FORMATS USED BY HACKTIVIST GOLF

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Each of these formats are either derived from the originals or they are completely made up by the powers that be. If you have any questions, concerns or emotional outbursts, feel free to reach out. We value your opinion and look forward to your participation in one of our future events.

Best Ball

Also known as "Better Ball", this golf format involves teams of 2 players. It can be played as a match or stroke play. Each member of the team plays their own ball throughout the game. After each hole, the lowest score from each team member is the team's score on that hole. At the end of the 18 holes, the team with the lowest score wins. Strong players, low handicappers, or scratch players can play individually against a team of 2 or 3 people if they opt for the best ball format.

Scramble

Scramble games involve teams of 2 to 4 players. In this game format, each team member tees off on every hole. After the initial tee shots, the team chooses the best shot out of their teammates, and subsequently, each team member plays their next shot from that spot. This goes on throughout the rest of the shots on that hole, including putting. A player can place the ball within one club-length of the spot of the best shot but not closer to the hole. This format is often played as stroke play, and the team with the lowest overall score wins

Vegas Ball

Vegas is a points team game where the player’s scores are combined to create the team’s score. To create the team’s score, each score is put together to form a number with the lowest score first. For example, if Team A has a 5 and a 6, the team score would be 56. If a player birdies or betters a hole, the order is reversed for the opposing team. For example, on a par 4 hole, if one team gets a birdie and the other team shoots a 5 and a 6, the team score would be 65. The team with the highest points wins the match.

Bingo Bango Bongo

Bingo Bango Bongo rewards players on 3 premises of each hole, namely, the first player in each group to get onto the green receives 1 point, the player to hit the closest to the hole once everyone is on the green receives 1 point, and the last point is given to the first person who holes out. It can be played as a team or individually. All shots are taken depending on which player is furthest away from the hole. The one with the most points at the end of the game wins.

King Of The Hill

Each player starts the round with a designated number of strokes and plays until they run out. Strokes are given based on each players handicap. If you are scratch golfer, you would recieve an equal number of strokes to the course par. If you are a 4 handicap, you would recieve strokes equal to the course par + 4. Each participant would recieve strokes following the same formula. The person who makes it through the course the farthest using their designated strokes wins (last player standing).

Alternate Shot

It is based on teams of 2 players. Each team chooses who will hit the first shot of the first hole. The other player hits the second shot, alternating shots until the ball is in the hole. If a player holes out, the other teammate tees off the next hole. "Gimmies" are still conmsidered a shot made by whoevers turn it was at the time. So, if the other team gives a put, that players shot is skipped and the next shot is for their teammate. This goes on until the entire round is finished.

Stableford

The Stableford format is a stroke play game that can be played individually or as a team using a points system in which the main goal is to gain the highest score. It uses a points system established as follows:

  • Double bogey or worse - 1 point

  • Bogey – 2 points

  • Par – 3 points

  • Birdie – 5 points

  • Eagle – 7 points

  • Double Eagle - 9 points

Shamble

A Shamble golf round can be played with teams of 2 to 4 members. Each player tees off on every hole. The team selects their best drive, and each team member plays their second shot from there. Following the second shot, each player uses their own ball for the remainder of that hole.

Match Play

This is a hole-by-hole competition where the player who has the best score on the individual hole wins that hole. It is the opposite of stroke play. Ultimately, the player who wins the most holes throughout the match is the winner. You go up against your opponent in a head-to-head competition in match play. You face your opponent straightforwardly with this golf format instead of going by the entire round basis. It is important to mention that you can compete in a match play either as a player or team.

Stroke Play

As one of the most common ways to play golf, stroke play entails playing on a course with 18 holes. It is a cumulative score competition where the player with the best overall score after all 18 holes wins. In stroke play, you go up against the course and try to outplay your competitors. Stroke play is the opposite of match play, as you are competing against the entire 18-hole course instead of having a hole-by-hole competition. You are playing a whole round of golf against your competitors and trying to beat them by having a better score.

Mario

Each player is awarded 3 lives (golf balls). If a ball is lost, one life is taken away. If the player decides they want a mulligan, they must use one of their lives to hit again. If all 3 lives are lost, the player is out of the game. If more than one player is still standing at the end of the round, the winner is the player with the most lives remaining. If there is a tie for remaining lives, the winner is the player with the lowest score after handicaps.

Red or White

Played with 2 golfers on a team, this format jumps you from different tee locations based on the team score on the previous hole. 2v2, the team with the low score moves to the White tees but the team with the high score moves to the red tees. This plays out until the round is over.