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How to run a corporate golf event
Corporate golf days bring 30-200 players to a course for a day. Here is what to organise, in what order, and how to use GolfStack for scoring and the leaderboard.
A corporate golf day is the most common business-development event in the industry. Done well it builds relationships clients remember for years. Done poorly it is a five-hour traffic jam on the fairway.
This guide walks through what to organise, in what order, and how GolfStack handles the scoring and leaderboard so you can focus on the hospitality.
Choose the format
For a typical corporate field of 30-100 players with mixed skill levels, the two best formats are scramble and Stableford. Scramble is the friendliest — each foursome plays one ball from the best position. Stableford is closer to "real golf" but limits the damage of bad holes through its points system.
Avoid medal (stroke) play unless your field is uniformly handicapped — beginners will be miserable.
Pre-event setup
Two to three weeks before the event, line up:
- Tee times in a shotgun start (everyone tees off simultaneously on different holes) — this finishes the round in 5 hours instead of 7
- Flights — group players by mixed skill levels for scramble, or by handicap range for Stableford
- On-course hospitality — beverage cart, halfway-house catering, beverage stations on long carries
- Sponsor recognition — branded scorecards, on-course signage, sponsor holes (closest-to-the-pin, longest drive)
- Awards — gross winner, net winner, longest drive (men and women), closest to the pin, hidden hole prizes
Live leaderboard with GolfStack
Create a Tournament in GolfStack with the format, date, and player list. Each player logs their hole-by-hole scores on their phone during the round. The leaderboard updates after every hole and is shareable as a live URL — perfect for the projector at the clubhouse during the post-round drinks.
Closest-to-pin and longest-drive prizes are recorded directly on the leaderboard, so the awards ceremony runs without manual tallying.
Post-event report
GolfStack generates a PDF report after the event with full results, prize winners, and round highlights. Send it to the client the next morning — it is the single most-appreciated detail of a corporate golf day.
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