Ever Played Foursomes (Alternate Shot)?

[iacas]

I've played it several times. Mixed formats, with guys, in a three-club challenge… etc.

Newport Cup contestants can at least answer "yes." 🙂

[David in FL]

Yup.

More than a few, but less than many.  A great way to ruin a good friendship.  

[HarrogateHacker]

I enjoy the format.  Our club has a couple of big foursomes comps each year, I have a match in the winter comp this weekend

[HJJ003]

Once. Played a twilight 18, and in order to speed up the round we played alternate shot. Unfortunately my team lost the match, but to date it was one of the most memorable rounds I have had. I have wanted to try again since, but have yet to have the opportunity.

[Rkrider99]

Our Member/Guest Tournament plays alternate shot as one of the nines. Never say you're sorry....

[bkuehn1952]

I voted "yes", many times but I need an asterisk.  Most of my foursomes play has been what we called "Scottish Foursomes" where each team member tees off, the team selects the preferred drive and alternates from there. My parents and my wife &I used to play that game all the time.

Of course, @cipher and I paired up at the 2017 Newport Cup.  That first day thumping we took from @kpaulhus and @Golfingdad was humbling.  But it all worked out in the end with the correct team winning the overall competition.

[DaveP043]

We play a Presidents/Ryder Cup event at my home club every year, and that includes a 9-hole foursome match.  That was the extent of my foursome experience, 9 holes a year, before the Newport Cup matches.  So now its 4 18-hole matches, plus 9 holes every year.  BTW, its a hell of a way to get to know a new friend, Thursday morning at the Newport Cup paired up for foursomes.  Its fun, its pressure-packed, its not easy to get into a solid rhythm, its a pretty different kind of golf.

[Club Rat]

Many times and enjoy the format.
Our Couples Championship (AKA Divorce Open) is a modified game with each player hits every tee shot.
Our Member/Member and Member - Guest events are also played using the modified format. 

I personally prefer a True Alternate Shot game.

[pganapathy]

Have played a couple of times, but the last time was definitely more than 5 and probably more than 10 years ago.  I enjoy the format.  It challenges you because both of you can have different ideas of what is the correct way of playing a hole

[Groucho Valentine]

A muni near where i lived used to conduct a foursome tournament over two days. They had a handicap requirment of at least 10 (combined) so it usually only had a handful of teams. Eventually it just died. It was still fun though. IMO ballstrikers have too much of an advantage in Foursomes on the amateur level. I prefer better ball for most team formats. It brings more people into it. 

[NM Golf]

I play in a 6-6-6 tournament every year where we play alternate shot for 6 holes. My partner and I always joke that we are so good at alternate shot because there's no where our partner can hit it that we haven't put ourselves at one time or another. Never say you're sorry, because the next shot might be even worse!

[DeadMan]

I've played true alternate shot a decent amount. Two 18 holes matches at the Newport Cup. Poor @mchepp and @kpaulhus... My men's club also runs a Ryder Cup style competition every year. 9 holes of that are alternate shot. I've also played Scotch Foursomes, where was mentioned above. I think that's my favorite alternate shot format, because everybody hits a tee shot and you get into a better rhythm that way.

I'm not sure there's such a thing as a good alternate shot partner, but I think I'm a bad one. I end up in a lot of interesting spots. On the plus side, there's not really a shot that will phase me. On the other hand, you're going to be playing some shots from spots you're not used to. I also hope you're good at making 4-6 foot putts, because I have a lot of those!

[ghalfaire]

I have only played a few times.  Sometimes it is one of the formats used in a multi-day tournament.

[billchao]

No, but sometimes my rounds feel like they're being played alternate shot format by two different people.

Some of you who have played golf with me know what I mean...

[dennyjones]

I've only done it once.   We played 27 holes and played foursome, four ball and individuals.   It was a lot of fun but I can't get our group to do it again. 

[lastings]

Every year at our annual tournament.   36 holes, four nine-hole events, two man scramble, foursomes, fourball, individual matchplay.  

[Buckeyebowman]

I answered no, since I have never seen a competition around here where you could play foursomes. 

Through the season we have many occasions where we'll have a foursome and play a 2 man scramble. On many more than one occasion have I suggested playing foursomes. Everyone else ran away from that idea that their hair was catching fire! For some reason, foursomes scares a lot of people to death! 

[shanksalot]

I have done this many times in couples competition. Both my wife and I enjoy it. Probably  because she is such a tough competitor and we usually win although I sometimes let her down and we lose.