Hello all you WGT fans,
I'm trying to come up with new formats for competitions to run in our club and thought it wouldn't hurt to ask here for ideas. We've run many different formats over the years but something new would be great.
I'll start off by listing some of the things we've tried:
Eclectic. Play several rounds over the same course and only count the best score made on each hole. The winner here is usually the one who makes most eagles or manages to birdie a particularly difficult par 4 hole.
Twins. Played with a partner and uses a CC tournament. One player plays first, posts their card and the other player has to try to exactly match it. Score on each hole, fairway hit, green in regulation and number of putts taken. The actual score for the round is counted for both players, plus 1 stroke added for every difference on the cards.
Daytona. Also played with a partner. Both play and post their cards, the score for each hole is a 2 digit number using their 2 scores, lowest number first. So if they score 3 and 4 it's 34, if they both take 5 it's 55.
We also have a Premier League tie in tournament. 20 players are each allocated a team from the English premier League. The winner is decided by the scores their respective teams have in the PL and their own scores in a weekly CC tourney. If 1 player scores 32 and their opponent 33 then they are 1:0 ahead. If their team then loses 0:2 though they have lost 1:2 overall. This one needs commitment as it's long running.
Irons only rounds. Speaks for itself really. Various other equipment restricted rounds too.
Tourneys requiring you to have gone in a bunker, missed all fairways or greens, various options there, depending on how mean you're feeling.
There have been numerous others but this post is starting to get a bit big.
Any ideas from the community would be very welcome.
Many thanks.