Patent ID: 7037208

Claim:
A method of playing a golf type game on a virtual golf hole having a par of at least 3 strokes, where the number of par strokes determines the number of hitting situations a player is presented with for the virtual golf hole, the virtual golf hole comprising a separate short game golf shot hole for at least two strokes of par of the virtual golf hole, wherein each of the at least two strokes of par is a separate short game golf shot hole that includes its own separate starting point and its own separate target, and each target comprises at least a more preferable scoring zone within an inner concentric ring that corresponds to a fairway grade turf scoring zone, a less preferable scoring zone within an outer concentric ring that corresponds to a deep rough scoring zone, and a less preferable scoring zone within an outer ring that corresponds to a sand trap scoring zone, the method comprising: placing a ball at a separate starting point of a first separate short game golf shot hole and then hitting a ball at one of a chip shot or a pitch shot from the separate starting point of a first separate short game golf shot hole towards the separate target of the first separate short game golf shot hole; placing a ball at a separate starting point of another separate short game golf shot hole on a surface type corresponding to the scoring zone where the ball from the previous short game golf shot hole landed, and hitting the ball at one of a chip shot or a pitch shot from the separate starting point towards the separate target of the another separate short game golf shot hole; and repeating the preceding step at a different separate short game golf shot hole until the number of short game golf shot holes required for the par of the virtual hole has been completed.