The Organiser's Guide — Golf Society Day
The short version: you get everyone playing. One phone per group does the scoring. The app does the arguing, the fines and the write-up. You book the tee times; the Golf Society Day pass does the rest. Twenty or forty people, one day, and none of the admin that usually comes with it.
What you're actually buying
One day. Eighteen holes or thirty-six — you choose when you set it up. Up to nineteen guests on the £25 pass, or thirty-nine on the £40 one; you're the organiser, so you don't count against it. One phone per group keeps the card — the rest of you just play. Guests join by tapping a link — no app, no accounts, no talking anyone through an install in a car park at seven in the morning. There's no renewal and nothing to cancel: the pass covers the day and then it's done. (In the app it's called a Society Day.)
What it costs
£25 for up to twenty players, £40 for up to forty. £20 and £32 if you're already a member. Either one includes three months of the Dog Shot Golf Club, so whoever did the organising gets the members' price on everything afterwards. One price, whatever happens on the day.
Before the day: set it up
- Set the date and pick eighteen or thirty-six.
- Share one link with the society, or put the QR code up on the first tee. They tap it, type their name, and they're in.
- That's it. Do it the night before on a laptop if you like — it takes about four minutes.
Eighteen or thirty-six
Thirty-six is two rounds, and the app treats it as two. Eighteen and lunch, or eighteen, lunch and eighteen more — the pass covers either, and you don't have to decide today. If half the society is only playing the morning, that's fine; nobody has to be there for both.
On the day: groups and Mums
Shuffle everyone into groups and the app sorts the cards out. Each group gets a Mum — the one who holds the phone and logs the round. It isn't a punishment, and you can hand it to someone else between rounds. If a group goes quiet you can nudge them, and you can re-shuffle after lunch so the same four aren't stuck with each other all day.
Who's in, who's out
Two options for anyone who doesn't make it round: Excused, for the genuine ones, and Shirked, for the rest. The app keeps the distinction and applies it honestly, which saves you having the conversation yourself.
The rounds run themselves
No pencil. No adding up in the car park. No standing at the bar with two cards that disagree.
The payoff
- Fines and titles. Earned, not handed out — and specific enough that nobody can claim it was random.
- The write-up. The day, told back to you, with the bits everyone will deny. If it doesn't land, write it again.
- The reckoning. Who earned what, and who is never hearing the end of it.
Everyone keeps their day
When it's over, the guests keep theirs. Anyone who played can claim their own record and take it with them — so the day survives the group chat scrolling past it.
Turning up as a society
If the society has a cap or a shirt, this is the day for it. The photographs are better.
Why it beats a group chat and a spreadsheet
Because the spreadsheet doesn't send itself, the group chat loses the scores by Tuesday, and neither one tells you who won.