If it's raining or too cold there's not many, but if it's a good year they're everywhere. A local nightclub hosts the makeshift casino that includes blackjack, craps, and roulette. Prizes are raffled off at the end of the night. The wackiness blusters on the next evening with a Snowgolf Calcutta, the nighttime warm-up to Day 3's snowgolf competition. The Snowgolf Calcutta is another betting event, where spectators lay money down in support of their favorite team.
Betters can win or lose hundreds of dollars depending on the team they back.
Although the scoring is ultimately tied to their performance on the links, the teams vie for bettors by dressing outrageously and presenting stage shows. We've had Fruit of the Loom. They go all out. Sometimes they'll dress as spacemen. Please The next day, the athletes pop some aspirin and head out to the groomed, but still snow-covered, golf course.