backwards tournament

[mirv]

i dunno if other courses put on these kinds of tournaments, but i played in one today where you play the course in reverse - they put temporary tee boxes in the vicinity of a green, and you play the hole backwards to the previous green. for example, a tee box next to the ninth green, and you play the hole backwards to the 8th green. it was actually a good bit of fun and a whole new perspective of the course, although there were a couple of instances where we faced some ridiculously tough shots, plus the course played probably about 500-700 yards longer. it was a four man scramble, and we got around in 69 strokes, which i knew wasn't going to come close to winning, but dang - we wound up second to last! winning score was 61, last place was 71 (there were only about a dozen teams, though).

anyway, it was pretty fun, though i definitely wouldn't want to play the course in reverse on a regular basis.

[jamo]

I've heard that St. Andrews was meant to be played backwards, and they do so once a year. It sounds fun, though I can think of a ton of courses where you wouldn't be able to play it backwards.

[ghalfaire]

The club I belong to does this once a year. It's fun and difficult as it means getting to the green over some pretty tall trees and greens that slope front to back.

[mirv]

The club I belong to does this once a year. It's fun and difficult as it means getting to the green over some pretty tall trees and greens that slope front to back.

yes, we faced the exact same thing. i think all but maybe 4 or 5 greens sloped away, and all of the par 3 approaches had to be hit high to get to the green; two of those were totally blind, and the other two were mostly obscured.

[meenman]

Definitely couldnt do it at my home course, with the roads, houses and even a tunnel between greens and tees

[jetsknicks1]

Haven't played in anything like that, it sounds fun. The local muni here plays a "Red, white & blue" tourney every 4th of July. When you tee off on one, you hit from the red tees, hole#2 the whites & hole#3 the blues. You continue this through the entire round. It's alot of fun and really makes you hit different shots.