Guides
How to run golf competitions, society days and handicaps
Practical, answer-first guides for club and society organisers — the formats, the handicap maths, and the checklists that make a golf day run itself.
Club manager
Club manager
How to set up an online tee sheet
Decide your tee intervals, group sizes, booking horizon and rules, then open the sheet to members without losing control of the diary.
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How to take visitor green fees online
Set a visitor rate, decide who it applies to, and collect it at booking instead of chasing people at the counter.
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How to put live club data on your website
Show tee-time availability, course status and live leaderboards on the club's existing site without rebuilding it.
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How to organise a golf day
Everything you need to organise a golf day — format, field, tee times, scoring, prizes and results — in one checklist.
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Competition secretary
How to run a Stableford competition
A step-by-step guide to running a Stableford competition — points scoring, handicap allowances, count-back and results.
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How to run an order of merit
How to run a golf society order of merit — points schemes, how many events to count, tie-breaks and season prizes.
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How to set up a clubhouse leaderboard screen
Get live scores onto a screen behind the bar on competition day, and keep it useful the rest of the week.
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Eclectic competitions explained
What an eclectic is, how gross and net eclectics work, and how to run a season-long eclectic at your club — with a worked example.
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Pro shop
How to run a driving range booking system
Turn a first-come range into a bookable, priced facility: bays, slot lengths, buckets of balls and the numbers to watch.
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How to take golf simulator bookings
Sell simulator time by the hour without double-booking the room, and make the winter months earn.
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Course manager
How to publish course status and notices
Tell members what is happening on the course once, and have it reach the app, the website and the first tee without retyping it.
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How to manage pace of play
Set a realistic target, see where groups actually lose time, and intervene early enough to matter.
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Head professional
How to run a coaching programme
Fill the diary, keep lesson notes a student actually uses, and show that the coaching worked.
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How to coach with shot data
Turn shots logged during real rounds into dispersion patterns, honest club distances and lessons that address what is actually costing shots.
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Treasurer
How to sell corporate golf packages
Package pre-paid rounds for local businesses, get the cash up front, and track the balance without a spreadsheet.
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Membership subscriptions without card fees
How to run golf club membership dues on bank transfer, cash or standing order — with no card fees — and add card payments only when you want them.
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Society organiser
Handicaps
Handicaps
How the World Handicap System works
A plain-English guide to the World Handicap System — Handicap Index, Course Handicap, Playing Handicap and how scores are calculated.
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How to calculate your Course and Playing Handicap
How to calculate your Course Handicap and Playing Handicap under the World Handicap System — the formula, allowances and a worked example.
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How the Handicap Index is calculated
How the World Handicap System builds a Handicap Index from score differentials — the best 8 of your last 20 rounds — with a worked example.
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