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What's a Two-Player Golf Scramble?

In a golf scramble, two or more players form a team, with the rules emphasizing fun without the pressure of players keeping individual scores. Each player hits a tee shot on each hole, but everyone plays from the spot of the best shot.
 
Instruct each member of your scramble team to tee off from your starting hole. In a scramble tournament, your team's opening hole could be any hole on an 18-hole course, depending on the assignment by tournament organizers. Players can tee off with the golf club of their choosing -- not necessarily a driver.

Choose the best tee shot through a general consensus of your scramble team. The group can decide the best tee shot based on any criteria they choose. Usually the best shot is the longest drive that lands in the fairway. Or your team may choose a long tee shot that landed off the fairway in the rough if you have a decent lie. A few additional rules: 

  • Players are allowed to place their ball within one club length of the selected spot (no closer to the hole). 
  • Players cannot change which cut of grass their ball is in (i.e. you cannot place your ball in the fairway if your marker is in the rough).

Mark the spot of the best tee shot with a golf tee or ball marker. Direct other players to pick up their balls and hit from within one club length of the marked spot.

Continue selecting the best shot until one player hits the ball in the hole. The team score is total of the best shots.