Building Relationships through Golf

Most golfers share a common bond of playing different courses from time to time. Whether for pleasure or business the round often involves being paired with someone you don’t know or would like to know better. Thinking back have you ever played with someone who you missed a chance at friendship? Or had a playing partner who could have helped advance your career?

Most likely the answer is yes. Here are a few pointers to help you manage these opportunities.

1) Keep a record of where you play and who you play with. Put it right on your calendar. You can use your calendar’s search function to access the information even years down the road.

2) Take a picture of the group on the first tee. Get the e-mail address of all players the group and e-mail them the picture after the round with a thank you. This is a nice touch and another opportunity to have a record of the round accessible through your e-mail’s search function.

3) Use a keyword phrase for these e-mails. This will help you narrow your search later down the road. My keyword is “Foursome photo” which I include right in the subject of my yahoo e-mail address. Again, this makes your ability to search for past information much easier.

4) Review the information from time to time. At a slow point in your year go back and review all your away and relevant home golf rounds throughout the year by typing in your key word. For important ones you may use the contact information then or make notes and re-send them to yourself as a group. Perhaps you have another picture you can send as a reminder? The more often you review this information the more often important aspects of these relationships will become apparent.

5) Give a unique gift to the foursome when appropriate. A shirt or hat may do, but I like www.customgolfjournal.com/. This unique book can be ordered directly from the website.

The person who receives this book to can save their scorecards neatly in the book by sliding them in a “patented “slit” on the accompanying page. They are also able to record remembrances of their rounds on the opposite page.


You never know when you may use this system to further help a new friendship or to further your career. Or even when you playing partner may use the picture you sent to them to contact you!