Go the full hog, GM.
The Ryder cup tour.....race to Versailles - a few big venues/multiday meets, then a grand final, all based on previous Ryder cup venues.
Off the top of my head:-
North West - S and A / birkdale / Royal Lytham
Scotland - Muirfield and gleneagles
Yarkshire - Lindrick / ganton / Moortown
Midlands Belfry / celtic manor
Sarf - walton Heath and Wentworth ** could possibly also double up as H4H meet ???? **
Sorry K club/Ireland........unless they add on Adare manor, which may be a future venue, of course.
2-3 day trip, playing 2 or 3 of the venues, at brilliant rates that GM secure...... 4 best scores over the whole meet are that area's "champions".
If we had 40-60 people in each meet, everyone pays an extra £20 on top of what the total green fees are, each meet's best 4 scorers send a 4 ball to the finals, using the extra £20.00 to help fund their 4 finalists.
Say we got 50 people on average at a meet, as an average x £20.00 = £1,000.00 which gives each champion fourball £250.00 per person to get them to France.
Finals in France 5 teams of 4, plus a GM team of four = 20 players, leaves possibly 80-100 spaces for anyone else who played in the regional events to also go over and play, but must be forummers that have been on here for a minimum of 1-2 years getting first option, so that we dont get a load of carpet-baggers who no-one knows.
I'm sure a cabal of 3-4 forummers per meet, along with Mark T would help in the organising.
Do the regionals over 2021, finals in 2022, so to spread the cost, or back end of 2021 and into 2022, finals in September 2022.
Honourable mention to Virtuocity.
PS Glyn and Birchy have honours degrees in spreadsheets.