My buddies and I are getting a bit tired of the same ol' skins/greenies/etc in our usual rounds....I remember reading of a game called "39" in a golf mag but can't remember it exactly....I know one deducts their handi from 39 to get their target #...but I can't recall how many points are deducted for each eagle,birdie,par, bogey, etc.....Can anyone enlighten me?...Thanks in advance for any responses....

I too remember reading about this and can't find the magazine that had it. Anyone remind us of the details?

They had that in last months Golf Digest. I can't remember either.

Lil' help.

It's in the october issue by David Owens "Games for hackers and players alike". I think....

It's not available on line so if someone has that issue... please look and share!

Hope this helps,
Ken

I am sure I have the issue. When I get home, if not one has replied with details then I will tonight

Ok, I believe I found it. You take the raw score of 39, subtract your handicap. Then as the game goes you subtract:

0 - double bogey or higher
1 - bogey
2 - par
3 - birdie
4 - eagle

There you go!

Ken

Sounds like the old game Chicago. You have to make the total points of 39 minus your handicap. If you do you are +.

Example for me with a 6 handicap would be 33 points.

It's a really good game for 4 or a large group with different handicaps. But when we played it it was:

Par = 2 points
Birdie = 4 points
Eagle = 8 points
Bogey = 0 points
Double Bogey = minus 2 points

Isnt this just quota? And shouldn't it be off of 36, with a par being worth 2 points......18 pars = 36 points.....which is what a scratch golfer would need.

It's very similar to the Quota game.