Pool Golf score sheets

Bob Jewett

Bob Jewett

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Here is a score sheet for the game pool golf. http://www.sfbilliards.com/golfpool_score.pdf

It is played more like golf than the game called "golf" normally played on a snooker table. Each player starts from a rack of 1-6 balls and tries to clear the table in the lowest number of strokes, including the break shot. There are 18 "holes" or patterns of balls.

Any number can play, but a foursome is good. Each player begins with the balls positioned as shown for each hole. He breaks from behind the line and tries to clear the table in as few strokes as possible. Shots don't have to be called, and you can play any ball at any time. Record the number of strokes for each player for each hole. If you scratch, you have to spot any ball you made, add a penalty stroke, and take ball in hand behind the line. As in golf, the lowest total wins.

Some more details are in the September issue of On The Break News, a regional pool newspaper for the Western states. See http://www.onthebreaknews.com/TheBreak.htm
 
I'm a big fan of this game. It has many unique charactoristics :

- worst player spends most time at the table, the best spends the least
- everyone gets regular trips to the table
- easy to handicap (give balls for 1 to all 18 holes)
- as a practice game, it has a built in score system for measurement

Dave
 
td873 said:
Thanks, Bob. Looks like an interesting game! ...
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I suppose I should give credit where credit is due, although I think I did mention it in the OTBN article. I got the diagram and rules from a book called "The First Five Years of Chalk Up" from the 1960s. It was published by the A.E. Schmidt Company of St. Louis, which makes tables (and was the last company in the US that I know of that could turn ivory billiard balls). Since the book clearly states, "Publish this information everywhere!!! Make lots of copies!!" I feel comfortable passing it on. Their goal was to help room owners promote their businesses. The Schmidt tables I played on in southern Illinois were very solid.
 
Thanks Bob

Bob Jewett said:
I suppose I should give credit where credit is due, although I think I did mention it in the OTBN article. I got the diagram and rules from a book called "The First Five Years of Chalk Up" from the 1960s. It was published by the A.E. Schmidt Company of St. Louis, which makes tables (and was the last company in the US that I know of that could turn ivory billiard balls). Since the book clearly states, "Publish this information everywhere!!! Make lots of copies!!" I feel comfortable passing it on. Their goal was to help room owners promote their businesses. The Schmidt tables I played on in southern Illinois were very solid.
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Thank for the scoresheets. They will come in handy. Here's a nother version of same game.

http://www.affordablebilliards.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2863
 
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