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Even though golf is quite a simple game, there isa few friends, it is far more interesting to play for
no shortage of variations on the concept andskins. With skins, the person with the lowest
different ways to play.score on each hole wins the hole, and the person
The basic golf game is generally referred to aswho wins the most holes wins the match. Skins is
stroke play - tournaments work using the strokeoften played for money, with players paying a
system, and it is the most widely-played versioncertain amount to enter the game and a share of
of the game. In this game, for every shot youthe prize money being awarded to the winner of
make under or over the par of each hole, youeach hole.
have one point either subtracted from or addedFor children, there are two alternative rule sets:
to your score. For example, if hole 1 is a par 4pitch and putt and crazy golf. Pitch and putt is the
and you take five shots, then your score is +1. Ifmore serious of the two, resembling a much
you then move on to hole 2, a par 5, and take 3smaller version of a normal golf course where the
shots, scoring an eagle, your new score is -1 -player only needs to take one shot onto the
that's one minus two. This means that you'regreen and then putt the ball into the hole. In crazy
aiming to end up with a score far into the minusgolf, however, the green is the whole course, and
numbers, with the lowest score winning.each hole is littered with strange obstacles, often
Stroke play is heavy on maths and low onbased around a theme. While the game is fun for
excitement, however, because it was designeda family on holiday, it's not going to turn your kids
for a large number of golfers playing at the sameinto pro golfers any time soon - although it might
time. If you are just playing head-to-head againstinspire them to take up real golf.