Coach Groves once opined "You must do something about the cheating." after golfing 2 holes with each of our foursomes in 2009. He was joking, of course, as there is no cheating in our tourney.* But there are some accommodations for the lesser talents among us.
The tournament is a best-ball scramble, which means that each foursome hits four shots from each position, always getting their choice of the next shot. This means that even your luckiest shot ever can be a big boon to the squad even if you never hit another good one all day. And everyone can putt as evidenced by this incredible video of me sinking a 20 footer after Coach Groves showed me the line!
Further making your horrible game productive is the ability to augment your scoring ability AND the coffers of the Track Scholarships by purchasing Mulligans and putting strings. A Mulligan allows you to take a shot over just like President Clinton, and the string allows you to count a putt that is within a foot of the cup. This could be just the difference needed to get your name on the Coach Groves Memorial Cup!
*I readily admit to using "cheater" golf balls frequently. These balls are slightly smaller and have extra dimples to add 5 to 10 yards to my whooping 150 yard drives. No one seems to care, as the number of my drives counted in 10 years of consecutive appearances is still contained within one hand of a Simpson's character (even Stephen Hawking only has 4!).
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