July 16, 2013
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Reciprocal Skateboards
402 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10009
Pinball Monster of the Tuesday Night B-Division Reciprocal Skateboards team is hosting a bi-weekly Pin Golf competition at Reciprocal this summer. They are welcoming ANYONE to join in the fun. Every event is a fresh start, so come to one or all of the match-ups! Here’s what they have to say:
“PINBALL MONSTER is playing pin golf every other Tuesday to keep in shape over the summer layoff at Reciprocal Skateboards. Please come and join us. Anyone is welcome participate. We are using an abbreviated, 4-stroke maximum format to keep things moving. There is a 5 dollar entry fee with a 100% payout to the 1-2-3rd place finishers. All players pay for their own games during the match. Tee–off time is 8:00 pm sharp. Sign-in begins at 7:00 pm. Late arrivals will be admitted at a penalty (see below). The next tee-off is on Tue, July 2nd at Reciprocal Skateboards, 8 pm.”
Each player plays for a target score (e.g. 15M on Fish Tales). The number of balls played to reach the target score will be counted as “strokes” (e.g. If a player scores 15M or higher on Fish Tales in one ball that would be a hole-in-one and the player’s score would be one for that hole). The goal is to finish the nine-hole course in the fewest strokes.
We will play 9 holes. Each game will count as one hole played. Players will play in groups of two or more players. All groups will be roughly equal size groups so we all finish around the same time. The games will be single player. When the player has reached the target score or finished a 3-ball game, the turn moves to the next player. When a player has reached the target score in less than 3 balls the game is briefly shut-off to reset it for the next player. (This will save time. When the group is done at a hole it will move on to the next one.
There is a course maximum of 4 pin-strokes per pin-hole. Should a player not reach the target score after playing 3 balls, record a score of 4. (Play 5 balls in 5-ball games with maximum pin-stroke of 6 for not reaching the target score.)
If a player earns an extra ball, this will not be counted as an additional pin-stroke, but rather as a continuation of the current ball being played.
When a player reaches a target score on the first pin-stroke (a “hole-in-one”) this ball should be played until it is over and the score recorded so as to eliminate the need for tie-breaker matches. If there are ties the player with the most “holes-in-one” will place higher. If “holes-in-one”, too, are tied then the player with the most high scores for the “holes-in-one” will win. If most high scores, too, is tied then the winner will be determined by head to head “hole-in-one” scores. In the case there are still ties then a coin toss will be done and the winner of the toss selects a machine to have a single tie-breaker match in which they play one game for high score.
The first to sign-in will have the honor of choosing their spot in the tee-off order on first hole and the second to sign-in chooses second and so on. The player with the lowest score at a pin-hole can chose the spot in the tee-off order on the following pin-hole. The competitor with the second lowest score choses next so on. If two or more competitors have the same score at a pin-hole, they will play in the same order as the previous pin-hole.
Late arriving players may participate with a 1-stroke penalty if they arrive during a hole actively being played (there is still a course maximum of 4 pin-strokes per pin-hole) and for any missed holes a late arriving participant will get a score of 4 for each missed hole.
Scores are cumulative for all rounds.
1st place- 50% (of prize pool)
2nd place- 30%
3rd place- 20%
(Draft June 24, 2013. Any part of these rules are subject to change and modification by consensus at any time.)