How do I make a golf schedule for a professional country club?

Lorenz: How do I make a golf schedule for a professional country club?
I’ve been tasked to develop a a schedule of matches for a couples’ golf league. There are eighteen couples that must play each other over the course of 17 weeks. I need to make this schedule keeping in mind that one of the couples are unsure if they will participate for the season and may cancel. How would I go about making this?

Answers and Views:

Answer by mbl
I would make the schedule as if they are planning on playing every week. If they cancel, void all of their matches before and after that point. The most important thing is that whatever you decide to do is clearly laid out prior to the matches begin or you will have major issues later. Members of a ladies league are almost always more particular about details than men are.

Answer by U Can’t Handle The Truth
Lets see 18 teams x 17 matches in 17 weeks per team.

9 matches per week.

Crap! shotgun start every satuday morning on the back 9.

Or

You can just say its there job to play every week and just match the teams up for all the weeks and turn the card in buy a certian day.

Answer by Flatstick
Just number the couples 1 through 18. Set up a grid where in the first week 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4, 5 plays 6 etc. In the second week move couple 18 to the top to play 1 and move everyone else down a rung 2 plays 3, 4 plays 5, 6 plays 7 etc and just keep moving down until they have all played each other. You can’t determine the final schedule until you know if the unsure couple is in or out.