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Speedgolf

Also called Speed Golf, Fitness Golf, Extreme Golf

Run the course with a few clubs; your score is strokes plus minutes.

Players
Any number, solo too, best with 1
Play as
Everyone for themselves
Scorekeeping
Easy
Handicaps
No handicaps needed
Money
No money involved
Type
Solo & Practice

How to play

Carry up to seven clubs (many use four: driver or hybrid, mid-iron, wedge, putter) and run between shots. Start the clock on the first tee and stop it when the last putt drops. No caddies or carts, no provisional balls, and lost balls cost one stroke with a drop on the line of flight. It is almost always played alone or as a staggered-start event.

Scoring

Speedgolf score = strokes + minutes. Shooting 96 in 65:17 is 161.17; competitive amateurs land around 140-160 and the world record is 107.15 (65 strokes in 42:15). Try to lower both halves of the number over time.

Variations

  • Nine-hole version
  • Beat the Clock: finish before dark
  • Walk-fast version for non-runners
  • Six in 60 (six holes in 60 minutes)
  • Team relay speed golf
  • Nine-hole speed golf for club events

Tips

  • Book the first tee time or an empty evening slot
  • Fewer clubs = fewer decisions = lower score
  • Skip practice swings
  • Fewer clubs, more decisions made while running
  • Lag putts and tap in; three-putts cost strokes AND time

Removes overthinking and doubles as a workout.

Works with

Each link opens every game that works for that number of players.

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Sources

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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