My company has decided to host an annual (at least we hope) charity golf tournament. They'd like me to head up the project, so I thought I'd solicit some help from those of you who may have done, or still do this type of thing. I'm in an area with a good amount of public and private courses, so venue is not an issue. I would however like some advice on getting quality prizes donated, setting a number of entrants, etc. Any help would be VERY appreciated.

You will be letting yourself in for some hard work but if its on company time what the hell! I was involved in a couple of charity days that went well. we did 4 man teams 18/20 teams and did a shotgun start with 2 teams starting on the short par 3's. Good thing about this method is everybody finishes together so if you are having a drinks/meal afterwards you can all sit down together. Let everybody have the food and get a few drinks down them before starting any kind of money raising games etc but don't leave things too long before you start auctions etc as people tend to wander off or go home! Basically keep things moving on. Only help I can give for prizes and auction items is ask local pro shops, businesses, friends, family and colleagues to help. Its amazing who some people have connections to for prizes! We e-mailed loads of pro golfers and spoke to sports reps and it was surprising how many replies we got! Nick Faldo, Mike Wier and Padraig Harrington all sent us stuff for auction along with local sports clubs donating signed shirts and the like. You man need to chase like hell and call favours in but its worth it.

Hope this helps a little.

Thank you, it sure does. I have some good connections through Wake Forest, so I'll be sure to use those. I'll have to check-in with some of the major manufacturers to see if they can donate or if they have a discounted program for providing prizes.