Patent ID: 7137901

Claim:
A method of playing a golf type game using only short-game shots in a plurality of golf holes each having a par of at least three strokes, wherein each golf hole comprises a separate non-putting short-game golf shot hole for at least two strokes of par, followed by play at a separate putting area, and the number of separate non-putting short-game golf shot holes to be played for each golf hole is related to the par value of the golf hole, each golf hole having a first separate non-putting short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole and at least one separate subsequent non-putting short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole followed by a separate putting area to finish the golf hole, wherein each separate subsequent short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole is of a longer distance than the distance of the immediately preceding separate short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole, the method of playing comprising: (a) starting at a separate non-putting short-game golf shot hole starting point for the golf hole from which a ball is hit, the starting point having different surface types from which a ball is placed and hit with a club, and (b) hitting a ball towards a separate target area for the separate non-putting short-game shot hole where the ball's finished landing position on the target area corresponds to the more favorable surface type to hit from at a separate subsequent non-putting short-game shot hole for the golf hole, and where the ball's result of not being on the target area corresponds to the less favorable surface type to hit from at a separate subsequent non-putting short-game shot hole with the possible addition of a penalty stroke, and (c) determining and scoring for the separate non-putting short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole, and (d) playing at at least one separate subsequent non-putting short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole by placing a ball at the at least one separate subsequent non-putting short-game golf shot hole starting point, and (e) repeating step (b) above, and (f) determining and scoring for the at least one separate subsequent non-putting short-game golf shot hole for the golf hole.