in a PR Web. Assign a spokesperson for your follow up and media needs. For more information, you can take a look at my fundraising publicity article.
Pledges – Each player must acquire a minimum amount of pledges. $100 is a safe ground to begin with. However, if your players are up to it, then you can raise the notch to $250.
Plus, your players need to have some motivation to reach this requirement. Corporate sponsorships and larger prizes can do the trick. Expert golfers can give you some tips on how to acquire higher pledges for your tournament.
Top Golfer Prizes – Generally speaking, you’ll draw more golfers if you have great prizes for longest drive, closest to the hole, hole in one, lowest team score, lowest actual score, and best adjusted score (handicap).
You can get suppliers to pay for those prizes. You can even contact a prize company (insurance related) to sponsor the hole-in-one category. This method will allow you to give a larger price at a lesser cost.
An output of $10,000 or more for each group can be acquired once you already have 100 divided by 4 participants for your tournament. If you can reach up to 500 players, then your output would really be enormous.
Plan Your Tournament – Advanced planning is a must for you to achieve $75,000 or more for the output of your tournament
Contact local courses for group rates. Be sure to mention that you are planning a charity event and ask for discounts on cart and greens fees. Once you decide on your preferred location, reserve the date and tee times well in advance.
Final Words
Plan ahead to maximize the success of your charity golf event. For best results, pick a weekday when courses and large blocks of tee times will be easier to reserve. You’ll often get the best rates by going to the course in person and talking to the pro or pro shop manager.
Well known artists and Sponsors (Corporate) are a perfect combination. These individuals can help you gain $100 to $150 for your output.
If you’re a first time tournament organizer, consider hiring a fundraising expert to maximize profits.
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