What's Scramble Golf?
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We say it's a way to have a lot of fun, playing a game you love,
and usually while raising
money for some worthy cause. Our Scramble Pic can make the game
go faster by picking up all those balls without bending over.
And it's a great way to advertise your company or your event
with a special accessory people will remember long after the
event is gone.
Take a look at our GSN video
(from the Golf Shopping Network)
which shows you exactly how you can use it.
So, how do you play Scramble Golf, anyway? Here are some answers ... click for the source references.
Scramble is one of the primary forms of tournament play for golf associations, charity events and the like. A scramble is usually played with 4-person teams, but 2-person scrambles are popular, too. At a 2-person scramble, handicaps are usually applied; at a 4-person scramble, handicaps are usually not applied - unless it is an Ambrose-style scramble.
In a scramble, each player tees off on each hole. The best of the tee shots is selected and all players play their second shots from that spot. The best of the second shots is determined, then all play their third shots from that spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
When played as a foursome, teams are usually constructed with an A player, B player, C player and D player, with those players designated based on handicaps. The A player would be the low-handicapper, the D player the high-handicapper.
A scramble might require A and B players to tee off from the back tees and C and D players from the middle tees; or A's from the back, B's and C's from the middle and D's from the front; or the tournament organizers might specify that all players play from the same set of tees.
Texas Scramble Rules
- Each team will consist of four players.
- All players can tee off at each hole.
- The nominated team captain then selects the best drive and marks the position (within 6 inches) with a tee peg (not nearer the hole). A minimum of four tee shots per player to be used.
- The other players then retrieve their balls.
- The player whose ball has been chosen then plays his next shot first.
- The remaining players then play within six inches of the tee peg (not nearer the hole). Note! Golf balls shall be placed on closely mown areas and dropped if the chosen ball in play is in the rough or a hazard.
- The above method of play is followed until the green is reached.
- On the green the same method applies. The ball chosen is marked by a putter head length and players putt from the same spot in turn.
- Each player must mark the ball after putting. Play continues from each chosen position until the ball is holed.
- The score is the total number of shots from the chosen spots (including the tee shot). Note! If a player putts and misses but then inadvertently knocks the ball into the hole, then that score counts.
At the end of the round the total for each hole is added together and the strokes received subtracted to give the total net medal score for the round. The winning team will be the one with the lowest medal score.
All other rules of golf apply to the "Ball in Play" In particular please be aware of Rule 14.2. Team members are not allowed to position themselves on or close to an extension of the line of play or the line of putt behind the ball.
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