Fun Putting Challenges For Team Building

Distance Champs – Each player gets 2 attempts at each distance.  Top 4 teams reach the finals. For the team final tournament, the team must alternate who starts at each distance. Start at 10 feet and move back 10 feet at each stage.  There will be 4 stages.  The player/team must make the second putt to complete the stage from the ball that is furthest away.  Scoring and rules will be given at event.
 

Pressure Putts Champs – Round 1:  Find a straight putt and place three balls on the green, three to five feet away from the hole. Then, walking from right to left, scatter six more balls in a mushroom shape around the hole. Your goal is to make all nine putts in a row, ending with the three straight putts. You will get accustomed to hitting various putts of different lengths and breaks. The final three putts are the easiest but also the most pressure-packed. They simulate the pressure you’ll feel over birdie and par putts and will train you to knock them in.  Top 4 teams reach the second round.  Round 2:  Place six to eight balls on the green at three feet, circling the hole, then two more balls on both sides at four and five feet. The shape should resemble a hurricane icon, with the hole itself acting as the eye of the storm. Your goal is to make all 10 – 12  in a row. Instead of hitting the same three-foot putt without much thought, you have to adjust for different breaks on every short putt. Make the first six putts and you’ll be feeling the pressure on the last four, which are also the most difficult putts to manage. Scoring and rules will be given at event. Scoring and rules will be given at event.
 

Blindfold Putt Challenge (Team Building) – One partner will be blindfolded and will start the putt one club length from the hole and will be instructed that he/she cannot look up and watch the shot. The other partner will direct the blindfolded partner’s putt by telling him/her to aim a little right or left and how hard he/she should hit the ball. They could even position the one putting to help him/her learn about stance and aim. The putter can guess how close his/her  ball is before looking, and may only look at the shot after the ball has stopped moving.  The other partner will talk to the blindfolded player in order to get it into the hole.  Each player gets three attempts to see if you and your partner can make it into the hole.  Be careful of your surroundings, a swing above elbow height will be disqualified. Each pair alternate and get an attempt.
 

Hockey Putts Challenge (Teamwork, Hand Eye Coordination) –  Everyone will be placed into teams of two. The game begins with each team member standing 1 foot apart. The first team member putts the ball to the other team member. It has to hit the other team member’s putter. The second team member returns the putt. If the ball misses the putter it has to be played again. When they’re both successful in putting the ball, the team will take a small step apart and continue the back-and-forth putting. The winner is the team who gets the farthest apart within a 15-minute time limit. This game develops eye-hand coordination.
 

Word Game Challenge  – Fun game for team.  Don’t spell (PICK A WORD OF YOUR CHOSING) – Just like the basketball game horse.  Pick a spot on the green to putt from, the players ball that is the furthest from the hole after each player has putted will receive a letter.  Take turns making challenging putts.  The first player to spell the word loses.  Play with your teammates or the opposing team. An alternative is to putt one colored or marked ball and aim to hit  that ball or surround  it  with the subsequent putts. Scoring and rules will be given at event.
 

Down the Runway Challenge – Putt the ball down the channel to the target.  Each team will score as many as they can in 5 minutes.  We will be dividing the youth into two teams.  Every person competes.  Each Player on a team alternates each shot.
 

Around the World Team Challenge – Place a number of golf balls in a circle around the pin. The first set of balls is 3 feet away. The balls are then placed in circles 6 feet away and then 12 feet away. The team with the most points at the end wins. Variation is to have winners continue until the end to award the overall winner.  Scoring and rules will be given at event.
 

21 Challenge – This is a putting game where you compete against others.  You play to a predetermined hole on the practice green, or the winner of each hole selects the following hole. The first person to 21 points wins and you must hit this point total even, you can’t go over 21 or you head back to 15.  Vary the distances throughout the game and take turns picking the spot. Variation Teams: You can use the stroke- or match-play format.  Each team takes the best score from among its players, or you can count everybody’s score, coming up with a total team score for each hole. The rules are simple. You have to put the ball into the hole on every green, and there are no gimmies. Everybody has to hole out on every hole. Never pick up your ball unless you’re retrieving it from the bottom of the hole. You can designate a course before starting to play, or the person (or team) that has the honor selects the hole. Be sure to play lots of different holes, mixing up short and long ones, up hillers and downhillers, putts with lots of curve and others that are flat and straight. 

• Example Scoring
  • 3 Points for a 1-putt
  • 1 Point for a 2-putt
  • 0 Points for a 3-putt
  • -3 Points for anything over a 3-putt

Ladder Challenge – Spaces on the green are marked off at regular intervals like ladder rungs, starting at the pin and working out. Two players take their place at the end of the ladder rung closest to the hole and then putt. When one or more players hole out, they back up to the next rung of the ladder and putt from there. The player/team with the fewest strokes wins.  Top teams advance to next round.

• Example Scoring
  • First Row = 1 Point per ball made
  • Second Row = 3 Points per ball made
  • Third Row = 5 Points per ball made
  • Fourth Row =7 Points per ball made
  • Fifth Row =9 Points per ball made
  • Sixth Row =11 Points per ball made
  • Seventh Row =13 Points per ball made
  • Eighth Row =15 Points per ball made