Other Possible Games for CGA
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Ambrose: Definition: "Ambrose Competition" is another name for a scramble, but one in which
a team handicap is used. All players tee off, the best shot is selected and all players hit again
from that same spot. The best second shot is selected, and all players hit from that same spot,
and so on until the ball is holed.
If the scramble is called an "Ambrose," it means that handicaps are used in play, with a fraction
of the total handicaps of the group members serving as one handicap for the group.
For example, if it's a 2-person scramble, the handicaps of the two players are added together
and divided by 4. For a 3-person scramble, divide by 6; for a 4-person scramble, divide by 8.
The arithmetic produces one group handicap which is used during play.
Florida Scramble: Definition: The Florida Scramble is a variation on the typical scramble in
which one player on each team sits out each shot.
A scramble works this way: Each player on the team (usually groups of four, but groups of three
work also) tees off. The best of the four shots is selected, all players move their balls to that
spot and play their second shots. The best of the second shots is selected, all players move their
balls to that spot and play their third shots; and so on until the ball is holed.
In a Florida Scramble, the twist is that the player whose shot is selected doesn't get to play
the next shot. So in a Florida Scramble with teams of four, all four players tee off, the best shot
is selected, then only three players hit their second shots.
The best of the second shots is selected - and the player who hit it sits out the third shots; and
so on until the ball is holed.
A Florida Scramble can help spread the "best shots" around among teammates, but it does
mean that one player has to sit out every shot.
Irish Four Ball: Definition: The term and the tournament format "Irish Four Ball" is very popular
in Australia. In Irish Four Ball, teams of four golfers - each playing his or her own ball
throughout. The scores of a predetermined number of team members per hole are combined
for one team score.
There are many variations to an Irish Four Ball. Many Irish Four Balls use the two low balls per
hole throughout the tournament. A more popular variation calls for the number of scores per
hole to vary throughout the round in this fashion:
Holes 1-6: One low ball
Holes 7-11: Two low balls
Holes 12-15: Three low balls
Holes 16-18: All four scores
Money Ball: Definition: Money Ball (a.k.a. Lone Ranger, Yellow Ball, Pink Ball, Pink Lady) is a
game for 4-person teams that puts the onus on one player per hole to come through for the
team.
Each group of four players in a scramble has a ball that is marked in some way to designate it as
the "money ball." That ball rotates among players. For example, Player A uses it on the first
hole, B on the second, C on the third, D on the fourth, then back to A on the fifth and so on.
In this game, two scores per hole are added together for the team score. Here's the catch: One
of those two scores must be from the player with the money ball. So on each hole, the team
score will be the score of the player with the money ball, plus the lowest score of the other
three players on the team.
Texas Scramble: Definition: Texas Scramble is a competition format that is a basic scramble
with a slight twist.
Scrambles involve 4-person teams playing four balls, but with each shot coming from the same
spot (the best of the four drives is chosen and all four team members then hit from that spot,
and so on).
The variation in a Texas Scramble is that at least four drives of each member of the team must
be used during the course of the round: At least four drives hit by Player A, four by Player B,
and so on. In a regular scramble, a great driver might have his tee ball used on every hole. A
Texas Scramble eliminates that possibility and allows even the weakest driver on the team to
get into the action.