How to Play PAR2
Each hole is a PAR2. Try and sink that birdie putt. If you miss, the graphics on the mat determine the location of your next putt, anywhere from three to six feet depending on how good (or how bad) your first putt was. The smaller hole and extra wide mat make it a real challenge.
Use the PAR2® Scorecard and choose from the Pro Course or the Executive Course or design your own 9 or 18 hole course.
The PAR2 Pro Mat has Putting Positions up to 9’ and Golfers can play two courses, the Pro Course and the Executive Course.
Flip a coin to see who goes first to start the game and take turns putting first after that. The length of the first putt for each hole is determined by the scorecard.
Rules of the Game:
Scores are calculated at the point that the ball stops moving forward.
The ball must clearly cross a line to receive the score for that section.
If the ball rims the hole it is counted as a “3”.
If the ball goes in the hole on the way back down the incline it is counted as in.
A ball stopping on a line between two sections gets the highest score.
A ball stopping on the junction of the 3, 4 and 5 sections gets the middle score (4L or 4R).
A ball stopping on the junction of the 3, 5L and 5R sections gets a 5.
A ball stopping on the line between the 5L and 5R sections gets a 5.
A ball that is in the Game Matrix and hits the bumper at the back of the mat gets a 5.
A ball that is not in the Game Matrix gets a 6.
Before Starting a game:
Players decide how to resolve contested putts, with a coin flip, attempt the putt over or use the higher score.
Players determine who will putt first, who putts second, etc. to start the game.
After the first hole is completed, players take turns putting first.
PAR 2 is scored like a live round of golf. Each putt counts as one stroke.
All players start putting each hole from the starting Putting Position on the scorecard and continue to putt until the ball goes in the hole. If the ball does not go in the hole, the player must attempt the next putt at the Putting Position on the mat that is determined by the putt score of the attempted putt, even if a ball stops in a section whose putt score is greater than the distance the putt was attempted from (See Ex 2). The player continues putting until the ball goes in the hole. After a player putts out on a hole, their score is recorded on the scorecard and the next player takes their turn.
Game Set Up Example
The Game can be played from either the “Pro Course”, which is the more difficult course having longer starting Putting Positions, or from the “Executive Course”, or the Players can design their own course.
For this game, the Players have designed their own course and have written in the starting Putting Positions for each hole in the blank boxes provided to the right of the Players Names. Hole #1 will be started from 9’ from the center of the mat (9), Hole #2 will be started from 4’ and from the right edge of the mat (4R), Hole #3 will be started from 7’ and from the center of the mat (7), etc.
In the example shown above, Greg, Jason and Nick have already putted. Greg and Nick have Bogeys (3), Jason has a Par (2), and Ashley will be putting for a Birdie (1).
Game Scoring Examples:
Ex 1: Hole#1 - A Player attempts the first putt from the “9” Putting Position and the ball does not go in the hole but stops in the “4L” Section. The player must then attempt the next putt from the “4L” Putting Position and if the ball does not go in the hole, but stops in the “3” Section, the player must then attempt the next putt from the “3” Putting Position. The player continues putting using this system until the ball goes in the hole, counting each putt as one stroke.
Ex 2: Hole #2 - A Player attempts the first putt from the “4R” Putting Position and the ball does not go in the hole but stops in the “5L” Section. The player must then attempt the next putt from the “5L” Putting Position.
NOTE:
You can give players a handicap by allowing them to putt from one foot less.
Ex: In the game example above, a player with a handicap would make their first putt attempt on the first hole from the “8” Putting Position instead of 9’ and if the ball stops in the “3” Section, they would attempt their next putt from the “2” Putting Position.
Go to www.par2golfgame.com and go to the PAR2 Scorecards Menu to download or print scorecards.