Add Competition/Event

Competition Rules
Creating a Competition
Inviting members to join a Competition

The following information will walk you through creating and using the competition feature.

Competition Rules 

The following rules currently apply for creating and administrating :

• One user creates the competition in the golfscoretracker system and is therefore the competition administrator
• The course selected for the competition must be already stored in the administrators favourites
• Players can only be added to the competition that are in the administrators golf buddies list
• The maximum competitors is 4, for upto 12 then use the society feature
• When the competiton is created all competitors will receive e-mail notification to accept the invitation
• The competition scorecards can only be entered once all the competitors have accepted the competition invitation
• Only the administrator can enter the scorecards
• The rounds entered can be set for handicap tracking

Creating A Competition

Step 1

Select Groups/Events section from the top navigation bar as below.

Step 2

Select the Create competition link on the left hand side of the Group / Events home page.

Step 3

Select the course being played during the Competition round, the list displayed are courses in you course favourites list.

Step 4

Select the tee being played during the Competition round

Step 5

Enter the details of the Competition.

You can currently select the Competition type to Stroke play, British Stableford or MatchPlay (2 Ball), this is for the Competition results table.

If you would like to open the event to ALL golfshake.com members, click the Public Competition box.

Inviting Members to Join your Competition

Finally you need to enter the competitors. The selection list will show yourself, your golf buddies and any society members if it is a society competition. Select the competitors by clicking on the name (left hand list) and then click on the 'select' button to add them to the Group (right hand list). Competitions can be edited and updated at any stage.

You can use the 'move up' and 'move down' buttons to order the group. Click submit once done.