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Golf: Around the Clock

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SET-UP:
Mark out one or more 'clockfaces' using suitable markers. Place a marker at the centre of each 'clockface'. Split the group into teams and send each team to a 'clockface'. Teams line up at 1 o'clock. Give each team one club and give each player one ball.

ACTIVITY:
The first player putts the ball towards the target. If they hit the target the team moves onto 2 o'clock but if they miss they stay at 1 o'clock. The second player putts, then the second, then the third and so on. Teams cannot move round until they hit the target. The first team that makes it round to 12 o'clock wins.

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CHANGES

Easier: Decrease the size of the 'clockface' and/or use a bigger target. Reduce the number fo points around the 'clockface'.

Harder: Increase the size of the 'clockface' and/or use a smaller target. If all the team misses at any point they go back to the beginning.

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Sharp Shooter:

SET-UP:
Place two tees or markers 6to10cm apart on a putting green or other putting surface. For team activity place several sets of tees around the putting green / surface

ACTIVITY:
Players attempt to score a goal by rolling the ball through the gates made by the tees or markers 'scoring a goal'. Players can play in teams of up to four and take puts alternately, working their way round the green.

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Cliffhanger:

SET-UP:
Place a line of string/chalk line/line of tees etc or use the edge of the putting Green as a target line.

ACTIVITY:
Players putt to get the ball as near to the target line as possible without 'going over the cliff'. Teams can have a set number of balls; the winner could be the team with the greater number of balls within a set area close to the target.

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Slalom:

SET-UP:
An extension of Sharp Shooter using a course of goals. Place tees / markers 6 - 10 cm apart around the putting green / surface. Tees / markers can be different colours for each gate.

ACTIVITY:
Players negotiate the course in the least number of strokes. Teams can take alternate shots, the team with the least number of strokes is the winner.

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Happy Landings:

SET-UP:
Teams line up with a row of markers/tees in front of them
Place a hoop at end of each row
Place cones or tees at set distances away from the hoops.

ACTIVITY:
The first player in each team attempts to chip the ball from the tee closest to the hoop (landing) into the hoop. If successful the next team player attempts to chip the ball into the hoop from the next tee continuing until the team has done so from all tees. If any attempts are unsuccessful the next player has to go back to the start.

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