Noting the sweat beading on his brow, you take a small measure of satisfaction at the nervousness he's trying to conceal. For the last several holes he's been matching you, birdie for birdie, par for par, and you got lucky and caught a break when he bogeyed on the 14th just like you. But he just made par on this, the last hole. You stand and address the ball, settling into your stance. You take a breath and swing, biting your lip as you watch the ball roll, breaking sharply left to hesitate on the lip of the cup.
Tension fills the air.
The gallery applauds wildly as you drop to your knees in exultation. It is, making the annual Skins game consistently the PGA's most popular event. And yet, Interplay's The Skins Game at Bighorn fails to recreate this excitement by disappointing the gamer on almost every level. First, some background. Unlike other golf competitions, the Skins game does not determine the winner by who has the lowest total score at the end of play.