| Function
| Present Method for most Leagues
| Golf Groups Website Delivery
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| Sign up for weekly games |
- sign up sheet posted in locker room
- sign up via email is very time consuming for those making the draw
- sign up limited to clubhouse hours
- names on sign up sheet can be changed, erased or unreadable
- some members can end up signing up twice for a competition
- waitlists may not reflect actual date golfer signed up
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- sign up or withdraw 24/7
- no errors with sign up names or dates when they were entered
- only person signing into member site can sign up for games
- waitlist started when entries are full and based on sign up date
- eliminates possibility of one person signing up twice
- view other golfers that will be in the draw
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| Member Contact Information |
- forms completed each year and stored by the league
- membership information manually typed in to contact sheets each year
- email addresses typed in for contact list
- recopying contact sheets whenever a member’s contact data changes
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- membership contact information always available
- secure storage of this data
- members can update changes when they occur
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| Document Library and Archive |
- storage of minutes from meetings, kept in club locker or someone’s basement
- inaccessible for any members to find and view when needed
- unsecured and lost documents common
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- easy assess, and readily available to all members
- storage of all important documents such as policies, meeting minutes and other governance documents for multiple years in one safe secure location
- organized chronological storage system setup
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| Game Results and Tracking |
- recorded by hand and stored in a binder
- few know the winners from each weeks competition
- if member participation in competitions needed then tallying means page by page review of binder entries
- tracking for year end awards involves hand count from each entry in binder
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- entered onto website game tracking following each competition
- results posted on website for all members to see
- each member can view their own record of participation
- match committee has a master sheet showing all member’s participation and scores for year end awards
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| Quick Links |
- members need to enter URL to access their online handicapping system
- members need to look up links for access
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- link provides fast link to online handicap system for entering scores
- each League/Club decided which links they want on their site
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| Timesaving |
- handwritten paperwork is slow and redundant
- emailing is very time consuming especially when getting ‘returned’ emails
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- fast methods for creating draws, scoring results and tracking games
- draws, signing up of cancelling games, member contact information, viewing results or minutes from meetings are available to all members 24/7 from any online computer
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