wedge0837: We have this Club, The Wedge, and there are always tourneys created with credits attached, top 3 or top 10 etc, but with only 17 members, we can barely get 5 or 6 at most or at best, to enter. Like, who doesn't like the chance to win free credits, no matter how much right.?
But, who has any chance to win?
Looking at one of the tournaments, "aBandoningAllHope" (Bandon Par3 course), I see two scores of 25 by two Legends plus one of 32 by a Master.
Your members are spread wide in tiers, from Champ @56 avg to Pro @89 avg. That means that the Pro will - on average - play 16 strokes more than the Champ over 9 holes. How big a chance has he to win anything, given that there are 16 players at least three strokes better than he is?
(This becomes worse when the teebox is fixed for the tournaments - I can't see that)
Thus, for most of your fellow members, tournaments with a fee aren't more than gifting credits to the best players, and to WGT who take the rake.