Park Golf - Rules

Rules

Park golf uses terminology similar to golf, utilizing words such as par, bogey, eagle, double eagle, etc.

To formally play a game of Park Golf, 2 to 4 participants are crucial to form one group. Order is decided by drawing rods that are generally provided by the course management at the beginning of each course. Once initial shooting order is determined, the group decides which course to play on as most parks have 2-4 courses, one course being 9 holes. Multiple courses can be played.

Holes can be shot in any order, as long as all holes are played eventually. This occurs most commonly due to a quick group advancing on a slower group of park golfers.

During a tournament, rules are that the person to shoot the lowest number of strokes on one hole, goes first the following hole. The highest number of strokes results in going last. Thus, shooting order changes frequently and is something that must be paid attention to.

During the game, if a player is having difficulty finishing a hole, rules state that a player may take 8 as their score once they exceed this amount of strokes and move on.

The playing field is marked by a green, semi-fairway, fairway, bunkers, rough, and out of bounds. Balls landing out of bounds are replaced to an area on the fairway equal distance from the hole, the player taking 2 strokes for this mistake instead of playing from where the ball had landed.

The player at the end of all accrued courses with the lowest score is the winner.