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Except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the General Rules of Pocket Billiards apply.
Asking to play Golf Pool in your neighbourhood poolroom is a little like asking to play Go Fish in a riverboat casino.
However, Golf Pool has all the amenities of Golf Golf, and better yet: You don't have to don outrageous checks and
plaids, chase balls or replace divots.
In Golf Pool each pocket becomes a golf hole. The first hole is one of the pockets at the head of the table, the second
hole is the other pocket, and the rest of the holes are numbered moving clockwise around the table. To tee off the
game, the first player's object ball--whichever ball he chooses; the 9-ball is, to many, like a lucky Titleist--is spotted on
the foot spot and the cue ball is spotted on the center spot. He must make his ball contact the foot rail before returning
up the table toward the first hole. Each pool stroke equals one golf stroke, and when a player holes out, the cue ball
remains wherever it is on the table and the next player spots his object ball on the foot spot--he needn't contact the foot
rail to begin his round--and plays from there.
There is a three-stroke penalty for any fouls--failing to contact the object ball, for instance, or jumping the ball off the
table (and into the beer hazard or cigarette-ash trap). Three trips around the table is eighteen holes. Par--well, two
strokes per hole isn't overly generous, but seems to be the standard measuring stick. If your regular course is
particularly unforgiving (that is, if you're playing on a five-by-ten-foot relic) or exceptionally lenient (as with a three-by-six
rec-room table), adjust accordingly.