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New Calendar and Pairings Changes for Skins Game

I have made (and Gerard has fixed) a few changes to the website:

  • I have capped the number of players at 24 for each event. When we reach 24 players, the checkbox will be disabled.
  • The calendar will show the number of players currently signed up. I.e., (23/24) means we only have room for one more player. If, after reaching (24/24), a player who is signed up later withdraws, the checkbox will be re-enabled and the count will show (23/24) again.
  • The pairings email will show the tee time for each team, just to the right of the team number.
  • The pairings email will show the bet sequence (below the pairings).

Check out the images below to see these changes. (The pairings shown for Jan 24th will change in the final version you receive Thursday.)

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Skins Game Tee Choices

Slight modification to the skins game tee choices available to players: Anyone can play from the blues, blue/whites, whites, or white/golds, as stated last week. But we will now allow older, higher handicap golfers to play from the golds if they meet the rule of 83–age 65 or older, and age plus white-tee course handicap of 83 or more.

There may be a few players who formerly met the rule of 83 criterion but now will not, due to the reduced handicaps under the World Handicap System. But I think those players who were borderline-qualified before should be able to handle the new white/gold combo tees. So for now, 83 it is.

Skins Game | Duane Bender |

MONDAY IS GAME DAY!

Open to Everyone . . . . Ladies, Men, Visitors
Lisa and I are avid game players: cards, boardgames, horse race etc. and decided to have a regular games day.  We also want to support the later closure time at the golf club so will be set up in the upper far corner where there is lots of space to spread out if needed.  4:00pm is game time !  
This Monday, we will play Chase the Ace, a fast-paced, super-easy and fun game!  Below is a description.  Buy-in will be only 20 pesos, you will get 4 chips to use as your “lives.”  Come on out and join the fun 🙂
PS:  Pass this on – the more the merrier!

Charli  & Lisa
CHASE THE ACE

Overview

The Chase the Ace card game also known as Screw Your Neighbor or Cuckoo is a very interesting game that can be played with a group of people. All you need is a standard 52 card deck.

Set Up: The dealer shuffles the cards and deals 1 card face down to all players on the field, that’s it, just 1.
Each player starts with a set number of lives, usually 3 or 4. Your objective to not be the one stuck with the lowest card. Cards go in this order from lowest to highest A,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K, Yes Aces are the lowest. 
Play Chase the Ace: The dealer goes last. The person to the left of the dealer starts and it goes around clockwise until it gets to the dealer. 
When it is your turn you look at your card and can choose 1 of 2 options, you can either choose to keep your card, or you can choose to exchange your card with the person on the left of you.
In which case the person to the left of you has to trade cards with you, unless they have a King. If they have a King they have to show everyone and get to keep their card, and you are stuck with yours. 
This goes around the table until it gets to the dealer. When it is the dealers turn they can choose to keep their card or exchange it with one from the deck. If they exchange it with one from the deck and they draw a King they must return the king and keep their first card. 

Losing a life: When everyone has gone the person with the lowest card loses a life if multiple people have the lowest card they all lose a life. 
How to Win: Once you lose 3 lives you have lost and no longer get cards. You keep playing until everyone but 1 person has lost all 3 of their lives. That person is the winner. 
If the last people lose their last life during the same round you do a rematch between them. 

Final Thoughts: This is a great game not only for families, but also for those times when you have a group of friends over for some cards. The hands are quick and there’s a lot of fun to be had in stealing the cards of your friends. Bluffing is also important as you want the person to your right to think that your card is horrible so they won’t steal yours!

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Skins Game Changes

I have updated the Skins Game description on the website. Here’s a list of changes:

  • Players may play from the blue, blue/white, white, or white/gold combo tees. Older players with higher handicaps may also choose to play from the gold tees. (Age + white tee course handicap >= 83.)
  • Players are encouraged to pick up if they cannot score better than net double bogey.
  • Players with handicaps greater than 18 will receive their full handicap strokes in the team game, but still will not get more than one stroke for skins purposes.*

* Let’s say your team has 4 players, 3 of whom are 1-18 handicaps and 1 who is a 20. On hole #4, everyone makes par. Your team score for the hole is -4, because the 20 handicap gets 2 strokes. But when you call out the score for the skins run-through, you say “5 for 4”, not “5 for 3”. To avoid confusion, it might help to mark your scorecard as shown in the video at the end of the Skins Game description on the website.

Skins Game | Duane Bender |

New Skins Game Season

The 2019-2020 skins game season will run from 1 November through 27 April, excluding 22 November and 20 March. (I scheduled events for 23 and 27 December, in case there are enough players in town to have a game.)

All events are on the online calendar and ready for you to sign up. I will be arriving in PV on November 21st this year, and look forward to seeing everyone.

Duane Bender

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