Gypsy Tour Golf International - The Professional Golf Tour for Amateurs!

Gypsy Tours International was created with the recreational golfer in mind. Unlike most amateur golf tours that are on the web, GTI was designed for those recreational golfers who simply want to play golf with their friends in a competitive atmosphere. We believe that golfers want to compete AGAINST their friends of all handicaps, and not be flighted. GTI was designed to allow you to do that as evenly as possible. It also helps that we are a bit off the wall…as you may have noticed.

Using GTI’s custom system, each golfers handicap changes after each 2 tournaments based totally on their average gross score. That way, every GTI pro will have the opportunity to win at anytime. In most tournaments, if you play your game and are around a net score of 72, you should be in the hunt for TOUR points.

GTI is all about FUN. We believe that once you put cash on the line the game changes. We are looking for those golfers who simply want to enjoy competitive golf with their friends. We do send out gifts and other non-cash items that make your touring season enjoyable, as well as having trophies available at the end of the season. Each chapter may decide how they want to operate, and if they wish to give out cash awards, it is up to them.

That’s an easy one. Anyone who has ever tried to run a tour knows just how much work is involved. That is why you don’t see a lot of tours out there. GTI has developed a package system that takes all of the work involved with running a tour, and puts it on us. The object of playing golf is to relax; not add more stress to your life. Becoming a GTI touring pro also gives you the key to your own PLAYER’S CLUBHOUSE in the web site, and qualifies you to compete for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

You do. Using GTI’s custom TEE OFF PACKET each chapter president will choose the courses you will play, and when you will play them. You can play the same day every week; play every other week; or play once a month. It is all up to what you and your fellow chapter members want to do. Once the schedule is set, the Chapter President simply sends us the information, and we post it in your PLAYER’S CLUBHOUSE. After that…you’re done.

At TOUR tournaments each golfer plays for themselves (just like on any pro tour). The top 6 finishers with the lowest NET score will earn TOUR points. At the end of the season, the players with the top 6 highest point totals shall qualify to compete in the Chapter Championship. In addition to these points qualifiers, each season 2 tournaments will be deemed as Majors. The winners of the two Majors will automatically advance to the Chapter Championship. The Chapter Championship will then consist of: 1) the top 6 points qualifiers and 2) the winners of the two Majors. The winner of the Chapter Championship will earn an invitation to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

In today’s world everything has become faster and more stressful. Our personal lives are filled with more and more things we have to do. GTI designer and Commissioner Bill Whitwell found that he was spending so much time making room for board meetings, youth sports, business meetings, social appointments and other things, that he never had time for golf. It was then he decided to make golf a personal appointment for himself. By setting his golf schedule at the beginning of the year, and putting the schedule into his business and personal schedules, time was automatically built in. Starting with a foursome in 1998, it was only one year before he found 23 other golfers who found they needed the structure of the GTI TOUR. The result you see today is a time-tested system that results in the greatest end product of all….stress release.

Gypsy Tours International’s design tries to help in solving the age-old problem of those golfers who have to cheat. By breaking down the whole TOUR into individual neighborhood chapters, it is our hope that friends won’t cheat friends. Also, by not offering cash prizes, there is nothing to cheat for (except bragging rights). If a chapter has a member who does like to break the rules, simply do not invite them back the next year…end of problem. Remember, the whole purpose of GTI is to have FUN.

The annual membership dues in GTI are $80.00 per golfer, which includes everything shown on the BENEFITS page of the web site. In addition, your membership dues also go towards developing your PLAYER’S CLUBHOUSE and aiding in the development of future GTI programs and benefits. This cost is below most of the web tours currently available, and makes you eligible for the GTI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Each year the GTI staff will try to bring you new and different items for you membership dues. Email us about our corporate and college discount programs.

Very few. Your annual dues cover everything that involves us. The only other costs involved are the greens fees at the courses you play. That’s it. GTI rules allow you to buy 2 mulligans at regular tournaments (not Majors), but that is entirely up to you. Your total year-end cost will depend upon the greens fees you incur. Whatever your total end cost is, it will be well below the $2000-$15,000 private clubs charge…and a lot more FUN.

Yes. Once you have applied for a Chapter License you will receive a packet with ideas on how you can raise money for the chapter. You may wish to use these funds to help offset the cost of sending your Chapter Champion to Nationals, pay for a Chapter Banquet or make a donation to a local charity. It is all up to you. One example of a fundraiser might be mulligans. If you have 24 golfers and each buys 2 mulligans for $5 each at the 7 regular tournaments (remember, not allowed at Majors), the total chapter income from this would be $1680.

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