How to schedule a 16 member golf league and playing a foursome so no one person plays on the same foursome?

Question

How to schedule a 16 member golf league and playing a foursome so no one person plays on the same foursome?

Answer 1

SPLIT group into 4  fours

play all 1s one group all 2s one group etc.

then split all 1s among other groups etc.

keep splitting. work it out on paper.

Answer 2

am not sure that this can be extended beyond four tournaments, but here is what I came up with:

Player Tourn 1 Tourn 2 Tourn 3 Tourn 4

Player 1 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4

Player 2 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 1

Player 3 Team 3 Team 4 Team 1 Team 2

Player 4 Team 4 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

Player 5 Team 4 Team 3 Team 2 Team 1

Player 6 Team 3 Team 2 Team 1 Team 4

Player 7 Team 2 Team 1 Team 4 Team 3

Player 8 Team 1 Team 4 Team 3 Team 2

Player 9 Team 2 Team 4 Team 1 Team 3

Player 10 Team 4 Team 1 Team 3 Team 2

Player 11 Team 1 Team 3 Team 2 Team 4

Player 12 Team 3 Team 2 Team 4 Team 1

Player 13 Team 3 Team 1 Team 4 Team 2

Player 14 Team 1 Team 4 Team 2 Team 3

Player 15 Team 4 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1

Player 16 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1 Team 4

This is basically shifting the positions among 4 sub groups to make each player have a unique player slot position. If you can find a person who knows scheduling, they might be able to get you further down the road. I use this for my kid's baseball team and it works great for 9 players on 9 positions, but I don't have to worry about duplications. In fact, I can't avoid them.

Answer 3

Well, you know there will be 4 foursomes. Take a little time, write it out. I'm not doing it for you.

Answer 4

impossible