scotch doubles
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because you need some after playing it??:grin:
The adjective Scotch means thrifty or cheap....hence two for one.
I'm not randyg, but....
The best (IMO) explanation of the term is that it's borrowed from the alternating shot style of the game in Bowling (aka Scotch Doubles Bowling).
I think since the BBIA was the predecessor to the BCA, it's a good assumption. I don't know if there's a Scotch Doubles ruleset in the BCA. I should just look, eh?
The term "scotch" itself might come from golf (from the Scots) where there is a version of alternating shots that is similar (Foursome or sometimes Scotch Foursomes, I think, but I'm not a golfer). There is also an "alternating drive" partners game (one partner drives the odd holes, the other the even) called Scotch Doubles golf. I wonder how many golfer actually play these ways?
For pool, in many areas Scotch Doubles must have one male and one female on the team. This isn't true in all areas. To make it explicit, many tournaments will say "Mixed Scotch Doubles."
Freddie <~~~ doesn't mix good Scotch with anything
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I think just by looking at what's available on the internet that it's both, sort of. It looks like the style of alternating shots we're talking about originated from the golf game "Foursome." Maybe the first people who showed this to someone was from Scotland (obviously very plausible) a hundred years ago.
The part that is interesting is that the first (reportedly) mentioning of Foursome being called Scotch Foursome wasn't until 1977 to differentiate from other partners games (scramble, better ball, alternating drives, etc.) that happened to/ could be played by foursomes.
So, I agree the term Scotch Doubles has origins from golf, but golf may have actually incorporated the term into their circles after bowling actually called it Scotch Doubles. Does anyone else find that interesting - in a Chicken Fried Chicken sort of way?
Freddie <~~~ hungry