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Planning A Charity Golf Tournament
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Looking for tips on planning a charity golf tournament There are many factors to consider so Ill stick to the four main ones for this article. The success of your charity golf event revolves around maximizing player turnout increasing pledge sizes obtaining sponsored prizes and planning tips.

Player Turnout
Your success depends on how many players your golf event draws and how actively you have your players solicit sponsors for their own rounds.

To maximize turnout you need to get major publicity for your event. That means putting out multiple press releases getting local media coverage from newspapers and television stations and placing ads in the sports section of the local paper.

For the best results put your press releases out through PR Web. Appoint a spokesperson to handle all media contacts and followup. For more tips read my article on fundraising publicity.

Charity Pledges
The key is getting each player to collect a certain amount of pledges. I recommend a minimum of $100 per player in pledges. Ive also played in tournaments where that number was $250 per player.

Obviously you want to motivate the participants to raise as much money as possible. Some groups offer incentives for the top pledge getters. Others seek corporate sponsorships for that firms players.

Pledge amounts determine the success of your charity golf event so get input from experienced golfers and golf pros in your area.

Top Golfer Prizes
Generally speaking youll draw more golfers if you have great prizes for longest drive closest to the hole hole in one lowest team score lowest actual score and best adjusted score (handicap).

You solicit local merchants to sponsor those prizes. Work with an insurancerelated prize company for things like the holeinone contest. That way you can offer a bigger prize for a much lower outlay.

Aim to get 100 golfers (25 foursomes) and your small group could easily raise $10000 or more. Larger turnouts will net even more with some charity golf tournaments drawing 500 golfers competing for big prizes.

Plan Ahead
Obviously bigger pledges more golfers corporate sponsorships combined with massive publicity will work wonders for the bottom line of your charity golf tournament. With the right combination of these factors and good advance planning you can certainly raise $75000 or more for a charitable cause.

Contact local courses for group rates. Be sure to mention that you are planning a charity event and ask for discounts on cart and greens fees. Once you decide on your preferred location reserve the date and tee times well in advance.

Charity Golf Event Final Tips
Plan ahead to maximize the success of your charity golf event. For best results pick a weekday when courses and large blocks of tee times will be easier to reserve. Youll often get the best rates by going to the course in person and talking to the pro or pro shop manager.

Corporate sponsors are another good way to go. Get some celebrities to golf with corporate bigwigs and you can easily raise $100k$150k. Of course convincing celebrities to donate their time takes some doing but its well worth it.

If its your first golf tournament be open to suggestions from other golfers. Consider working with a fundraising consultant who specializes in organizing charity golf tournaments. They work for a percentage of the gross but you usually end up raising more funds due to their experience and sponsor contacts.

Greg Reynolds writes about planning a charity golf tournament and other nonprofit fundraisers at FundraiserHelp.com. Browse the site today for hundreds of great fundraising tips.