style="color: #000000;">Ever heard of pub golf? Us neither. It seems it’s a drinking game involving a selection of either nine or eighteen pubs creating a “course” to be played by two or more people. So essentially it’s a pub crawl made into a game.

style="color: #000000;">Like the game of Golf, however, Pub Golf does have the standard 9 or 18 different “holes”; that is, each bar is considered a “hole”. The bars to be visited during the game are predetermined and numbered; these numbers determine the order in which each bar will be visited. Prior to playing the game, a psr number(ranging from 1 to 5) also needs to be determined for each bar. E.g. Hole “5″ (at Pub #5)- Par 4= One pint of beer.

style="color: #000000;">The par number represents how many drinks/sips/gulps it should take to complete the drink assigned. Therefore, in the example given, at hole 5, if the pint of beer is completed in 4 drinks, the person drinking that pint is awarded a par. However many drinks it takes to complete the assigned drink should be recorded on a scorecard (Thus, 5 drinks @ Hole 5= +1 to your score).

style="color: #000000;">The drinks assigned to the different “holes” (pubs) should vary, and should be reasonable when taking into account the par number (number of gulps it takes to finish). A simple shot, for example, should suffice for a par one. title="Par (score)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_%28score%29">
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style="color: #000000;">A time limit for each hole must also be determined before the game is played. Thirty minutes is generally sufficient, but it can vary depending on your party size and focus.

style="color: #000000;">There are many different variations of pub golf played, and some games add hazards to the course. Eg. Certain holes can be assigned as having a water hazard. This means that the bathroom  cannot be used while playing that hole, or else a penalty stroke is given.

style="color: #000000;">Penalties

style="color: #000000;">As with any game, there are rules and order that must be followed. There are some actions that will cost a participant one or more extra strokes. The penalties and their resulting strokes should be predetermined, and generally consist of the following.

style="color: #000000;">+1 stroke =Spillling a drink
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style="color: #000000;">+1 stroke = Going to a bathroom in a water hazard

style="color: #000000;">+2 strokes = Falling down

style="color: #000000;">+2 strokes = For every hole missed. This penalty is most commonly incurred by individuals who have a title="wikt:family" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/family">ffamily dinner prior to the event and therefore are expected to miss half the game, even though it’s their birthday party.

style="color: #000000;">+2 strokes = Being refused a drink or kicked out of a bar

style="color: #000000;">+5 strokes =Cheating

style="color: #000000;">+10 strokes = Throwing Up
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style="color: #000000;">+20 strokes = Starting fights with other golfers

style="color: #000000;">And finally…what to wear!

style="color: #000000;">Though it is not necessary to playing pub golf, it is encouraged (and let’s face it, more fun) , if all participants wear full golfing attire. It also makes it easier to help spot your fellow pub golfers in the crowd!

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