There is a tension every manager knows well: the desire to stand out and, at the same time, the need to build something together with others. It is a constant presence in day-to-day work, something you deal with every day.
The point is to understand how to manage competition and collaboration without breaking the team balance. That is where corporate golf comes in, a tool increasingly used for team building, capable of developing soft skills, improving leadership and strengthening business dynamics.
A golf course can be seen, in every sense, as an “open-air office”. Every shot requires decisions about distance, wind, slope and acceptable risk. Everything must be assessed with clarity and with a mind free of distractions.
Anyone with experience on the course knows it: golf is much more than technique. It is continuous training of soft skills for decision making.
Missing a shot and ending up in the bunker - it happens sooner or later - is not that different from making an ineffective business decision. The context changes, but responsibility remains personal.
And then there is that moment before a decisive putt: silence and focus. A condition every manager recognizes, because it always comes before an important decision.
Golf has a unique characteristic: although it is an individual sport, it is almost always played in company.
Everyone brings their own style and their own approach to risk. Their own reading of the game, in short.
But the result comes from how these elements fit together. Competition remains, but it is channeled toward a shared goal. Collaboration becomes operational. Individual contribution finds its place within a team logic.
Does that sound familiar? Yes, it is the same balance that drives the most effective teams: knowing when to push and when to make room and support others.
A corporate golf day can be designed to activate specific team-building dynamics. Some formats work better than others because they make behaviors and attitudes immediately visible.
A team scramble, or Texas Scramble, is a format where you always play from the best position chosen by the team.
It is one of the most effective formats for corporate team building.
Here, the following emerge clearly:
The ideal setting for observing business dynamics under stress.
A guided learning moment.
Something interesting happens in these cases:
Perfect for developing soft skills and genuine collaboration.
Within a place like 99 Buche, with three golf clubs between Gavi and Fubine Monferrato, every event can be tailored, blending play and hospitality with moments of discussion.
Learning to be a more effective manager can also come from unconventional settings like golf. On the green, every choice requires vision, control and adaptability, in other words, all those soft skills that make a manager a good manager.
In corporate golf, all these skills are not simulated: they emerge naturally because they are tested in real time, without roleplay or built scenarios.
And then there is something even subtler, but central: golf has an ethical dimension. It is based on shared rules and individual responsibility. Scores are declared, penalties are applied autonomously. It works because trust is part of the game.
A model that, when brought into the company, changes the way people collaborate.
All great. But what remains on Monday morning?
Corporate golf leaves behind an operational mindset that turns into concrete behaviors:
People begin to recognize business dynamics in real time, adapting their behavior with greater clarity.
In a setting like Monferrato, where pace and space encourage discussion, this experience becomes even more effective, and the shared time gains quality.
On the course, you do not only learn how to “play better”. You learn how to “work better together”.
If you are considering a corporate golf experience in Monferrato, 99 Buche can help you design a tailor-made event built around your team's goals and the dynamics you want to bring out.