Ladder Golf
Also known as:
-Hillbilly Golf
-Ladder Game
-Lasso Golf
History:
-Cowboys used snakes to throw at fences or tree branches for points
-Discovered by Matt Peterson on campgrounds in the early 1990’s.
-Robert G. Reid, a man who had played the game with his family for decades, filed for a patent in November 1999.
-Sold patent to Ladder Golf LLC
Overview:
Players throw strings that have two weighted balls on each end at a vertical board that contain three horizontal bars.
Plastic- sways when thrown at it
Wood- no give
Gameplay:
Two people:
-One ladder board
-Each player has three “bolas”
-Alternate turns tossing it at the board
-Whoever scored gets to go throw first after the initial throw
Doubles:
-Two Ladder boards
-Each board has a member from each team throwing
Scoring:
-Top bar is three points, middles is two points, and bottom is 1
-Cancellation means that the players points cancel out
-Noncancellation, they don’t cancel out