Hammel Golf Club was among the first to use CTTP Golf for their regular Closest to the Pin competitions. Golf manager Poul Ditlev has since summed up the switch in one sentence: setup takes under 1 minute, and results are ready the moment the round ends.
This case study shows what the tournament workflow looks like before and after, and what the club actually gains by moving Closest to the Pin from paper to phone.
The starting point: paper, pencil, and manual collection
Like most clubs, Hammel ran Closest to the Pin on paper. A slip where golfers wrote down the distance at the hole, name and distance scribbled in pencil or ballpoint.
The last group on the course had to remember to bring the slips in from each hole so the winners could be determined. After that, results were typed into Excel and posted on the golf club website.
It worked, but was time-consuming and often led to errors. Slips got damaged in rain, pencils went missing, and the last group often forgot to bring the slips in.
Tournament staff often had to drive out in a golf cart to fetch the missing slips before results could be tallied. At the same time, players sometimes noted their results on scorecards instead due to weather or missing writing materials. This created significant admin work both when processing results and preparing future tournaments.
The switch to CTTP Golf
Hammel implemented CTTP Golf as a permanent part of the club's men's days, ladies' days, and regular club tournaments. The workflow now works like this:
What Poul Ditlev says
"Since we introduced the Closest to the Pin system at our golf club, we've saved many work hours on each tournament and cut our admin costs significantly. Setting up a tournament takes under 1 minute, and results are live and ready the moment the round ends."
Poul Ditlev, Golf Manager, Hammel Golf Club.
Time saved: the numbers
Based on Hammel's typical tournament week:
- →Before: 1.5-2 hours per tournament (prep, collection, entry, corrections)
- →After: under 1 minute per tournament (create in Hub, QR already permanently at hole)
- →Over a 20-tournament season: up to 40 hours of volunteer work saved
- →Season planning (new in v9.7): 90 minutes to set up all men's and ladies' days for the entire season reduced to under 3 minutes
What no longer happens
After switching to CTTP, a whole list of concrete work tasks disappeared:
- →No golf cart sent out to fetch forgotten slips
- →No handwriting to decipher
- →No slips lost in the rain
- →No waiting until clubhouse to crown the winner
- →No manual Hole in One entry. 0 cm triggers a popup automatically.
Working alongside Golfbox
Hammel uses Golfbox for the club's tee times, handicaps, and formal tournaments. CTTP Golf doesn't replace Golfbox. The two systems run in parallel: Golfbox as the club's operating platform, CTTP as a Closest to the Pin specific side competition with live leaderboard.
From paper to live
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