16 players · 5 days · flights of 4
16 players, 5 days: the perfect golf schedule exists
This is the flagship of golf scheduling. Sixteen players, five days, four flights of four — and every golfer shares a flight with all fifteen others exactly once. Not "at least once", not "almost everyone": all 120 possible pairings happen, each exactly one time. Mathematicians know this structure as a resolvable design; your group will know it as the trip where everyone actually played together.
Perfection like this is rare — it exists only because 16 players and 5 rounds line up exactly with the underlying mathematics. There is nothing to tweak and nothing to trade off; the shuffle button below just decides which of your friends inherits which seat in the perfect structure.
Build your own 16-player flight plan
Free, no account needed. Enter your players' names, shuffle until the social mix feels right, and print or share the final plan.
Fairness, by the numbers
- A perfect schedule: all 120 possible pairings share a flight exactly once — no repeats, nobody missed.
- Tee order is balanced too — nobody gets stuck teeing off first (or last) every day.
An example 16-player, 5-day schedule
This is the exact schedule structure the generator uses — flights are listed in tee order. Shuffling changes which of your players lands in which slot, never the fairness underneath.
| Day | Flight 1 | Flight 2 | Flight 3 | Flight 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl, Erik, Ivan, Mike | Fred, Hank, Liam, Pete | Adam, Jack, Karl, Nick | Ben, Dave, Greg, Owen |
| 2 | Carl, Liam, Nick, Owen | Dave, Fred, Ivan, Karl | Ben, Erik, Hank, Jack | Adam, Greg, Mike, Pete |
| 3 | Erik, Greg, Karl, Liam | Ben, Fred, Mike, Nick | Ivan, Jack, Owen, Pete | Adam, Carl, Dave, Hank |
| 4 | Carl, Fred, Greg, Jack | Dave, Erik, Nick, Pete | Hank, Karl, Mike, Owen | Adam, Ben, Ivan, Liam |
| 5 | Greg, Hank, Ivan, Nick | Dave, Jack, Liam, Mike | Adam, Erik, Fred, Owen | Ben, Carl, Karl, Pete |
Frequently asked questions
Do all 16 players get to play with each other in 5 days?
Yes. This schedule guarantees that every one of your 16 players shares a flight with all 15 others at least once over the 5 days — and the fairness panel under the generator proves it for the exact plan you're looking at.
How often will the same two players share a flight?
Never. With 16 players over 5 days there are enough fresh combinations that no pair shares a flight twice — every round is entirely new faces.
How do I know this schedule is really the fairest possible?
Every schedule on this site is precomputed and checked against the mathematical limits for its group size — nothing is improvised at the moment you click. The fairness panel lists every repeated pairing and every pair that never meets, so you can verify the plan yourself instead of taking our word for it.
Can I change who plays together without ruining the fairness?
Yes — that's the Shuffle button. Every shuffle keeps the same optimal structure and only changes which player lands in which slot, so the fairness numbers never get worse. Shuffle as often as you like, save up to ten favorites, and compare them side by side.
Is the generator free, and do my players need an app?
It's free and works without an account: build, shuffle and print a plan right on this page. If you save the tour, you can add dates and tee times and invite every player with a personal link that opens in any browser — no app, no login for your players.