16 man golf trip format ideas

[tking23]

We have 16 guys going on a two day golf trip. We will play 18 one day and then 27 the next. Any ideas of how to format it so we can play our own ball and still have a team aspect. I like the Ryder Cup format idea an was thinking of something similar would work good with that many players.

[2bGood]

When we do this we usually of layers of games going on. For instance:

 

8 man team game

multiple single or partner games

Skins everyday

KP's everyday

Informal betting with groups

 

So in you case I would have two 8 man teams each with a captain. Pick teams.

 

Day one - Two man best ball. 1 point per match

Day two - Singles Match play. 1 point per match

 

Then add all the other games along with this.

[wtoomey]

We do 12 guys up to Bandon, and play Ryder Cup style.

 

Three rounds of 2 man best ball. Last round singles.

 

We have Pot Skins for each round. A Stableford running in the background, just so everyone can keep playing their ball, and whatever side games in each foursome.

 

We use the Golf Game Book app. for the Ryder Cup points and stableford points.

 

 

[cwglum]

Try this for 1-round ... 2 teams of 8 guys ... divide each side into 4-somes, play 3 best scores out of 4 (stroke play) vs. the other team. Huge swings in scoring on each hole and everyone has to finish, can't just piggy back along for the round if you have 1 really good player in your group.

[dpb5031]

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[tking23]

http://www.golfwrx.c...__fromsearch__1

 

We tried this last year and the two worst golfers ended up paired together and we didn't have real handicaps. It didn't work out well on the money and made some guys mad.

[dpb5031]

http://www.golfwrx.c...__fromsearch__1

 

We tried this last year and the two worst golfers ended up paired together and we didn't have real handicaps. It didn't work out well on the money and made some guys mad.

 

Well, if you have real disparity in ability amongst your group my recommendation would be to split the field into A players and B players before drawing partners, but it really shouldn't matter at 100% net. And it's hard to run any "net" competition if you don't have real handicaps or at least a fair representation of each player's potential.

 

Even so, the daily adjustments should level things enough to keep things competitive throughout. I'm very curious about the objections/problems you experienced. It's literally the first complaint I've heard, though not uncommon for those who don't prevail to complain, even if their objections are erroneous.

 

 

[tking23]

http://www.golfwrx.c...__fromsearch__1

 

We tried this last year and the two worst golfers ended up paired together and we didn't have real handicaps. It didn't work out well on the money and made some guys mad.

 

Well, if you have real disparity in ability amongst your group my recommendation would be to split the field into A players and B players before drawing partners, but it really shouldn't matter at 100% net. And it's hard to run any "net" competition if you don't have real handicaps or at least a fair representation of each player's potential.

 

Even so, the daily adjustments should level things enough to keep things competitive throughout. I'm very curious about the objections/problems you experienced. It's literally the first complaint I've heard, though not uncommon for those who don't prevail to complain, even if their objections are erroneous.

 

Part of the problem was that even with a higher net score guys were scoring more points then others with lower net scores.

[dpb5031]

http://www.golfwrx.c...__fromsearch__1

 

We tried this last year and the two worst golfers ended up paired together and we didn't have real handicaps. It didn't work out well on the money and made some guys mad.

 

Well, if you have real disparity in ability amongst your group my recommendation would be to split the field into A players and B players before drawing partners, but it really shouldn't matter at 100% net. And it's hard to run any "net" competition if you don't have real handicaps or at least a fair representation of each player's potential.

 

Even so, the daily adjustments should level things enough to keep things competitive throughout. I'm very curious about the objections/problems you experienced. It's literally the first complaint I've heard, though not uncommon for those who don't prevail to complain, even if their objections are erroneous.

 

Part of the problem was that even with a higher net score guys were scoring more points then others with lower net scores.

 

Thanks for the response, and it's a good point, but should be obvious with the "modified net stableford" system that birdies & eagles are highly rewarded, be they gross or net. A player who plods along conservatively making net pars and bogeys won't get the benefit of the extra points awarded for birdies and eagles.

 

In the end it's an alternative scoring system that allows for dramatic leaderboard swings, and with the daily hc adjustments, keeps guys in it til the end.

 

I've been using this for trips for over ten years and my guys love it. We play typical gross/net in our regular games every other week of the year, so the change-up is welcome on the trip. I've never had the complaint your guys gave.

 

You just need to tell the sore losers to get out there and make some more points! ?