Zylem Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I was wondering what are some of the unique tournament rules you all have played in? I'll start things off, a course near my mom's house has a tournament every year on the Saturday and Sunday of The Players. The course's scorecard matches the stadium course, meaning 1 is a par 4, 2 a par 5 and so on. So you and a partner play best ball along with a pro drawn from a hat. They include dinner at the end of the round while all the scores are added up. Goofy door prizes are handed out to the team that draws the winning pro and teams that beat their pro's score. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I was wondering what are some of the unique tournament rules you all have played in? I'll start things off, a course near my mom's house has a tournament every year on the Saturday and Sunday of The Players. The course's scorecard matches the stadium course, meaning 1 is a par 4, 2 a par 5 and so on. So you and a partner play best ball along with a pro drawn from a hat. They include dinner at the end of the round while all the scores are added up. Goofy door prizes are handed out to the team that draws the winning pro and teams that beat their pro's score. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Not in a tournament but we have a couple of scrambles (our boaters/golfers group) where we give out 'prizes' along the way. The prizes are a 1/2 doz different small stuffed animals that you earn until the next person in your foursome earns it after you. For instance one of them is a shark so the first person who gets a ball in the water receives the shark - but gets to hand it over to the next person in the foursome who gets a ball in the water. A monkey for whoever got the ball in the trees (OB), A beaver for whoever didn't get it past the ladies tee, and so on. The person who ends up with the most number of stuffed animal prizes gets the 'booby' prize. By the way the ladies in this scramble format play from the men's tees so they could 'qualify' for the beaver as well. Just another way to add fun to a scramble Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylem Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Not in a tournament but we have a couple of scrambles (our boaters/golfers group) where we give out 'prizes' along the way. The prizes are a 1/2 doz different small stuffed animals that you earn until the next person in your foursome earns it after you. For instance one of them is a shark so the first person who gets a ball in the water receives the shark - but gets to hand it over to the next person in the foursome who gets a ball in the water. A monkey for whoever got the ball in the trees (OB), A beaver for whoever didn't get it past the ladies tee, and so on. The person who ends up with the most number of stuffed animal prizes gets the 'booby' prize. By the way the ladies in this scramble format play from the men's tees so they could 'qualify' for the beaver as well. Just another way to add fun to a scrambleThose are the same kind of prizes this tournament has too. I know the group whose pro helps on the most holes gets a cart cooler full of beer because all they must of done was drink beer. The group that had the least help from their pro gets a backpack full of golf stuff since they had to carry thier pro around lol. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWahoo Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 At a club that I was a member, on July 4th we had what we called the "red, white and blue" tournament. It was the best two net balls of a four man team. Each team was assigned an A,B,C and D flight member based on handicap at 90%. The A player used the "blue" or back tees, the B and C players used the regular "white" tees and the D player used the forward (senior) tees. Unfortunately for me, it was not age but handicap that allowed the use of senior tees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullldog Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 A Thanksgiving scramble. On #17 a 125~35 yrd par 3. You had to wear oven mits on tee shot Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00sportsman Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 We used to play a glowball scramble. Lightsticks on the tee boxes, and taped to the flags. You get one ball, and that's it. If you lose your ball, that's it. Sent from my XT1585 using MyGolfSpy mobile app I always try to remember that I'm not good enough to get mad! My Bag: G400 Max G30 3W King S9-1 5W Aeroburner 3 Rescue/Hybrid G400 5-UW RTX4 52* and 56* 2Bar Mallet Traverse II Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 We used to play a glowball scramble. Lightsticks on the tee boxes, and taped to the flags. You get one ball, and that's it. If you lose your ball, that's it. Sent from my XT1585 using MyGolfSpy mobile app We have an annual glow ball mixed couples scramble annually. You get a couple of glow balls and unlimited supply of margaritas. It's a hoot and so far no one has crashed a golf cart. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor.A.Door Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 At a club that I was a member, on July 4th we had what we called the "red, white and blue" tournament. It was the best two net balls of a four man team. Each team was assigned an A,B,C and D flight member based on handicap at 90%. The A player used the "blue" or back tees, the B and C players used the regular "white" tees and the D player used the forward (senior) tees. Unfortunately for me, it was not age but handicap that allowed the use of senior tees. A variation of this is each team draws out of a hat, 6 red, 6 white and 6 blue, as you draw them out, that is the hole you play from that color tee. If you draw red first, then on hole 1 you play from the red tees. And so on until you draw all 18 chips Lefties are always in their Right Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I have a friends company who holds a charity scramble almost every year. They sell a dream package of one mulligan, one tee shot from the forward tees, one throw from anywhere that doesn't count as a stroke. Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinton0984 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Monster day!! 4 person scramble all tees are moved to the tips or further. Par for the course stays the same but instead of playing at 6900 yards from the tips its stretched out and played at 7800 yards! Very tough pin placements but we do get 8" cups. There are many times you are teeing off from a different tee box for the appropriate hole. Very fun almost every tee shot is driver, I believe the shortest hole last year was 260 yard par 3. Grip it and rip it! Srixon Z785 8.5* Ventus 7X/Tensei Orange Pro TX70 Callaway GBB Epic SZ 14* 42.5" Fuji Speeder Pro Tour Spec X 75 Wilson Staff Blades 3-PW TT DG120 X100 Cleveland RTX-RC 50/54/58 Evnroll ER2 Srixon Z star XV Golf Pride MCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGolfHacker Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Played a tourney where one hole was over a small river. About 50 yards left of said tee box, a skeet shoot was setup. For every four clay targets hit, 1 stroke was removed from your team score. Max two shots per player. Did I mention there were shot tents as in shots of alcohol before the skeet shooting hole? A cigar tent too. Yes, we had to wait for the players to tee off before shooting and no, we couldn't try to shoot the other team's ball out of the air 😂ðŸ˜ðŸ¤£ I miss that tourney... MDGolfHacker TSssWhat's In This Lefty's Bag? Driver: TSR2 11° Project X HZRDUS Black 4G 60g 5.5 Flex Fairway Woods: F8 3W Project X Even Flow Blue 75g shaft Fairway Woods: Hybrid: TSR2 18° Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85 Shaft Irons: 2021 T200's 4-GW AMT RED shafts Regular Flex Wedge: Tour Satin RTX 4 Wedges in 52° and 56° 2 Dot Putter: Gray Matter TDP 2.2 32.75" Bag: Three 5 Ball: PRO V1 / Z*Star RangeFinder: In search of new range finder Social Media: Facebook: MD Golfhacker Twitter: @mdgolfhacker Instagram: mdgolfhacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00sportsman Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Played a tourney where one hole was over a small river. About 50 yards left of said tee box, a skeet shoot was setup. For every four clay targets hit, 1 stroke was removed from your team score. Max two shots per player. Did I mention there were shot tents as in shots of alcohol before the skeet shooting hole? A cigar tent too. Yes, we had to wait for the players to tee off before shooting and no, we couldn't try to shoot the other team's ball out of the air I miss that tourney... MDGolfHacker Golf, shotguns, alcohol and cigars...What could possibly go wrong? I always try to remember that I'm not good enough to get mad! My Bag: G400 Max G30 3W King S9-1 5W Aeroburner 3 Rescue/Hybrid G400 5-UW RTX4 52* and 56* 2Bar Mallet Traverse II Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGoBlue100 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I've played a couple times where the course total (72) is added to your handicap (13) = 85, in my case. Each played is given a flag, like you would mark you lawn sprinklers with before the aerator comes through. Name and number (85) are marked on the flag. Got it so far? Wherever your (in my case) 85th shot stops, you plant your flag. Farthest flag down the course wins. Multiples in the 18th hole? Highest number wins, of course! You DO NOT want to be the player who plants their flag first, LOLZ! "Where'd it go?" "Right in the Lumberyard..." Gen 2 0811 XF 10.5* Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6x Gen 2 0211 15* 3W Mitsubishi Tensei Raw Blue 65-S Tour B JGR 15* Fairway UST ProForce V2 7F5 76g X-Flex (These two are gonna fight it out in early "24 to see who stays in the bag...) Tour B JGR 19* & 22* Hybrid UST ProForce V2 90g X-Flex Tour B JGR HF-2 irons (5i - PW) KBS Tour 130x CBX Wedges (50, 54, 58) TT Dynamic Gold 115 Wedge Shaft MATI Mamo Putter 33" Super Stroke Football League 3.0 Slim Hoofer Camo Stand Bag Precision Pro Nexus Rangefinder FAN! PRO Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I played in a bachelor party putting where guys received string and mulligans based on their handicaps. Some were allowed to play as a scramble. It worked out really well. My favorite goofy rule though is the call back. I love that rule - it gets in the head of your opponents pretty good. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigtazzGolf Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Playing in a city tournament next month where it's a handicap team event. Trick is they'll do a blind draw after everyone is done playing. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Grip n Rip it Chicks dig the LONG ball In my staff bag King F7+ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 60 - Graphite Tour X-Stiff CBX 13.5 3 Wood Atomic Irons 4-AW (reviewing) CG16 Satin 52* 588 RTX 2.0 56* and 60* Sentio Sierra 101-M Putter Proud tester of the Tommy Armour ATOMIC Irons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson153 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 In the fall when time changes, you know, when time “falls backâ€. We play our course backwards. So on # 1 you tee off from #2 and so on. Every hole is a par 3 of course. Sounds easy but very few holes are open shots due to trees and blind shots. Pretty fun. Have to be creative. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy CobraConnectChallenge3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylem Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Just remembered an annual tournament my course puts on, the big cup challenge. The holes are about the size of a 5 gallon paint bucket. The same day they will move the forward tees up to par 3 distances on the front nine so you can also play the big cup par 3 challenge. Another one that my group does is on the weekend before Christmas we all play from the red tees. It come to be known as the Rudolph weekend. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeMore Putts Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Just remembered an annual tournament my course puts on, the big cup challenge. The holes are about the size of a 5 gallon paint bucket. The same day they will move the forward tees up to par 3 distances on the front nine so you can also play the big cup par 3 challenge. Another one that my group does is on the weekend before Christmas we all play from the red tees. It come to be known as the Rudolph weekend. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk How much better do you score playing from the reds? I've always been curious, but have never/always had the balls to try it. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Driver - Big Bertha Alpha 3W - XHot Pro 3 Hybrid - Rescue 11 4-PW - Maltby DBM Forged 52 - SM4 56 - RTX-3 60 - Scratch SS Putter - FGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylem Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 How much better do you score playing from the reds? I've always been curious, but have never/always had the balls to try it. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk I say we average about 3-5 strokes better. The biggest difference is hitting 9 iron PW in most greens rather 7 iron lol. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUDque Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I say we average about 3-5 strokes better. The biggest difference is hitting 9 iron PW in most greens rather 7 iron lol. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk I played a round earlier this year with 2 balls. One from the tips and one from the reds. The reds score was something like 5-6 strokes better...I can't quite remember. On more than one hole, I drove it past the green and had to chip back to get to the pin Pretty sure I had 3 birdies from the red which is abnormally high for me. Both par 5s and one of the holes I drove past the green. Bunch of easy pars mixed in. ________________________________________________ On topic, I haven't played anything different than already described. I've always wanted to play in those big hole tournaments and love the ones where you play the course differently than intended. Around the world was always a cool one. Tee off from the clubhouse, get (by any means necessary) to one of the furthest holes away, then finish up at 18. Takes some major creativity. There was also a longest day tourney I've heard of. It was 3 different courses starting from about an hour from home, then half way, then the home course. Your team had to finish as many holes as possible before dark. Score was added to that somehow. Last I heard of that one, it came to a screeching halt when one of the players got a DUI flying from one course to the next. Sent from carrier pigeon using MyGolfSpy In my Pisa, riding on a 3.5+ G410+ EXS 5W King F7 Hy i500 5-GW Equalizer 56/60 Heppler Ketsch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor.A.Door Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I've played a couple times where the course total (72) is added to your handicap (13) = 85, in my case. Each played is given a flag, like you would mark you lawn sprinklers with before the aerator comes through. Name and number (85) are marked on the flag. Got it so far? Wherever your (in my case) 85th shot stops, you plant your flag. Farthest flag down the course wins. Multiples in the 18th hole? Highest number wins, of course! You DO NOT want to be the player who plants their flag first, LOLZ! I've thought about doing this but couldn't figure out how to do it to be fair. So adding the course handicap to par makes it work. This could be a fun Friday night 9 hole game. Lefties are always in their Right Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylem Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 I've played a couple times where the course total (72) is added to your handicap (13) = 85, in my case. Each played is given a flag, like you would mark you lawn sprinklers with before the aerator comes through. Name and number (85) are marked on the flag. Got it so far? Wherever your (in my case) 85th shot stops, you plant your flag. Farthest flag down the course wins. Multiples in the 18th hole? Highest number wins, of course! You DO NOT want to be the player who plants their flag first, LOLZ!I play in a tournament like this every year on flag day. The flags they use are little American flags that have you name and number on a sticker underneath the flag. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckymeyer Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 We haven't had great success with anything crazy for an official tournament. We did the big cup thing last year, but our greenskeeper refuses to cut big cups in the greens so we used an 8" fake cup over the hole. It's like a circular inverted wedge and it's supposed to trap the ball. Problem is it was raining and the balls got slick and had a really hard time trapping the ball. Feedback wasn't great so we aren't doing it this year. We do have a modified scramble we started a couple years ago. Blind draw with A, B, C, D players grouped by handicap. All players tee off, but then the same person can't hit twice in a row. So if you take A players drive then only B, C, D hit the next shots and so on. All players putt except on the par 3's. Those have designated putters based on hole handicap. A player putts on hardest par 3, D player putts on easiest etc. We do a calcutta before hand with a 60%, 30%, 10% payout to the top 3 places. We also go out as 8-some's so it's kind of fun to have a big group of people. Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmasterson78 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I play in a 2 day 4 person scramble that has 14 small cups and the remaining 4 are normal size. On the small cups they are just big enough for the ball to fit into them. All cups are cut on the green in the hardest spot imaginable and there are no gimmies at all. Extremely difficult course that plays 7000 yards plus. After the two days you are ready to pull your hair out. But it is a really fun time. Crazy to see 4 person teams hand in scorecards with 8's and 9's on it. And it's always played mid October in Michigan so you might get sunny and 50 or rain/ snow and 30. Its a great time and we look forward to it every year. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Taylormade M1 440 9.5* X flex Titleist 910F 3 wood 15* stiff flex Cobra Amp Cell Pro 4-PW S300 standard Titleist SM6 wedge 50* 56* 60* Scotty Cameron Circa 62 Model #1 putter RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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