Sounds like the type of golf I play with one of my regular playing partners as well as whoever else joins up with us.
Don't play any fancy games yet, but we always play eagles are $5, birdies are $1 and on straight driving holes longest drive (using a driver!) in the fairway for $1. On par 3s we'll play closest to the pin if on the green $1. Not enough money to worry about (we're both bogey golfers) but incentive to really try to hit your best shot a give you a bit of pressure. Yesterday we played as many holes as we could fit in before the sun went down and played really close. Out of the first 9 holes, we only had a different score on one hole when he topped one into the water. Both only had one real birdie opportunity on a tight par 5, he had a 6ft putt, I had a 8ft putt almost on the same line. Sank my putt, but so did he! After 14 holes I was ahead by 1 stroke and both of us had a great time. -Dave On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 05:59:38PM -0400, Bernie Baymiller wrote: > Then there's the old guys golf, where it really isn't gambling and isn't all > sport, either. It's mostly social golf. Mondays and Wednesdays I play with a > group of 20+ seniors. Two a month are responsible for "the game of the day," > and every month two new guys get the job. They usually put an A, B, C and D > player in each foursome, though on some occasions the game is the A players > against the Bs, etc.There are 4-6 foursomes on any given day and everybody > kicks in $5. Generally the payout is for first, second and third for 5-6 > foursomes, and first and second for 4 foursomes or less. But everybody knows > everybody and who is hot and who is not. The guys making the games usually > get the teams pretty close. Now, with that limited amount of cash, it can > hardly be a gambling incentive...yet, it's certainly not all recreation, > either. I believe the most important reason we all have for showing up is > the comradery...the social aspects of doing something with someone different > each time out...of finding out who's having what operation, who's going on a > trip and where, laughing at the strange events in eveyone's lives. Old guys > know and appreciate friendships. > > Fridays I play recreational golf. I play with two or three guys with whom > I've been playing since 1970 and with whom I car pool to the course. All of > us were pretty good players at one time...we were all very even in 1975, now > I'm the best of them (and several years younger as well). The other two love > to take a shot at me...one has a fair chance, the other has almost no > chance...yet, they all want to play scratch. They play to try and beat me > and I play hard to keep from being beaten. The loser buys $0.25 orange > drinks on the way home (though sometimes I feel guilty and offer to buy). > It's kind of like playing my sons. Now, that's a real battle for the family > honor... and they haven't beaten me often, either (I only lost once). I > tried for years to beat my dad and finally did. (He was a 2-4 handicap until > he was 70). That kind of golf is the most enjoyable to me, whether you're > trying to beat someone, or trying to keep from being beaten.
