Why Golf Outing Tracker Was Developed

26 years ago some friends talked me into going on a 2 day jam-packed golf outing in western Michigan. The place was called Gull Lake. The four of us left at 4:45 am on Thursday morning and arrived at the club house at 7 am. I went around and met some of the other golfers (32 total). A fellow named Chet approached me asking for $165 (remember this was 26 years ago). The money was to cover golf (36 holes each day), one night stay at the villas and prize money. The prize money was for various betting games assigned for each round: skins, reverse-skins, points and scrambles. The tournament director, Jimmy, walked up and handed me a sheet of paper showing all of the pairings for each round and what games were being played. Players were split up into 4 flights: A, B, C or D. You were placed in a flight based on your average score in the past 10 rounds at this tournament. Back then they met in the spring and fall each year. If this was your first time you were given a best-guess average. Of course, I was a D player back then. Before long we were beginning to tee off on the West course. The betting games assigned for the morning round were: team points, individual skins and reverse skins. After the first 18 holes we had a short time to eat lunch before teeing it up for the afternoon 18 on the East course. Jimmy (the tournament director) asked us to be sure to hand in our score cards after each round. The betting games assigned for the afternoon round were: skins and reverse skins. Once the afternoon round was completed we went back to the condos for a short time to clean up and decide where to go for dinner. The most popular place to go eat was the Gull Lake View Inn across the road. __Read more__