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Note: Golf Genius Trip Manager is a software product used by individuals to manage golf trips. To learn more and sign up, Click Here.)
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Most group golf trips, often referred to as "buddy trips," involve up to 36 golfers playing fewer than 12 rounds of golf. The "trip captain" is the individual who organizes most aspects of the trip, from golf details to social and travel arrangements. It's a thankless job, the pay is low, but someone needs to do it.
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The golf details really matter and can "make or break" a good golf trip. To help you create a memorable trip experience for you and your players, we'll guide you through four sets of steps:

Each section includes the appropriate steps supported by articles.

Good luck and have a great trip!

You can get started right away by completing the initial setup steps, such as adding players, courses, and rounds.

You'll then set up tournaments to create a fun and competitive trip. There are countless variations of tournaments that can be set up. Adding a variety of tournaments will also distribute prize money across multiple competitions during the trip, giving everyone a chance to win.
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Finally, you'll set up pairings using our Automatic Scheduler, which will find the best possible pairings for your trip while minimizing repeats and maximizing the chance for "everyone to play with everyone" throughout the trip.

As the golf trip approaches, bags are being packed, and golf swings are getting their final tweaks. While the focus may be on the travel ahead, there are some final steps to complete.

If you'd like to roll out the red carpet for your players, consider customizing your portal (trip website) to share all the trip information. Create Tour Games to bring the competition beyond the green. This will create excitement for the upcoming trip, cut down on the back-and-forth emails, and generate anticipation for your trip.
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Throughout the trip setup process, Handicap Indexes may change due to revisions. It is important to ensure that all Handicap Indexes are up to date for the trip.

It is much easier (and less stressful) to identify and correct any mistakes before the trip (rather than during). By following the proper steps to check your work, you'll gain peace of mind, knowing your trip will be smooth and successful.

You may also need to fire up your printer to print some material. While there is no need to print most material (thanks to the portal and mobile app), we still suggest printing some reports and other printed materials.

And finally, instructing your players to download the mobile app will give them access to the portal and prepare them for the ultimate live scoring experience.

Let the fun begin.

By now, your players have downloaded the mobile app. As they complete each hole, one player in each group quickly enters the scores, and everyone can enjoy the live leaderboard. At the end of each round, you'll mark the round as complete, and the leaderboard will show the final scores along with prize money.

After the trip, you can collect and organize expenses using Trip Accountant, a time-saving tool that automatically determines "who owes how much to whom" at the end of the trip.
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And finally, a nice touch in finishing your trip is emailing your player's results and photos from the trip. This allows the trip experience to live on well past the final hole.

After looking through the steps in this guide, consider walking through an example of a typical golf trip setup, which involves five rounds of golf with 16 players.