Finding and entering tournaments

The catalog opens by asking where you want to play — nothing loads until you choose, so you never scroll a nationwide list looking for your own state. You can browse either way:

• By state — pick from the dropdown to see everything listed there.
• Near a ZIP — type a 5-digit ZIP and set the radius. Results re-sort by distance and each one shows how far it is.

These two are deliberately exclusive: setting a ZIP clears the state, and picking a state clears the ZIP. You'll see a short note when that happens so it's never a surprise.

The search box matches on name, city, venue and format — so "scramble", "Richmond" and "member-guest" all work. Your search is kept in the web address, so you can bookmark it or send it to a friend and they'll see exactly what you saw.

More filters opens the rest: filter by play format, or flip on 🙋 Looking for partners to see only events where someone is trying to fill a group. You can also sort any column by clicking its header.

At the top of the catalog is a search assistant that takes plain English — "scrambles near Richmond in August", "charity events in Virginia". It answers with real listings you can act on, and it works without an account.

It only ever finds and explains. It can't register you, take a payment, or change anything about an event. If an answer isn't useful, use the thumbs on it and tell us why — those go to a person.

Register takes you to the organizer's own signup page. Golf Sync doesn't run their registration or handle their money, so spots may be full or closed by the time you arrive — always check availability on their site.

Some events have no online form. Where the organizer gave us a phone number, email or mailing address, the button opens those details instead so you still have a way in. And every event page carries a Search Google for more about this event link, for when the organizer's page has moved or closed.

Track is different from Register — it saves the event to your list so you can come back to it and add friends to coordinate. Tracking doesn't sign you up for anything.

Plenty of tournaments need a fourth. If you see a "looking for partners" pill on a listing, someone has raised their hand — tap I'm in and it opens a direct message with them.

To post your own: say how many players you still need (1, 2 or 3) and add a short note if you like — something like "~12 handicap, relaxed round, driving from Richmond". When your group is full, close your post so nobody else replies to a spot that's gone. Closing is final, so if plans change you'd post again.

You can read partner signals without an account, but posting or replying needs a free sign-in — it's how the messages reach you.

The bell on any listing sets an email reminder a chosen number of days before it's played.

For something broader, the weekly digest emails you tournaments near a ZIP you pick — 25, 50 or 100 miles, or your whole state. It's free and unsubscribing takes one click. If you're not signed in we'll send a confirmation email first, so nobody can sign you up for it.

The catalog is built from public sources and organizer submissions, so details do go stale. Two things help:

• Suggest an edit — pick the field that's wrong, give the right value, and it goes to a moderator. No account needed.
• Report — flag an event as fully booked or as a bad listing.

If your own event is listed wrong, or missing entirely, see listing and promoting your tournament.