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If you want to plan a tournament, would you know how to go about it? Why would you want to plan a golf tournament anyway? These questions and more will be answered in this article about how to organize and run a one day golf tournament.

First, let’s get into the question of “why” a golf tournament. As many corporations or companies conduct some of their business on the golf course, it makes sense to go to the next level by sending out golf tournament invitations to your clients or prospects.

Your own corporate golf tournament can be a great way to strengthen business relations with your customers. You can boost your business presence by starting a new and unique tradition, something that everyone will look forward to every year.

Maybe you have heard of the success of other corporate golf tournaments and you want to get in on the action, or maybe your customers are trying to persuade you to plan a golf tournament for them. Whatever the reason, if you can see the business sense in running your own tournament, then you had better find out how it is done.

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One of the greatest things about golf is that, thanks to the handicap system, players of widely differing skill levels can engage in competitive matches with one another. By allowing less accomplished players to subtract a certain amount of strokes from their score (thus eliminating the better player’s advantage) a 26 handicap, for instance, can play against a five-handicap and have an equal chance of winning. At your home course, it’s pretty easy to determine how many strokes you are either giving to, or receiving from, your playing partners. All you need to do is check the golf handicap printouts in the clubhouse or use the golf handicap conversion chart that probably hangs in the locker room. (continued at www.GolfVacationInsider.com)

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John Daly talked with GOLF CHANNEL Wednesday about his disqualifcation from the Arnold Palmer Invitational pro-am, and subsequently not getting to compete in the tournament.

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Tony Carolan and Mikko Ilonen both shot 5-under 67 on Thursday to share a one-stroke lead over 10 players after the first round of the Ballantine’s Championship.

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