Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

More Fun in Your Foursome anywhere from 2-to-5 clubs. If you play with just two clubs, your buddies have to give you 10 strokes; or 7 strokes for three clubs, 4 strokes for four clubs or none if you use Ăůů ĮǀĞ ĐůƵďƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ tried it reported feeling much more liberated carrying just a few clubs in their hands and a couple golf balls in their ƉŽĐŬĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂůŬ ǁĂƐ ĨƵŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶǀĞŶƟǀĞ ŝŶ shot making. Green Games : Only if your group remains well ahead of the group behind you, maybe pause to play a ĐŽƵƉůĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ green. For example, on greens ǁŝƚŚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƵŶĚƵůĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ĂƌĞ rimmed by heavily-slopped chipping areas, make a game ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƉƵƫŶŐ Žī the green at some point where it will funnel back to the hole. dŚŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟǀĞůLJ ĂďŽƵƚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ways to get to the cup. I was in a group that tried it and a partner holed a 90-foot ƉƵƩ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞŶƚ Žī ƚŚĞ green, caught the slope and came back and dropped into the hole. He was thrilled and said it felt as much fun as acing a hole-in-one.