| ign="center"> | | | | newspaper ads. Get one or two businesses to |
| Sponsoring a golf tournament is an excellent way | | | | sponsor golf trophies and have their logos on |
| to raise money for an organization or cause. Golf | | | | embossed on them. Distribute prizes and |
| tournaments have wide appeal, and avid golfers | | | | giveaways like water bottles, golf balls, tees and |
| usually jump at the chance to play the game and | | | | golf bags with sponsors' logos on them. Print |
| benefit a charity at the same time. Even | | | | banners listing the names of business sponsors. |
| non-golfers enjoy brandishing a 9-iron for a good | | | | Publish their names in your program. Literally |
| cause. It takes careful planning, but it's possible to | | | | hundreds of creative ways exist to offer |
| raise thousands of dollars or more if your group is | | | | advertising in exchange for the support of |
| prepared for a little bit of hard work. | | | | business sponsors. |
| A lot goes into planning a charity golf tournament, | | | | *Flood the community with advertising. Make sure |
| from securing a venue, to recruiting volunteers, to | | | | that you give plenty of advance notice to the |
| garnering prizes. Before you set the wheels in | | | | community about your charity golf tournament. |
| motion, consider some of these planning tips: | | | | Newspaper advertising should typically begin 4-6 |
| *Enlist a good team of helpers. Planning and | | | | weeks before registration for the event ends. |
| executing a charity golf tournament is not a | | | | Other types of advertising can begin sooner, such |
| one-man or woman job. A lot of work goes into | | | | as passing out fliers and hanging up posters. Take |
| pulling off a successful and profitable | | | | advantage of all of the free advertising that you |
| golftournament. Make sure that you have a good | | | | can get. Hang up posters anywhere and |
| team of volunteers behind you. Don't just limit | | | | everywhere that you can get permission to do |
| yourself to volunteers from within your own | | | | so. If your charity golf tournament has a website, |
| organization though. Recruit volunteers from | | | | flood the Internet with links to it well in advance |
| like-minded groups, from the community and | | | | of the event, even up to one year before. |
| from the beneficiary group/organization. The | | | | Besides local newspapers, seek out other |
| more hands on deck, the more efficiently it will | | | | publications to advertise in. Many communities |
| run from planning to the final putt. More | | | | have free daily, weekly and/or monthly |
| importantly, the more diverse your group of core | | | | alternative publications, and some may even |
| volunteers, the more contacts you'll be able to | | | | publicize your event for free. |
| make. More helpers means greater access to | | | | The great thing about sponsoring a charity golf |
| resources within the community. | | | | tournament is that the event is mutually beneficial. |
| *Plan well in advance. It usually takes several | | | | First, it provides financial support and raises |
| months to one year to pull off a successful | | | | awareness for a particular cause. Second, itgives |
| charity golf tournament. If you try to push | | | | local businesses the opportunity to promote |
| through too quickly, you may be sacrificing the | | | | themselves and to show their philanthropic side. |
| sanity of your volunteers and missing out on | | | | It's also an excellent vehicle for fostering team |
| prime sponsorship opportunities. | | | | and community spirit, and if profitable,may even |
| *Garner business support. Businesses are usually | | | | become a well-anticipated annual event. |
| happy help a good cause. It helps them to raise | | | | Report this article |
| their own profile in the community and gives | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| them the chance for some inexpensive | | | | Source: |
| advertising and exposure. Recruit business | | | | Republish this article |
| sponsors to donate cash, prizes, giveaways, food, | | | | |
| and just about anything else that you require to | | | | Ask a Question About this Article |
| pull off your charity golf tournament. | | | | >> Which is the simple way to maintain golf |
| *Offer advertising opportunities. Charity golf | | | | tournament scoring? |
| tournaments are give and take affairs. When a | | | | >> Handicap System |
| business agrees to donate to your event, provide | | | | >> Nine holers |
| the business with a way to advertise before, | | | | >> Precious Moments, I am looking for a |
| during or after the event. You can print the logos | | | | possible cheerleader, or birthday 21, or golfer. Are |
| of your major sponsor(s) on your fliers and | | | | there such Precious Moments figurines? |