Savvy Golfers Turning to Open Competitions

Niche golf website makes birdie with golfers and golf clubs!

Many golfers are turning to open golf competitions as a way to play new courses and at the same time grab themselves a real bargain on the fairways.

Open golf competitions - events held at golf clubs specifically for non-members to play in - have been around for a long time but are now seeing a real surge in popularity. This is mainly due to more and more golfers searching for cost effective ways to play their sport during these uncertain economic times.

And who can blame them… entry to open events usually costs just a fraction of the normal green-fee rate, the courses are presented in first class condition, a meal is often included and with prizes up for grabs it can be an excellent value-for-money day out on the links.

Along with the help of a niche golfing website, designed to help amateur golfers find and enter open competitions, players can now see where and when tournaments will be held at the click of a mouse.

Golf Empire (www.golfempire.co.uk) burst onto the scene earlier this year with the simple aim of making it easier for golf club members to discover where and when open events will be played at other courses in their region. Online entry-forms are also provided for each event allowing potential entrants to secure a place in their chosen competitions. All types of events are listed including; Senior, Ladies, Mixed, Team, Scratch, Junior and Individual tournaments.

What’s more, modern technology allows subscribers to select the type of events that they are interested in along with their desired regions and Golf Empire will send an email alert whenever a new competition, that meets the users criteria, is listed on the site.

But it is not only golfers who are benefiting from the comprehensive website. Golf clubs are also enjoying additional revenue that the user-friendly directory is bringing in for them. Website creator Edward Battye said, “Golf Clubs and tournament organisers have been delighted with the Golf Empire site and the return it has given them so far this year.”

Hardly surprising really as a golf club can list their open events for free, reaching a much wider audience than before and therefore gaining entries that they would never previously have received. Battye added, “A number of clubs have reported back to us and said a big thank-you because we have helped them fill their start-sheets for the first time ever!”

One thing is for sure and that is golfers will always find the most cost effective way of getting onto a golf course and at the moment it appears that open golf competitions are proving the way forward.