18 Fold Tournaments & Events

A Tournament Office for every layer of the event.

Commercial goals, competition details, participant communications, hospitality, course operations, technology, and reporting move together.

Plan an Event
01Event types

The operating model changes with the event.

A club championship, fundraising outing, destination program, qualifier, and simulator series each create different participant, commercial, competition, and venue demands.

Tournament and event types
  1. 01Charity and nonprofit outings
  2. 02Corporate and customer events
  3. 03Member-guests and club championships
  4. 04Leagues and season-long series
  5. 05Junior, school, collegiate, and adaptive events
  6. 06Amateur competitions and qualifiers
  7. 07Pro-ams and professional events
  8. 08Destination, resort, multi-course, and multi-day events
  9. 09Night golf and simulator events

The Tournament Office

One center of gravity from objective to rebooking.

18 Fold can manage the complete event lifecycle or take responsibility for a defined layer within an existing host, association, club, company, or nonprofit team.

  1. 01

    Frame the event

    Objectives, format, venue, schedule, audience, operating plan, and budget.

  2. 02

    Build participation

    Registration, participant communications, sponsorship, and fundraising support.

  3. 03

    Set the competition

    Pairings, flights, handicaps, carts, scoring, course setup, and pace-of-play planning.

  4. 04

    Coordinate delivery

    Vendors, volunteers, staffing, hospitality, signage, merchandise, media, and awards.

  5. 05

    Protect the day

    Weather monitoring, safety responsibilities, contingency planning, and emergency procedures.

  6. 06

    Close the loop

    Financial reconciliation, reporting, surveys, lessons learned, and rebooking.

02Connected event layers

A good day is built before anyone arrives.

The visible event depends on disciplined work across commercial planning, participant service, competition, venue coordination, safety, hospitality, technology, and closeout.

Tournament Office layers
01

Strategy & commercial plan

Objectives, format, venue, schedule, budget, sponsorship, fundraising, pricing, and success measures.

02

Participants & competition

Registration, communications, pairings, flights, handicaps, carts, scoring, and awards.

03

Course & pace

Course setup, starting method, field flow, pace-of-play plan, rulings coordination, and host operations.

04

People & hospitality

Vendors, volunteers, staffing, food and beverage, guest movement, signage, merchandise, and media.

05

Safety & contingencies

Weather protocols, emergency procedures, decision roles, communications, and practical backup plans.

06

Reporting & continuity

Financial reconciliation, sponsor fulfillment, results, surveys, operating review, and rebooking.

Tournament-specific management

A focused team for one defined event.

Build the event plan, assign responsibilities, operate the day, and close the books around a single program.

Seasonal Tournament Office

Continuity across a calendar.

Support a league, series, club season, association schedule, fundraising calendar, or recurring event program with repeatable systems and reporting.

Start a conversation

Build the event from the objective outward.

Share the event type, intended audience, host or venue status, timing, and the operating layers that need support.

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