Straight answers about business golf and referral networking: how golf networking leagues work, whether you need to be any good at golf, how a league compares with a breakfast referral group, and what one seat per industry really means. Written by Zachariah Crabill, JD, who runs the Links league in Colorado Springs — so read it knowing which side we’re on.
No. You need to keep pace, pick up when out of a hole, and know basic etiquette. Handicaps, net scoring and scrambles level the field for newer golfers.
Golf league or breakfast referral group? How the two differ on format, time, depth, referral tracking, cost and attendance, and who each one suits.
How to network on the golf course without being pushy: let business wait, ask good questions, play well with others, and follow up within 48 hours.
One seat per industry means a networking group admits one member per profession. How seats are drawn, what if yours is taken, and the trade-offs.
What a business golf league is, how rounds are structured, what it costs, and who it suits — from an operator running one in Colorado Springs.
Links runs its founding league in Colorado Springs — every Thursday at Cherokee Ridge, one exclusive seat per industry.
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