Team Game - Circles (I and II)

This team game is a way to get your own score, contribute to your team's score, and get as much help as you can from your teammates. Plus it's a lot of fun.

You've seen the televised golf tournaments where they show the players' scorecards from time to time. When you see a square box around a score, you know it was over par and is costing that player. But when you see a circle around the score, you know it's under par and is what every golfer works towards.

At our level, we will move the line a bit and put circles around Net Par or better (Circles I), or even double circles for Net Birdies (Circles II). So, if you shoot a 5 on a par-4 hole and are entitled to a single pop (handicap stroke), your net score would be 4 which is a Net Par and you would get a circle in either game. But if you shoot a 5 on a par-4 hole and are entitled to two pops, your net score is a 3 - Net Birdie. Put 2 circles if you are playing Circles II.

At the end, add up the number of circles for each player, then add up the total circles for the team. That's your team score. Pretty easy in the scorekeeping department.

How many pops, you ask. The number will be printed on the scorecard for you. Each dot that's printed in the score cell is a pop. For theoretical understanding, say your course handicap is 18, you are entitled to one pop on each hole. If your handicap is 24, then you get two pops on the "hardest" six holes and one pop on all the others. So the ratings of each hole plus your handicap come into play. We will have a max of 2 pops on all holes when we play both of these games.

Circles I:

So Player X will receive 3 circles over the six holes pictured. Remember, it's the net score compared to par. Good luck to all players.

Circles II:

So Player Y will receive 5 circles over the six holes pictured. Remember, it's the net score compared to par and there's a bonus for Net Birdie. Unfortunately, at this time there's not an additional bonus for Net Eagle.

We have a procedure to add a "Blind Draw" fourth person if a team ends up with only 3 players. That person's scores can only help the team and we've had several instances of the Blind Draw person helping a team into the winner's circle.

Good luck to all the teams.

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