Game played by a golf foursome during a round of golf

Abstract

A game to be played by a golf foursome during a round of golf. The game includes instructions outlining a number of golf contests, intended to make the round of golf more entertaining, in the form of skills challenges or scoring options. The instructions instruct the players to compete in golf pairings and randomly select one of the golf contests prior to beginning each golf hole.

1 . A game played by a golf foursome during a round of golf, comprising: 
 instructions outlining a number of golf contests, intended to make the round of golf more entertaining, in the form of skills challenges or scoring options, the instructions instructing the players to compete in golf pairings and randomly select one of the golf contests prior to beginning each golf hole.    
   
   
       2 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein there is provided a random golf contest selection device.  
   
   
       3 . The game as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the random golf contest selection device is a dice.  
   
   
       4 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein a random golf pairing selection device is provided to select the golf pairings prior to beginning each hole, such that the golf pairings change during the round of golf.  
   
   
       5 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the skills challenges are selected from the following: hitting the fairway, longest drive, straightest drive, closest to the pin, first player in the hole, fewest puts, out of a sand trap and into the hole in two shots, or lowest score on hole.  
   
   
       6 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the scoring options are selected from the following: a cumulative total of golf scores of both golfers in each of the golf pairings, a single lowest score per hole for each of the golf pairings, a stableford score for both golfers in each of the golf pairings, or two digit score formed by using a golf score of each golfer to represent one digit.  
   
   
       7 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein points are awarded to each player based upon his or her individual performance on the skills challenges.  
   
   
       8 . The game as defined in  claim 1 , wherein points are awarded to each player in each of the golf pairings based upon the relative performance of their golf pairings.  
   
   
       9 . The game as defined in  claim 4 , wherein selection options from the random golf pairings selection device include at least one of the following: the two players with the longest hair as a golf pairing against the two players with the shortest hair, the two tallest players as a golf pairing against the two shortest players, the two oldest players as a golf pairing against the two youngest players, the two heaviest players as a golf pairing against the two lightest players, or the two players with the largest feet as a golf pairing against the two players with the smallest feet.  
   
   
       10 . A game played by a golf foursome during a round of golf, comprising: 
 instructions to randomly select golf pairings prior to beginning each golf hole, such that the golf pairings change during the round of golf;    a random golf pairing selection device;    instructions outlining a number of golf contests, intended to make the round of golf more entertaining, in the form of skills challenges or scoring options and directing that the players randomly select one of the golf contests prior to beginning each golf hole;    a random golf contest selection device;    the skills challenges being selected from the following: hitting the fairway, longest drive, straightest drive, closest to the pin, first player in the hole, fewest putts, out of a sand trap and into the hole in two shots, or lowest score on hole;    the scoring options being selected from the following: a cumulative total of golf scores of both golfers in each of the golf pairings, a single lowest score per hole for each of the golf pairings, a stableford score for both golfers in each of the golf pairings, or two digit score formed by using a golf score of each golfer to represent one digit; and    points being awarded to each player based upon his or her individual performance on the skills challenges and points being awarded to each player in each of the golf pairings based upon the relative performance of their golf pairings.    
   
   
       11 . The game as defined in  claim 10 , wherein the random golf pairing selection device is a dice.  
   
   
       12 . The game as defined in  claim 10 , wherein the random golf contest selection device is a dice.  
   
   
       13 . The game as defined in  claim 10 , wherein selection options from the random golf pairings selection device include at least one of the following: the two players with the longest hair as a golf pairing against the two players with the shortest hair, the two tallest players as a golf pairing against the two shortest players, the two oldest players as a golf pairing against the two youngest players, the two heaviest players as a golf pairing against the two lightest players, or the two players with the largest feet as a golf pairing against the two players with the smallest feet.