Start a Golf Tournament Sponsorship Sales Agency

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   Learn the sponsorship stack cold

   A standard charity or corporate scramble sells a title sponsor (commonly $2,500 to $10,000 at the local level), hole sponsors ($250 to $1,000 each across 18 holes), plus cart, beverage, lunch, dinner, and prize sponsors. Know what each tier is worth and what the sponsor actually gets (signage, a staffed tee box, face time with a course full of business owners) before you pitch a dollar of it.

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   Agree the commission in writing

   The clean model is a commission on sponsorship dollars you raise, commonly 15 to 25 percent, with the nonprofit or company collecting all funds directly and paying you on what closes. You never hold the charity's money. Put scope, rate, exclusivity, and payment timing in a one-page agreement so a board never wonders what you are being paid.

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   Build one reusable sponsor deck

   A clean one-pager per tournament: the cause or company, the date and course, the crowd a sponsor reaches, the tiers, and exactly what each tier includes. This is your entire product, so make it something a busy business owner can say yes to in ninety seconds.

4. 4

   Work a target list, not a hope

   Local businesses that want visibility with golfers and decision-makers: banks, car dealers, law firms, contractors, medical practices, insurance and real estate offices. Build a list per event, work it on a rhythm, and track every conversation. Sponsorship is sales, and sales is follow-up.

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   Prove it on one tournament

   Take one nonprofit's event on commission and fill the sponsor tiers they could not fill themselves. The recap (who sponsored, at what level, what they got) is the only sales call you will ever need for the next three tournaments.

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   Sign a season, then renew it

   Tournaments repeat annually on a known date, so a sponsor you sold this year is a renewal next year and your commission compounds. Three or four tournaments a season, each with renewing sponsors, is a real book of business. Add corporate outings and league events between charity dates.

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