courteneyfish:I run the biggest and busiest country club on WGT
I nearly spat my morning coffee all over my monitor.
Courteney, this is delusional. (not meant to be derogatory to you)
Admirable to think you are up their with the Big Clubs.
But seriously, Unless you are doing something I am not aware of.. you and I and most of the other WGT CClubs would only ever dream of having the administration, support and know how of some of these big, busy clubs.
Simply creating tourneys in the WGT Club Area everytime one finishes and turning over your members on a monthly basis due to inactivity, does not make a solid and 'busy' club.
YOU yourself might be busy, but in comparison to some of these others... in reality. No.
I imagine you are often in the same boat as I. Sometimes having to spend an hour or two doing club stuff before I can get to enjoy a game.
There are some large Clubs who simply use WGT for the game platform and not for their WGT Tournament Activity. Some of these are very large Clubs that arent even listed as a club in WGT. One of your own members may even be a member of one of these. :)
I have a couple who are. They bring me interesting info.
Some clubs are running 20 - 30+ tourneys every month (outside of the given WGT club tourney allotment) via their own websites, They run their own Ladder competitions and are also involved in the WGTLS. They have support from various individuals who create and manage these very tightly run expansive tournaments. They have TEAMS of people designing awards & trophies and payouts.
'FreeRolls' that offer large credit pools - Some have such large funding support that they offer cash prizes and regular incentives that boggle the mind & can often reflect a WGT tournament prize pool..
You wont see any 'Survivor' type club tourneys there.
Imagine if you can for a moment Courteney, having a handful of members that are actually on the Pro Tour and sinking thousands of dollars into their club on a quarterly or even monthly basis to help support some of the resources these clubs have.
They all buy their equipment from WGT, they all pay for their WGT balls they are all a part of WGT in one way or another.
Having 250 members that you 'top up' every month from randoms in the forums. and having your WGT tournament card consistently full does not equal busiest, biggest or.. best.
Chat with some of these other guys, look as much as you can into their websites, check out their complex spreadsheets with tourney results assimilated over the last 2 - 3 years. Look at the history of prizes they have offered. Have a look what their creative people do with their Web Development, YouTube and Google docs.
This will give you a good insight into what is a busy club and exactly the expanse a big club really stretches
The owners of these clubs probably only log into WGT once a week. Their delegated team is trusted for the day to day stuff.
You also dont see many of them in these forums.
With due respect.