No method of raising money is more effective than the relationship-based request. People give to people, usually with little or no regard toward the cause. A typical smart event is much smaller than a traditional tournament, involving usually around 30 golfers. Unlike the traditional tournament, you do not need a large event to be successful. It's very important to emphasize the life-changing impact your golfers will have on others through their fundraising efforts.
Money is a tool to touch lives.
By providing your ministry with greater financial resources, more lives will be touched. The more a golfer understands that his or her fundraising will directly impact lives, the more money he or she will raise because a personal vision and a sense of significance have been created. Just recently, we introduced a new concept of bringing non-golfers to the event as a walking spectator gallery. These walkers raise funds just like golfers and can win prizes and free vacations. This concept is a fresh, innovative way to involve all of your supporters, not just golfers, in one single, unifying, family-oriented event.