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Keith, It isn't possible for each foursome to be completely different. There are 1770 different pairs of people that can be made from a group of 60. Every foursome accounts for 6 different pairs of people. Each week you'd have 15 foursomes. That makes 6 x 15 = 90 pairs of people who have played together in a given week. Over 24 weeks that means 24 x 90 = 2160 pairs of players have played together. Since 2160 > 1770, some pairs of people must play together twice. What you might consider doing is breaking your 60 players in to a group of 32 and a group of 28, and then scheduling each group for 9 weeks using the schedules at http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_08_14_07.html. To get the next 9 weeks, break the group up differently and do the same thing, and so on. Good luck! | ||||||||||||
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