For the shakers and movers in your industry, the chief executives and their fellow directors who have the power to influence and make important decisions there is no better way of getting them out of their ivory towers than the prospect of rubbing shoulders with a PGA golf professional.
Someone whom they will respect and who has achieved success in their field of operation, where your prospect or client may be reluctant to give up valuable time for a business lunch the opportunity of playing a round of golf with a PGA professional is much more appealing, especially if they are golfers.
A Pro-am tournament creates the opportunity to get to know your prospects or clients in a totally social environment, it creates a situation where you can build relationships through golf that will lead to a better business relationship in the future.
For those really important clients that you want to reward and impress why not let Golfasian run your corporate Pro-am Golf Tournament, the ideal number of guests to have at a tournament of this kind is 15-24 with a PGA golf professional joining each group of 3 to form a four-ball.
Golfasian will take care of everything, find the golf professionals and take care of all the tournament administration and organization. The example tournament below illustrates how a typical Pro-am corporate golf tournament would operate and the associated budget costs.
Example Pro-am Golf Tournament
Golf Course: Alpine Golf & Sports Club Number of Golfers: 20 First tee time: 12.30 (5 flights)
Tournament Itinerary
10.00 – 10.45
Golf academy with your golf professional at the driving range.
11.00 – 12.00
Registration, Pre-Tournament Reception Your opportunity to meet the golf professional you will be playing with and to enjoy a pre-tournament snack.
Deep Fried Wantan Bags, Assorted Finger Sandwiches
Orange Juice, Fresh Fruits, Coffee or Tea
12.30
First groups tee off from holes number 1
17.30 – 18.30
Pre-Dinner Reception by the Pool Mini Ham Croissant – Assorted Canapes – Mini Curry Puffs Pork and Chicken Satays – Potato Chips / Peanuts – Fried Chicken Wings -Fresh Fruits Beverages Standard Bar set up for one hour session including Red & White Wine, Whisky, Gin, Vodka, Local Beer and Soft Drinks
18.45
Dinner by the Pool & Presentation Awards Ceremony.Chinese Banquet Menu
Assorted hot Hors d’ouvers
Shark fins in brown sauce
Deep fried crispy chicken
Thai style abalone salad
Steamed fish with soy sauce
Four kinds of vegetables with crabmeat
River prawns in soy sauce
Baked rice in lotus leaf
Ginks nuts with three beans
20.00
Carriages
Price per golfer (including professional) THB 7,400Includes: Driving Range Balls, Green Fees, Caddy Fees, Pre-Golf reception, Pre-Dinner reception (including free bar one hour) Presentation Dinner and Golf Trophies. Additional non-golfers: Receptions and Dinner THB 2,200
Tournament Format
The tournament will be a pro-am team event with the professionals score and the best net score of the other three team members recorded to formulate a team score, the golf professional will be responsible for recording his score and the best ball score, the winning team will be the team who records the lowest aggregate score over the 18 holes played.
There will be four prize holes, a “nearest the pin” and “longest drive” hole on the front and back nine, the professionals will not be eligible in this competition.
Tournament Administration
Golfasian will take care of all tournament organisation and administration prior to and during the event, the client to provide a list of players names and their golf handicaps one week prior to the event, the client to advise of teams 1-5 and the relevant professional one week prior to the event.
Golfasian will provide a tournament briefing document that will be given to all players on arrival at the course, this document will advise of the tournament format and rules, the team groupings and tee off times.
The document will also advise of the holes for the Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive awards, Golfasian will be responsible for the provision of markers for Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive holes.
Tournament Prizes
Team Prize: Thai Ceramic golf trophy for the three team members. Pro Prizes: 1st THB 30,000 – 2nd THB 10,000 – 3rd-4th-5th – THB 5,000 Nearest the pin / Longest Drive: 4 Thai Ceramic trophies.
Professional Fees
Each participating professional will receive THB 10,000 appearance money, therefore the minimum each professional will receive will be THB 15,000 for the day.
Used Golfasian to organize a 2 week trip for 6 people - 3 golfers and 3 non-golfers, travelling to 4 different parts of Thailand and playing 7 different courses. We were very, very impressed by the level of service we received. Had to make a couple of changes along the way and everyone we dealt with was very accommodating. Overall a wonderful experience. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone and will personally be using them again in the future.
Dave Blumgart
We just had a 5 days and 4 rounds golf tour at Danang city. It is a beautiful city with white &long beach, delicious food, attractions and kind people.
The links golf courses are magnificent and challenge. We really enjoyed the game and Golfasian well arranged all the related. We strongly recommend visiting and golfing in Vietnam through Golfasian.
Alex Lee
Our small party of 4 did a 4 day golf tour, 1 day at Thai Country Club in Bangkok, then 3 days in Hua Hin covering Imperial Lakeview Resort, Banyan and Black Mountain. Golf Asian did a 1st class job of all the arrangements including golf bookings, hotels and transportation. Their service is highly recommended and at a reasonable cost. Well done to all the staff at Golf Asian tour company. We will be back.
Stuart Taylor
Golfasian organised a trip for 8 golfers to the Pattaya area of Thailand in November. The planning and organisation prior to he trip was great and we were kept up to date at all times. The staff and drivers during our trip were excellent and I would recommend Golfasian to anyone considering a South East Asian golf trip.
Shaun Coutts
We dealt with GolfAsian via their Australian representative, Prestige Golf Tours. Couldn't be happier with either of these companies, or recommend them highly enough. All of the transfers from airports, hotels and golf clubs went perfectly. Their staff were a dream to deal with. Their prices are very reasonable. From small things like free water on the bus each day, we just couldn't have been happier.
Mark Antony
Just returned from a great 2 week golf break in Vietnam (Hanoi, Ha Long, Danang, Ho Tram and HCMC) and generally the logistics etc were excellent with great attention to detail by GA. I've just completed the survey and made a few comments about what did go wrong and how perhaps a few things could be improved such as transport routings, driver wayfinding, caddie expertise, hotel ratings, etc. but generally an excellently organised trip and can't wait for the next one!!
Alan Davies
great coarses get to meet people from everywhere,and very well organised by mark penfold and his staff.if your thinking of doing it just do it you wont regret it.i'm doing my 4th trip in march2016
Kelvin Harvey
Thanks Win!! A very well organised golfing holiday. Very accommodating to slight changes we requested, we will be back👍😊
Paul Banks
After a little hiccup with the first course AJ sorted for me to play @ Seapines army golf course, really enjoyed my round on a beautiful course
Andrew Latus
Just got back from Hua Hin and Bangkok, 10 games in 14 days. Once again, great service from Darren and Por and the team at Golfasian
Clive Helps
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