Mission Formats
Maximum of 5 players, GolfXtreme is a glow in the dark 9 hole game.
Golf Tournament
Round Robin, sometimes - is a game for groups of four golfers. In Round Robin, three 6-hole matches are played, 2-on-2. The catch is that the players change partners after each 6-hole match so that each player in the group partners every other player in the group.
Example: Our four golfers are A, B, C and D. On Holes 1-6, A and B partner against C and D. For holes 7-13, A and C partner against B and D. And on holes 13-18, A and D partner against B and C.
Each 6-hole match represents a separate wager, and your goal is to be on the winning side in at least two of those three matches.
Round Robin can be played with any scoring format that works for 2-on-2 play. Use the same scoring method throughout, or select three different formats and rotate them with each partner change. Round Robin is best played by partners of similar skill levels, or by golfers using full handicap in a glow in the dark GolfXtreme.
Strike Three - is a tournament format or a betting game among friends. Pretty simple: At the end of the round find your three highest individual hole scores ... and erase them. Add up your score, minus the three highest holes, and low score wins.
Four Ball - is a match pitting two teams of two players (a total of four balls being played, hence the name) against each other using better-ball scoring.
All four players play their own ball throughout; at the end of each hole, the low score between the two partners on each team is that team's score. For example, Players A and B form one team. On the first hole, A scores a 5, B scores a 6, so the team score is 5.
Best ball - can be played using 2-, 3- or 4-person teams. Each player on the team plays his or her own golf ball throughout the round, and on each hole the low score - or "best ball" - of the group serves as the team score. Player A gets a 5, B gets a 4, C gets a 6, D gets a 6, then the team score for that hole is 4, because the low score of the group was B's 4.
Best ball is usually played as stroke play with the total score added up at the end of the round. It can be played as match play, but best-ball match play with more than 2-person teams results in a lot of halved holes.
When using 3- or 4-person teams, it's almost imperitave to apply handicaps so that the weaker players will be able to contribute.
Scramble - is one of the primary forms of tournament play for golf associations, charity events and the like. A scramble is usually played with 4-person teams, but 2-person scrambles are popular, too. At a 2-person scramble, handicaps are usually applied; at a 4-person scramble, handicaps are usually not applied - unless it is an Ambrose-style scramble.
In a scramble, each player tees off on each hole. The best of the tee shots is selected and all players play their second shots from that spot. The best of the second shots is determined, then all play their third shots from that spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
When played as a foursome, teams are usually constructed with an A player, B player, C player and D player, with those players designated based on handicaps. The A player would the low-handicapper, the D player the high-handicapper.
A scramble might require A and B players to tee off from the back tees and C and D players from the middle tees; or A's from the back, B's and C's from the middle and D's from the front; or the tournament organizers might specify that all players play from the same set of tees.
Maximum of 5 players, GolfXtreme is a glow in the dark 9 hole game.
Golf Tournament
Round Robin, sometimes - is a game for groups of four golfers. In Round Robin, three 6-hole matches are played, 2-on-2. The catch is that the players change partners after each 6-hole match so that each player in the group partners every other player in the group.
Example: Our four golfers are A, B, C and D. On Holes 1-6, A and B partner against C and D. For holes 7-13, A and C partner against B and D. And on holes 13-18, A and D partner against B and C.
Each 6-hole match represents a separate wager, and your goal is to be on the winning side in at least two of those three matches.
Round Robin can be played with any scoring format that works for 2-on-2 play. Use the same scoring method throughout, or select three different formats and rotate them with each partner change. Round Robin is best played by partners of similar skill levels, or by golfers using full handicap in a glow in the dark GolfXtreme.
Strike Three - is a tournament format or a betting game among friends. Pretty simple: At the end of the round find your three highest individual hole scores ... and erase them. Add up your score, minus the three highest holes, and low score wins.
Four Ball - is a match pitting two teams of two players (a total of four balls being played, hence the name) against each other using better-ball scoring.
All four players play their own ball throughout; at the end of each hole, the low score between the two partners on each team is that team's score. For example, Players A and B form one team. On the first hole, A scores a 5, B scores a 6, so the team score is 5.
Best ball - can be played using 2-, 3- or 4-person teams. Each player on the team plays his or her own golf ball throughout the round, and on each hole the low score - or "best ball" - of the group serves as the team score. Player A gets a 5, B gets a 4, C gets a 6, D gets a 6, then the team score for that hole is 4, because the low score of the group was B's 4.
Best ball is usually played as stroke play with the total score added up at the end of the round. It can be played as match play, but best-ball match play with more than 2-person teams results in a lot of halved holes.
When using 3- or 4-person teams, it's almost imperitave to apply handicaps so that the weaker players will be able to contribute.
Scramble - is one of the primary forms of tournament play for golf associations, charity events and the like. A scramble is usually played with 4-person teams, but 2-person scrambles are popular, too. At a 2-person scramble, handicaps are usually applied; at a 4-person scramble, handicaps are usually not applied - unless it is an Ambrose-style scramble.
In a scramble, each player tees off on each hole. The best of the tee shots is selected and all players play their second shots from that spot. The best of the second shots is determined, then all play their third shots from that spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
When played as a foursome, teams are usually constructed with an A player, B player, C player and D player, with those players designated based on handicaps. The A player would the low-handicapper, the D player the high-handicapper.
A scramble might require A and B players to tee off from the back tees and C and D players from the middle tees; or A's from the back, B's and C's from the middle and D's from the front; or the tournament organizers might specify that all players play from the same set of tees.
