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Last night was our first ‘Fun Night’ in league. There weren’t many people playing, being this close to a holiday and all. So, our league organizer decided to change things up and have specific rules for each hole, as follows:

1. Heckle Hole - Normal Golf, with the exception of: talking, whistling, yelling, burping or whatever noise you can make come out of your body, while the player is making a shot, chip, putt, or whatever! Each and every shot until the hole is completed.
2. One Club Hole - On the tee, pick a club out of your bag. This is the club you will use on the entire hole. Teeing, chipping, and putting.
3. Two Club Hole - Pick two clubs out of your bag. These two clubs are the only clubs you can use on this hole, including your putt(s).
4. Girly-Man Hole - Everyone gets to tee from the Women’s tees. If you’re too manly to hit from the women’s tees, then you must be a real man and thus tee from the blue tees.
5. Silence Hole – Normal Golf, with the exception of; there is to be NO talking from the time the first ball is teed until the last putt is made. Anyone who talks, is assessed a 2 stroke penalty. If you happen to talk and take the penalty, the penalized person may treat the hole like a heckle hole, to try and make the other players slip up and get penalized also. You may yell FORE as a warning if there’s an errant ball. No penalty. Don’t abuse it!!
6. Bonus Hole - Regular golf, except, you get ONE FREE KICK and ONE FREE THROW. You may kick the ball once to advance it and you may throw it once to advance it. You do not need to count these as strokes. However, you are not allowed to kick or throw when the ball is on the green. So, get your kicks and throws in early!!
7. Advantage Hole - Once on the green, you may move your ball 2 club lengths closer to the hole without incurring a penalty. However, you must putt the ball one handed. Stance doesn’t matter. But only one hand can be on the putter! ( 2 stroke penalty if you don’t)
8. Penalty Hole - Failure to hit your ball in the number 8 fairway with your tee shot, you must add 2 strokes to your score. Do whatever you need to do, to get the ball in the fairway on your drive!! Bonus: If you hit the ball in a sand trap, subtract 1 stroke from your score!
9. Heckle, Silence, and Bonus Hole - Heckle hole on the tee and green. Silence hole ( 2 stroke penalty if you talk ) immediately after the last player has teed, until you reach the green. Once on the green, and you have to be on the green, Heckle away!!. Bonus hole is in effect ( free kick and free throw ). Refer to holes 1, 5 and 6 for further details.

Special Bonus – You may deduct a total of two strokes off your score, if you attempt and hit your tee shot like Happy Gilmore. You must tee this way twice to earn your deduction.

It was actually a lot of fun - especially since I did fairly well. The scorecard there does not include the Happy Gilmore bonus -2 that I think nearly everybody received. I did see some entertaining swings and misses though - I watched one guy who hit 3 off the first tee because of misses.