Creating Singles Competitions

Originally written by Zak Taylor. Published 14 August 2024, last updated 30 September 2025 on the Club Systems help centre.

This guide provides a comprehensive step-by-step process for setting up a Singles competition in ClubV1. It covers all aspects of competition creation, including setting handicap parameters, selecting courses, and managing booking options, ensuring that users can tailor the event to meet specific needs. Additionally, the guide includes critical features like leaderboard options and access restrictions, empowering clubs to enhance participant engagement and streamline the event management process. By following this guide, users can efficiently create and manage competitions that cater to their members' preferences and improve overall tournament organization.

1. Navigate to [https://www.clubv1.com/Home/MyHome](https://www.clubv1.com/Home/MyHome)
2. Click "Golf"
3. Click "Fixtures"
4. Click "Add Competition"
5. Select the desired 'Singles' option from the list of competition formats

Details

6. In the Details Step you will enter information such as the name and date of the competition, the scoring type, the competition type (such as open or invitational) and information about publishing the competition to HowDidiDo and the Members Hub.

Handicaps

7. In the handicaps step you can choose whether the competition will be Acceptable for Handicaps, set a Handicap Limit, set the maximum number of shots above par per hole, and if the competition is not acceptable for handicap then set a custom Handicap Allowance.

Courses

8. The courses selection allows you to select the course card that will be used for the competition, if this is a mixed competition you will select one for each gender. You can also add additional course cards. If you have any current eclectics set up using the selected course card, you can choice to include this competition in the eclectic.
9. Holes in Use is a feature that allows user to select specific holes from the selected course card that will not be in use for the competition. These will be treating as DNPs in score entry

Access Restrictions

10. Access Restrictions allow you to add further restrictions to the competition other than the gender selected as the format of the competition. You can use a saved filter and then select whether it's only those people that can enter the competition or whether those people are not allowed to access the competition, by setting the access type to allow or disallow.
    
    For singles competitions you can also choose whether people booking are able to select their playing partners.

Booking

11. The booking step allows you to create a startsheet for your competition. You can select the startpoints, start and end times, players per tee time and the interval. You can also opt to use a shotgun start competition.

Booking Options

12. Booking options allow you to further customise the booking. You can enable reserve lists, choose to receive email notifications of bookings and you can also enable PSI and HowDidiDo forward booking allowing players to book the competition in advance.

Zone Draws

13. You can enable zone draws here. By default when enabled one zone across the entire competition will be created. You can add and remove zones as needed.

Sign in

14. You can choose to enable competition sign in

Sign in options

15. You can choose to enable sign in through the PSI and HowDidiDo here

Charging

16. You can enable charging for the competition. You can select a charge item for the competition or create a new one, set the member and visitor price (if an open or invitational competition), select the charge point, add optional charges and enable mandatory refunds on withdrawal.

Score Entry Options

17. Choose whether to allow score entry via the PSI and HowDidiDo

Leaderboard

18. Choose to enable a Leaderboard for the competition. Select whether to show this leadboard on the PSI and/or HowDidiDo.
    
    Selecting On Course Leaderboard will update in real time as players enter their score via HowDidiDo Mobile Score Entry on their way round the course.

Preview/Confirm

19. The final step of the wizard will give you an overview of your competition settings.
    
    You can also update your competition description here. Before finalising the competition you must select the 'I confirm this is a...' slider.
20. Before you save your competition you must click that you confirm the competition is either acceptable or non-acceptable for handicap as this can not be changed once the competition has been created

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