Twists & Challenges · Outing & Tournament Formats
Also called Composite Course, Cross Country Scramble
Play made-up holes from one tee to a different hole's green across the property.
The organizer draws up a custom routing: e.g. tee off from the 1st and play to the 5th green, then from the 6th tee to the 9th green, crossing fairways and boundaries between holes or even between adjacent courses. Usually 9-16 improvised holes with a scramble or shamble team format for safety and pace. One example combined Formby and Formby Ladies into a 16-hole Florida scramble.
Whatever base format is used, typically team scramble stroke play. Organizers set local rules: fairways and greens of other holes are in play, hazards apply as marked, and rangefinders are often banned because yardages are unknown.
Everyone becomes a course architect and no one has a yardage book.
Each link opens every game that works for that number of players.
Also called Three Club Monte, 3-Club Challenge, One-Club Challenge
Pick three clubs (putter usually free) and play the whole round with them.
Also called Bisque Par, Floating Strokes, Bisque Stroke
Handicap strokes you spend wherever you like, declared before teeing off on the hole.
Also called No Alibis, Mulligans, Play It Again Sam
Your handicap becomes a supply of mulligans to spend anywhere in the round.
Also called Last Man Standing, Flag Competition, Plant Your Flag
Each player gets par plus handicap strokes; plant your flag where your last stroke ends.
Rules reflect the version most groups play, cross-checked across these sources. House rules vary; agree yours on the first tee.
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