Organize Golf Leagues and Tours using TheGrint

Using TheGrint Tours section you can organize small virtual competitions as well as large group leagues. In this post we will explain how to do so. Is very simple.

What is a Tour?

Every Tour is composed of events and players. Just like the PGA tour. So you need to create/schedule the events and add the players that will play in each of those events. The Tour will rank each of the player according to their performance and show it on the main Leaderboard.

So let’s say that you have a golf league of 30 golfers that play once a month for one year. Then that Tour will have 12 events, and the organizer will have to add those 12 events with dates to that Tour.

The one difference we have is that we also created this feature for regular folks like you and I who have a group of golf buddies, that don’t necessarily live on the same city or play together. That’s why our events have “deadline dates” and not “dates”. That means that in order to compete in an event, the player have the opportunity to post a score within a period of time. After that deadline date, the system will not allow the player to upload the score to that event. Is up to the organizer to decide the rules.

Creating a Tour

Creating a Tour is extremely simple. You need a name and the players that will be on it. Here are the steps:

1. Click on the Tours tab on the top banner
2. Then Click on the “Create a Tour” button on the right banner and give it a name
3. Once you are in, add members by clicking on the “members” button located on the top right of the screen. To be able to add members, they need to be registered at TheGrint and they have to be your friends in the system.

Creating and Scheduling events

A Tour is composed of events. The organizer needs to add the events one by one. Then select the players, categories, points and deadline date. Here is how:

1. Add an event: Once you are in the Tour, click on the “Add an event to this tour”. Then simply give it a name.
2. Add players: Click on the “members” button on the top right. And add the players who will compete in the event. Those players need to be part of the Tour to show up.
3. Customize your Club:
   1. Click on the “options” button on the top right.
   2. Select the “Deadline Date”. Players will have the opportunity to enter their score before 11:59pm of that date.
   3. Select the Categories: Choose how many categories and the handicaps for each of the categories
   4. Select the points system: You can customize it or leave it as default. If you leave it as default it means that the first place will get as many points as participants there were in that event, then every position will get one point less until the last player who gets 1 point. So, if 10 players competed, then the 1st place gets 10 points, the 2nd gets 9, the 3rd gets 8, etc

Once these parameters have been set up then the events and Tours are ready to receive scores. 

Adding Scores to a Tour Event

1. Click on the “add a score” button located on the dashboard or the Scores tab.
2. When adding a score, on the top right you will see a gray box that says “Event”
3. If you have been added to an event, when you click on the dropdown menu it will show the option to select that event
4. Once you select an event, your score will be adjudicated to that event

That’s all you need to create and manage a Tour

If you perform those steps your tournaments and events will be on their way.

If you manage a big league and need help managing it plus some advanced features we can help. Send us an email at contactus@thegrint.com an we can discuss the options we offer.

Enjoy your Golf!