Golf Forums - TSG Team Event 2011.......

HI Chaps and Chapesses,

I wanted your opinion on the appetite for a Social Golfer competition kicking off next Spring. There seems to be a fair amount of people playing in the Hampshire/Surrey/Kent area. It would be good to set up a couple of tournament games throughout the year (nothing too organised and costly), but a good day on the course where we can meet some of the cyberspace faces.

The keys would be:

1. At least 20 participants (Deposits held)
2. A course that is suitable in location and price (Pine Ridge has been a good middle ground for example)
3. Fun atmosphere - 'its not the bleedin Masters!' (a quote from a good friend of mine)

Who is interested?

Sounds good - any prizes?  - I'll be up for it.

Ime sure we can come up with some kind of prize........ probably a boobie prize for you Rob, ha ha!

Hi Chris,

Great idea, there have been a number of similar competitions run across the year by members in the South East and beyond and it can all be managed from the comfort of your PC, so let us know if you need any help with this........

In the meantime, look out for an announcement coming soon regarding the annual TSG Golf Day, where there will be many prizes on offer!

Regards

The TSG Team
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I would be up for it    if us Essex Golfers are included ?

Absolutely, maybe we should try and arrange the teams into counties?? Bob from TSG has been in touch and I am just waiting for him to help me put something together........ Do you think you could put a team or two together from Essex then Chris?

I would most certainly be up for a round at Pine Ridge.

It takes no time from Luton - if we from north of the river are permitted to join in!?

 What about the boys from Sussex by the sea???? I am sure we would be able to put a team together If invited of course!!

i am sure we could sort something out

Sounds good to me. I am sure we can get a few teams together from Surrey.

 Don't want to be a party pooper, but this was tried by Dave Smith, but failed to get the support it needed.

 I would be happy to join in any midweek events as long as they are well supported and organised.  

Looking forward to next summer spring already. 

There is always two issues with such events -
[1] Getting the numbers?
[2] Whether it's played during the week or weekends?

Both of these issues are interlinked as it is more likely that you can get a bigger response at the weekend whereas weekdays although likely to be less cost, many would have to have days off from work.
Frances did create a number of excellent events at Pine Ridge on Sundays; these were usually two months a part. unfortunately, the level of support dropped from a massive 25-30 down to less than 12 so its not easy! Where did they all go I ask??
I would suggest the best way forward is to make sure that these events are put up on the events calender well in advance and advertised. You could do a weekday event and a weekend event but probably best to have these dates some way apart. But you are always dependent on those that are available to play! It may be worth getting the TSG Team in on this challenge and get them to set up maybe two events in the year!!Maybe they could set up a payment system which everyone would have to pay in advance too when they join the event that way you are likely to get full attendance rather than people adding their name to an event and then pulling out when the time approaches.
These are just ideas....I hope they are of use?

Thanks very much for all your comments so far guys and girls........... I will speak to the TSG team and work on how we can organise this for next spring and maybe one for the end of the summer?

Any more comments are very welcome!

PLEASE not a crown course!!!!!!!!!

Hi Chris

I would be up for it if it is Surrey  to represent the "Ladies" as long as you don't start too early in the morning as I run a bed and breakfast, but anywhere around Pine Ridge is good for me.

Hi Chris

Count me into your propsed 2011 county competition

Thanks
Vanda

All sounds very promising to me  cant wait

excludes mid-week only players!.  

Which county would you play for if you live in berkshire but are a member of a Hants club?

Roly

 It sounds great, but what about those of us who can only play during the week I feel that some games should be played in the week as well as week-ends

I guess it is an unfortunate fact of life that some people can only play weekends and some weedays only.

To play some games mid-week will mean that ALL teams will need to have a mix of players - which may be easier said than done.

jb

Hi ALL,

I would just like to thank Ian and the rest of the team for their efforts. Well done TSG team.

I do not want to be scrooge but I think this team process is likely to be to much to keep running throughout the whole year. My reason being you need to have a large number of participants to make the teams up, you need to have elected captains and vice captains etc. All of which could lead to numbers dropping as you can never guaranty personal availability. Add to that the weekday issue and we are looking at something unmanageable!!! We had the same issues on a match play competition in 2009 which ran over 5 months - it was difficult to make sure everyone played there matches to complete the nock out rounds!!

I would suggest that to keep interest in a major event is to have "TSG" competitions during the summer months which are based on an individual competition and a team event. As per Pine Ridge competitions previously run by Frances she would have the 4 balls selected based on handicaps that came to roughly the same total handicap for each team. Best two/three scores per hole would score. This would keep the interest running in two ways - individual and team.  Teams would be selected based on those that would attend with a cut off date of one week prior to allow time to sort. You could also have teams of 3 but they did not have the luxury of an individual score for a hole being wiped as all 3 had to score!!
I would also suggest that these events are created by the TSG Team as to rely on specific individuals to coordinate may not be a good idea as such events need deposits and I know from experience that trying to make it clear that people only add themselves to an event if they definitely can attend is risky - Frances had a number of such issues when doing the Pine Ridge events [note you could always judge which players would be an issue as the regulars are always good to attend it but getting hold of those players is difficult].
Hence my question about setting up a paying in structure through TSG when you add your name working on the principal that if you pay up front you are more likely to show up!!

I would suggest doing one event first then see how that progresses.

Cheers,
John.

Hi Ian and rest of TSG Team,

I like both.

Just one observation, from previous years I have noticed that August games can drop due to holidays and I would suspect that numbers available for such an event may also drop. As a result, it may be worth moving to July or September but whatever you decide the concepts look good.


Cheers,
John.

 

 

 

All sounds good to me and you can expect my full support

That sounds like an ideal start to a semi regular competetion for TSG............. well done to everyone for inputting on this. it would be great to get a few games going over the year. You can count on me putting a team together.

Hi All,

I think John has made a valid point on dates(school holidays etc)...........perhaps first week/end of September would be better thus giving a little more time between official TSG competitions!

If theres no more views/thoughts,  we'll start making plans for this in the New Year......

Happy Golfing!

The TSG Team
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july is probably a better month as there is loads going on in september end of hols begining of new school/collage/uni/ year  just a thought?