Handicapped golf tournaments are popular amateur competitions. Companies sponsor handicapped tournaments to reward employees and to promote products. Many events raise money for charity. Handicapping enables golfers with different ability and skill levels to participate on an equal footing. A handicapped golf tournament could find the winner the overall stroke count or by match play, in which the winner is determined by the number of holes won or lost.
Golf is truly a spectator sport, with hundreds of thousands of patrons flooding golf courses annually to watch events on the PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA Tours. Golf is also a game of etiquette and honor, with many time-honored tra...
The top amateur golfers are eligible to compete in top pro tournaments like the U.S. Open, the British Open and the Masters if they can qualify. However, those tournaments are primarily for the best professionals in the busines...
If you watch enough professional golf on television, discussion of the cut will arise sooner or later. The cut refers to the reduction of the field based on performance -- usually at the conclusion of the second round. Each pro...
When players join a golfing league, they do so because of a growing love for the games. Many golfers in leagues are newer golfers who are also quite competitive. The golf league gives golfers a chance to play and compete in a n...
While stroke play remains the most popular type of golf tournament on the professional tour, there are still a number of different types of golf tournaments that can help attract more players and even the less-experienced to gi...
A scramble tournament is a popular golf tournament format that involves playing on a four-person team. Teams are permitted to select the best of four shots to advance toward the hole, but the team must ultimately choose a certa...
The Masters tournament is the youngest major in men's professional golf, but it's a favorite for many because it is the only one played on the same course -- Augusta National Golf Club -- and because it is conducted in April, w...
The USGA, along with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, determine the rules of golf that apply to all official games and tournaments. The rules are changed periodically, with the current set of rules taki...
When you play in a handicap tournament, you get to subtract a certain number of strokes from your total score, according to your handicap. Handicap tournaments allow players of different ability levels to compete more evenly ag...
The handicap index typically indicates the number of shots a player would have to add or subtract from her score to reach par. Handicap tournaments allow players of different skill levels to compete against each other. The golf...
Keeping score at your local golf tournament is a daunting task if you’ve never been in charge of it before. Spectators want to know how their favorite golfer is doing, and the official results hinge on your work. Learning...
Golf tournaments are not just for professionals. Many golfers participate in tournaments at their local golf club, or in competitions organized among friends, neighbors, and co-workers. On the course or on the range, golfers ca...
The Ryder Cup is a golf tournament played between a team of top golfers from the United States and Europe every two years. It is a series of match play matches played in three styles: "Fourball," "Foursomes" and "Singles."
