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Question from David:

hi, I was wondering if you could help me with a golf draw, I have 28 players and wish to play a four round foursomes over 4 days
I would like to minimize the amount of games that they play together.

Regards David.

Hi David,

We received a similar question from Jon but he wanted a schedule for 3 days. If you examine Penny's response you can see a pattern.

Number the golfers from 1 to 28. The foursomes are the rows. On the first day the foursomes are 1,2,3,4; 5,6,7,8 and so on.

To move from the first day to the second

  1. rotate the second column one notch upwards and move golfer 2 to the bottom of the column

  2. rotate the third column two notches upwards and move golfers 3 and 7 to the bottom of the column

  3. rotate the fourth column three notches upwards and move golfers 4, 8 and 12 to the bottom of the column.

To move from the second day to the third start with the schedule for the second day and repeat the steps above.

  1. Rotate the second column one notch upwards and move golfer 6 to the bottom of the column

  2. rotate the third column two notches upwards and move golfers 1 and 15 to the bottom of the column

  3. rotate the fourth column three notches upwards and move golfers 16, 20 and 24 to the bottom of the column.

To generate a schedule for the fourth day, start with the schedule for the third day and repeat the steps.

Enjoy your outings,

Harley

 

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