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Golf tournaments are a great way for players of all skill levels to relax and have some fun on the golf course.

When planning a tournament, you can add excitement by using an interesting format, introducing competitions within the tournament and awarding desirable prizes.

A hole-in-one prize, for example, will capture the attention of tournament participants.

Hole-in-One Contest

You can generate interest and excitement for your golf tournament by offering a huge cash prize or a new luxury car for the player who gets a hole-in-one. This is done by purchasing golf hole-in-one insurance. The insurance company sets a premium to cover the cost of the prize.

The cost to the tournament is typically affordable, because it has been estimated that the odds of an amateur golfer hitting a hole-in-one on a par 3 is approximately 1 in 12,500, according to the US Hole in One insurance company. Consider charging more to those players who want to participate in the hole-in-one competition to offset the cost of insurance.

Tournament Format

There is a wide range of formats you can use in your next golf tournament. The scramble is used often because it levels the playing field and allows beginning golfers to compete alongside experienced players.

For a scramble, every golfer in a foursome tees off, and the group then decides on the best ball to hit for the next shot. The three other players place their balls near the selected ball, and everyone hits from there. Play continues in this manner for all 18 holes.

The Step Aside Scramble uses similar rules, but the player who hit the best ball “steps aside” and allows the other three players to hit the next shot. For the Ambrose Scramble, handicaps are used in the scoring.

Another option is the Pink Lady Scramble. For this format, every foursome is given a pink golf ball and players take turns using it for an entire hole. Others in the group use the scramble format. To score the hole, the Pink Lady score is added to the scramble score. If a player loses the pink ball, he may be eliminated from the tournament. Read the rest of this entry »