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How JEL Golf Travel Used a Masters Pool to Drive Engagement

JEL Golf Travel used an Easy Office Pools Masters pool to stay top of mind with customers throughout tournament week, sending engagement emails after each round and generating strong positive responses from their pool participants.

Quick Snapshot

Here is how JEL Golf Travel structured their pool.

Organization
JEL Golf Travel
Event
Masters Pool
Use Case
Customer engagement via tournament-week email cadence
Prize
Golf trip to Reynolds Lake Oconee
Pool Size
185 entries
Format
Pick 6, Use 4 ยท To Par Scoring

About JEL Golf Travel

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Mission Statement
JEL Golf Travel

At JEL Golf Travel, we create exceptional and affordable golf travel experiences, connecting our clients with the world's premier courses and exclusive destinations. Our dedicated team ensures personalized, unforgettable journeys that allow everyone to explore the world through golf.

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The Opportunity

JEL Golf Travel wanted to create a meaningful promotional moment around the Masters, one of the most-watched events in golf. Rather than a static ad or giveaway post, they chose to run a Masters pool as the activation, pairing it with a high-value grand prize: a golf trip to Reynolds Lake Oconee.

The pool served as a lightweight, low-cost mechanism to generate engagement, grow their audience, and stay top of mind with current and prospective customers during a peak moment of golf attention. It also set the stage for an ongoing relationship, giving participants a reason to follow JEL Golf Travel beyond tournament week.

How They Structured It

The setup was a Pick 6, Use 4 Masters pool built on Easy Office Pools, promoted to their audience with a Reynolds Lake Oconee golf trip as the grand prize. The real engine of the activation was the email cadence: after each round of the Masters, the team sent an update to everyone in the pool, and the response was strong -- customers were engaged and talking back.

Key decisions that made it work:

Hear from Josh at JEL Golf Travel

Josh shares what the pool activation looked like from the inside and why they plan to do it again.

Why This Format Works

Pick 6, Use 4: Proven Format
Easy Office Pools' most popular setup. Everyone picks 6 golfers across 6 tiers; the best 4 scores count. It's strategic, forgiving, and keeps everyone invested all the way to Sunday.
To Par Scoring
Each golfer's score relative to par is added together to form a team score. Every birdie and bogey moves the leaderboard in a way participants immediately understand, keeping the pool feeling like the real tournament.
Email Export Built In
After each round, JEL Golf Travel emailed their pool participants directly. The email export feature made pulling the contact list instant -- turning every entrant into a touchpoint.
Live Leaderboard
Participants could follow their standings in real time. The live leaderboard kept engagement high throughout the week and gave every email update a reason to click.
Paid / Unpaid Toggle
The paid/unpaid toggle let the team track entries against their own list with no spreadsheet juggling. Simple admin that stayed out of the way.
Repeatable Every Year
The same pool structure works for the PGA Championship, US Open, or any major. Build it once, reuse it every season.

Key Takeaways

Running a promotional pool for your brand? Here is what this activation illustrates:

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