A closely contested golf match is a joy to watch, but often a lot more engaging to play. Members who participate in club competitions foster a better club atmosphere, are more likely to me retained as members and also can bring the club revenue by their participation. With increasingly busy lifestyles, the days when clubs could almost go out of their way to make competition signup a lottery for their members are now over.
The intelligentgolf system allows clubs to put the choice back, while allowing a fair system of signup. No one should be disadvanged or excluded if they don't use the internet, but equally those with busy working lives cannot always make the time to get to the club just to enter a competition. Members can enter in the clubhouse via the touchscreen, or an administrator in the pro shop or secretary's office can enter them by phone.
Administrators have complete control over the signup options, with features such as:
- Opening and closing times for signup can be set
- For individual competitions, whether an entrant can choose their tee time, their playing partners or merely state a preference for when they would like to play
- For team competitions, assigned tee times or choice permitted
- Entry requirements - the number of qualifiers played in the 12 months prior to the competition
- Team selection, Captain vs Vice Captain, or North vs South for example
- Hugely powerful payment options - require payment via account on entry, deferred or completely manual
- Automated allocation tools, including by handicap, surname, time of entry and previous round performance in a multi-round competition
- Automatic email notifications when booked into a competition
By providing golfers the flexibility of how they choose to enter, participation in competitions in almost all cases has been increased, in some cases by over 33%!
