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Monday 22 December 2008

Golf Results - 03-12-08 & 18-12-08


Ian and Peter played five rounds of golf (standard dart board version) on both dates.

The first match produced a 2-2 draw (1 round drawn), the second match a 3-1 victory for Peter (1 round drawn).

Current % Games Won: Peter 70.00% Ian 42.86%

Please Note: These do not total 100% as drawn rounds are registered as a win to both players.

Best Round So Far: Peter -12 Ian -12

Worst Round So Far: Peter +5 Ian +9

How to play Golf on a Standard Dart Board.

A round is played on 18 ‘holes’ or target numbers 1 to 18 inclusive.

Only three darts are thrown at each target number.

If the target number is hit in the single area with any of the three darts you have made par, further scoring for the ‘hole’ is as follows:

Any dart hitting the treble area of the target number scores -1 (1 under par), any dart hitting the double area of the target number scores s -2 (2 under par).

The total score for the target number is the score under par for the ‘hole’.
Theoretical maximum is therefore three double target numbers, which is 3 x -2 = -6.

If the target number is missed with all three darts, you receive a penalty stroke, i.e. one over par (+1). Additionally, any dart out of bounds (outside the double ring or on the floor) incurs a further penalty stroke which could total a maximum of 3 additional penalty strokes on any given ‘hole’. A grand total of 4 penalty strokes or 4 over par.

Par is a score of zero.

The worst possible round is therefore 18 x +4 = 72 over par.

Best possible round is 18 x -6 = 106 under par.

NOTE: Only the Double and Treble areas along with penalty strokes alter your score. One, Two or Three darts in the single target area still only equals par. You must hit doubles and trebles to add to your score.

Thursday 23 October 2008

Golf Results - 22-10-08


Ian and Peter played three rounds of golf. Peter won two games, Ian won one. Ian managed two ‘Chip-Ins, Peter managed a ‘Hole in one’ and one ‘Chip-In’.

Par has now been set to 119. Peter is 2.31 under par, Ian is 3.08 over par. The stroke gap is now 5.38.

The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.38. The best round so far is 97.

Fore!

Peter

Wednesday 15 October 2008

Golf Results – 14-10-08


Ian and Peter played three rounds of golf. Ian won two games, Peter won one. Ian managed a ‘Hole in one’ and two ‘Chip-Ins, Peter managed one ‘Chip-In’.

Par has now been set to 118. Peter is 1.57 under par, Ian is 3.35 over par. The stroke gap is now 4.91.

The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 118.89. The best round so far is 97, the worst 142. Ian had his best round so far at 103 strokes.

Fore!

Peter

Wednesday 1 October 2008

Golf Results - 01-10-08


Ian and Peter played three rounds of golf. Pete won three games. Pete managed two ‘Chip-Ins’ and Ian managed one ‘Chip-In’. Ian is currently 2.20 over par. Peter is 3.45 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.38. The best round so far is 97, the worst 142.

The stroke gap is currently 5.65, we have now played 20 matches. Should we implement a handicap system?

My initial suggestion would be to use the rounded down integer for the previous match’s stroke gap, this figure should be quite meaningful as it is a cumulative and updating number. So for today’s match Ian would have had a handicap of five.

At the same time I would reset all the games won to zero and report future games won or lost including any current handicap.

Fore!

Peter

Tuesday 23 September 2008

Golf Results - 23-09-08


Ian and Peter played three rounds of golf. Pete won three games. Pete managed one ‘Chip-In’ and a ‘Hole in One’, Ian managed a ‘Chip-In’. Ian is currently 2.06 over par. Peter is 4.00 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.03. The best round so far is 97, the worst 142.

The stroke gap is currently 6.06, after three more games we will have played 20 matches. At this point it might be worth considering if we want to introduce a handicap system?

My initial suggestion would be to use the rounded down integer for the previous match’s stroke gap, this figure should be quite meaningful as it is a cumulative and updating number. So for today’s match Ian would have had a handicap of six.

At the same time I would reset all the games won to zero and report future games won or lost including any current handicap.

Fore!

Peter

Friday 5 September 2008

Golf Results - 05-09-08

Ian and Peter played two rounds of golf. Pete and Ian won one game each. Pete managed one ‘Chip-In’. Ian is currently 1.64 over par. Peter is 2.43 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.61. The best round so far is 97, the worst 142.

Monday 1 September 2008

Golf Results 01-09-08


Ian and Peter played two rounds of golf. Pete won both games. Pete managed one ‘Chip-In’. Ian is currently 2.75 over par. Peter is 3.25 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.75 which is an increase of around half a stroke. Data for stats so far follows:

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Golf Results - 26-08-08


Ian and Peter played three rounds of golf. Pete and Ian won one game each and drew one game. Pete managed three ‘Chip-Ins’. Ian had two ‘Chip-Ins’ and a ‘Hole in one’.

Ian is currently 1.90 over par, Peter is 3.00 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 119.45 which is an increase of around 2 strokes.

Wednesday 20 August 2008

Golf Results - 20-08-08


Ian and Peter played two rounds of golf. Pete and Ian drew one game all. Pete managed two ‘Chip-Ins’ and a ‘Hole in one’.

Ian is currently 0.86 over par, Peter is 6.14 under par. The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 117.60 which is an increase of around 4 strokes.

The most strokes to complete the course now stands with Ian at 142 closely followed by Peter at 130. Both these scores suggest that setting par at 120 strokes is still a reasonable level.

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Golf Results – 18-08-08

Ian and I played two rounds of golf.

Pete beat Ian two games to nil. Both players managed to ‘chip one in’ from the edge of the green. Pete also managed a ‘Hole in one’.

Ian is currently 4.40 under par, Peter is 9.00 under par.The average number of strokes to complete the course is now 113.30 an improvement of about half a stroke.

Fore!

Peter x

Thursday 14 August 2008

First Outing

Rushers and I held the first official Golf Darts games on Tuesday, three rounds of 18 holes.

The highest number of strokes taken to complete the 18 hole course were 121, the lowest 97. Our average number of strokes were 114. We are therefore provisionally setting Par for the course at 120 strokes.

Pete beat Ian two games to one. Both players managed to ‘chip one in’ from the edge of the green. Pete also managed a ‘Hole in one’.

Ian is currently 3.67 under par, Peter is 8.67 under par.

Fore!

Peter x

Rules

Monday 11 August 2008

Play Test Finished.

Ian and I have played a few rounds of golf and tweaked the rules a little. We are fairly comfortable that they are now correct and are ready to be unleashed on other players. The updated rules can be found here: Rules.

Shout if you want to book, ask questions or have a trial run.

Fore!

Peter

Sunday 20 July 2008

Golf – Anyone for a round of Darts?

For any of you that might be interested the ‘Golf Darts’ board has arrived. Proposed usage and rules are as follows:

Usage: To avoid any possible misunderstanding, Golf Darts is not in any way, shape or form intended as a replacement game for our usual ‘mickey mouse’ played at the Bad Boys Darts Club. In fact the intention is that it won’t normally be used on a Tuesday at all!

When: The current intention is that it will be played whenever folks fancy an extra game whether it is a night during the week or sometime over the weekend, so not a regular fixture, just as; when and if folks fancy it.

Who: I would also like to make Golf Darts games a little more of a social occasion so it won’t just be head to head matches it will be open to Bad Boys partners as well, if you fancy bringing the Missus or a Pal for the evening then just shout, usual rules apply – Bring your own supplies!

Ability: The game rules are customisable to accommodate players of different abilities, plus being golf we are able to add handicaps, novice players won’t need to be darts champions to have fun!

Golf Darts Rules:

The Golf Darts board represents a nine hole golf course.

Each hole has several ‘targets’: Fairway, Bunkers, Water Traps, Greens, holes and Out Of Bounds areas. Essentially you work your way from the Tee (Oche) to the hole with every dart thrown along the way counting as a ‘Stroke’.

You are allowed up to three darts for each target, if a dart hits another hole or the black areas of the board then an ‘out of bounds’ penalty stroke is added to your score (only one out of bounds penalty will be applied per hole). If you miss with all three then an extra stoke is added to your score and you move on to the next target for that hole.

The Fairway: Seven of the nine holes have a fairway, this leads on to the next target, depending on the hole this can be a second fairway or in most cases the green. If there is a second fairway the same rules apply as the first fairway. After hitting the fairway you move on to the green.

The Green: Most greens comprise of an ‘Outer Green’,’ Hazard’, ‘Inner Green’ and a Hole.

If your first dart hitting the green lands in the hole then you have ‘Chipped it in’ and you have finished the hole.

Inner Green: If you hit the inner green you move on to putting.

Outer Green: If you hit the outer green you move on to putting.

Water Hazard: If you hit a water hazard when aiming for the green one stroke is added.

Sand Bunker: If you hit a sand bunker when aiming for the green your next shot is taken from one foot behind the Tee (Oche).

There are no 'out of bounds' penalties once you are targeting the green.

Putting:

There are three concentric circles at the centre of the board each circle represents a different putting difficulty.

Here your performance on arriving at the green dictates how easy your putting should be, the more accurate you were the less putting should be required:

If you landed on the inner green, then hitting any of the putting circles will allow you to ‘hole out’.

If you landed on the green hazard, then hitting either of the two inner rings will allow you to ‘hole out’.

If you landed on the outer green, then hitting the inner circle will allow you to ‘hole out’.

If you miss your putting target with all three darts then an extra stoke is added to your score. You then move on to the next Hole.

Any dart touching two areas will be given in favour of the player’s choice.