What is Nassau Golf?
April 10, 2008
You mentioned match play in your last answer but what I have always wondered about is nassau golf. Some people say it’s a type of golf game based off a bet but I’m not sure, could you help please? - Jena in Edgemont, SD
You’re pretty much there, Nassau golf is a popular tournament format that consists of 3 separate tournaments in one. These 3 bets are combined together into one game. The most common Nassau golf game is betting on the front nine for $2, the back nine for $2 along with the 18-hole total that is worth another $2.
Keeping score in Nassau is practically the same thing as in match play golf but then again the players ultimately decide which scoring system to use. The team or player with the most points at the end of each 9 holes will win that side and from there, both the front and back 9 holes are totaled for the 18 hole award.
And naturally by using the joy of simple math, if you are a skilled golfer, a whopping $6 will be your prize. Cool huh?
You might be thinking that if you are going make a Nassau golf bet, you might as well make it worth your time right? Well, there is something that is called to press the bet, or pressing the bet. Basically, for each tournament that is originally $2 per 9 holes, a single player or a team can up the ante and raise the bet for that particular 9 holes or altogether on the 18 hole tally. Usually this is just another $2 added to the original bet but it is up to the player’s discretion.
Becareful though becasue this can lead to some pretty high stakes. Of course its depending on a person’s or a team’s level of enthusiasm to combine alcohol, golf, betting and money. Choose wisely. Happy strokes!!
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Blind Bogey
March 10, 2008
What is blind bogey and how do you play it? - Ethan in Somerset, KY
The most common game of blind bogey requires a golfer to play 18 holes of stroke play. Following completion of blind bogey golf, the one overseeing the tournament selects a score at random and the player that has the closest score to the randomly selected score is the winner.
There is also another variation to the blind bogey format. This is where the players tee off and complete their rounds. After the tournament, the director randomly select six holes and each of the players scores of those 6 randomly chosen holes are tossed out. Now the 12 holes that remain on their scorecard are added up and that is the score. The lowest score wins.
Basically you give control on how well you are evaluated per each stroke up to sheer chance. Make sure you focus on each hole and hey you never know, you might beat out your buddies and come in with the best score when their holes get tossed. Doesn’t that add mystery and excitement to the game Ethan?? Doesn’t it?
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What is a Mulligan in Golf
February 21, 2008
Golf Virgin, I have always been confused by the term Mulligan that all my golf buddies seem to apply to every screw up they make, even if totally unrelated to golf, just what the hell is a mulligan in golf? – Jared in Seattle, WA
Cool question Jared, let me see how I can help you with that. Remember when you were a kid and played a game and something got totally screwed up? Then one of you would shout “do over” and you did just that, you did not count the screw up and just did it over again. That is all a “mulligan” really is, a do over for grown ups.
Now in those serious tournaments there are no mulligans but it is very common among everyday social golfers to allow them perhaps for drives that go bad. Seldom are they just taken at will, but a group might agree that perhaps everyone get 6 mulligans this round of golf. Even when this is the case it is usually that you can’t take a mulligan on the putting green. Some players strictly limit them to driving only. They are as flexible as a group agrees to honestly.
In some charity tournaments they actually sell mulligans (with certain restrictions as to where or how you can use them) to raise more money for the charity. Mulligans are a great way for Golf Virgins and Novices alike to make play a bit more fun and easier. Just like anything though, don’t over use them and I can tell you that it’s really not a term a girl wants to hear in the bedroom either.
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Whats the Limit to the Number of Golf Clubs in a Bag
February 21, 2008
Dear Golf Virgin… A friend of mine and I were talking the other day and we were going back and forth about the limit to the number of golf clubs in a bag. Could you help clear this up for me? - Joe in Arlington, VA
How cute, so you two are arguing about the legal number of golf clubs in a bag you can carry around so you have a choice of what you bang your little white balls into a hole with? Well, ok that’s a valid question… I suppose.
The rules of golf allow you to carry 14 clubs in your bag during tournament play, so many golfers will add another iron or a specialty wood. Also, remember that the putter is considered to be one of the clubs as well so keep that in mind. You know, the more tools you have available the easier it is to sink that ball as deep as possible.
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The Tiger Comes from Behind to Win yet Again
February 21, 2008
Today in Golf News by The Golf Virgin - Source ESPN.com - MARANA, Ariz. Somewhere, Trip Kuehne and Steve Scott are perhaps reliving their own battles with Tiger Woods, reminded again on Wednesday just how tough it is to put away the game’s best player.
J.B. Holmes now knows the feeling, too… 3 holes up with 5 to play in the opening round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Holmes witnessed the kind of flurry that first made Tiger Woods famous more than ten years ago (hard to believe it has been that long) at the U.S. Amateur Tournament.
Woods made 3 straight birdies to tie the match and then rolled in a long eagle putt at the seventeenth hole to take the lead. When Holmes missed his birdie putt at the 18th hole to tie, Woods had somehow eked out a one-up victory — much to the relief of PGA Tour officials, sponsors and television executives, none of whom wanted to see the star attraction leave Arizona early.
Read the Rest of This Article by Bob Harig
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Tiger Woods Last In
February 19, 2008
Source - ESPN - Tiger Woods was the last player to enter and will be the No. 1 seed in the Accenture Match Play Championship, which starts Wednesday in Arizona with a 64-man field and the fewest number of Americans ever.
The surprise was Ernie Els, who has never advanced beyond the second round of Match Play in America. He had said in interviews and on his Web site that he would skip the tournament and not make his PGA Tour debut until Florida and then changed his mind.
The field, determined by the world ranking, will not be set until 5 p.m. Monday. If anyone withdraws after that, his opponent will get a pass into the second round. For the second straight year, it will be held at The Gallery north of Tucson. - Read More
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