Games
Club Games
These are some of the games played at Wednesday Club events:
Low Gross - In this game, the winner is the player with the lowest total score. The Club usually awards four prizes - one each for a man and a woman on the front nine and two more for another man and woman on the back nine. [Go Back]
Low Net - The winner is the player with the lowest net score, which is the gross score minus the player's handicap. In the teams versions, the team's average handicap is subtracted from the team's average gross score [Go Back]
Fewest Putz - The winner is the player with the fewest total putz (putts) for all nine holes. Fine Print: Once a ball lands on the green, all subsequent shots are counted as putz, even if one or more of them roll off of the green. [Go Back]
Fewest Average Putz - This is the team version of the Fewest Putz game (see above). The winning team is the one with the lowest average number of putz. [Go Back]
Fewest Field Shots - "Field Shots" (or "Approach Shots") are defined as every shot taken by the player up to and including the shot that first lands on the green. Total Field Shots is calculated by subtracting the player's total putz (putts) from their total score (total shots). Fine Print: Once a ball lands on the green, all subsequent shots are counted as putz, not as field shots, even if one or more of them roll off of the green. [Go Back]
Blind Draw - Six holes are randomly selected, three each on the front and back. Players do not know which holes have been chosen until after play is over. The front and back winners are the players with the lowest total scores for the three selected holes only. Separate prizes for both women and men may be awarded. [Go Back]
Blind Partners - This is a 2-person game in which players won't know who their partner is until the day's play has ended. The game may take a variety of forms. [Go Back]
Girls vs. Boys - There are two teams in this game. All of the women are on one team; all of the men on the other. The men and women are distributed equally on the front and back 9s. The winning team is the one with the lowest average net score for the round.[Go Back]
KP - Usually, the Club will play this game on Holes 2 and 10 only. The winner is the player whose tee shot lands on the green and is closer to the hole than any other player (in any of the groups) playing that hole on that particular day. Fine Print: A whiteboard sign, grease marker and tape measure are used for this game. When a ball is determined to be the closest to the pin so far, the distance between the ball and hole is measured, the player's name and the distance are written on the whiteboard sign, and the sign is placed in the ground where the successful shot landed. If a subsequent player's tee shot lands closer to the hole, that player's information is added to the sign (below any previous names), and the sign is moved to this new, closer location on the green. The sign should be replaced temporarily with a ball marker so as not to obstruct any putts on that green. The last group of the day to play that hole should take the completed sign back with them to the clubhouse. [Go Back]
KP2 - This game follows the same rules and procedures as KP, except the winner is the player whose second shot is on the green and closest to the hole.[Go Back]
KP3 - This game follows the same rules and procedures as KP, except the winner is the player whose third shot is on the green and closest to the hole.[Go Back]
Just Golf - On these days, the group plays regular golf. There are no games or prizes. Just Golf is usually only played on the first and last days of the Club season. Scorecards are used to report shots and putts in the usual manner. [Go Back]
Longest Putt - This game is played on just two holes, one on the front and one on the back, which are selected and announced to the players prior to the day's play. The winners are the two players whose final putts on the selected holes (that is, the putts that go into the holes) are longer than those of any other player. A whiteboard sign, grease marker and tape measure are used for this game. See the description for the KP game (above) to see how successive longest putts are measured and recorded. [Go Back]
Scramble - A golf scramble is a game for teams of two, three or four players. Each player on the team tees off on each hole, and the team selects the best shot. All players then play their subsequent shots from that chosen spot, repeating the process (selecting the best shot) until the ball is holed. The team with the lowest score for the round is the winner. For a 4-person scramble, each team member is responsible for a minimum of ONE drive for the nine holes. For 3-person and 2-person scrambles, this minimum is TWO drives and THREE drives, respectively. The game may be played using either gross or net scores. [Go Back]
Best Ball - This game is played with teams of either two, three or four players. Each team member plays his/her own ball. For each hole, the team receives a single score, which is the lowest score recorded for that hole by all of its players. The team's total score is the sum of these nine best-ball scores. Best Ball may also be played as a net-score game, in which case the average handicap of the team's players is subtracted from its gross score. [Go Back]
Adelaide - This is a simplified variation of the popular "Nassau" golf game. It is like Low Net except instead of playing one 9-hole game, each golfer is playing three separate 3-hole games. To do this, we divide the 18 holes into six groups of three consecutive holes: #1-3, #4-6, #7-9, #10-12, #13-15 and #16-18. The six winners are the golfers who score the lowest net totals for each of these six 3-hole groupings. (Fine Print: Net scores are calculated by subtracting one-third of the player's handicap from each three-hole total.) [Go Back]
Super Adelaide - This game is the same as Adelaide (above) except there are also prizes for the golfers with the fewest putz (putts) for each of the six 3-hole groupings. [Go Back]
Rooster - This is a new game, which can be played as either a Low Net or Low Gross game. The only difference from Low Net or Low Gross is that each player's highest one-hole score (worst hole) will be dropped and replaced by that player's lowest one-hole score [Go Back]
Chapman - This is a popular two-person game involving alternating shots. For each hole, the order of play is as follows:
1. Each partner hits a drive with his or her ball.2. For their second shots, each player hits their partner’s ball.
3. The teammates then decide which of the two balls they prefer. The other ball is retired for the rest of this hole.
4. The partners continue alternating shots with the ball that they’ve chosen. The third shot is taken by the player whose ball was chosen for this hole; the fourth by his or her partner; and so on until the ball has been holed.
5. The score for this hole is the total number of shots taken with the chosen ball only. Putts are counted but they are not recorded on the scorecard. [Go Back]