Ever heard of or played in a golf derby? I’ve done a few and I just did another one last week. They are very fun. Here’s what you do:
You can determine the length of the derby but it will usually be 9 holes. The goal is to eliminate players through the round so that there are two left on the final hole. Ties are broken with a chip off. Players participating in the chip off are not allowed to watch the other players chip. The farthest player from the hole in the chip off loses the tie. The winner of the last hole is the derby champ.
All the players in the derby tee off on the first hole. When the players get on the green, the closest players putt out first. Chip off if needed to determine who is eliminated.
So say you start out with 18 players on the first hole. You have 3 birdies, 9 pars and 3 bogeys. You want to eliminate 2 players on the first hole. The bogeys would have a chip off and the farthest from the hole of the three would be eliminated. Say on hole two the whole group pars. You all chip off and the two who are farthest out are eliminated. You proceed through the holes until you’re down to the final two on the last hole.
It is quite fun. You get to see the whole flight or club or tournament players drive and hit shots. It is also quite fun to watch 10 or more golf carts driving down the fairway at the same time.
I’m sure there are different ways to doing a derby but this is the one I’m familiar with.
As you may have read in previous posts here I’ve been living on the 17th hole of one of my home courses. I’ve been here for about 3 months while my new house has been under construction. My new house is done, and I move in this Monday or Tuesday.
The Nationwide Tour is in town playing right now. I’d hoped to drop in and do a little post and some pictures from there but I’ve been a little to busy packing up all my stuff to go watch them. I’ll catch it next year.
I’ll miss being able to walk 20 feet and find ProV1’s in the weeds for sure. My kids have had a blast finding literally hundreds of balls out there and practicing on the 17th green after the final players pass through.
The one problem I’m going to have this week is that my high speed internet will not be active in my new place until Thursday. So I’ll be away from a connection for 2-3 days. I’ll probably drop in to a pal’s house to check my email, but I won’t be posting daily for most of this week.
Worry not though as I’ve written a couple of articles which will automatically post themselves while I’m away.
The newest HOGB poll is up and running! The question: “Where do you buy your golf gear?”
Though I’ve bought from many online retailers and ebay, I voted for the local pro shop. I like to support the guys I see and know the best. These would be the pros and assistants and the courses I frequent. I also do most my golf shopping at the course because I’m spending my tournament winnings.
Where do you buy your golf gear? VOTE NOW!
The results from the last poll are in. The question was: “How much you spend on golf per year?”
$1000-$2000 30%
$500-$999 20%
Less than $500 15%
Over $5000 15%
$2000-$3000 10%
$4000-$5000 10%
Sergio Garcia was fined an estimated $9,220 for kicking an advertising board after he three-putted the 17th during the third round at last week’s European Masters.
That fine will seem like pocket change to Sergio anyway since he won the tournament.
At least he didn’t kick a camera man. (You see, golf is a gentleman’s sport).
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