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 Not many people have thought of using the non-course elements of a golf facility or even your neighborhood to host a golf event before...that is until the almostGOLF ball came along. Now there's a whole new way to utilize the practice greens, driving range and ancillary areas to create exciting, skill oriented events. You can create these courses for social and corporate golf events or as a fun junior ‘stepping stone' event for the kids who aren't necessarily ready for a full length course. The best part about this style of event is that they are social and everyone, even non-golfer can get involved without being intimidated or scared. When you take all the fun aspects of golf, combine them with a comfortable environment and no worries of anyone or anything being broken, you create a one of a kind event that everyone will remember.
KEY POINTS TO CREATING A SHORT COURSE GOLF COMPETITION:
MAKE IT SOCIAL: Since your playing around the club house...why not have a party...and everyone is within spectator range.
ONE CLUB IS ENOUGH: Key to short course competitions are that they are tight, fast and require you to be able to hit one club several different ways. Besides who wants to carry a bag full of clubs around all the time.
MAKE IT TIGHT: These events are not about distance, they are about shot making. So you make holes that require skill, not power. This form of competition is like combining darts and billiards with golf.
SCORING IS EVERYTHING: There are numerous ways to create scoring from circled targets to putting out as with traditional golf . you can even just designate targets like trees or tee box markets. It's really up to your own creativity.
HOW TO MAKE COURSES HARD: Since you can bend the almostGOLF ball a lot better than traditional golf balls, distance is not the only way to make a course hard. You can set up the tees and greens/targets where players have to draw and fade the ball to get into the 'fairway' or ‘scoring zone' and that is where players learn the craft of golf.
CREATE AWESOME SKILLS COMPETITIONS: Don't be afraid to throw in a sand shot or a flop shot over an obstacle as a hole. This is especially true for the junior events where you want the kids to learn all the skills of golf.
Check out both of our videos below: The first one "Las Vegas Shootout" is an event that we did in Las Vegas at The Badland Golf Course and used the practice areas to create a short course for the CGA Golf National Championship were 140 of the best recreational college golfers from around the country tested their skills during a practice day without going out on the golf course...no cocktails were served
The second is the highlight video of the " Meschewski Open". This event is put on by the Meschewski family and all their friends just outside of Chicago. They set up two 18 hole courses throughout their neighborhood and have one of the best golf tournaments I've ever seen, reason being is that everyone gets involved and has a great time playing. It doesn't matter if you are a weekend regular out on the links or a novice golfer who only dusts off your sticks a few times a year. Both videos should grab your attention and open up your imagination about where you can now hold an event.
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