Random team generator for golf

Foursomes without the arguing at the registration table

In a scramble every player on the team hits from the spot of the best shot, so the team is what matters, not the individual. That is why the draw is the most sensitive part of the day. If the club champion ends up with three friends, the other tables notice before the first tee. A random draw that everybody can watch removes the question of who arranged what.

The page opens with 20 sample golfers in groups of four, which gives five foursomes, about right for a small club outing. A shotgun start with one foursome on each of the 18 holes takes 72 players, so you would paste 72 names and get 18 foursomes; many charity events put two teams on each hole for 144. If the field does not divide by four, the tool makes a few teams of three, so nobody is left in a twosome.

A plain draw ignores handicap, so a few teams can end up strong and a few weak. The fix is to write a level after each name, like Walt *3 for a low handicap and Pam *1 for a high one, and switch on Balance by skill. The teams then get similar totals while the people inside them are still chosen at random.

Drawing the foursomes for outing day

1. Open Names and replace the sample golfers with your registration list. A column pasted from a spreadsheet works as it is.
2. Leave Team size at 4. The line under it says how many foursomes you will get and whether any team has only three.
3. Press Make teams. If you added handicap levels, tick Balance by skill first. Not happy with a lineup? Press Shuffle again.
4. Use Print for a sheet to tape to the registration table, or Present to show the teams on a screen in the clubhouse. Assign each team a starting hole by hand.

Other ready-made setups

• Random groups for classGroups of 4 from a class list, numbered Group 1, Group 2 ...
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• Tournament teamsSplit the players into 8 teams, then draw the bracket order
• Soccer teamsTwo even sides for a pickup game, with a quick reshuffle

Open the team generator with no setup

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