How do I assign golfers to teams?

"Team" in PlayThru can mean two different things depending on your format. This guide covers how to assign golfers to their playing groups and event teams (i.e., Ryder Cup Style).

Scramble Teams

PlayThru only needs one name for one score entered. In the case of a Scramble or Alternate Shot format, the team enters one score, not four separate scores.

For this reason, when populating the Golfers tab (which changes to Teams tab for these formats), you'll enter in the team names only, not the individual golfers. There is no other "Team" field to populate.

Best Ball Team

In a Two-Person Best Ball, Four-Person Best Ball and Two Best of Four event, individuals enter their own scores but PlayThru creates a team score using the best shots of the team.

For these events, you do need to assign each individual golfer a team name.

Steps

  1. Open Outing Organizer → Golfers tab.
  2. For each golfer, look for a column that matches the format + team (e.g., 4 Best Ball Team or 2 Best of 4 Team).
  3. Click the field and type in a team name.
  4. For the other team member(s), click the "Select Existing" link and select the team name from the drop down.
  5. Save.

If you edit a team name, make sure the name is updated for all associated golfers.

Team size requirements:

Format Golfers per combo team
Two-Person Best Ball Exactly 2
Four-Person Best Ball Exactly 4
Two Best of Four Exactly 4

Team Competition Name

If you're hosting a full event team competition (School A v. School B or USA v. Europe), you'll need to enter Event Team Names for each golfer.

These Event Teams will show in a separate leaderboard at the top of the Live Leaderboard.

Steps

  1. On the Event tab, enable Full Event Team Competition.
  2. On the Golfers tab, set Event Team Name for each golfer.
  3. All golfers representing the same organization get the same team name.
  4. Optional: In the Event tab, you can choose to set Drop a Score From Team Total. Drop the Best or Worst Score from the team score.
  5. Save.

Match play opponents

For match play, assign Opponent on the Golfers tab instead of (or in addition to) combo teams.

CSV import

The fastest way to assign teams for large outings:

  1. Configure your format on the Event tab first.
  2. Go to Golfers → Import.
  3. Download the CSV template for your format.
  4. Fill in the team column(s).
  5. Upload.

Validation tips

  • Team names are case-sensitive: "Eagles" ≠ "eagles"
  • For best ball, unique combo team count must equal golfers ÷ team size