Popular Golf Tournament Formats You Can Participate In, Part II
Popular Golf Tournament Formats You Can Participate In, Part II Our last blog post discussed some of the more popular golf tournament formats you can participate in. Today, the Indian River Golf Foundation will be discussing a few more! A wide variety of tournaments are available, from stroke play and scramble to flags and Stableford. These formats are perfect for those who want to challenge themselves and have fun while playing in a tournament. Let's take a look at them now. Stroke play Stroke play is one of the most popular golf tournament formats. This format is probably the one you think of when you think of playing golf. It is also the format used in professional tournaments such as the PGA Tour. In stroke play, each player competes against the course and tries to get the lowest score possible. The winner is the player with the lowest score after all players have finished all 18 holes. Scramble In a scramble tournament, multiple teams of 2, 3, or 4 golfers compete against each other. During a Scramble tournament, team members hit the ball off the tee on each hole. After each team member hits their tee shot, the group decides on the best ball position. From there, every player will take their next shot from where the selected ball lies. This pattern continues for the rest of the holes' shots, including putting. A player can place the ball within one club length of their best shot's spot but not nearer to the hole. The scramble is often played as a stroke play event, where the team with the lowest cumulative score after 18 holes wins. Four ball is a tournament format similar to stroke play but with teams of two players instead of individuals. In four-ball, both players on each team take their own shots throughout the round. The team then takes the lower score of the two golfers on each hole and records that as their team's score for that particular hole. For example, after the first hole for team 1, player A scored five, and player B scored 6; for team 2, player C scored four, and player D scored 5. Player C won the first hole for team 2, earning their team a point. The team with the lowest cumulative score at the end of 18 holes is declared the winner. Skins game A skins game is…