Golf Games for Your Golf Tournament

This list is published because when I looked for a list of games and contests for Golf Meetings, I couldn't find one. I just found links to things I could buy that would give me this list. Maybe it was a bad search or maybe the search rankings for what I wanted were low. Anyway, enjoy:

Longest Drive Contest
- Straight long hole
- Place marker in the fairway to designate the distance
- Drive must be in the fairway
- Two prizes for men and women

Straight Drive
- Draw a chalk line down a long straight fairway
- Marker with golfers name
- Longest and closest to the line wins

Closest to the Pin
- Closest shot to the pin on a par 3 hole
- Marker with golfer’s name
- Measuring tape on the hole

Long Putt
- On any green
- Measuring tape and marker on hole to mark longest putt

Shortest Drive
- Gag prize, tough to monitor

Longest Putter Drive
- Longest drive with a putter
- Or longest/straightest drive with a putter

5-Iron Hole
- Play the hole with one club the entire hole
- 5-iron suggested
- Winner, lowest # strokes

One-club Challenge
- Have everyone play the whole tournament with one club

Hole-in-one
- Staged on a par 3
- Have two volunteers at hole: one at tee one at hole w/ flag
- Prize sponsor has witness there

Left-handed Hole
- All golfers play with club opposite of their strong side
- Have two full sets of clubs there – left and right handed

On Your Knees
- Play the hole off your knees

Skills Challenge
- Compete in categories: long drive, fairway shot, chip shot, trouble shot, sand shot, putting, etc.
- Winner scores the best in all of the combined areas

Putting Contest
- Straight putt
- Mini course with hazards, happy Gilmore style or otherwise

Skins Game
- Cash into pot
- Winner scores the lowest on a particular hole
- Winner scores the lowest on a series of holes, can give $ for winner of each hole and grand winner of all holes a prize also

Sandy Hole
- Prize for any par after being in the sand

Woody Hole
- Prize for any par after hitting a tree

Low Putts
- Prize for golfer with least amount of putts in the round

Nassau Style
- Divides 18 round hole into 3 competitions, front 9, back 9, and the total 18