Charity Golf Tournaments & Business Networking: Sign-up for Only Good Ones.

I spend a lot of time talking to people, who are in business or in general, on the benefits of golf as a business tool. Seems others are talking lot about it, but are not clearly explaining HOW to use Golf as a Business Networking Tool.It is simple, you can either just make a tee time at your favor golf course and take a shot at getting hooked up with another golfer who is in business, or…Find a Charity Golf Tournament to get involved with… Most of the time the Charity Golf Tournament route is more productive. But, you still need to know how to play Business Golf. This does not mean you have to play golf, just know how to play Business Golf. There is a difference.Golf is the best way to network what you do. And where else do business golfers go to play business golf, to Charity Golf Tournaments. There is no other event where you are going to get an audience with someone for four hours or longer? But before you get the newspaper out or crank-up the search engine to find a Charity Golf Tournament you need to keep in mind that you want to get involved with a GOOD charity golf tournament. There is nothing worst than volunteering to help a charity golf tournament, invite all of your business associates to come and play and the event sucks. 7 hour rounds of golf, bad food and no sign of the charity the funds are raised for are all killers to people who play business golf. Even if you are out for the social aspects of the golf event, if it sucks, the negative impression will run off on you.So, find a good charity golf tournament.How can you tell if it is good? Ask the tournament director how many players or teams they are going to put on the course. If they say 36 or more teams (or 144 players) in the morning and another 30 teams in the evening, high tail it as fast as you can. These events are the coffin nails for businesses and for volunteers.Why? Most courses cannot not take that many players safely and since there are at least two teams on each hole, which means each team is going to have to wait for the group in front of them after every shot… the killer of golf tournaments.Pick one that has 28 teams (112 golfers) or less. They are easier to manage, the players are much, much happier since they get to enjoy the day.Also ask what they are going to serve for food. If they are getting the food donated from Joe’s B-B-Que, get away quick. Most golfers who take time away from the office and spend an inflated entry fee expect more than mid to lower levels of food. If the event is serving a buffet inside the clubhouse where everyone gets to sit at a nice decorated table with silverware, the mood is happier and the reflection on you inviting them to the event is positive. Make that sales call a little easier when you call them after the event.Ask if the charity the funds are raised for is going to be at the event. Usually, business people like to schmooze with the charity people to show their community involvement. If the charity is not going to be there other than to get the check, expect the awards program to suck. Again, another bad reflection on you by the people you invited to play.If the Charity Golf Tournament has a silent auction, here is where you want to be. Usually the Silent Auction is the staging area for the golfers to have drinks and cool down after the round. The BUSINESS NETWORKING is heavy here. IF the golf tournament has a silent auction, get involved with that group.So, yes, Golf is a great way to network your business, even if you are not a golfer..Here is one of the best charity golf tournaments in the
Dallas-
Fort Worth area.Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf TournamentJune 5, 2006Las Colinas Country Club
Irving, TexasAn officially PGA sanctioned Pro-AM. Raises funds for junior golf programs.For more information go to http://www.screendooropen.org/ Scot DukeChairman of the Board of DirectorsScreen Door Open Charity Golf, Inc.A 501c3 tax-exempt non-profit organization

14232 Marsh Lane #486

Addison, TX
75001scot.duke@screendooropen.org http://www.screendooropen.org/ Blog Site: http://screendooropenproam.blogspot.com/ 214 549-0306Proudly presenting the 8th Annual Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf Tournament on June 5, 2006 at the Los Colinas Country Club,
Irving, TX

Play In The Screen Door Open For Nothing

OK, you golfers in Dallas, or around the country, who want to play in an officially sanctioned PGA Charity Pro-AM here is your chance to play with a member of the PGA for Nothing. For each person who responds to this blog I will send the information on how to play in the Pro-AM for free and for doing so have a chance to be awarded, not signed up to win, but awarded a customer fitted set of Titleist irons. The new ones that are coming out this month.Come on, respond and I will send you the information. 

How To Make Busienss Connections On The Golf Course

If you are REALLY wanting to put yourself, and your business, ahead of your competition you need to network your business. One of the best ways to do this is to become a volunteer for a Charity Golf Tournament.

But, make sure it is a good one or you are just working for a cause. An officially sanctioned PGA event like the Screen Door Open Charity Golf Charity Pro-AM is a great way to get to meet other business people.

Sign-up as early in the process of planning of the tournament as possible to get the maximum effect. That way when the day of the event comes you can refresh your connections with the people you have been working with in the planning.

Performing well as a volunteer by doing an outstanding job of the assignment you have been given also places you and your business at the top of the list when it comes time for people to remember someone who is in your profession.

So, sign-up now for the Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf Tournament.

Screen Door Open Charity Golf, Inc., is actively recruiting men and women who are interested in volunteering to help organize the number 2 Pro-AM Golf Tournament in Dallas, the Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf Tournament. Now in its 8th year, the SDO has become one of the powerhouse charity golf tournaments in Dallas. Come join in the great Business Networking opportunities of being a SDO Volunteer. Contact Scot Duke 214 549-0306 or info@screendooropen.org for more information.

Screen Door Open Charity Golf, Inc.A 501c3 tax-exempt non-profit organization

14232 Marsh Lane #486

Addison, TX
75001info@screendooropen.org http://www.screendooropen.org/ Proudly presenting the 8th Annual Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf Tournament on June 5, 2006 at the Los Colinas Country Club,
Irving, TX

Press Release: Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM

Press Release:

Monday, June 5, 2006 – Las
Colinas, TX

8^th Annual Screen Door Open Charity Pro-AM Golf Tournament

Las Colinas Country Club in
Irving, Texas.

‘Not Just Another Charity Golf Tournament'™. 

Come Help Us Help Kids™ and play in this official PGA sanctioned Pro-AM event on one of the best golf courses in D/FW.

Proceeds from the Screen Door Open® go to the development of the Junior Golf Programs of the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation.  The Golf-In-Schools Program, supported by the funds from the annual SDO Pro-AM, provides for PGA Professional training and golf equipment to kids in Elementary, Middle and High Schools.  The GIS Program provides golf as an elective to every boy’s and girl’s physical education program.  Over the past 8 years the SDO has been a part of expanding this program from the three schools the program was piloted in 1999 to currently being in 114 schools, 29 of which are in theIrving
Independent
School District.   The NTPGA projects the GIA Program to be in 120 schools across the North Texas Area by 2007.  

Come out and help the Screen Door Open bring the positive values the game of golf offers to boys and girls across
North Texas.

To learn how to play in the Pro-Am for FREE contact Scot Duke at scot.duke@screendooropen.org or 214 549-0306

Information on Sponsorship Packages and player registration are available on the SDO Web-site www.screendooropen.org or by calling 214 549-0306.

Event is organized and produced by Screen Door Open Charity Golf, Inc. a 501c3 tax exempt non-profit organization.  Screen Door Open Charity Golf, Inc

14232 Marsh Lane #486

Addison, TX
75001-3857  Note:Details on the NTPGA Junior Golf Foundation Golf-In-Schools Program are attached.  For interviews and  more information on the Screen Door Open and the other junior golf programs supported from its fundraising efforts, contact Scot Duke at scot.duke@screendooropen.org or 214 549-0306.