Photoguy
Par Member
I have to say, IMHO a DG company outing is not a great idea. Unless you work at a company that's all youngish athletic doods, most of the people are going to be hating it.
I play a course by where I work at lunch most days and have run across a few such company outings over the years, and I always laugh at how there is usually one group that is gung-ho and having fun while the rest of the groups are absolutely miserable.
It doesn't matter what kind of discs you get, that poor 50-ish, overweight, out of shape woman in accounting is going to chuck it straight into the wall of honeysuckle off the tee and there's no way in hell she's going to go in there and try to find it.
My advice... avoid having your fellow employees secretly hate you and set up a nice, relaxing company bocce tournament.
Happily, in my situation this isn't the case. We actually are a fairly young company overall and even the 50 somethings tend to be the adventurous types who can outhike most of us. More to the point, this is our one big "all hands" meetup all year and on the couple days when we're not working, there are multiple activities going on at any given time. From birdwatching to Dr Who marathons to mtn biking to fly fishing. You pick the ones you're interested in and stay away from the ones you dislike. So while I appreciate the advice, I'm not worried about it.
However....
I think this is a legit point in a LOT of cases and is worth having brought up for anyone who finds this thread down the road. Planning family/reunion/company type activities is like buying clothes for your wife/girlfriend. If you do it right, you are a hero who is in tune with what is important. If you do it wrong, you're a insensitive jerk.
Worth keeping in mind.