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Title: Golf Trip - Ryder Cup format
Post by: PuckMark on May 24, 2017, 09:14:17 PM

Ok, I am stumped and found this message board while googling for help.  Hopefully someone can help me.

I organize an annual golf trip with 16 guys.  We play 6 rounds of golf during the trip, and we are divided into two teams of 8.  I'd like to organize the trip so that everyone plays with as many of the other guys as possible.

I realize that since each guy has 7 teammates and there are only 6 rounds of golf, there will be one teammate that each guy doesn't get to play with.  That's fine.  But I'd like to make it so that they play with/against every other player if possible.  I just haven't been able to make it work.  Does anybody have any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Golf Trip - Ryder Cup format
Post by: Ian Wakeling on May 25, 2017, 04:54:20 AM

I can't see a way to make it work either.   The best I have at the moment is:

[(A2 A6 v B1 B4)] [(A8 A5 v B3 B7)] [(A3 A7 v B8 B5)] [(A1 A4 v B2 B6)]
[(A1 A5 v B7 B2)] [(A2 A7 v B5 B1)] [(A8 A4 v B6 B3)] [(A3 A6 v B4 B8)]
[(A3 A4 v B5 B2)] [(A1 A7 v B6 B8)] [(A8 A6 v B7 B1)] [(A2 A5 v B4 B3)]
[(A2 A8 v B6 B5)] [(A1 A3 v B4 B7)] [(A5 A6 v B8 B2)] [(A7 A4 v B3 B1)]
[(A7 A6 v B2 B3)] [(A5 A4 v B1 B8)] [(A1 A8 v B5 B4)] [(A2 A3 v B7 B6)]
[(A2 A4 v B8 B7)] [(A1 A6 v B3 B5)] [(A3 A5 v B1 B6)] [(A8 A7 v B2 B4)]

which meets the 6 out of 7 teammates criterion.  However everyone has one player on the opposite team who they never play against.  Is that an improvement on what you have already?

Title: Re: Golf Trip - Ryder Cup format
Post by: PuckMark on May 25, 2017, 09:32:25 AM

That is a TREMENDOUS improvement over what I had.  Thanks!