Depending on the number of people you're playing with and the kind of round you want to play, these games may come in handy to spice up your round and spruce up your competitive spirit and even speed up your round. I'll begin this month with a few simple variations that everyday golfers are familiar with, but which beginners don't necessarily follow. I'll then later talk about some games that are almost on the verge of absurd. But first, for the benefit of novices, let me introduce two universal methods of competition in any golf game. Stroke play simply means that all the strokes in the round are counted.
Match play means that each hole counts for a single point.
If the hole is halved then no points are credited to either team. At the end of the round, whoever is up wins. Two players can similarly compete against each other on handicap as match play. Four players are divided into 2 teams of 2 players each. The best score of the two players on a team is counted as the score for that hole.