Fun Games to Play on the Course.
Fun Games to Play on the Course.
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You can play many fun golf games to spice up the normal routine of playing a straight round. Several of these, like Wolf, Bingo Bango Bongo, you may be familiar with.
My favorite game is not many golfers know, but the minute I introduce them to it, they want to play it all the time. It is called "Bellini" (don't ask me why)
A fun game to play with your buddies because even someone who is having an off day with his golf can still win this game.
The Bellini.
A "Bellini" is a fictitious item. On the 1st tee golfers spin for player #1, #2, #3 & #4.
#1 has the Bellini. The goal is to keep the Bellini as long as you can. You can lose the Bellini one of four ways.
1. Hit it out of bounds
2. Hit it in a hazard
3. Three putts.
4. Score a double bogey (if the foursome has one or higher handicap golfer(s), you can change this to a triple bogey.
The moment player #1 does one of these four. The Bellini goes to player #2. As soon as that player makes one of the 4 errors, the Bellini goes to player #3 and so on.
The player holding the Bellini after all players have holed out on hole #9 will win the Bellini for the first 9.
The process is repeated on the back 9.
You can value the Bellini at whatever you want. My group usually values it at $5, So the most you can lose is $10, but if there are 4 of you playing, the most you can win is $30.
To understand how this works, I will give you a scenario that happened to me while playing Cougar Canyon in Trinidad, CO.
Bellini Scenario.
17th Hole, Par 3.
I had the Bellini (the person with the Bellini always tees off first regardless of the score on the previous hole.) But, unfortunately, I hit my tee shot into the bunker next to the green, so I lost the Bellini, and it went to Player #2.
Golfer #2 hooked his tee shot out of bounds.
So the Bellini went to #3, who hit her tee shot just short of the green, so retained the Bellini. #4 hit his tee shot on the green but about 60 feet from the hole. #3 chipped the ball over the green, hit her 3rd shot to about 10 feet.
Player #4 Putted up to the hole and left his first putt 5 feet short of the hole. Player #3 then putted and missed, making a double bogey, and the Bellini went to player #4.
He missed his putt, thus losing the Bellini back to me because of his three-putt.
I went to the 18th tee with the Bellini, made sure I did not hit any shot into a hazard, managed to make a bogey, and won the Bellini and the money!
Any questions regarding this game can be sent to melsolegolf@gmail.com
This game is addictive. Once you have played it once, you are going to want to keep playing it. I play this game every time I tee it up. Whether there are just 2 of you or a foursome, it is GREAT fun!
Source: Mel Sole
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