In golf, what is a "skins game?"?
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Skins are what the skins game is played for. A skins game pits players in a type of match play in which each hole has a set value (usually in money or points). The player who wins the hole is said to win the "skin," and whatever that skin is worth. Skins games are often more dramatic than standard match play because holes are not halved. When players tie on a given hole, the value of that hole is carried over and added to the value of the following hole. The more ties, the greater the value of the skin and the bigger the eventual payoff. For example, a friendly skins game might be played for $1 per hole. If three holes in a row are played without a winner, then the fourth hole is worth $4 ($1 for its own value, plus a dollar for each hole that carries over).
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A shot that moves to the right for a right handed golfer.  A controlled slice.  \nYou can find a list of golf terms at www.playgolfamerica.com You can also sign up for a free golf lesson if you would like to play or see if you like it.
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Yo Mick! A "club foot"? \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_foot\n\nIf you're playing with me and you've got a club foot, I'll give you the one footers man....otherwise I think you're violating the rules of golf by striking the ball with something other than the head of your club!\n\nhttp://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules_of_golf.html\n\nSee rule 14...
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Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."\n\nGolf originated in Scotland and has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. The oldest course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we know it today, has been played on Scotland's Musselburgh Links since 1672, and earlier versions of the game have been played in the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for several centuries before that. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is an increasingly popular sport that can be played for one's entire life.\n\nAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada [1] simply as football, is a competitive team sport. The object of the game is to advance the football towards the opposing team's end zone and score points. The ball can be advanced by carrying the ball, or by throwing or handing it from one teammate to the other. Points can be scored in a variety of ways, including carrying the ball over the goal line, throwing the ball to another player past the goal line or kicking it through the goal posts on the opposing side. The winner is the team with the most points when the time expires and the last play ends.\n\nOutside of the United States and Canada, the sport is usually referred to as American football (or sometimes as gridiron or gridiron football) to differentiate it from other football games, especially association football (soccer) and rugby football. American football evolved as a separate sport from rugby football in the late 19th century. Arena football is a variant of American football. Canadian football is a close relative to the sport with a few key differences; the word "football" in Canada can mean American football or Canadian football depending on context.\n\nAssociation football, soccer, or simply football is a team sport played between two teams consisting of eleven players each. It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by maneuvering the ball into the opposing goal. Other than the goalkeepers, players may not use their hands or arms to propel the ball in general play. The winner of the match is the team that has scored most goals at the end of the match. The sport is known by many names throughout the English-speaking world, although football is the most common. Other names, such as association football and soccer, are often used to distinguish the game from other codes of football, since the word football may be used to refer to several quite different games.\n\nThe origins of football are thought to be over 2000 years old. Indeed, in 2004, football's governing body Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) officially acknowledged that China was the birthplace of football, when people played the sport of cuju around 200 BC. Association football in paticular dervived out of games played at public schools in England in the Nineteenth Century.
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I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS TURNED IN A TRUTHFUL SCRAMBLE SCORE CARD IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. I HAVE PLAYED IN MANY AND HAVE SEEN SCORES AS LOW AS 53, THE HONESTY OF GOLF GOES AWAY IN A SCRAMBLE, THEY JUST WANT TO WIN...
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I believe you are thinking about a made for T.V. match that took place I believe in the year 2000.  It was against Sergio Garcia.  They put lights on the last two or three holes to make it very different for golf.  By the way Tiger lost.    ABC televised it.
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Asked and answered a zillion times previously:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AlyceLVF1Z0Z0kyra7w9MWLzy6IX?p=dimples+golf
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The long straight drive. \n\nWhy?  I'm not a pro.  I play for fun and in the occasional scramble.  \nHow do you feel walking 20 yards to whack your second shot after worm-burning your drive up to (but not past) the ladies tee?  Or how about yelling "Nooooo!" as you watch a high slice fly off into the distance O.B. and another lost ball.   Compare that to missing a 2 foot putt?  Sure, "drive for show and putt for dough" but I sure feel a lot better driving for show.  Which shot do you remember the most as you drive home... the 280 yard tee shot smoked right down the middle on the par 5 or the 20 foot luck-@ss putt?\n\nLastly, If people know you smack a consistent long-ball, you'll see plenty of best ball scramble invitations.
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sure all the way back, i will give u 3 a side. Automatic press if u get 3 down. press anytime if u are behind. either party can press for the hole and the hole only at anytime the opponents tee shot is in the air. be it going out of bounds, woods, water or fairway. trash talk is acceptable. My "hanicap" is plus 2.7 on a 119 slope rated course 6500 back tees. built in 1937. with postage stamp greens. let me know ok?
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In golf you are given (at each hole) a certain number of shots that you should need to get your ball from the tee to the hole. If you manage it in exactly that number of shots, it's a par....so say you were at the first tee and it said you had to take 5 shots to get the ball in the hole, so you hit the ball 5 times & got it in the hole...then you've got a par. But if you only take 4 shots to get it in the hole, then it's birdie because you're one under the par. And an eagle is 2 under the par...so you'd do it in 3.\nI hope that sort of makes sense...I'm rubbish at explaining things!!!
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Is ladder golf the game with the three rungs of PVC pipe?  That game is awesome.\n\nIf you get your balls to stay on the top rung then you get 3 points, middle is 2 points and bottom is one point. If your piece gets knocked off then it doesn't count.  Also if two players have pieces on the same rung, then neither one counts.
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There is no strict dividing line between a game and a sport.  Golf is a game and also a sport. Any sport will also be a game but all games would not be sports e.g. snakes and ladders or monopoly.  There is more of a competetive aspect to sport. Sports are more physical whereas games can be physical or mental.
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I've never played it, but I know someone who did, and we were talking about it while watching.\n\nMe: What club did you hit?\nHim: I hit my 8 iron...all five times.\n\nApparently, there used to be no fringe, just straight green, meaning you wanted to avoid roll as much as possible.
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3-1. Playing for Prize Money \n\nAn amateur golfer must not play golf for prize money or its equivalent in a match, competition or exhibition. \n\nNote: An amateur golfer may participate in an event where prize money or its equivalent is offered, provided that prior to participation he waives his right to accept prize money in that event. \n\n(Conduct contrary to the purpose and spirit of the Rules – see Rule 7-2.) \n(Policy on gambling – see Appendix.) \n\n\n\na. General \nAn amateur golfer must not accept a prize (other than a symbolic prize) or prize voucher of retail value in excess of $750 or the equivalent, or such a lesser figure as may be decided by the USGA. This limit applies to the total prizes or prize vouchers received by an amateur golfer in any one competition or series of competitions. \n\nException: A prize for a hole-in-one made while playing golf may exceed the above prize limit. \n\n  b. Exchanging Prizes\nAn amateur golfer must not exchange a prize or prize voucher for cash. \n\nException: An amateur golfer may submit a prize voucher to a state or regional golf association and thereafter be reimbursed from the value of that voucher for expenses incurred in participating in a golf competition, provided the reimbursement of such expenses is permitted under Rule 4-2.
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I play golf because it's fun, and you can never be "perfect" so you can always improve. Plus if your into buisness it's a very handy place to talk to possible buisness partners. Also a lot of people play it, so you could meet potential friends.
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Ernie Els and Annika Sorenstam would be my choices. They are both great golfers, proven winners and yet they are also really personable and soft spoken people as well. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are probably the two greatest golfing legends, but they are probably a bit too competetive for what would preferably be a nice day out on the course. Tom Watson is also someone I would enjoy playing with I think.
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