Field-tested advice for the people who run charity golf outings, drawn from decades of running them: filling the field, contests, silent auctions, rain days, and the small decisions that change how much you raise.
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8 Mistakes That Quietly Cost Charity Golf Outings Money
The same handful of well-intentioned decisions quietly cap what charity golf outings raise. Here are the eight that repeat most often, and the fix for each one.
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Why Do People Attend Golf Outings?
Golfers rarely show up for the cause alone. They come because someone asked. Why that changes how you sell your field, and why foursomes beat single spots.
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Golf Outing Contests: A Practical Guide to Hole-in-One, Putting, and More
How the most popular golf outing contests actually work: hole-in-one insurance, a putting contest that builds to a live finale, and the standard three.
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Perfecting the Par 3 Contest: Why Easier Is More Profitable
Only about 10% of golfers land inside a typical par 3 circle. Three changes that make the contest easier to win, more fun to enter, and better for fundraising.
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Silent Auctions at Golf Outings: Should You Use an Online Bidding Platform?
For most charity golf outings, a bid sheet and a pen outperform an online bidding app. When a platform does make sense, and what to invest in instead.
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Should You Reschedule Your Golf Outing for Rain?
Roughly 90% of outings play rain or shine. For the other 10%, a clearer way to make the call: advance payment, what bad weather really costs, and who decides.
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Take cards at your next outing
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