Old Bears Golf Competition: A Whiskey Winter

When: This Sunday - 11:04 and 11:12
Where: Palo Alto Muni
What: A competitive round of "The Old Bear"
Buy In: $5
Golf Round: $42
Who: Me and the first seven people that respond to this email (first three if we can't get 8)

For anyone who has played "The Wolf", this is a very similar game. I will do my best to explain the rules without being too wordy.

* Every hole is best ball

Rules

1) At the start of the round, throw tees to determine the order.

2) The person to tee off last is "The Old Bear" (OB)

3) After the first person tees off, the OB must decide if he is taking that person as his partner. After the second person tees off, the OB can no longer partner with the second golfer. The same rule applies for the subsequent golfers.

4) If the OB has not selected golfer 1 or 2, he can either partner with player 3 or "go lone Bear"

5) After hole #16, the golf order goes in order of highest score to lowest score (the OB has the least amount of points) for holes #17 and #18

Points

1) If the OB selects a partner, there are 2 points up for grabs on the hole. The team with the best INDIVIDUAL score (w/handicap) wins a point for each golfer.

2) IF the OB goes lone Bear, the OB can win 3 points if he has the best score or the other three golfers win one point each.

3) There are no carry overs

4) Before the first person tees off, the OB can chug a beer to double the points. (The beer must be finished by the time the third person is done teeing off

5) The golfer with the most points at the end of the round wins

What does he win?

A bottle of Whiskey which will be paid for with the buy in money. Each player will need to bring their own beer/spirits

This game is a work in progress so we can always improve the rules after the round.

See you there