03.21.07

World Series of Golf!

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:58 am by rich

I was lucky enough to play in a test tournament for the World Series of Golf a couple days ago. It is a new tournament format that is based on the poker game Texas Hold ‘Em. Each player was given $10,000 in chips (all “play” money though) to bet with throughout the match. Once you run out of money or can’t make the ante you are out of the tourney. Each player in the foursome must ante before the hole (antes double every 3 holes) and then they get to check, fold, bet or raise after each shot they hit on the hole. The winner of the hole wins the entire pot and if there is a tie on the hole the pot is split among those who tied. It was a really fun format and one I would definitely like to play again in the future. We had to go to extra holes to come up with a winner of our group. The first playoff hole had an ante of $6400 and both I and the remaining player in my group (Russ from Chicago) were in the fairway about 165 yards away with a stiff wind in our face. Russ went “all-in” since he was trying to overtake my chip lead. I hit first and got the ball to about 10 feet away. Russ hit a little short, chipped over the green and almost sunk his par putt. I two putted for par and won the pot. It was a great ending to a very fun day.
The World Series of Golf is putting on a tournament for amateur golfers in April at Primm Valley Golf Course near Primm, Nevada. It will be televised by NBC in June. The buy-in for the tournament is $10,000…so if you have an extra $10K burning a hole in your pocket and you think you can handle the pressure of big money golf you should check out www.worldseriesofgolf.com to learn more about the tournament.

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