Group event/competitions administration

The group system provides a comprehensive event system to run your group, society or leagues games online. Events are created by administrators via the events page or from the admin part of the site

Admin > Comps/Events > Create Comp

For information on creating and using leader boards click here.

Options available include:

• Creating the event
• Event modification & administration
• Assigning players to groups
• Scoring, handicaps, leaderboards & results
• Results & Stats

Event creation

Creating events goes through a simple 4 step process.

Events options include:

• Step 1: Game title - name of your event ie 2013 Round 1
• Step 1: Club/course - required to allow score and tee/score card selection
• Step 1: Event date - required for the start date of your event
• Step 1: Date to - ignore (future option for multi game evetnts ie trips/multi round)
• Step 1: Public game - allow non group members to join your event
• Step 1: Multi Game event - ignore (future feature coming soon ie trips/multi round)

• Step 2: Tee time - assign first tee time (helps assign group times & sunrise/sunset estimates)
• Step 2: Cost - event cost
• Step 2: Format - stableford, stroke etc
• Step 2: Game Type - social game, society game
• Step 2: Leaderboard - assign event leaderboard if tracked as part of a multi event series (more info here)
• Step 2: Set Default Tee - set default player tee/scorecard improves score card entry
• Step 2: Max Players & Max Handicap - options to set max players or max handicap
• Step 2: Overview - 140 character event overview

• Step 3: Add players
  • select existing group members to play in the event (note use of SHIFT/CTRL to select multiple players)
  • auto assignment of groups using option at the bottom

• Step 4: Invite Golfshake members (only available for public events)

Event modification & administration

Once you have created your event additional options are available from the event admin of the individual event:

• Add Players - add existing group members to an event
• Registered Players - approve & delete players already assigned to an event
• Assign Groups - assign players to groups (this is required before you can add scores, see below)
• Scoring - score entry, results & handicap updates (see below for more information)
• Docs - update any event information for rules etc
• PM - send a private message to the Golfshake members registered to the event
• Admin - access reports and CSV data backup
  • report for players, groups and tee times
  • report for post event results and scores

Assigning Groups

Players already assigned to groups are listed on the right.  Players not assigned to a group are listed on the left hand 'selection' window.

Remember: to update with 'save group' when you modify any group from the 'group' window

Scoring, Handicaps, Results & Leaderboards

Once all players are assigned to group you can then add the scores. The scoring admin page will provide details on any player not assigned to a group or with an incomplete round.

Scoring Entry

Complete Event Results Update

Results & Stats

Access the final results, player scores, scoring breakdown plus event analysis showing average scores & hole ratings.